Tag: cointelegraph

Jul 02
June gloom takes on a new meaning in another 2022 down month

The market cap of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped another 33% in June, which is now beginning to numb the Twitter community. On the upside, many crypto traders who wanted out did so fairly aggressively from March to May. But, the less optimistic news is that the stagnancy in address activity may need to change for prices […]

Jul 02
Bitcoin trader says expect more chop, downside, then sideways price action for BTC this summer

Discussion of the state of the crypto market has been a dominant headline over the past few weeks as non-crypto native media excoriate Bitcoin (BTC) and DeFi investors for investing in assets with no fundamental value. At the same time, crypto-savvy analysts and traders have been pouring over charts, looking for clues that signal when the […]

Jul 01
BlockFi announces deal with FTX US, including ‘option to acquire’ for $240M

According to CEO Zac Prince, BlockFi signed agreements with FTX US totaling $680 million — for a company that had a $5 billion valuation in June 2021. 369 Total views 10 Total shares FTX US has inked a deal with BlockFi that will give the crypto derivatives exchange the option to purchase the lending firm. […]

Jul 01
June roundup: Who’s hiring and who’s firing in the crypto space

Binance, Ripple and Kraken are hiring, while Coinbase, Gemini, and Crypto.com have announced staff cuts. 351 Total views 10 Total shares Amid the recent volatility in the crypto market affecting investments and stock prices, many firms made significant staff cuts in the last month while others continued hiring. In June, major crypto exchange Gemini was […]

Jul 01
What bear market? This token is quietly making new highs, up 300% against Bitcoin in 2022

Unus Sed Leo (LEO) has not only survived the crypto market bloodbath in the first half of 2022 but has actually posted major gains, bucking the big crypto crash. LEO beats crypto kingpin Bitcoin LEO, a utility token used across the iFinex ecosystem, finished the first half of 2022 against Bitcoin at 32,793 satoshis, up […]

Jul 01
Deutsche Bank analysts see Bitcoin recovering to $28K by December

Deutsche Bank analysts forecast a 30% recovery for Bitcoin by December driven by correlation to S&P 500. 2107 Total views 47 Total shares Analysts from Deutsche Bank forecast Bitcoin (BTC) rebounding to $28,000 by December 2022 as the cryptocurrency market continues to grapple with gloomy times. Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency markets have endured a […]

Jul 01
Rewards4Earth plans to roll out crypto rewards to 1000 sports clubs in Australia

In a small coastal town just north of Brisbane, Queensland, 20 members of the Coolum Surf Club have been taking part in an initial trial of the Erth Point System, a crypto rewards platform from the Australian company Rewards4Earth. Doug Flockhart, former CEO of Clubs Queensland, the body for community clubs in the state, spoke […]

Jul 01
Worst quarter in 11 years as Bitcoin price and activity plunges

Quarterly returns on Bitcoin haven’t been this bad since it was trading under $20 in the early days of Mt. Gox, but the stock market isn’t faring so hot either. 3457 Total views 8 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) has seen its worst quarterly loss in 11 years with price and activity on the blockchain both […]

Jul 01
Ethereum fork a success as Sepolia testnet gears up to trial the Merge

The difficulty bomb has been successfully delayed according to core dev Tim Beiko and Ethereum ecosystem developer Nethermind. 1200 Total views 7 Total shares The difficulty bomb-delaying Gray Glacier hard fork went live on Ethereum on Thursday without a hitch according to the network’s core devs including Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko. The Sepolia testnet is […]

Jul 01
Better days ahead with crypto deleveraging coming to an end: JPMorgan

A strategist at JPMorgan predicts that the worst of the bear market could be over as stronger crypto firms have come in to bail out the industry in the midst of major deleveraging. 67 Total views 2 Total shares The historic deleveraging of the cryptocurrency market could be coming to an end, which could signal […]