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

Jun 16, 2020 at 18:05 UTCUpdated Jun 16, 2020 at 19:38 UTCDaily gas usage on Ethereum and ether prices since June 19, 2019. (CoinMetrics) It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric. Analysts say the growth…

Bitcoin (BTC) tried and failed at holding above $35,000 this week, with one analyst arguing traders likely took their BTC profits and rotated into altcoins, pushing those prices higher.BTC price spent most of the week stuck between $34,000 and $35,000, with every attempt to break to the upside so far – even hitting a fresh

news Wianxiang, prominent Chinese car manufacturer, has partnered with PlatON, a blockchain privacy startup, to develop the underlying infrastructure for China’s largest smart city project, slated for completion by 2025. His eponymous Wanxiang Innova City, in progress since 2015, will convert 8.3 square kilometers premium riverfront real-estate in Hangzhou into an “expansive digital and ecological…

Oct 1, 2020 at 15:27 UTCUpdated Oct 1, 2020 at 15:37 UTCSome time ago, one of the more thoughtful critiques of Bitcoin went a little like this:“Sure, bitcoin is scarce in its supply, but since it’s effectively costless to clone the software and fork it, it’s not scarce overall. Forks constitute effective dilution and render…

Dec 2, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(allanswart/iStock via Getty Images Plus)Josh Brown on Bitcoin’s ‘Respectability Rally’ and Why We’ll See Dow 100,000 in Our LifetimeOne of finance’s most colorful personalities joins NLW to discuss how advisers spend their money, Robinhood traders, bitcoin and more.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time…

Donald Trump and his sons have for weeks teased an upcoming cryptocurrency project, but they've been light on details in public. Privately, though, the former U.S. president's inner circle has been quietly shopping around a white paper for World Liberty Financial – and CoinDesk has obtained excerpts. 01:50 Crypto Market Leaders and Laggards in 2023

Sep 21, 2020 at 20:02 UTCUpdated Sep 21, 2020 at 20:28 UTC(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)SEC, OCC Issue First Regulatory Clarifications for StablecoinsThe U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has published fresh guidance, officially clarifying national banks can provide services to stablecoin issuers in the U.S. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency…

news One of the world’s largest electrical companies is teaming up with ethereum app iExec on a new test. EDF, the fifth largest electrical utility company with a $33 billion market cap, has launched its visual simulator software GPUSPH on iExec, a decentralized application that operates on ethereum mainnet. With this, EDF can test how…

Oct 15, 2020 at 12:00 UTCSecuritize CEO Carlos Domingo(Securitize)Security token firm Securitize is trying to become a broker-dealer and alternative trading system for digital assets, the company announced Thursday.The firm signed an agreement to purchase Distributed Technology Markets (DTM), a broker-dealer and alternative trading system registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and…