Tag: cointelegraph

Jul 20
Will Ethereum Merge hopium continue, or is it a bull trap?

Ethereum is outperforming the broader cryptocurrency market as the highly anticipated Merge approaches, but the bigger picture is still largely bearish. Ethereum (ETH) has gained a whopping 48% over the past seven days, outperforming its big brother Bitcoin, which has only managed to achieve 19% in the same period. It’s also up 66% from its market […]

Jul 19
Source claims 3AC’s Deribit exposure is worth much less than reported

Court documents that describe the insolvency of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, also known as 3AC, may be overestimating the value of the firm’s remaining assets — specifically, its exposure to crypto options exchange Deribit.  In a 1,100-page affidavit composed by liquidator Russell Crumpler and filed in a British Virgin Islands court, 3AC was […]

Jul 19
100X Bitcoin energy use would mean ‘absurd’ $20M BTC price — developer

A new contributor to the Bitcoin (BTC) energy debate says that 1 BTC would have to cost $20 million to use 100 times its current energy demands. In a Twitter debate on Monday, Sjors Provoost, a Bitcoin developer and author of Bitcoin: A Work in Progress, cast doubt on the largest cryptocurrency’s future energy use. Bitcoin […]

Jul 19
Dubai to ramp up metaverse efforts with 40,000 new jobs

The emirate launches its Dubai Metaverse Strategy, aiming at the world’s top 10 metaverse economies. 2336 Total views 52 Total shares One of the leading crypto hubs in the Middle East, the emirate of Dubai, launches the Dubai Metaverse Strategy that aims to turn it into one of the world’s top 10 metaverse economies. The […]

Jul 19
Bitcoin is for billions: Fedimint on scaling BTC in the global south

“Bitcoin is for billions, not billionaires,” a phrase first coined by investment researcher Lyn Alden, could soon become a reality, according to Fedimint.  The protocol that aims to scale Bitcoin (BTC) while making it more private has been buoyed by a $4.2 million seed round for the Fedi application. Cointelegraph spoke to Obi Nwosu, co-founder […]

Jul 19
ApeCoin price eyes 45% rally following Otherside metaverse demo

APE has been pursuing a rare ascending triangle reversal breakout, with its profit target at $8.40. 988 Total views 40 Total shares ApeCoin (APE) rallied to start the week as traders considered Yuga Labs’ decision to open its Otherside metaverse for selected users. In doing so, the token broke out of a technical pattern that […]

Jul 19
Aave taps Pocket Network to beef up decentralized app development

Aave will leverage Pocket’s distributed network of 44,000 nodes to access on-chain data from various blockchains. 348 Total views 58 Total shares Aave (AAVE), an open source decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, is teaming up with decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider Pocket Network to offer developers increased scalability and ease of use when building decentralized applications (DApps) on […]

Jul 18
Binance fined $3M over illegal operations in the Netherlands

The Dutch central bank said that the Binance crypto exchange had a “very large number of customers in the Netherlands.” 3183 Total views 64 Total shares Major global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is facing a penalty in the Netherlands after failing to obtain regulatory approval to operate in the country. The central bank of the Netherlands […]

Jul 18
Crypto winter has 250 days left if the market cycle repeats: Grayscale

The crypto industry has endured some infamous bear markets, and the 2022 downturn will be remembered for its acid test of decentralized finance platforms and over-leveraged trading. 2948 Total views 34 Total shares Grayscale Investment’s latest Insight report provides interesting food for thought, pinning the start of the current bear market in June 2022, which could last […]

Jul 18
Bitcoin price nears critical 200-week moving average as Ethereum touches $1.5K

The 200-week moving average keeps bulls in check, and traders are keeping quiet on the chances of a breakthrough so early. 1668 Total views 23 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hovered at $22,000 at the July 18 Wall Street open as analysts warned that bulls would not break resistance in one go. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart […]