Bitcoin’s ‘Estimated Leverage Ratio’ Hits Lowest Since December 2021

Apr 20, 2020 at 14:20 UTCUpdated Apr 20, 2020 at 14:30 UTCFacebook's Dublin Office. (Credit: Derick Hudson / Shutterstock)Libra may have been scaled back but Facebook is significantly expanding the team working to support the stablecoin project.The social media giant is looking to hire 50 people for its payments subsidiary Calibra – charged with creating…

Miner outflow has hit a multi-year high as tens of thousands of bitcoin (BTC), worth over $1 billion, have been sent to exchanges.(CryptoQuant)CryptoQuant data shows that the majority of the bitcoin has moved from mining company F2Pool. Bradley Park, an analyst at the company, told CoinDesk in a Telegram message that the move is due

news Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and member of CoinDesk’s product team. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a newsletter for the institutional market, with news and views on crypto infrastructure delivered every Tuesday. Sign up here. ————————–————————–————————–————————–————————–————————– Are ether futures just around the corner? Last week, the US Commodity Futures…

Nov 16, 2020 at 9:47 a.m. UTC(Shutterstock/Jonathan Weiss)Fidelity’s Crypto Arm Responds to 6 Common Bitcoin CriticismsFidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has responded to some of bitcoin’s most frequent criticisms, suggesting clarity is needed amid heightened interest in the cryptocurrency.In a blog post on Thursday, Director of Research Ria Bhutoria said she was…

Oct 27, 2020 at 19:27 UTCUpdated Oct 27, 2020 at 19:28 UTC(Rob Curran/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)Identity is one of our most fundamental human rights. Yet, in the age of surveillance, commodification and centralization, it is under threat. Edward Snowden said it best, “The one vulnerability being exploited across all systems is identity.”  If the “State is…

From the emergence of “AI x blockchain” use-cases to an increasing role of stablecoins in financial markets, to the maturation of zero-knowledge proofs, I believe the overall space remains resilient despite volatile market conditions.Within this article, I will explore some of the spaces which we at Pantera are keeping an eye on.You’re reading Crypto Long

On Sept. 1, the U.K. will implement the “travel rule,” an international anti-money laundering law for crypto set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).Crypto firms want further guidance and regulatory leeway for cross-border transfers as they work on compliance.U.K. crypto firms have just days to implement the “travel rule” designed to curb money laundering…

news Revolut, provider of a mobile finance app that offers crypto trading, has been granted a banking license from the European Central Bank. The firm announced Thursday that the new license will ultimately allow it to offer users an account to manage all their finances from a single place through its upcoming venture Revolut Bank. That…

Bitcoin cash (BCH) continues to rally at a breakneck speed in the wake of Fidelity, Charles Schwab and Citadel-backed EDX Markets' decision to debut on June 20, with BCH being one of the only four coins available for trading on the exchange.The cryptocurrency has jumped over 30% in the past 24 hours to a 14-month…