Bitcoin (BTC) bulls demanded a rematch of $30,000 later on May 12 as the market recovered from its lowest levels since late 2020. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView DXY looms large as BTC recovers Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading above $29,500, holding higher after the Wall Street open. The
Month: May 2022
LUNA, the in-house token of Blockchain protocol Terra, is undergoing major changes which are causing intrigue and despair in equal measure. Data released on May 13 confirms that overnight, the embattled cryptocurrency’s supply expanded to an eye-watering 6.9 trillion LUNA. 6,900,000,000,000 LUNA, almost zero value After a tumultuous week in which Terra attempted to rescue
Bitcoin (BTC) came back with a vengeance on May 13 as bulls stepped in to take the market to near $31,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin RSI stays firmly oversold Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed 24-hour gains of 30% for BTC/USD in the aftermath of the Terra debacle. After “kissing”
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has donated $4 million worth of USD Coin (USDC) to the University of New South Wales (UNSW) to support the development of a pandemic detection tool. The capital, which equates to roughly $5.3 million Aussie dollars, is part of Buterin’s self-described “moonshot anti-COVID effort” dubbed Balvi Filantropic Fund in partnership with
Commissioner Hester Peirce — also known as the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SECs) “crypto mom” — has backed a regulatory framework for stablecoins that allows “room for there to be failure.” Speaking at an online panel on May 12 hosted by financial think-tank the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) Peirce, who has long
The African startup, Mara, recently said it has raised about $23 million in funding from organizations ranging from Coinbase Ventures to individual angel investors like Amit Bhatia and Hamad Alhoimaizi. Mara has also partnered with the Central African Republic (CAR) and will act as an adviser to the country’s president. Enhancing Africa’s Competitiveness An Africa-focused
Macro investor Raoul Pal is convinced that the current crypto bear market will end only once the Fed eases its hawkish monetary policy by halting interest rate hikes. That could happen in the next couple of months, according to Pal’s predictions. “The Fed are unlikely to raise rates as far and as fast as people
Ether (ETH) is down 38% in three weeks and the current $2,000 level is 59% below the $4,870 all-time high that was reached in November 2021. Additional newsflow that added to the current market wide volatility were the bankruptcy fears that emerged after Coinbase, the largest U.S. exchange reported a $430 million first-quarter 2022 loss.
Bad news continues to dominate crypto media headlines and May 12’s juiciest tidbit was the unexpected collapse of the Terra ecosystem. In addition to the weakness seen in equities, listed companies with exposure to blockchain startups and cryptocurrency mining have also declined sharply. Bitcoin mining stocks continue bleeding… Mining investors probably wish they had simply
The crypto market experienced another day of pain on May 12 as the fallout from the Terra’s LUNA and UST failure continues to ripple across the ecosystem. While the coverage for UST and its impact on Bitcoin (BTC) have been extensively covered over the past few days, the pullback has also had a significant impact
The Shanghai High People’s Court has issued a document in which it states that Bitcoin is subject to property rights laws and regulations. That finding was made in relation to a lawsuit filed in a district court in October 2020 involving the recovery of a loan of 1 Bitcoin (BTC). The lower court recognized Bitcoin
Summary: Aurora has launched a token fund worth $90 million geared towards financing DeFi-based applications on the Near Protocol The fund also is geared toward attracting developers to Aurora and the Near Protocol Aurora is an Ethereum Virtual Machine created by the team at NEAR Protocol Aurora has launched a $90 million token fund geared
Despite the growing adoption of various cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) all over the world, the global trading community continues to ask one question: When will a spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF go live in the United States? According to some ETF analysts, a spot Bitcoin ETF could become real in mid-2023, following years of rejection by
Decentralized blockchain technology has been around for a relatively short period of time, in the grand scheme of things, but its decentralized nature has the power to keep data and information out of the hands of censors looking to create a “safe” and “faultless” version of history. Decentralized blockchain technology has been around for a
The crypto winter could be claiming more casualties among the stablecoin camp. The depegging of TerraUSD (UST) on May 10 triggered market selloffs, and now Tether (USDT) appears to be losing its footing. It has slipped against the U.S. dollar. The algorithmic stablecoin UST, as the name implies, is algorithmically backed. Terra (LUNA), the ecosystem’s
Digital currency markets have continued to slide downward in value as the crypto economy has dropped by 14% during the past 24 hours. Amid the market rout, the native Terra blockchain token LUNA has dropped to fresh new lows, slipping to $0.0156 per unit. Terra’s founder Do Kwon revealed a plan on Wednesday, but after
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