On Nov 5, federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint after seizing over $1 bln worth of Bitcoin related to Silk Road. The U.S. government, one of the biggest Bitcoin whales, is now looking to auction off these tainted coins. “The successful prosecution of Silk Road’s founder in 2015 left open a billion-dollar question. Where […]
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Data provided by cryptocurrency derivatives boutique Skew shows that Bitcoin options have set a new daily record volume following a major Bitcoin move. Image by analytics.skew.com As reported by U.Today, the world’s largest cryptocurrency breached $15,000 earlier today for the first time in nearly three years. After suddenly plunging nearly three percent in a […]
Data provided by cryptocurrency derivatives boutique Skew shows that Bitcoin options have set a new daily record volume following a major Bitcoin move. Image by analytics.skew.com As reported by U.Today, the world’s largest cryptocurrency breached $15,000 earlier today for the first time in nearly three years. After suddenly plunging nearly three percent in a […]
After coming awfully close to the $16,000 level earlier today, Bitcoin is trading in the red today. The top cryptocurrency dipped to an intraday low of $15,299 at 9:30 a.m. UTC on the Bitstamp exchange, which coincided with a rapid spike in miner outflows. Miners exert pressure on the Bitcoin market According to on-chain analytics […]
After coming awfully close to the $16,000 level earlier today, Bitcoin is trading in the red today. The top cryptocurrency dipped to an intraday low of $15,299 at 9:30 a.m. UTC on the Bitstamp exchange, which coincided with a rapid spike in miner outflows. Miners exert pressure on the Bitcoin market According to on-chain analytics […]
Charles Edwards, founder and CEO of Capriole Investments, a firm tasked with digital assets analysis, revealed the processes that could bring crypto markets to the most massive sell-side liquidity crisis in history. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are failing to keep up with institution-driven greed According to estimates shared by Mr. Edwards in his recent Twitter thread, institutions sell […]
Charles Edwards, founder and CEO of Capriole Investments, a firm tasked with digital assets analysis, revealed the processes that could bring crypto markets to the most massive sell-side liquidity crisis in history. Bitcoin (BTC) miners are failing to keep up with institution-driven greed According to estimates shared by Mr. Edwards in his recent Twitter thread, institutions sell […]
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 118% year-to-date, demonstrating strong momentum against both risk-on and risk-off assets. The top cryptocurrency heavily outperformed gold, U.S. stocks, and the dollar. Bitcoin leads macro assets year returns in percentage. Source: Skew Why the Rally of Bitcoin in 2020 is Particularly Impressive The explosive performance of Bitcoin throughout […]
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose by 118% year-to-date, demonstrating strong momentum against both risk-on and risk-off assets. The top cryptocurrency heavily outperformed gold, U.S. stocks, and the dollar. Bitcoin leads macro assets year returns in percentage. Source: Skew Why the Rally of Bitcoin in 2020 is Particularly Impressive The explosive performance of Bitcoin throughout […]
Canadian mining firm HIVE Blockchain has announced the massive purchase of 1,240 MicroBT WhatsMiner M30S Bitcoin miners in a Nov. 6 press release. With this next-generation equipment, the publicly-traded company has managed to double its aggregate hash power from 116 petahash per second (PH/s) to 229 petahash per second (PH/s). The collective cost of all newly purchased Bitcoin […]