Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Bitcoin was 26X more volatile on a weekly basis than the euro in 2022, up from 19X in 2021 and 16X in 2020
Key Takeaways & &
There is a perception that Bitcoin’s volatility is coming down, however the data fails to back this up
Bitco...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Paxos has also halted the minting of new BUSD tokens as ordered.
Existing BUSD will however remain fully-backed and redeemable via Paxos until at least February 2024
Binance CEO says exchange will continue to support BUSD&
Paxos, the blockchai...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Binance Coin has made a strong bearish breakout in the past few hours.
Paxos was ordered by US regulators to stop minting BUSD.
Binance has seen significant outflows in the past 7 days.
Binance Coin (BNB) price pulled back on Monday, becoming...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The NYDFS has ordered Paxos Trust Co. to stop issuing BUSD stablecoin.
This comes after the SEC issued Paxos with a wells notice on the same.
The SEC alleges Binance USD is an unregistered security.
Just hours after the US Securities and Exchange C...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 11th February, 2023, Chainwire
AshSwap, the first stable-swap DEX on the MultiversX blockchain (previously Elrond Network), is officially launching on the MultiversX mainnet on February 17. The DEX will seamlessly bridge cr...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Gary Gensler says the agency’s action against crypto exchange Kraken yesterday should put people “on notice.
He added that crypto companies should take note and come into compliance.
The crypto space needs laws to protect the invest...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Venom Blockchain and DAO Maker want to incubate web3 startups focused on real-world use cases.
DAO Maker CEO Christoph Zaknun has been named an advisor to Venom Foundation.
DAO Maker will actively assist in the development of the Venom ecosyste...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency prices had a mixed week amid elevated risks. Bitcoin price plunged to a low of $21,820, the lowest level since January 20. AI coins like SingularityDAO, Fetch.ai, and Ocean Protocol soared and then plunged. This decline was also in lin...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Key Takeaways
The net unrealised profit/loss of all Bitcoins is currently 0.11 BTC, or $2,500
The profit has been positive since January 13th, having been negative for most of the prior 6 months
Two-thirds of the Bitcoin supply is in profit, despite...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Kraken is ending crypto-staking services to settle with the U.S. SEC.
It will also pay $30 million in penalties as part of that settlement.
The development casts doubt upon Coinbase that also offers staking.
Kraken &- the U.S. based crypto exch...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
MakerDAO’s integration of Chainlink extends on the Maker’s automated system Keeper Network.
The automation will help stabilise the DAI infrastructure, including via updates on price and the debt ceiling.
An proposal over the integration...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Stablecoin issuer issued its latest attestation report for the fourth quarter of 2022.
The company reported a net profit of $700 million in Q4.
The profit is in addition to the company’s reserves.
Tether publishes its Q4 attestation rep...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The Sandbox price crashed for two straight days as the cliff unlock date nears and as a risk-off sentiment prevailed. The SAND/USDT price retreated to a low of $0.7797, which was lower than this week’s high of $0.937.
Cliff unlock nears
Crypto...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Metacask is set to auction the rare whisky cask starting 12 February, with the 35-year-old cask asking price debuting at over $3 million.
The cask is held as The Macallan Distillery in Scotland.
A digital art and NFT will be offered as part of the s...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Fornax, a new player in the decentralized blockchain world, has announced the launch of its blockchain version 1.0 pre-sale. This version is limited to a total supply of 20 million Fornax Coins and offers investors an opportunity to get in on the gro...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Key Takeaways
Two-thirds of the Bitcoin supply has not moved in over a year
Metrics for percent of supply unmoved in 2+, 3+ and 5+ years also at all-time highs
The average hold period for Bitcoin on-chain is 3.8 years
Despite thesis that dwindling s...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Choosing a good trading platform is one of the first steps to crypto investing.
Check local laws and find out if the platform is regulated or complies with set requirements.
Decide what type of trader you are and assess your technical skills.
Tradi...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The crypto space was previously more open to people from all fields as the market was still in its early days.
Coinjournal’s Dan Ashmore believes that the crypto market is becoming a mainstream financial market and is now dominated by those...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Aave has joined the space of DeFi protocols that have released their own native stablecoins.
The GHO stablecoin is not live on Ethereum’s testnet.
The GHO mainnet is however yet to be launched awaiting community discussion and approval.
Leadi...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Chiliz launched a new layer-1 blockchain that’s EVM-compatible.
The price of the native token CHZ rose more than 20% to a two month high above $0.17.
Profit taking today has seen it decline over 7% to around $0.15.
Chiliz , the blockchain-bas...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
ShareRing releases alpha version of its web-based tool Vault Query Language (VQL).
The Alpha release allows users to test the query tool securely from their ShareRing Vault.
ShareRing is a blockchain-based digital identity platform.
ShareRing, a bl...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
LocalBitcoins to shut down peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto platform
Finland-based Bitcoin trading service has been in operation for over 10 years.
The team cites a difficult crypto winter for the reason the exchange is calling it a day.
LocalBitcoins, a...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Aave, a crypto lending platform, is currently one of Ethereum’s largest DeFi products.
MakerDAO, on the other hand, facilitates the generation of DAI stablecoin.
MakerDAO is planning to launch a crypto lending platform called Spark Lend to riv...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Peter Wall resignation is the second after the Argo Blockchain acquisition by Galaxy Digital.
Peter Wall will remain an adviser to Argo to support the transition.
Argo has been conducting a series of changes since late December 2022 when it reported...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Key Takeaways
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang bought a 7.6% stake in Robinhood last May
Purchased for close to half a billion, the funds were raised via a loan from sister trading firm Alameda Research
In November, FTX was revealed to...