Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) bounced around $27,000 on Sep. 29 as a challenge to month-to-date highs dragged BTC price action upward. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price maintains overnight strength Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the largest cryptocurrency attempting to hold gains after a classic “short squeeze.” The day prior offered a trip

A new bill in the United States aims to require cryptocurrency service providers to report all blockchain transactions to a government repository. On Sept. 28, U.S. Representative Don Beyer introduced the “Off-Chain Digital Commodity Transaction Reporting Act,” requiring trading platforms to report all transactions to a repository registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The new legislation

The United States securities regulator has delayed the decision on several spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals, including BlackRock, ahead of an anticipated government shutdown.  Invesco, Bitwise and Valkyrie are the other three firms that were hit with delays by the Securities Exchange Commission in separate Sept. 28 filings. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart is also expecting

Crypto analysts, traders and anonymous influencer Bitcoin pundits on X (formerly known as Twitter) frequently interpret what Bitcoin miners do with their block rewards as a sentiment gauge for where BTC price might go.  According to the strategy, Bitcoin miner rewards sent to exchanges foreshadows pending sell pressure on Bitcoin price and possibly reflects distress

Bitcoin (BTC) hit new weekly highs after the Sep. 28 Wall Street open as markets awaited fresh cues from the United States Federal Reserve. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin summons volatility ahead of Powell speech Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price strength staging a comeback on the day, having delivered what

Despite its roots embedded in Bitcoin (BTC) lending, lending platform Ledn has announced the launch of an Ethereum (ETH) yield offering following user requests for a shielded alternative to manually staking Ether. The Cayman Island’s firm has added an ETH offering to its Growth Accounts products, which currently offers users ring-fenced facilities to earn interest

Coinbase International Exchange, a class F license holder from the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), announced that it has received additional regulatory approval, allowing the platform to offer perpetual futures trading to non-US retail customers. Launched in May 2023, Coinbase International already offered crypto derivates services to institutional clients. With the latest regulatory approval, the crypto platform

Bitcoin (BTC) Ordinals are boosting miner profits, but “income stress” is looming, new research warns. In the latest edition of its weekly newsletter, “The Week On-Chain,” analytics firm Glassnode predicted fresh problems for miners after Bitcoin’s next block subsidy halving. Bitcoin halving impact on miners could be “severe” Bitcoin miner competition is exploding, with hash

Bitcoin (BTC) is still in a bullish reversal when looking at this year’s price chart. BTC price has gained 70% after bottoming out at around $16,800 in November 2022, defying rate hike fears while riding on growing ETF approval optimism.  However, in recent months, Bitcoin bulls have failed to sustain BTC price above $30,000. Therefore, with

Bitcoin mining firm Marathon Digital has confirmed it mined an invalid  Bitcoin (BTC) block during an “experiment” aimed at optimizing the firm’s operations. In a Sept. 27 post, Marathon said it utilizes a small percentage of the firm’s hashrate toward these experiments and stressed they weren’t trying to alter the network in any way: “In no

Pull your sats out of Minecraft now Back in our July edition, we announced Satlantis, an independent Minecraft server run by the game’s fans, enabled players to earn Bitcoin by completing in-game quests using play-to-earn functionalities. We noted Minecraft developer Mojang’s previous NFT ban and concluded, “Time will show how this integration fairs against the

On Sept. 20, the Federal Reserve delivered a message that reverberated through financial markets: interest rates are expected to remain at their highest level in over two decades, and possibly for longer than most market participants’ expectations. This attitude comes against the backdrop of stubbornly high inflation, with the core inflation rate hovering at 4.2%,

In this week’s newsletter, check out Glassnode data that shows nonfungible token (NFT) protocol Bitcoin Ordinals may not be clogging the network. Read about British politicians using the metaverse to discuss opportunities and challenges in Web3, and find out why Rolling Stone says NFTs are “finally totally worthless.” And don’t forget this week’s Nifty News,

The U.S. state of Texas accounts for over 28% of all Bitcoin (BTC) hashing power in the United States, according to the latest Hashrate Map by crypto mining service provider Foundry USA.  The newly updated map shows Texas with 28.5% of all Bitcoin hash rate in the country, followed by the states of Georgia claiming

IBM Quantum and Microsoft have formed a coalition to tackle post-quantum cryptography alongside not-for-profit research tank MITRE, U.K.-based cryptography firm PQShield, Google sibling company SandboxAQ, and the University of Waterloo. We’re proud to be a part of a new community of cybersecurity organizations to accelerate adoption of post-quantum cryptography in commercial & open-source technologies. Learn

Bitcoin (BTC) managed to stay above the $26,000 level even as the S&P 500 tumbled to a three-month low and the US dollar index (DXY) rose to a new year-to-date high. This is a mildly positive sign as it shows a lack of aggressive selling at lower levels. Bitcoin remains stuck inside a range and

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has claimed that it will fully quit Russia by selling its local business to a completely new exchange known as CommEx. While promising its customers a “smooth” migration, Binance hasn’t provided much information about its successor in Russia. At the time of the announcement, little is known about CommEx’s founders or background. The

Bitcoin (BTC) broke higher into the Sep. 27 Wall Street open as one analyst predicted a return to $30,000 in October. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price reaches for $27,000 in fresh uptick Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC price action as bulls gathered steam to reach $26,823 on Bitstamp. The

The Secretary for Security of Hong Kong, Chris Tang Ping-keung, has vowed to bring justice to people who fell victim to the JPEX crypto exchange fraud, local media has reported. On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the security chief’s office said police are actively looking for the key operators behind the JPEX crypto exchange that orchestrated the

Brian Armstrong, CEO of major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has condemned the decision of JPMorgan’s subsidiary Chase UK to restrict crypto-related transactions. Brian Armstrong took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sept. 26 to slam Chase Bank for its “totally inappropriate” move to ban its customers in the United Kingdom from making any debit card

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced its full exit from Russia by selling its firm to a newly launched crypto exchange business known as CommEX. Binance has entered into an agreement to sell the entirety of its Russia business to CommEX, the firm said in an announcement to Cointelegraph on Sept. 27. The exchange didn’t disclose