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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 […]

Ethereum reached a major milestone today, with the cryptocurrency now boasting a total of 119.63 million unique wallet addresses. This in itself is a sign of tremendous growth amongst its user and investor base, and the fact that 40.32 million of these addresses actually hold an ETH balance is even more striking. Data shows that […]

Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) corridors have witnessed major growth and facilitated instant, cross-border fund transfers. The protocol saw triple the usual transaction volumes compared to last quarter, as stated in the Q1 2020 XRP Markets Report. Now, after extensive success in treasury payments, the San Francisco-based firm wants to cater to smaller-medium enterprises (SMEs), presumably […]

Institutional investors are still aggressively investing in Bitcoin in the third quarter of 2020, data from Grayscale shows. It follows six months of consistent capital inflow from institutions into the cryptocurrency market. The lead of billionaire fund manager Paul Tudor Jones is seemingly encouraging institutions to invest in Bitcoin as an alternative store of value. […]