Post-Merge ETH has become obsolete
For years, various blockchain projects were rumored to be future “Ethereum killers,” projects that would unseat Ether from its throne and usurp its title as...
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The biggest Bitcoin fund just hit a record -35% discount — A warning for BTC price?
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), a cryptocurrency fund that currently holds 3.12% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) supply, or over 640,000 BTC, is trading at a...
Wintermute suffers $160M attack, Kraken CEO departs and US bill aims to ban algo stablecoins: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 18-24
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
What is a cryptocurrency mining pool?
In the early days of Bitcoin (BTC), crypto enthusiasts only required a basic personal computer with an internet connection to generate new BTC tokens through...
MEVbots backdoor drains users’ Ethereum funds via arbitrage trading bot
MEV gain, an Ethereum (ETH) arbitrage trading bot built by MEVbots, which claims to provide stress-free passive income, has been actively draining its users’ funds...
Bitcoin was almost named Netcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto, hints domain data
Coming up with a good name is often one of the most challenging decisions one needs to make when launching a new service or business....
Price analysis 9/23: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT
The S&P 500 index has declined about 5% this week while the Nasdaq Composite is down more than 5.5%. Investors fear that the Federal Reserve’s...
FTSE100 and DAX remain in a bearish sequence
Recommended by Zorrays Junaid Get Your Free Equities Forecast Get My Guide In my last article, the FTSE100 was drawing up a triangle which was...
Why is the crypto market down today?
Crypto prices keep falling, but why? This year’s market crash has turned most winning portfolios into net losers, and new investors are probably losing hope...
Global Market Unwind: USD Jumps as Euro, Sterling Plummet, Stocks Stare into the Abyss
USD, Stocks Talking Points: It’s been a rough week for the risk trade and the US Dollar has continued to jump, now trading at a...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin decision: Tracking adoption a year later
El Salvador, the small Central American nation that made history just over a year ago when it made Bitcoin (BTC), recently marked its first year...
Is the bottom in? Crypto community shares their thoughts
Buying the dip instantly becomes a nightmare when crypto prices go down even further as the bear market continues its onset. However, recent dips show...
GBP/USD Slide Continues, ’Mini Budget’ Gets a Distinctly Lukewarm Welcome
GBP, UK Mini Budget, Kwasi Kwarteng, Bank of England, US Federal Reserve—Talking Points The Pound remains very much the loser in developed markets’ ugly contest....
Crude Oil Update: Central Bank Hikes Weigh on Brent Ahead of Baker Hughes
BRENT CRUDE OIL (LCOc1) TALKING POINTS Stronger USD hurts on crude oil. Additional rigs may sustain downside pressure. $90 mark key for weekly close. Trade...
Gold Price Outlook – Struggling to Make Any Headway, Further Downside Beckons
Gold Price (XAU/USD), Chart, and Analysis US Treasury 2-year yields hit 4.25%. Support looks set to be tested again. Retail traders trim their long positions....
GitHub unbans Tornado Cash repositories following OFAC guidance
Crypto mixer Tornado Cash has returned to the software development platform GitHub after several weeks of being banned on the website. Ethereum developer Preston Van...
BTC mining firm Compute North files for bankruptcy
Bitcoin (BTC) mining hosting firm Compute North has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid growing pressure on the firm due to the effects of crypto...
Australian Dollar Floored by Booming US Dollar as Rate Hikes Ricochet Through Markets
Australian Dollar, AUD/USD, ASX 200, NZD, US Dollar, USD/JPY, EUR/CHF – Talking Points The Australian Dollar has wilted in the face of a robust US...
Japanese Yen Intervention Brings Most Volatile Day Since 2016, Where to for USD/JPY?
Japanese Yen, USD/JPY, Intervention, Bank of Japan – Technical Forecast Japanese Yen sees most volatile session against US Dollar since 2016 This followed government intervention...
Would a Louder Recession Signal Push the Dow Over the Ledge, Reverse the Dollar?
S&P 500, FOMC, Dollar, USDJPY, EURUSD, Yields and Recession Talking Points: The Market Perspective: USDJPY Bearish Below 141.50; Gold Bearish Below 1,680 After the FOMC’s...
US Dollar Rally Pauses as Japanese Yen Finds Respite: Asia-Pacific Outlook
US Dollar, DXY, Asia-Pacific, Japanese Yen, Australian PMI, Technical Outlook – Talking Points Asia-Pacific markets face a risk-off open on Friday after US stocks fall...
