Tag: Crypto

After years of refinement, Ethereum, the world’s largest smart contracts platform, is scaling. However, it does not scale in the way most decentralization purists desire. The network, trying to accommodate all its users, now relies mainly on off-chain solutions using roll-up techniques to process more transactions and relieve the...

Electric vehicle juggernaut Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) revealed none of its Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) holdings were sold in the third quarter, extending its HODLing period for the fifth successive quarter. What happened: Tesla’s balance sheet denoted $184 million in digital assets, as per the company’s earnings report released Wednesday after...

Following the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates in September, Bitcoin has been volatile yet predominantly bullish. Analysts and investors are now waiting patiently for the next leg up, as BTC recently stopped at the $69,400 mark and is finding strong support around $66,000. This level is key,...

The remarks made by a popular executive from a Bitcoin development company, advocating for large financial institutions to take custody of Bitcoin, disappointed the cryptocurrency community. MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is now at the center of strong criticisms after saying that it would be better for Bitcoin to be...

Jeff Park, Head of Alpha Strategies at Bitwise, has projected that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could skyrocket to $92,000 in the event of a Donald Trump election victory. What Happened: In a post on X on Tuesday, Park used a merger arbitrage-style probability model, tying Bitcoin’s price fluctuations to Trump’s...

As a response to the latest anti-Bitcoin paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), a new academic paper titled “Challenging Bias in the ECB’s Bitcoin Analysis” has been published. Authored by Murray A. Rudd, along with co-authors Allen Farrington, Freddie New, and Dennis Porter, the paper offers a comprehensive...

Ethereum price followed the broader crypto market sell-off, but its longer term price weakness is driven by network-specific factors....

Cryptocurrency markets are down on Wednesday, pushing crypto long liquidations to the highest since Oct. 15. Cryptocurrency Price     Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)  $66,169.96 -2% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)  $2,503.20 -4.8% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)  $170.11 +0.99% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)  $0.1364 -2.7% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB)  $0.00001738 -4.9% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock...

Former FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver offered two contrasting interpretations of the presidential race, suggesting that both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump could outperform their current poll numbers. What Happened: Silver wrote in an opinion piece in the New York Times on Wednesday that his “gut”...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC/USD) mining stocks including Marathon Digital Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), Riot Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) and CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) are trading down Wednesday as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) pulls back from recent highs. The decline comes as broader markets sell off and Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) see outflows. What To...