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Two weeks ago, two Goldman Sachs executives came out strongly against Bitcoin in a client call. Slides leaked from that call showed that the individuals did not recommend the asset “on a strategic or tactical basis” due to the fact that the asset does not generate cash flow or earnings, does not provide diversification benefits, […]

Bitcoin options have turned out an unlikely choice of trading instrument in 2019-20. A feature of traditional markets, BTC options were a path towards the broader institutionalization of cryptocurrencies, specifically the trading side. Deribit, a Panama-based crypto derivatives platform founded in 2014, released a projection yesterday that pegged the chances of Bitcoin reaching its ATH […]

Aside from Bitcoin gaining a perfect storm of macro factors, one of the biggest narratives in the crypto market over the past few months has been decentralized finance (DeFi). The DeFi industry has seen vast amounts of investment while the number of users in blockchain-based finance products has shot up rapidly. Coins representing the industry […]

Bitcoin-pegged institutional trading products like ETFs and futures have been a running theme since 2016. However, the road has proven difficult, with regulators and lawmakers impeding most of such developments. But Germany’s forward-thinking financial sector seems to have embraced such products. The country’s stock exchange will now list a BTC-pegged exchange-traded fund (ETF), after a […]

Bitcoin has seen a notable uptick in its fundamental strength over the past week. This strength has come from multiple fronts, including increasing network activity, liquidity, and investor sentiment. This swell in its fundamental vigor has come about after a nearly month-long period of decline. Based on this data, one indicator is now showing that […]

The search interest for Cardano (ADA) is the highest it has been this year, data from Google Trends has shown. The rising interest in the promising blockchain platform follows the rise in the network’s on-chain strength and major developments coming from IOHK, all of which indicate that ADA could be up for a bull rally. […]

Ever since crypto-crimes and criminals using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to launder money became a thing, the field of crypto-forensics has come up as an unlikely “evil good.” The field has, somewhat, proven most cryptocurrencies are not fully private as previously imagined. A user’s transactional behavior can be mapped and worked backward to provide personal […]

Research by Jesus Rodriguez and Lucas Outumuro of IntoTheBlock Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how much money is being transferred in and out of Binance? How about how many Bitcoin does Coinbase hold? Centralized exchanges are one of the key components of the architecture of crypto markets. Despite the exciting developments taking place in the decentralized exchange […]

Digital tokens and blockchain technology are not the first things one would imagine when asked about soccer games in Europe. But Chiliz, via its subsidiary Socios.com made that possible in 2018, bringing the concept of “fan tokens” to millions of football fanatics. Now, just as footballing events in Europe are restarting after the lockdown, Chiliz […]

Although it may seem like Bitcoin has led the crypto market over the past few months, altcoins have strongly outperformed BTC since the start of 2020. A prominent analyst in the space shared the chart below, noting how FTX’s three altcoin indexes — the small-cap, medium-cap, and large-cap indexes — have registered better performances than […]