Bitcoin hit highs of $23,342 on Binance, with a breakout above $22k extending year-to-date gains. BTC price is up 30% in a month and has recovered 47% since the decline to $15,500 lows. Short liquidations were around $376 million in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin price roared to highs above $23,000 on Saturday morning, rising…
JPMorgan CEO says Bitcoin is ‘a hyped-up fraud’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon previously slammed Bitcoin as a “Ponzi scheme”. On Thursday, he told CNBC’s Squawk Box that crypto is a decentralised Ponzi scheme and that Bitcoin is just “hyped-up fraud.” Dimon says people have lost billions of dollars and believes regulators should have put a stop to crypto “a long time ago.” Not…
Bitcoin now at its pre-FTX collapse level
At press time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $21,507.97. Bitcoin price has surpassed where it stood on November 5 just prior to the FTX collapse. It now stands at its highest price since mid-September last year. 2022 was definitely not a very good year for crypto and especially for bitcoin (BTC) which was trading below…
Half a billion dollars of short sellers liquidated in biggest crypto rally in 9 months
Key Takeaways The cryptocurrency market cap is back above $1 trillion following the biggest surge in 9 months Half a billion dollars of short sales were liquidated over the weekend, the most in three months Bitcoin is back above $21,000, Ethereum above $1,500, while altcoins have soared Despite powerful bounce, the market is still down…
Bitcoin and AI: Deal in Crypto Intelligently
The global AI market is forecast to grow $1394.30 billion in 2023. Investors and traders can tap into AI to benefit from features such as automation and accuracy. Bitcoin and AI also have the capacity to combat frauds in transactions across global markets. Have you ever thought that where technology will extend us, either intelligent…
13% of Bitcoin supply in profit as BTC rallies above $18,200
Bitcoin price jumped more than 5% on Thursday to hit levels above $18,400. According to on-chain data from Glassnode, the price rally has helped return 13% more BTC into profit; now 60.5% of circulating supply is in profit. Only 47%-48% of BTC had been in profit between November 2022 and the start of January, 2023….
Bitcoin price: Analyst says BTC could hit $25K by March
Bitcoin price broke above $21,440 on major cryptocurrency exchanges for the first time since the FTX implosion. Much of the buying pressure was retail driven as crypto mirrored stock markets’ Friday surge. Veteran trader and markets analyst Peter Brandt has shared his prediction for Bitcoin price in 2023. Cryptocurrencies roared into the weekend as Bitcoin…
Binance and Huobi recover 121 BTC from Harmony bridge hackers
The Harmony bridge hack took place in June last year and over $100 million was lost 121 bitcoins have been recovered by Huobi and Binance security teams. The hackers were also moving ETH worth about $64 million over the weekend. Seven months after one of the largest cryptocurrency exploits of 2022 took place, industry players…
Crypto prices surge via strongest rally in 9 months, but why?
Key Takeaways Bitcoin is back in the 20s, Ethereum has crossed $1,500 and altcoins are powering north in what is the biggest crypto rally in 9 month Optimism that Federal Reserve will pivot off high interest policy sooner than expected, following cooler inflation data Next big day for crypto markets is February 1st, when the…
Grayscale Bitcoin Fund up 25% this year, but discount still killing investors
Key Takeaways GBTC Fund is up 25% since the start of the year, compared to a 4% rise in the underlying asset, Bitcoin The discount is now back to where it was prior to the FTX collapse, at 37% The discount had hit an all-time high of 50% only four weeks ago The largest…