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Decentralized finance (DeFi) may be one of crypto’s foremost use cases, but as it stands it has seen limited adoption. According to data site Defipulse.com, there is now $951 million worth of value (ETH, stablecoins, Bitcoin, etc.) locked in DeFi applications. This equates to approximately 0.35 percent of the entire cryptocurrency market, assuming Bitcoin and […]

Despite Bitcoin being down roughly 50 percent from its all-time highs, the vast majority of the benchmark cryptocurrency’s investors are profitable, with its immense climb from its March lows of $3,800 bolstering their profitability. This data offers some interesting insights into the state of the market surrounding the digital asset, and can also offer insight […]

Ethereum’s recent really from the lower-$200 region to highs of $245 has allowed it to reverse the immense downtrend it had previously been caught in against its Bitcoin trading pair. It has also sparked a massive increase in ETH options volume on popular platforms like Deribit, with the cryptocurrency’s daily options volume hitting a record […]

Despite Bitcoin’s strong performance against a backdrop of global turbulence in recent times, it is important to note that the stock market is still outperforming the benchmark cryptocurrency over a one-year period. There is a strong chance that this trend will soon come to a harsh end, however, as economic and social unrest in the […]

Bitcoin’s privacy features have been under fire by critics since early 2013.  While the protocol remains technically robust and mathematically secure, a loophole allows blockchain analysts and cryptographers to link transactional behavior with users, leading to some term Bitcoin as pseudonymous. But one veteran developer believes the problem can be solved using a framework built-in […]

One of the biggest Bitcoin catalysts over the past few months has been the introduction of negative interest rates into economies in Europe and Asia. The idea goes that if consumers have to pay banks to hold their money, they will seek assets that provide relatively better yield. BTC fits the bill: it costs no […]

The world’s equity, fuel, and bonds markets have entered into uncertain and volatile periods — driven on the back of unstable trade wars, changing fundamentals, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Cryptocurrencies are not far behind. Digital asset markets, while not linked to traditional investments, suffer the brunt of global fundamentals; even the price cycles are independent. […]

The traditional finance world has long been skeptical of the crypto market, with many financial “gurus” and banks criticizing the nascent market, frequently leaning against age-old talking points for why Bitcoin is bad. It appears that this is starting to shift, however, as JPMorgan has recently taken some actions that appear to show that they […]

After underperforming Bitcoin for weeks, Ethereum saw a healthy rally this week that saw it reach $245 on Saturday — the highest price since early March. Prices have since retraced by upwards of four percent, but an increasing number of prominent investors have supported the asset, limiting downside. Top VC starts accumulating Ethereum “again” You […]

Although we are just months into the ongoing COVID-19 recession, it has purportedly shown clear structural issues in some of society’s largest institutions. One such entity purportedly under threat is the European Union, and, by extension, the Euro. The collapse of this multinational organization and its native currency would undoubtedly throw the world of finance […]