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Monday's Bitcoin price decline coincided with a massive activity spike across spot, options and futures markets. 5940 Total views 14 Total shares Trading activity on Bitcoin (BTC) exchanges spiked massively even as the BTC price was suffering a major correction. According to data from crypto research firm Messari, Bitcoin’s real 24-hour trading volume is about…

A Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) executive floated a $1 million Bitcoin price scenario if the United States were to buy 1 million BTC.  In a Bitcoin Magazine podcast, Zach Shapiro, the head of policy for the Bitcoin-focused BPI think tank, said that a 1 million Bitcoin (BTC) purchase by the US would have a massive

Lykke’s new contest looks to give money to developers to pursue new tech proposals that promise to aid the economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19. 745 Total views 43 Total shares As announced on May 19, Swiss cryptocurrency exchange Lykke will be offering four prizes totalling 200,000 Swiss Francs ($205,800) as part of the…

The Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA) will deploy a blockchain-powered solution on its registrar service platform, local news agency Bangkok Post reports July 28. The new registrar service platform, which is scheduled to be introduced this year, intends to provide a faster bond certificate issuance and, in turn, boost the liquidity of the secondary market,…

A state-backed digital currency like the U.S. dollar doesn’t necessarily have to be a competitor to a decentralized cryptocurrency, one industry exec believes. 328 Total views 4 Total shares Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) do not pose any direct threat to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) but are still associated with risks in relation to stablecoins,…

Updated rules by the New York Fed could deem stablecoin issuer Circle “ineligible” for access to the Fed's money market. 192 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe New York Federal Reserve has published new rules for counterparties looking to use its money market balancer, casting…

While Localbitcoins trade volumes have receded globally since the platform’s KYC overhaul last year, Latin American trade has continued to surge. 1441 Total views 51 Total shares Amid declining global volume, Localbitcoins.com continues to comprise a hub for Latin American peer-to-peer (P2P) trade — with Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela posting record volume over recent weeks…

Bitcoin (BTC) has never been as far below its target price as it is now, the stock-to-flow model shows this week.In a tweet on July 10, Lex Moskovski, chief investment officer at Moskovski Capital, showed stock-to-flow flagging a historic moment in Bitcoin's twelve-year lifetime."Great buying opportunity"With BTC/USD showing few signs of a genuine bullish recovery,…