USD/CAD Rally Pushes RSI Into Overbought Zone for First Time in 2022
Canadian Dollar Talking Points USD/CAD clears the November 2020 high (1.3371) as it extends the advance following the Federal Reserve interest rate decision, and the...
S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow Fall Amid Mounting Growth Concerns
US Stock Market Key Points: TheS&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 fall for the third consecutive day amid tighter financial conditions and recession fears. Better-than-expected...
Bitcoin’s 60% year-to-date correction looks bad, but many stocks have dropped by even more
Bitcoin’s (BTC) and Ether’s (ETH) agonizing 60% and 66% respective drops in price are drawing a lot of criticism from crypto critics and perhaps this...
Euro Forecast: EUR/USD Muted Post Hawkish Fed Verdict but Still a Falling Knife
EUR/USD OUTLOOK: The euro lacks conviction against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, moving between small gains and losses The Fed hawkish monetary policy outlook could...
Total crypto market cap shows strength even after the Merge and Federal Reserve rate hike
Cryptocurrencies have been in a bear trend since mid-August after they failed to break above the $1.2 trillion market capitalization resistance. Even with the current...
Japanese Yen Roars to Life Following Intervention – USDJPY, GBPJPY, AUDJPY, EURJPY Setups
Japanese Yen, USDJPY, GBPJPY, AUDJPY, EURJPY – Talking Points USDJPY tumbles from 145 to 140 as MoF intervenes in Yen market Bank of Japan sticks...
Fed interest rate hike rattles the crypto market: Dig deeper with Market Talks
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, we welcome Yashu Gola, a Mumbai-based financial analyst and technology journalist at Cointelegraph with a strong focus on...
This Bitcoin long-term holder metric is nearing the BTC price ‘bottom zone’
A Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicator, which tracks the amount of coin supply held by long-term holders (LTHs) in losses, is signaling that a market bottom...
Ethereum post-Merge hard forks are here: Now what?
On the first day after the Merge, the decentralized finance (DeFi) community is settling into the seemingly uneventful transition of the Ethereum network from proof-of-work...
US Dollar Price Action Setups: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY
US Dollar Talking Points: It’s been a busy week for the US Dollar with yesterday’s FOMC rate decision being followed by rate meetings in Japan,...
Toss in your job and make $300K working for a DAO? Here’s how
Increasing numbers of employees are quitting 9–5 corporate jobs to work for DAOs. While the money’s great, DAOs fall into a legal gray area, and...
How to stake Fantom (FTM)?
Fantom (FTM) is known for its speed and inexpensive layer-1 blockchain. Like other blockchains (for example, Solana (SOL) and Avalanche (AVAX)) that scale better than...
GBP Breaking News: BoE Defies Market Estimates with 50bps Rate Hike
POUND STERLING TALKING POINTS GBP finds support post-BoE. Fundamental headwinds mount for UK and pound. BANK OF ENGLAND RATE HIKE SEES POUND BID… FOR NOW...
Ethereum risks another 10% drop versus Bitcoin as $15.4M exits ETH investment funds
Ethereum’s Merge on Sep. 15 turned out to be a sell-the-news event, which looks set to continue. Notably, Ether (ETH) dropped considerably against the U.S. dollar and...
Gold Prices Remain Pressured By Fed’s More Hawkish Tone
Gold, US Federal Reserve, Inflation, Ukraine- Talking Points Gold prices headed lower as markets parsed Federal Reserve Commentary. The rate rise was expected, the overtly...
How Bitcoin ATMs in Greece fare during a record-breaking tourist season
Greece is globally recognized for its touristic lures of idyllic beaches and a laid-back lifestyle. Prior to the outbreak of the global pandemic, the World...
JPMorgan CEO calls crypto ‘decentralized Ponzi schemes’
While testifying before United States lawmakers, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon referred to himself as a “major skeptic” on “crypto tokens, which you call currency,...
Will Dollar and Risk Assets Sift Through the Fed Decision to the Recession Warning?
S&P 500, FOMC, Dollar, USDJPY, EURUSD, Yields and Recession Talking Points: The Market Perspective: USDJPY Bearish Below 141.50; Gold Bearish Below 1,680 Beyond the FOMC’s...
Gold Price Defends September Range as RSI Holds Above Oversold Zone
Gold Price Talking Points The price of gold trades to a fresh weekly high ($1688) even as the Federal Reserve delivers another 75bp rate hike,...
