Bitcoin Policy UK has criticised British banks for imposing broad restrictions on legitimate bitcoin activities. The organization stated in an announcement on Friday that it had provided evidence to the parliamentary inquiry of the Crypto and Digital Assets APPG regarding banking access, indicating that there have been no advancements in the treatment of bitcoin activity … Read more
Last week, Bitcoin saw its most remarkable weekly increase in three years, rising from less than $65,000 to nearly $80,000 in less than 48 hours. Such explosive moves are typically followed by a sharp retracement as investors tend to secure profits, particularly after extended periods of sideways activity devoid of significant gains. BTC has indeed … Read more
Bitcoin miners are experiencing a favourable shift due to the recent price increase, as hashprice has risen from a daily rate of $31.80 per petahash per second (PH/s) on August 18 to $38.29 PH/s as of Saturday, August 22. Hashprice quantifies the revenue potential for a bitcoin miner based on a defined amount of hashrate, … Read more
A relatively small change in the U.S. government bond market catalysed one of bitcoin’s most pronounced rallies in recent months this week, as declining long-term yields provided traders with a rationale to reverse a historic accumulation of bearish positions in the cryptocurrency market. The U.S. Treasury announced an increase in the scale of its buyback … Read more
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have attracted more than $1 billion in new investments in the last three days, contributing to the surge of the leading cryptocurrency to almost $73,000. On Wednesday, investors acquired more than $500 million in shares from the funds overseen by BlackRock, Fidelity, and Greyscale, as reported. Bitcoin’s price has surged this week, … Read more
Daily liquidations of Bitcoin positions experienced a significant increase following the leading digital asset’s approach to the $70,000 mark. In the last 24 hours, traders have closed positions exceeding $1.7 billion while shorting the largest cryptocurrency, as indicated by the data. And the vast majority — $1.5 billion — of those positions were liquidated in … Read more
Bitcoin is entrenched in its bear market; however, it is exhibiting an unusual behaviour: remaining stagnant. According to a recent report, thirty-day realised volatility has decreased to 27.2% annualised, a decline from 30.4% the previous month and significantly below bitcoin’s long-run average of approximately 80%. For an asset characterised by double-digit daily fluctuations, this represents … Read more
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds experienced their most significant outflows last week since the conclusion of June, marking a reversal of the robust performance observed at the beginning of August. The 13 US-listed funds experienced a net outflow of $389.7 million during the week of August 10, following an inflow of $853.5 million in the preceding … Read more
Bitcoin remains ensnared in a low-momentum environment, with price action increasingly defined by erratic consolidation rather than a clear directional shift. The absence of liquidity and volume persists in constraining follow-through, while the existing structure allows for the possibility of another liquidity-driven movement prior to the emergence of a more robust trend. On the daily … Read more
Following the significant inflows observed in the initial week of August, attention shifted to the subsequent week. However, the situation became clear. The spot exchange-traded funds that monitor the performance of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation have once again experienced a downturn over the past five trading days, with only one day showing net … Read more
