Bitcoin (BTC) fell below the $100,000 level on Feb. 2 after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on goods imported from China, Canada, and Mexico on Feb. 1. Increased import tariffs could boost inflation, risking higher interest rates. That could, in turn, result in a risk-off sentiment, hurting cryptocurrency prices. Bitget Research chief analyst Ryan Lee…
Bitcoin (BTC) has been quiet over the weekend, indicating that the bulls and the bears are waiting for the next trigger to make their move. Although traders seem uncertain in the near term, analysts remain bullish over the long term. Market analyst Gert van Lagen highlighted that Bitcoin has broken out of a megaphone pattern,…
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) — the US’s primary clearinghouse for securities transactions — has committed to promoting Ethereum’s ERC-3643 standard for permissioned securities tokens, according to a March 20 announcement. DTCC is joining the ERC3643 Association, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing the standard’s adoption with the goal of “promoting and advancing the…
Crypto investors rejoiced after one of the industry’s longest-standing legal battles was overturned by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, yet markets have seemingly accounted for the victory months ahead of the announcement, according to industry watchers. On March 19, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revealed that the SEC would dismiss its legal action against…
Strategy has announced the pricing of its latest round of perpetual preferred stock, which the company does before announcing more Bitcoin (BTC) acquisitions. According to Strategy, the latest round of preferred stock will be sold at $85 per share, with a 10% coupon, and will bring the company approximately $711 million in revenue. Market analyst…
On Feb. 9, Bitcoin (BTC) briefly rallied above $96,500, but the general daily price action has been more of the same sideways range trading as traders await a catalyst to start a trending move. The longer the price remains in a range, the stronger the eventual breakout or breakdown from it. CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young…
Ether’s supply on crypto exchanges has dropped to its lowest level since November 2015, leading some analysts to predict a major price rally despite recent bearish sentiment. “Ethereum’s holders have now brought the available supply on exchanges down to 8.97M, the lowest amount in nearly 10 years (November, 2015),” crypto analytics platform Santiment said in…
The cryptocurrency industry may still be facing debanking-related issues in the United States, despite the recent wave of positive legislation, according to crypto regulatory experts and industry leaders. The collapse of crypto-friendly banks in early 2023 sparked the first allegations of Operation Chokepoint 2.0. Critics, including venture capitalist Nic Carter, described it as a government…
The Trump administration appears poised to grow its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve after the White House’s crypto council head suggested budget-neutral ways for acquiring the digital asset. “There’s been countless ideas” about how the government can acquire more Bitcoin (BTC), Bo Hines, executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, said in an…
Daily transactions on the Litecoin network have hit $9.6 billion per day as exchange-traded fund issuers have been making moves to list their proposed Litecoin ETFs in the United States. Litecoin’s (LTC) market capitalization surged by 46% from Feb. 2 to 19, showing increased investor interest, reported Santiment on Feb. 21. It added that part…