NZD/USD Trades at Critical Support as APAC Traders Prepare for Bank of Japan
New Zealand Dollar, NZD/USD, AUD/NZD, Trade Balance, BoJ, Crude Oil – Talking Points Asia-Pacific markets may fall after the FOMC rate decision boosted the US...
Crude Oil Price to Eye January Low on Failure to Defend Monthly Low
Crude Oil Price Talking Points The price of oil holds above the weekly low ($81.73) after showing a limited reaction to the smaller-than-expected rise in...
Price analysis 9/21: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB
The Federal Reserve hiked rates by 75 basis points on Sept. 21 and Fed Chair Jerome Powell projected another 125 basis points increase before the...
SPX, Nasdaq, USD: Delayed Boom, ‘Pain,’ After September FOMC
S&P 500, Nasdaq Talking Points: This afternoon brought a 3rd consecutive 75 bp rate hike from the Fed along with assurances of more to come....
Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoins hold intraday gains after Fed hikes interest rates by 0.75%
Bitcoin (BTC) retreated and reversed its intraday gains after the Federal Reserve announced its third consecutive 75 basis point (bps) interest rate rise on Sept....
Raise a glass to Satoshi’s Place: the challenge of running Bitcoin businesses
A Bitcoin (BTC) hub in Greater Manchester opened on Sept. 16, where everything–absolutely everything is Bitcoin themed or oriented. Cointelegraph took a trip to the...
The impact of the Wintermute hack could have been worse than 3AC, Voyager and Celsius — Here is why
Most crypto investors probably never heard of Wintermute Trading before the Sept. 20 $160 million hack, but that does not reduce their significance within the...
Are noncustodial crypto wallets a practical option for the everyday hodler?
As crypto ownership becomes more and more common, holders will need to think about how they protect and hold their assets. The safest option is...
Are there too many cryptocurrencies?
The cryptocurrency industry has grown at a staggering pace. There are now almost 21,000 different coins in existence, across a variety of subsectors. From metaverses...
Bitcoin ‘nuke’ warning as Fed rate hike decision looms — Dollar index hits 20-year high
Bitcoin (BTC) underwent a weak rebound on Sept. 21, and the U.S. dollar jumped to a new yearly high as investors await Sept. 21’s Federal...
Digital bank FV Bank integrates USDC stablecoin for direct deposits
The global digital bank FV Bank is the latest financial platform to enable deposits in Circle-backed stablecoin USD Coin (USDC). FV Bank on Wednesday announced...
Sharding could resolve Ethereum scalability trilemma, says researcher
After a successful Ethereum Merge, all eyes are set on the next phase of transition, which would introduce key scalability solutions on the platform, including sharding. Market...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin defends DAOs against critics
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reiterated his support for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), arguing that in some circumstances, they can be more efficient and fairer...
USD/JPY Recovery Emerges Ahead of Federal Reserve Rate Decision
Japanese Yen Talking Points USD/JPY extends the advance from the start of the week as US Treasury yields push to fresh yearly highs, and the...
‘Fear of the unknown’ holds back tradfi investors from crypto — Bloomberg analyst
Jamie Coutts, Crypto Market Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence argues that “falsehoods” and “fear of the unknown” is what has been holding back traditional portfolio managers...
Gold Prices Brace for the Federal Reserve, Will Chair Jerome Powell Damage XAU/USD?
Gold, XAU/USD, Federal Reserve, Technical Analysis – Briefing: Gold prices fell with the S&P 500 as the US Dollar rose Traders positioned themselves for the...
US Dollar Strength to Pressure Asia-Pacific Markets Ahead of Fed Decision
US Dollar, DXY, APAC Market Sentiment, FOMC, Technical Outlook – Talking Points Asia-Pacific markets may turn cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision Russian...
AUD/USD Rate Rebound Vulnerable to Hawkish Fed Rate Hike
Australian Dollar Talking Points AUD/USD has failed to defend the July low (0.6681) as it trades to a fresh yearly low (0.6670) in September, and...
Crypto and stocks soften ahead of Fed rate hike, but XRP, ALGO and LDO look ‘interesting’
Prices remain soft across the market as traders await Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s statement on the size of the next interest rate hike. At...
S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow Consolidate Ahead of FOMC
US Stock Market Key Points: TheS&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 pulled back in anticipation of more interest rate hikes US Treasury yields jumped to...
