Roaring Kitty’s $300M GME position sparks market manipulation claims

Bulls had a 90% higher open interest coming into Dec. 31 options expiry but bears managed to balance the scales at $47,175. 3629 Total views 22 Total shares Bitcoin's (BTC) price has been ranging between $46,000 and $52,000 for 26 days. Despite the large nominal $6.1 billion year-end options expiry, the bullish and bearish instruments…

Bitcoin (BTC) mining software manufacturer Bitfury Group has launched a new generation of its BTC mining hardware based on its Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip Bitfury Clarke, according to an announcement published September 19.An ASIC chip is a piece of mining hardware geared to mine digital currency based on a specific hashing algorithm. An ASIC…

Bitcoin demand among United States investors surged after the Federal Reserve confirmed its intentions to lower interest rates.

A physical bitcoin (BTC) is selling on eBay for $99,000, a listing on July 1 shows.The seller claims the “collector’s must have” is a Casascius brass token that was created in 2011.According to the listing, the physical coin is loaded with one BTC that has not been redeemed, and all of the seals remain intact.Payment can be made…

The 50 billion USDC circulating milestone has increased Circle’s share of the stablecoin market to almost 30%. 673 Total views 30 Total shares The world’s second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization keeps on growing as it erodes the dominance of the current leader, Tether.The stablecoin landscape is a constantly-shifting dynamic but one trend has become clear…

Every bull market witnesses periodic pullbacks, where the weaker hands sell anticipating a top and the stronger hands accumulate for the long term. Data from Coinbase Pro shows two large Bitcoin (BTC) outflows this week, suggesting that institutions are likely continueing to buy the current dip.Comparing historical data, on-chain analytics resource Whalemap, recently said that…

Cryptocurrency traders were in for a pleasant surprise on March 2 after US President Donald Trump announced a crypto strategic reserve to include Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Cardano (ADA). The news triggered huge buying, with Bitcoin rising from about $85,000 to $95,000 and Cardano galloping more than 72%. The remaining

The Mauritanian Financial Services Commission (FSC) is establishing a regulatory framework for digital asset custodian services, according to an official announcement published on Feb. 8.The new regulation will be effective as of March 1 and will require custodian services “to comply with the applicable framework for [Anti Money Laundering] AML/CFT [combat financing terrorism] in line…

A new Ripple (XRP)-based decentralized crypto marketplace, DCEX, has now opened registration for retail and institutional accounts, according to a press release published July 30. The new San Francisco-based platform runs on technology developed by blockchain firm AlphaPoint, and will initially offer 15 crypto-crypto trading pairs, all against Ripple as a base currency. These include…