Cryptocurrency news - Bitcoin
2022 bear market has been the worst on record — Glassnode
Several factors have contributed to making the current crypto bear market the worst ever recorded as most Bitcoin traders are underwater and continue to sell at a loss, according to Glassnode. Blockchain analysis firm Glassnode’s June 24 report titled A Bear of His...
Australian Mayor downplays crypto volatility, recommends it for rates payments
Tom Tate, the Mayor of Gold Coast, Australia, has suggested that cryptocurrency could be used by residents to pay local taxes in future years, though critics have flagged volatility and the recent market crash as a cause for concern. "Why can't we pay rates on cryptocurr...
This classic Bitcoin metric is flashing buy for first time since March 2020
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls may only need a pair of simple moving averages (SMAs) to determine if the bottom is in this halving cycle. In a Twitter thread on June 2, Checkmate, lead on-chain analyst at crypto analytics firm Glassnode, flagged the Investor Tool metric hitting &ldq...
Canadians buy the dip as Purpose Bitcoin ETF holdings reach new highs
Despite May’s price correction, which took Bitcoin (BTC) as low as $23,800, institutional investors seem unwilling to lose confidence in the cryptocurrency. The Purpose Bitcoin ETF, launched in February 2021, has been seeing a consistent inflow over the last five t...
Tim Draper: Women will drive the next Bitcoin bull market
Renowned billionaire investor Tim Draper insists that a time will come when women begin driving up the price of Bitcoin as more retailers start offering it as a more cost-effective payment option at shops. Draper, a Bitcoin (BTC) investor himself, told host Scott Melker...
El Salvador Acquires 500 Additional Bitcoin Amid Market Drop
The government of El Salvador, which was the first country to make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender last fall, has continued its bitcoin buying spree with the purchase of an additional 500 tokens for roughly $15.3 million, President Bukele tweeted on Monday. According to Bukele, the...
Samson Mow’s new company JAN3 helping build Bitcoin City in El Salvador
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer of Blockstream and founder of Pixelmatic, said on Thursday that he has started a new company called JAN3 which will focus on accelerating Bitcoin adoption. The Chinese-Canadian Bitcoin entrepreneur told Reuters that JAN3 has alre...
Bitcoin faces new ‘milestone’ in 2022 as new forecast predicts BTC price ‘in the millions’
Bitcoin “may be primed” for a quantum leap in its development thanks to inflation this year, a Bloomberg analyst has claimed. In a tweet on March 17, Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, released a fresh bullish take on Bitcoin...
Russian Bitcoin (BTC) miners are reportedly running as usual despite the government’s invasion of Ukraine this week.
According to estimates from the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption index, miners in Russia accounted for around 11.2% of the global BTC hash rate as of August 2021. With sanctions on the Russian government coming from the U.S. and allied NATO nations, it is unclear how the...
Bitcoin rejected after attacking $42K as trader says BTC price impulse move not 'done yet’
Bitcoin (BTC) zoned in on a multi-week high for the weekly close on Feb. 6 as a calm weekend helped fragile sentiment. Bitcoin should flip $41,000 to support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed a mercifully non-volatile weekend for BTC/USD, whic...