Staking providers could expand institutional presence in the crypto space: Report
The Ethereum blockchain’s carbon footprint is expected to reduce by 99% following last week’s Merge event. By positioning staking as a service for retail and...
Crypto market dumps after Ethereum Merge, why? Watch The Market Report
On this week’s “The Market Report” show, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss why the crypto market is dumping after the Ethereum Merge and why the bears...
Ethereum miners dump 30K ETH, stonewalling ‘ultra sound money’ deflation narrative
Ethereum’s switch to proof-of-stake (PoS) on Sept. 15 failed to extend Ether’s (ETH) upside momentum as ETH miners added sell pressure to the market. On...
Saving the planet could be blockchain’s killer app
The sustainability movement has emerged as a 21st century megatrend, and it shows no signs of abating. Record heat in Europe, wildfires in the U.S....
Michael Saylor can’t stop: MicroStrategy now holds 130,000 Bitcoin
MicroStrategy now owns 0.62% of all the Bitcoin (BTC) that will ever be mined. The company’s executive chairman, Michael Saylor, announced that the company bought...
Bitcoin still dominates total payments on BitPay despite the bear market
The cryptocurrency bear market has had an impact on how people pay with crypto, but Bitcoin (BTC) remains a major payment tool despite huge volatility,...
Alameda Research ‘happy to return’ $200M loan to Voyager Digital
Quantitative trading company Alameda Research will return an estimate of $200 million to Voyager Digital, which is proceeding through bankruptcy. Alameda borrowed the funds in cryptocurrencies...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shares vision for layer-3 protocols
While Ethereum-based layer-2 solutions have been focused on hyperscaling the network, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes layer 3s will serve a far different purpose —...
‘Fed sledgehammer’ will further batter BTC, ETH prices — Bloomberg analyst
The United States Federal Reserve’s inflation “sledgehammer” is about to batter the prices of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) down even further, before reaching back...
SEC lawsuit claims jurisdiction because ETH nodes are ‘clustered’ in the US
The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has made an unprecedented claim that Ethereum transactions take place in the United States because Ethereum nodes are...
Australian Dollar Steady After RBA Meeting Minutes Ahead of Fed and BoJ
Australian Dollar, AUD/USD, US Dollar, RBA, Fed, AUD/JPY, BoJ -Talking Points The Australian Dollar is near 2-years lows despite a hawkish RBA The pace of...
USD/CAD Struggles to Test November 2020 High Ahead of Canada CPI
Canadian Dollar Talking Points USD/CAD snaps the series of higher highs and lows from last week as it quicky pulls back from a fresh yearly...
Nasdaq 100 Manages to Climb Out of a Hole, Will the Nikkei 225 and ASX 200 Follow?
Nasdaq 100, Nikkei 225, ASX 200, China Loan Prime Rates, Chengdu, Technical Analysis – Asia Pacific Indices Briefing Recommended by Daniel Dubrovsky How to Trade...
USD/JPY Trades at Support as APAC Markets Look Higher Ahead of Japanese Inflation
Japanese Yen, USD/JPY, CPI, RBA, BoJ, Technical Outlook – Talking Points Asia-Pacific markets set to rebound after US stocks rise as Dollar strength pauses Japanese...
Crude Oil Price Reverses Ahead of 50-Day SMA to Eye Monthly Low
Crude Oil Price Talking Points The price of oil is under pressure after failing to test the monthly high ($90.39), and crude may track the...
Long the Bitcoin bottom, or watch and wait? Bitcoin traders plan their next move
Bitcoin (BTC) faced a 9% correction in the early hours of Sept. 19 as the price traded down to $18,270. Even though the price quickly...
Price analysis 9/19: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, SOL, DOGE, DOT, MATIC, SHIB
The United States equities markets and the crypto markets are likely to remain volatile in the near term because traders remain nervous about the size...
Bitcoin is trapped in a downtrend, but a ‘trifecta of positives’ scream ‘deep value’
$20,000 is no longer support. $100,000 didn’t happen. The Bitcoin halving is 562 days away. Bears simply refuse to release their vice grip on the...
Solitaire, Counter-Strike, Snake: How casual gaming could be a ‘huge’ Bitcoin on-ramp
You can now play Solitaire, Snake and even Counter-Strike to earn Satoshis, tiny fractions of Bitcoin (BTC). Cointelegraph spoke to executives at Thndr Games, a...
Does the Ethereum Merge offer a new destination for institutional investors?
