Bitcoin + Ether: An Investor’s Perspective

Rising bond yields is a threat to prices of hedge assets like bitcoin and gold.Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours.(CoinDesk 20)Feb 17, 2021 at 8:31 a.m. UTCBitcoin Hits New High Above $51K, Shrugging Off Rising Bond YieldsBitcoin’s dizzying bull run is showing no signs of slowing down despite an uptick in U.S. government bond…

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Failed crypto lender Celsius Network and its former CEO Alex Mashinsky could be named in a case brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as early as this month, according to a report from Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.The report says that investigators at the CFTC have concluded that the bankrupt lender…

Base, the layer 2 blockchain backed by Coinbase (COIN), averaged a record high of 15.88 transactions per second (TPS) over the past 24-hours, beating Ethereum and rival layer 2 blockchains Arbitrum and Optimism, according to l2beat.The 15.88 TPS figure marks a 156% rise over the past weeks as investors flock to Base to gain access…

Miners listed in the U.S. have an advantage over private peers as they can raise capital easily, the broker said. Bernstein said it sees the large publicly traded U.S. bitcoin miners as consolidators in the sector. Leading miners should focus on growing market share and increasing their hashrates, the report said. Bitcoin (BTC) miners listed

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has the potential to enhance banks' efficiency, Bank of America (BAC) said in a research report Monday. It also brings risks.“Whilst greater automation – likely to be the first and greatest application of AI technology for banks – has the potential to improve bank productivity and thereby enhance bank returns, we

Dec 18, 2019 at 14:00 UTCUpdated Dec 18, 2019 at 14:02 UTCKyber Network, the ethereum-based protocol focused on aggregating liquidity and facilitating swaps for ERC-20 tokens, is about to launch a major upgrade.Planned to go live in Q2 2020, the Katalyst upgrade is a major upgrade to the Kyber protocol to better meet the liquidity…

Bitcoin's price premium on Coinbase hit a 9-month high, indicating demand from U.S. investors, CryptoQuant data showed.The recent price rally to $52,000 occurred mostly during U.S. trading sessions, with modest price appreciation during Asian and European hours, 10xResearch's Markus Thielen noted.Bitcoin's (BTC) latest surge to $52,000 was mainly driven by U.S. investor's strong demand for

Apr 23, 2020 at 14:50 UTCA crypto payments app backed by global exchange Binance has launched in Nigeria, kicking the contest to become Africa's chief digital asset provider into high gear.Binance said in a press release Thursday its social payments app Bundle would provide users across Africa with a fee-free means to store and transact…