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Cryptocurrency lender Nexo has filed an arbitration claim against the Republic of Bulgaria, seeking $3 billion in damages.Nexo has accused the country of making “wrongful and politically motivated actions...involving unjustified and oppressive criminal investigations,” according to an emailed statement on Wednesday.The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office closed its investigation into Nexo for alleged money laundering offenses in

markets Bitcoin (BTC) is consolidating below $3,500 for the third day straight. The challenge now is to gauge whether the bulls or the bears will win out in the coming days. As discussed yesterday, the leading cryptocurrency could soon see a corrective rally if prices manage to clear the crucial resistance at $3,633 (the high…

The U.S. Department of Justice wants FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to spend the remainder of his time before his criminal trial in jail, alleging he has tried multiple times to tamper with witnesses.Bankman-Fried, flanked by two attorneys, appeared in federal court Wednesday, as the DOJ alleged he shared documents with the New York Times to…

TON performed better than most of the market as the protocol restarted its blockchain. Most major tokens were in the red, including AI tokens which had been riding high on anticipation of strong Nvidia earnings. Toncoin (TON) has trimmed some of its losses as the blockchain restarted after a nearly five-hour downtime. Though the downtime

Aug 21, 2020 at 10:48 UTCMaria Prymachenko. Ukrainian bull. 1977 (Ввласенко/Wikimedia Commons)While open positions in bitcoin (BTC) options have risen to near record-high levels, it’s not necessarily a good thing for those hoping for the rally in the cryptocurrency to continue. The total number of outstanding BTC options contracts – open interest (OI) – increased…

markets View Bitcoin’s current trading range of $3,920–$4,055 could be breached to the downside, as last week’s doji candle created at the key 21- week moving average resistance is signaling bullish exhaustion. A downside break of the trading range, if confirmed, could yield a sell-off toward the support levels lined up at $3,775 and $3,658. On…

The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs and the resulting price rally are not proof that the cryptocurrency is a good investment, two officials at the European Central Bank said in a blog post.Bitcoin’s price may rise in the short term, but there is no “fair value” from which serious forecasts can be made, they wrote.“Why

MicroStrategy price target raised to $1,875 from $990 at Benchmark.The software company is well positioned to benefit from the upcoming bitcoin halving, the report said.The broker raised its bitcoin 2025 year-end price forecast to $150,000.MicroStrategy (MSTR) is particularly well positioned to benefit from the bitcoin (BTC) halving set to occur around April 20, when new

Bitcoin, ether trade lower as Asia begins its business week.There are mixed bullish and bearish market signals as the week begins.Crypto markets are in the red amid renewed fears of U.S. stagflation, a worse case scenario for risk assets.Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, traded near $62,400 at press time, down 2.5% on a