The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Treasury tasked with regulating the country’s banks and thrift institutions, has published a public letter clarifying that national banks and savings associations can provide cryptocurrency custody services to clients. “In the letter published today, the OCC concludes that Read more…
In what seems to be the end of a legal battle between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the messaging giant Telegram, the latter is expected to pay a civil penalty of $18.5 million to the SEC and $1.2 billion disgorgement fee according to a proposed agreement. Telegram Agrees to Pay Disgorgement and Read more…
Save for a few blips, XRP, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and others have been part of the top 10 cryptocurrencies for years. Since the crash of 2018, the altcoins at the top of the pack have largely been unquestioned. But a prominent researcher and fund manager is challenging the status quo. He wrote in a recent Read more…
One of the most common narratives in the Bitcoin space is that it is entirely uncorrelated with other financial markets. Because cryptocurrencies are mostly separate from normal economic trends, it was easy for many to think that BTC is unaffected by, say, a recession. But over the past few months, the narrative has quickly gone Read more…
Grayscale Investments asserted that amid the current economic uncertainty prompted by the latest governments’ actions to print lots of money, institutional investors turn to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies looking for a potential hedge against inflation. BTC And Crypto To Serve As Hedge One of the world’s leading digital asset management companies recently posted on Twitter Read more…
The mining pool, which processed a mysterious Ethereum transfer carrying a needlessly excessive $2.6 million transaction fee, has announced it will distribute the millions among its miners. Bitfly, which operates the Ethermine mining pool, announced the decision on Monday, stating that four days is long enough for someone to have come to claim it. Miners Read more…
In brief: In the last week, two prominent crypto exchanges have launched Bitcoin USDT perpetual contracts. They include Bybit and KuMex (KuCoin’s derivatives platform.) Tether (USDT) is ranked 4th according to market cap. Its website states the company has $6.229 Billion in assets. Trading of Bitcoin futures contracts has become more popular as crypto traders Read more…
In brief: Bitcoin (BTC) has had an eventful weekend as it dropped from $6,700 to $6,000. The King of Crypto has tested the $6,000 support zone a few times. This area of support is crucial as a death cross is forming on the daily chart. At the time of writing this, all global citizens are Read more…
YouTube becomes an important video-sharing platform for the cryptocurrency community by the day. More and more people are starting to produce quality content, covering the field in its numerous aspects. If you’ve been following Bitcoin-related videos on YouTube, there’s a high chance that you’ve heard and stumbled upon MMCrypto’s channel. It’s among the fastest-growing channels Read more…
Just when you were lamenting not buying more bitcoin before the price spiked, Jake Levison made your day. According to the BlockWorks Group analyst, you only need 0.28 BTC to be in the top 1% richest of the world (in BTC terms). Apparently It Only Takes 0.28 bitcoin As BTC blasts through $10K again in Read more…