The $11 billion Bitcoin whale is back with another massive short position, signaling that some large investors are hedging for more crypto market downside amid the tariff concerns and ongoing government shutdown. The Bitcoin whale, which is crypto slang for a large investor, returned with a $235 million 10-times leveraged short position on Bitcoin (BTC),…
Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the layer-1 Ethereum blockchain network, is down about 6.7% in the past 24 hours, following Friday’s market crash, showing greater price resilience than many altcoins, which crashed by over 95% in some cases. The market crash sparked by US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement took the price of ETH…
Trading of the MYX token, the cryptocurrency of the MYX decentralized exchange (DEX), featured hallmarks of market manipulation, according to a report from AI infrastructure company Rena Labs and market intelligence company Insider.Cash. The report analyzed over 9,200 minute-by-minute data points between Sept. 9 and Monday, which found 249 trading anomalies regarding illiquidity, volume spikes,…
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Members of the US Congress met with key figures in the cryptocurrency industry to discuss issues and potential laws related to the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve and a market structure. On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers that included Alaska Representative Nick Begich and Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno met with Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor…
Key takeaways: Bitcoin briefly surged to $113,000 before reversing after weaker-than-expected US payrolls data. Onchain flows show $2 billion in stablecoin inflows and record open interest near all-time highs. A weekly close above $112,500 is needed to confirm a lasting market bottom. Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied as much as 4.75% this week, rising to $113,384…
Bitcoin (BTC) starts the last week of August far from all-time highs as traders become increasingly nervous. A huge long liquidation event brought $110,000 back into play as a new CME gap becomes a hope for bulls. Bitcoin whales are under scrutiny after a giant rotation from BTC into ETH. Smaller hodlers remain in accumulation…
Key points: Bitcoin is showing a negative divergence on the charts, signaling a weakening in bullish momentum. Buyers need to maintain Ether above $4,094 to retain the upper hand. Bitcoin (BTC) extended its pullback on Monday, suggesting profit booking by short-term traders. Analyst Captain Faibik said in a post on X that BTC could drop…
The non-fungible token (NFT) sector surged to a market capitalization of more than $9.3 billion as Ethereum-based collections increased along with the price of Ether. NFT data tracker NFT Price Floor showed on Wednesday that the overall market capitalization for NFT collections had hit $9.3 billion, a 40% uptick from July. According to DappRadar data,…
Crypto lobby group DeFi Education Fund has called on the US Senate Banking Committee to rethink how it plans to regulate the decentralized finance industry after reviewing its recently published discussion draft on a key crypto market-structure bill. The response, signed on behalf of DeFi Education Fund (DEF) members including a16z Crypto, Uniswap Labs, and…