Last week’s Merge was the “most significant development in the history of the Ethereum network,” according to Fidelity Digital. And from a purely technical standpoint,...
Solana outperforms Ethereum in daily transactions in Q2: Nansen report
Hype does not always equate to greater adoption, as the on-chain data from the second quarter of 2022 shows Solana (SOL) surpassing Ethereum in users’ daily...
Bitcoin, Ethereum crash continues as US 10-year Treasury yield surpasses June high
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), started the week on a depressive note as investors braced themselves for a flurry of rate hike...
ETHW confirms contract vulnerability exploit, dismisses replay attack claims
Post-Ethereum Merge proof-of-work (PoW) chain ETHW has moved to quell claims that it had suffered an on-chain replay attack over the weekend. Smart contract auditing...
Decentralized exchange GMX suffers $565K price manipulation ‘exploit’
Decentralized exchange (DEX) GMX has reportedly suffered a price manipulation exploit from an exploiter who managed to make off with around $565,000 from the Avalanche...
Biggest Fed rate hike in 40 years? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) faces another week of “huge” macro announcements after the lowest weekly close since July. After days of losses following the latest inflation data...
AUD/USD May Rebound as Chinese Lockdowns Ease Ahead of FOMC, BoJ
Australian Dollar, AUD/USD, China, Covid, Commodities, Technical Outlook – Talking Points Asia-Pacific markets look to gauge market sentiment ahead of an event-heavy week Covid lockdowns...
Here is why a 0.75% Fed rate hike could be bullish for Bitcoin and altcoins
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite index suffered their worst weekly performance since June as investors remain concerned that the Federal Reserve will have...
Markets Week Ahead: Dow Jones, US Dollar, Gold, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, FOMC, BoJ, BoE, SNB
Recommended by Thomas Westwater Traits of Successful Traders Get My Guide Market sentiment soured last week, sending equity indexes and other risk assets lower as...
Goldman Sachs’ bearish macro outlook puts Bitcoin at risk of crashing to $12K
A sequence of macro warnings coming out of the Goldman Sachs camp puts Bitcoin (BTC) at a risk of crashing to $12,000. Bitcoin in “bottom...
Influential celebrities that joined the crypto club over the past year
The inclusive crypto ecosystem has become home to numerous A-list celebrities over the years — primarily driven by the nonfungible tokens (NFT) hype of 2021....
Global Equity Market Outlook: FOMC to Drive Market Sentiment in Week Ahead
Recommended by Thomas Westwater Top Trading Lessons Get My Guide Global Equity Market Outlook – Bearish Global equity markets moved lower after central bank rate...
Profanity tool vulnerability drains $3.3M despite 1Inch warning
Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch Network issued a warning to crypto investors after identifying a vulnerability in Profanity, an Ethereum (ETH) vanity address generating tool. Despite...
Flashbots build over 82% relay blocks, adding to Ethereum centralization
Following the completion of The Merge upgrade, Ethereum (ETH) transitioned into a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, helping the blockchain become energy efficient and secure. However,...
Japanese Yen Forecast: USD/JPY at Pivotal Point Ahead of Fed, BoJ Rate Decision
USD/JPY OUTLOOK: BULLISH USD/JPY traded slightly lower on Friday, but managed a small gain on the week The Fed and the Bank of Japan monetary...
EUR/USD Rate Outlook Hinges on FOMC Rate Decision
Euro Rate Talking Points EUR/USD attempts to retrace the decline triggered by the stickiness in the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) as it trades back...
Australian Dollar Outlook: Fed Knights US Dollar King of the World
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR FORECAST: BEARISH The Australian Dollar may have to deal with a relatively dovish RBA Interest rate differentials and commodities are working against the...
Gold Price Forecast Continues to Be Bearish
Gold Price Technical Outlook: Bearish Higher rates, higher dollar continue to weigh on gold Technical breakdown may off up further reason to look for lower...
Ethereum completes Merge, Do Kwon faces arrest warrant and Bitcoin dives after rally: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 11-17
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
Tired of losing money? Here are 2 reasons why retail investors always lose
A quick flick through Twitter, any social media investing club, or investing-themed Reddit will quickly allow one to find handfuls of traders who have vastly...
Oil Price Forecast: WTI at Major Support- Crude Break Could Fuel Collapse
Crude Oil Technical Forecast: WTI Weekly Trade Levels Crude Oil updated technical trade levels – Weekly Chart WTI plunges to critical support pivot on seventh-weekly...