Tag: cointelegraph

Jun 20
Bancor pauses impermanent loss protection citing ‘hostile’ market conditions

Veteran DeFi protocol Bancor came under heavy scrutiny for pausing the impermanent loss protection program at a time when liquidity providers need it the most. 2032 Total views 15 Total shares Bancor, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol often credited as the pioneer of the DeFi space, paused its impermanent loss protection (ILP) function on Sunday, citing “hostile” […]

Jun 20
Bitcoin mints more than 13,000 ‘wholecoiners’ in the past seven days

Small wallet addresses–those containing 0.1 Bitcoin or more–continue to accumulate Bitcoin at a rapidly increasing rate. 2595 Total views 68 Total shares Bye-bye bear market blues; welcome to the network, Bitcoin (BTC) believers. Over the past week, the number of Bitcoin wallet addresses containing one BTC or more increased by 13,091. The total number of […]

Jun 19
Ethereum risks another 60% drop after breaking below $1K to 18-month lows

The price of Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) careened below $1,000 on June 18 as the ongoing sell-off in the crypto market continued into the weekend. Ether reached $975, its lowest level since January 2021, losing 80% of its value from its record high in November 2021. The decline appeared amid concerns about the Federal […]

Jun 19
Bitcoin critics say BTC price is going to $0 this time, but these 3 signals suggest otherwise

Like clockwork, the onset of a crypto bear market has brought out the “Bitcoin is dead” crowd who gleefully proclaim the end of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. If #Bitcoin can collapse by 70% from $69,000 to under $21,000, it can just as easily fall another 70% down to $6,000. Given the excessive leverage in […]

Jun 19
Elon Musk’s support for Dogecoin grows stronger following $258B lawsuit

Musk was seemingly unshaken about the allegation as he doubled down on his love for the Dogecoin ecosystem with a tweet saying, “I will keep supporting Dogecoin.” 11353 Total views 18 Total shares Not even a $258 billion class-action lawsuit alleging a crypto pyramid scheme could stop Elon Musk from publicly displaying his continued support […]

Jun 19
El Salvador president addresses bear market concerns with Bitcoin hopium

As tensions rise amid falling BTC prices, President Nayib Bukele decided to share advice for fellow Bitcoin investors that may be concerned about the prolonged bear market. 5288 Total views 32 Total shares El Salvador introduced BTC as legal tender on September 7, 2021, when its market price was around $50,000. Ever since, Bukele’s government […]

Jun 18
5 indicators traders can use to know when a crypto bear market is ending

The bull market is gone and the reality of a long crypto winter is surely giving traders a bad case of the shivers. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has fallen to lows not even the bears expected, and some investors are likely scratching their heads and wondering how BTC will come back from this epic decline.  Prices […]

Jun 18
Coinbase is facing class action suits over unstable stablecoins GYEN, TerraUSD

The cryptocurrency exchange is accused of failing to do due diligence, among other things, after users lost large sums as a result of the depegging of stablecoins. 8317 Total views 90 Total shares A class-action suit was filed against Coinbase on Thursday claiming the trading platform was negligent in its listing of the TerraUSD stablecoin […]

Jun 18
Magic Internet Money token depegs as Terra (LUNA) domino effect persists

Citing an insider scoop, Autism Capital claimed that Abracadabra accrued $12 million in bad debt as a direct result of Terra’s sudden downfall, which has been refuted by founder Daniele Sestagalli. 8916 Total views 99 Total shares Magic Internet Money (MIM), a US dollar-pegged stablecoin of the Abracadabra ecosystem, joins the growing list of tokens […]

Jun 18
Bitcoin price falls below $20K for first time since 2020, Ethereum dips under $1K

Bitcoin (BTC) achieved a bear market first on June 18 as BTC price action gave up $20,000 support. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC price crosses under 2017 all-time high Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed BTC/USD sliding under $20,000 for the first time since December 2020, reaching press-time lows of $19,066. […]