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The ongoing COVID-19-pandemic has served as a defining point of modern financial markets. The U.S. and global indices are close to all-time highs, after an initial dip in March, even as virus casualties, global unrest, and unemployment linger on. To combat, some billionaire fund managers like Paul Tudor Jones have called out the instability in […]

Chainlink has been vying to incur further momentum as it hovers just slightly below its previously established all-time highs. The cryptocurrency’s ability to gain a firm foothold within the mid-$4.00 region has been an incredibly positive sign for its mid-term outlook, although its near-term trend will likely remain somewhat dependent on that of Bitcoin. It […]

Ethereum’s average transaction fees just rocketed overnight after one user spent millions of dollars in fees to send a tiny amount of ETH. After news spread regarding this mysterious transaction, community members began speculating as to what could be the reason behind this massive fee payment. Some speculated that it could be money laundering or […]

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 […]