Will Bitcoin fall below $70K after $2.2B options expiry?

The start of February has brought yet another batch of evidence supporting the notion that the ongoing surge of crypto prices has deep institutional roots. Ignited by market whisperer Elon Musk and his Tesla’s announcement of a $1.5-billion Bitcoin position, the bullish cycle was reinforced by further news coming from the likes of Mastercard, Amazon…

The executive chairman of MicroStrategy, Michael Saylor, does not like to be called out. He responded to a poll shared by Eric Wall, a crypto researcher, that suggested he had not used Bitcoin’s (BTC) layer-2 Lightning Network more than three times with a Twitter poll of his own.The correct answer is Yes, and I will…

The environmental impacts of the site were quickly called into question following the reveal. 1581 Total views 26 Total shares Electric services provider Ameren Corporation announced Monday that it has successfully mined upward of 20 Bitcoin (BTC) using excess energy generated by one of its coal-based power plants — the Sioux Energy Center in West…

According to the DCMS committee, NFT regulation in the U.K. is “largely non-existent,” with lawmakers planning to assess the assets ahead of a review by the treasury department. 283 Total views 17 Total shares Members of the United Kingdom’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee have opened an inquiry to hear from the public on…

Coinbase, a major American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service, has not acquired digital currency brokerage firm Tagomi.On Nov. 29, sources told CoinDesk that Coinbase acquired Tagomi for $150 million that morning, following purported negotiations between the firms last month. According to The Block, Tagomi’s lending and borrowing services made it a tempting target for an…

A directed acyclic graph or DAG is a data modeling or structuring tool typically used in cryptocurrencies.  Unlike a blockchain, which consists of blocks, directed acyclic graphs have vertices and edges. Thus, crypto transactions are recorded as vertices. These transactions are then recorded on top of one another. Similar to a blockchain, however, transactions are…

Bitcoin price shows strength as investors expect the Fed to resume printing, but a handful of global macroeconomic headwinds are still in play.

On June 13, the long-awaited Hinman documents were finally unsealed and released to the public. The unveiled documents offer valuable insights into a significant speech delivered in 2018 by Bill Hinman, the former director of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) corporation finance division. In this 2018 speech, Hinman shared his perspective that Ether…

It's a rush to beat out the competition among institutions, but serious resistance remains near new all-time highs. 1403 Total views 16 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is clinging to $68,000 on Nov. 9 after traders declared it "clear for take-off" and ready to begin further price discovery.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin approaches "Great…