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FTX is a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange backed by Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm and crypto liquidity provider. The exchange launched in April 2019 and offered the usual spot trading, inverse swaps and futures contracts that can be found at other major platforms. By early 2020, the exchange launched its daily and weekly binary BTC options…

According to Coinbase, the exchange’s autoscaling couldn’t keep up with a 5x traffic spike experienced during a Bitcoin price surge to $10,000. 1846 Total views 56 Total shares The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States said its autoscaling was unable to keep up with a huge traffic spike that left many users unable to…

Despite being roundly rejected by a vocal majority of the Bitcoin Cash community, a controversial miner’s tax is still causing rifts among the coin’s adherents.In January, a conglomerate of Bitcoin Cash mining companies suggested an enforced 12.5% tax on BCH miners as a way of funding community development. After weeks of debate, the main signatories…

"Who needs Netflix when you are in crypto?", commented a user on Twitter as the crypto industry attempts to digest the acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange FTX by its rival Binance. The deal, disclosed on Nov 8., has been compared with a "chess move" by some, insinuating that Binance's strategy intentionally led to the deal.Users on…

Ripple is considering breaking into the Chinese market to apply its distributed ledger technology (DLT) to cross-border payments, a Ripple executive told CNBC August 15. Jeremy Light, vice president of European Union strategic accounts at Ripple, said in a phone interview that the company is looking to enter the Chinese market to speed up international…

The ETF could offer more leveraged exposure to Bitcoin, especially for institutional investors looking to diversify their holdings.

Holding above $60,000 on Sunday should all but guarantee a record weekly close, data shows. 1638 Total views 23 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) faces a pivotal weekly close on Oct. 17 with bulls scrambling to squash final resistance before all-time highs. BTC/USD 1-week candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin on the cusp of clearing final resistanceData from…

As it stands today, BUSD's market cap has fallen by nearly $14 billion since its all-time high of $23.49 billion on Nov. 15, 2022. 113 Total views 13 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTBinance USD (BUSD) market cap has fallen below $10 billion for the first time in…

The total crypto market capitalization reached a new all-time high of $3.73 trillion on Dec. 14, 2024, but since then, the metric has dropped 21% to $2.91 trillion.  Despite the current drawdown, one analyst believes the metric could reach new highs in Q2 2025. Total market cap and global liquidity index are correlated Mark Quant