This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. So low you’ve got to reach up to touch the bottom This week in China felt like one giant mining-farm sized pile of
Bids for Klaytn’s native cryptocurrency KLAY spiked on Thursday after the South Korea-based public blockchain project confirmed its listing on Binance, one of the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges by volume. #Binance Will List @klaytn_official $KLAYhttps://t.co/41yyLvHS0I — Binance (@binance) June 24, 2021 The KLAY/USDT exchange rate surged 41.25% to an intraday high of $1.243. The pair’s
A recent post on CryptoQuant by TemptingBeef has confirmed that the number of staked Ethereum on the ETH 2.0 deposit contract has now exceeded 100,000. This means that the number of staked ETH is now more than 5% of the amount of Ethereum that is currently in circulation. Chart showing the amount of staked ETH
After an incredible start in 2021, Ether peaked at $4,380 on May 12 but has dropped 55% since then. Unlike the leading cryptocurrency, the Ethereum network faces competition from projects that do not depend on proof-of-work, hence not facing the bottleneck issues that caused transaction fees to skyrocket. Whenever markets disappoint traders with a negative
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged in 2021 as one of the fastest-growing trends in the crypto sector and as the unique features of DeFi begin to work their way into traditional finance, executives from crypto and conventional business circles warn that regulation could be on the way if the protocols don’t take steps to self-regulate.
Mode Global Holdings, a London Stock Exchange-listed fintech group, has secured major regulatory approvals for cryptocurrency and fintech operations in the United Kingdom. The company announced Thursday that Mode has secured its Electronic Money Institution license and AMLD5 registration from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority. The AMLD5 registration has been granted to Mode’s crypto arm
Bitcoin (BTC) price received a boost as news that lawmakers in Paraguay plan to present a bill to make BTC legal tender spread across Twitter. Shortly after the unconfirmed news surfaced on Twitter, Bitcoin price rallied to $35,289 before slightly pulling back below the key short-term resistance level. Congratulations Paraguay • a bill has been submitted
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Bitcoin (BTC) erased some of its gains on June 24 in a test of lower levels, which spooked already wary traders. All eyes on $37,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting local lows of $32,400 on Thursday. The pair had risen as high as $34,711 on Bitstamp the day before, making
Bitcoin (BTC) is on a “lower left to upper right trend” and its volatility should not scare investors, the former head of the New York Stock Exchange says. In an interview with CNBC on June 23, Thomas Farley revealed long-term convictions about Bitcoin and dismissed concerns over BTC price losses. Bitcoin: Going up, but not
The drop in the price of Ether (ETH) is failing to shake out the long-term holders while the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is also providing opportunities for investors. So suggests a new Glassnode report that noted many long-term Ethereum holders (>155 days) sitting atop profits despite ETH/USD’s 55% decline from its peak level above $4,300. In
The Brazil Stock Exchange, or B3, has launched trading of another Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, marking the growing acceptance of the crypto industry in the country. Brazilian asset manager QR Asset Management started trading its Bitcoin ETF with the ticker QBTC11 on the Sao Paulo-based B3 exchange on Wednesday, Cointelegraph Brazil reported. The listing comes
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Finanstilsynet) has cautioned investors about investing in cryptocurrencies as the price of bitcoin plunged Tuesday. “There is a strong need for a legal framework and investor protection if cryptocurrency is to be able to become a suitable form of investment for consumers,” the regulator’s consumer coordinator wrote. Norway’s Financial
Bitcoin’s (BTC) dip below $29,000 on June 22 rocked the markets a handful of analysts to call for a potential drop below $20,000. Many traders on crypto Twitter were focused on the formation of a death cross on the Bitcoin chart as an omen for another potential drop in the price but analysts with a
A bipartisan bill that requires the study of blockchain technology and digital tokens passed the House of Representatives on June 22. The “Consumer Safety Technology Act” is centered on consumer protection and includes digital token and blockchain research. The bill passed the 117th Congress within a week of its introduction, with a resounding 325 votes
A recent upswing in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) following a nail-biting price crash below $30,000 this Tuesday has activated a classic financial model’s bullish outlook on the cryptocurrency. Titled Wyckoff Method, created by Richard D. Wyckoff in 1888, the model attempts at navigating financial market trends based on the relationship between assets’ supply and demand.