Tag: Bitcoin

GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF ‘people really want’

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Things are looking up for the United States’ largest institutional Bitcoin (BTC) product by asset holdings as pressure mounts on regulators. Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass confirms that as of April 21, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is rebounding toward 2022 highs. Grayscale CEO: “‘If’ not ‘when’” for U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF After a problematic year so far, GBTC has benefitted from steadying Bitcoin price action. Bitcoin’s descent from November’s all-time highs added to an already negative “premium” on GBTC, meaning that its share price in fact traded at…

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Ethereum price ‘bear flag’ could sink ETH to $2K after 20% decline in three weeks

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Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) has dropped by nearly 20% in the last three weeks, hitting monthly lows near $2,900 on April 19. But despite rebounding above $3,000 since, technicals suggest more downside is possible in the near term, according to a classic bearish pattern. Ethereum price ‘bear flag’ setup activated Dubbed “bear flag,” the bearish continuation signal appears as the price consolidates higher inside an ascending parallel channel after a strong downward move (called the flagpole). It resolves after the price breaks out of the channel to drop further.…

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‘Save Your Skin’ From Inflation With BTC, The Great Monetary Shift, and SHIB Burns — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review

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Another spicy week of crypto news heads into the weekend, with Mexico’s third-richest billionaire advising “save your skin” from hyperinflation by buying bitcoin, Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary predicting that bitcoin mining will “save the world,” Bitcoin.com News noting eerie similarities between the current great monetary shift and the creation of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and SHIB achieving some notable burn statistics. Without further ado, this is your bite-sized digest of the week’s hottest crypto news, the Bitcoin.com News Week in Review. Buy Bitcoin, ‘Save Your Skin’ — Mexico’s Third…

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Bitcoin transaction fees hit decade lows, here’s why

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It’s a great time to move Bitcoin (BTC) between wallets and exchanges. Bitcoin transaction fees have hit all-time lows in BTC, according to research by Galaxy Digital.  #bitcoin fees are at all-time lows. the craziest thing? fall 2021 was the first bull run not accompanied by a major spike in fees. how is that possible? what does it mean? here’s a thread explaining the most confounding (and awesome) chart in bitcoin. (remember june 2021) pic.twitter.com/gnWssTckX2 — Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) April 5, 2022 As shown on the graph below, the Bitcoin…

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Biggest future BTC whale explains why Bitcoin was chosen for ‘decentralized Forex reserve’

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Bitcoin (BTC) is the collateral asset of choice for the world’s biggest decentralized stablecoin, and one of its top executives says there was no other. Speaking to Bloomberg on April 4, Do Kwon, co-founder of Blockchain protocol Terra, pledged to continue buying BTC to back the firm’s stablecoin, TerraUSD (UST). Kwon: BTC buys will continue “in perpetuity” Terra has made waves inside and outside the crypto community in recent weeks thanks to its massive Bitcoin buys. Currently at just over 30,000 BTC, the reserves of Terra nonprofit the Luna Foundation…

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Bitcoin just regained a key price trendline after its longest absence since March 2020

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Bitcoin (BTC) may be consolidating at $47,000, but longer timeframes show just how significant this week’s mini bull run has been. According to the Golden Ratio Multiplier (GRM) metric, on March 27, BTC/USD reclaimed an essential support zone for securing further upside. Bitcoin exits trendline slump that beat March 2020 GRM is a long-term observational metric for Bitcoin price action. It is used to determine whether Bitcoin price growth (or the opposite) is overstretched relative to its overall maturity as an asset in terms of adoption. It does so using…

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81.79 ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ From 2011 Worth $3.6M Moved for the First Time in Over a Decade

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As bitcoin has increased more than 5% in value against the U.S. dollar during the last week, in less than seven days, the 19,000,000th bitcoin will be mined into existence. Meanwhile, on Sunday morning, 81.79 bitcoin worth $3.65 million today and created in 2011, moved for the first time since sitting idle for more than 11 years. ‘Sleeping Bitcoin’ That Sat for Over a Decade Moved on Sunday, Data Shows 14 Spends from 2011 Occurred This Year On Sunday, March 27, 2022, the price of bitcoin (BTC) has increased 5.8%…

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Beware the Bitfinex whale: New $45K BTC sell wall appears amid worries Bitcoin could retrace

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Bitcoin (BTC) was up nearly 5% in 24 hours at the Wall Street open on March 25, but a new warning sign was giving traders cold feet. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitfinex whale flips to sell mode Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView confirmed BTC/USD hitting multi-week highs of $45,137 on March 25 as Wall Street got underway. As $45,000 reappeared for the first time since the start of the month, however, so did all-too-familiar behavior among some of Bitcoin’s biggest investors. Attention turned to exchange Bitfinex…

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El Salvador seems to delay its ‘volcano bonds’ launch

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Considering the absence of any official announcements, El Salvador’s government seems to have delayed the launch date of the so-called “volcano bonds.” Earlier, Salvadoran Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya had been reassuring the public that the project would start by March 20.  Speaking on a local TV show on Friday, El Salvador’s finance minister once again announced that the launch of so-called “volcano bonds” should take place somewhere between March 15 and 20 — the same dates had been declared during his previous TV appearance in February. Albeit this time, Zelaya mentioned…

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Terra Founder Hints at $3 Billion BTC Purchase, Explains New Bitcoin-Linked Tokenomics

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Terra founder Do Kwon hinted at a future purchase of $3 billion worth of bitcoin to supply the reserves of the protocol in a recent Twitter Space shared with bitcoin enthusiast Udi Wertheimer. In the same Space, Do Kwon explained the new mechanics that the Terra ecosystem is introducing in order to use bitcoin as collateral for its flagship decentralized stablecoin, UST. Do Kwon Directs the Terra Ecosystem to Bitcoin Do Kwon, founder of Terra and Terraform Labs, made some important announcements regarding the future of the Terra…

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