The cryptocurrency market appears by some measures to be poised to break out of the narrowest trading range in almost two years. Based on one gauge, the leverage ratios for the two largest tokens by market value — Bitcoin and Ether — are at the highest on record even with prices of both down more…
Despite laying off 1100 employees, leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, its full-time employee count stood at 4,977 at the end of the June quarter (Q2) — a 33 per cent rise from the 3,730 workers it had at the end of Q4 2021, a report showed on Monday. According to data provided by niche news publisher…
Saudi Arabia’s banking regulator recently appointed Mohsen AlZahrani to lead its virtual assets and central bank digital currency program in a sign of the Gulf state’s potential crypto ambitions. Saudi Arabia has until now taken a more cautious approach on virtual assets, with officials raising concerns about their speculative nature. Yet the emergence of the…
The crypto market has been highly volatile since the Jackson Hole speech by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on August 26. The total market cap on cryptocurrencies fell below $1 trillion for the first time in over a month. “The Fed chairman’s comment on tightening the economy further led to fall in crypto markets,…
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Bitcoin quivered but didn’t fold after Jerome Powell signaled higher-for-longer interest rates to fight inflation, a pattern that for brave prognosticators could be a hint of a floor for the digital token. The largest cryptocurrency is down about 6% since Powell’s hawkish Aug. 26 Jackson Hole speech underlined that the Federal Reserve wants to subdue…
The crypto market faced heavy losses on Saturday and Sunday after Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve (Fed), signalled that they may continue to raise interest rates sharply in the coming months. Crypto market cap fell below the $1 trillion mark after staying above the mark for over a month. “While higher interest rates,…
The crypto world has been abuzz about Ethereum’s upcoming software upgrade. Yet there’s a divide in terms of how to position for the so-called Merge: retail investors have been selling the underlying token, while institutions continue to buy. The trading desk at Genesis saw “some fresh bullish ETH views expressed” with investors buying calls and…
More than half of all Bitcoin daily trading volumes are reportedly fake, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency nosedives again amid global economic turmoil. According to a Forbes analysis of 157 crypto exchanges and trading platforms, more than half (51 per cent) of all reported trading volume is likely to be fake or non-economic. “We estimate…
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