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U.Today - Stories about savvy whales and investors making have become a usual part of the cryptocurrency industry, but w...
02/10/2023

U.Today - Stories about savvy whales and investors making have become a usual part of the cryptocurrency industry, but what about those who do not have the Midas touch but still manage fairly large sums of ?

One such Ethereum investor has been grabbing attention for all the wrong reasons. This individual seems to have a knack for making poor choices when it comes to perpetual contracts, and their recent moves have left many in the crypto world utterly baffled.

Crypto exchange Binance has encouraged users to start converting their Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin holdings into other...
02/10/2023

Crypto exchange Binance has encouraged users to start converting their Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin holdings into other available assets, including a newly listed stablecoin, amid plans to wind down support for BUSD.

In an Aug. 31 statement from Binance, the crypto exchange confirmed prior speculation that it will gradually stop support for BUSD by February 2024 — a decision in line with Paxos' plans to end BUSD redemption at that time.

Researchers behind the well-known Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) have officially revised its me...
01/10/2023

Researchers behind the well-known Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) have officially revised its methodology to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the Index’s estimates for the first time since its inception in 2019.

The CBECI was launched in July 2019 in an effort to provide reliable data-driven insights to questions about Bitcoin mining’s energy-intensive nature and associated environmental impact.

CBECI looked at U.S. import records on Bitcoin mining equipment (left) and estimated computing power derived from import data (right). Researchers used the hash rate (in TH/s) and gross weight stated by the manufacturer and applied an equally weighted mix of the following models from Canaan’s Avalon A1246, Avalon A1266, Avalon A1346 and Avalon A1366

Crypto.news - The Ethereum (ETH) price saw a notable surge on Aug. 29 after consolidating around the $1,650 mark for ten...
01/10/2023

Crypto.news - The Ethereum (ETH) price saw a notable surge on Aug. 29 after consolidating around the $1,650 mark for ten days.

However, Santiment data suggests there are still more daily transactions in loss. According to the market intelligence platform, the ratio of daily profit and loss transactions dropped to 0.62.

ETH price, ratio of daily transactions in profit to loss and whale activity – Aug. 30 | Santiment

Per Santiment, the ratio hit a three-week high of 1.37 on Aug. 29, when ETH was trading at around $1,740.

Crypto analytics platform Arkham Intelligence has revealed financial services company and crypto trading platform Robinh...
30/09/2023

Crypto analytics platform Arkham Intelligence has revealed financial services company and crypto trading platform Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) as a leading holder of Ether (ETH) and the owner of the fifth-largest ETH wallet, which contains about $2.54 billion of the cryptocurrency.

Arkham stated on X (formerly Twitter) that its recognition of Robinhood possessing the third-largest Bitcoin wallet garnered significant attention. However, it said less attention has been paid to its identification of Robinhood as the holder of the fifth-largest ETH wallet. In a separate update, Arkham emphasized that these funds are user balances under custody.

Crypto.news - Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have witnessed a significant surge after taking a downward curve between Au...
30/09/2023

Crypto.news - Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have witnessed a significant surge after taking a downward curve between Aug. 25 and 29.

According to CryptoSlam, NFT sales grew by 36.5% in the past 24 hours, reaching roughly $14.25 million. Per the data aggregator, the total trades are still down by 19% from its local top of $17.61 million on Aug. 17.

Moreover, the total number of transactions and the average sale have also registered 9.05% and 32.33% hikes. Per CryptoSlam, the number of transactions has reached 277,997 while the average value of a sale grew to $51.

On the other hand, the total amount of wash trades has also risen with the NFT uptrend. According to the data provider, the NFT wash volume has risen by 4.45%, reaching $4.51 million in 28,207 wash transactions.

Per CryptoSlam, Ethereum (ETH) remains the preferred blockchain for NFT trades, with a total sales volume of $8.4 million. Polygon (MATIC) comes second with a notable share of $1.2 million.

Crypto is a volatile place. Money can be as easily lost as made through the ups and downs of Bitcoin and the wider marke...
29/09/2023

Crypto is a volatile place. Money can be as easily lost as made through the ups and downs of Bitcoin and the wider market, and there are massive decisions to make. Should you just hodl invest and do nothing or actively trade the market? How many coins should your portfolio hold? Self-custody or keep your funds on an exchange with pre-determined stop losses?

Basically, how do you protect your stack from the million and one things that can go wrong? We asked Bitcoin OGs and experts in the space for their advice and opinions.

Crypto.news - The race for stablecoin supremacy heats up as industry experts debate Tether’s role and new players like P...
29/09/2023

Crypto.news - The race for stablecoin supremacy heats up as industry experts debate Tether’s role and new players like PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) enter the arena.

Bloomberg Intelligence expert Jamie Coutts pointed to Ethereum’s (ETH) growing dominance, highlighted by key network adoption metrics and layer-2 projects like Optimism, Arbitrum, and Base.

He anticipates that Ethereum’s scaling roadmap will drastically lower layer-2 transaction costs, thanks to the forthcoming EIP-4844. This comes as PayPal recently debuted its PYUSD stablecoin, fueling speculation that it might develop its own layer-2 network.

Grayscale has emerged victorious in a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the re...
27/09/2023

Grayscale has emerged victorious in a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the review of its Bitcoin ETF.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose 6.2% yesterday to close above the 200-DMA for the first time since January.

Crypto.news - Iris Energy invests $10 million in 248 Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) H100 GPUs to expand into generative AI alongsi...
27/09/2023

Crypto.news - Iris Energy invests $10 million in 248 Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) H100 GPUs to expand into generative AI alongside its existing focus on Bitcoin (BTC) mining.

The company expects the 248 GPUs to be delivered in the coming months and aims to utilize them in cloud computing opportunities.

Daniel Roberts, co-founder and co-CEO of Iris Energy, stated that the company aims to use its existing data centers to meet the burgeoning demand for generative AI computing.

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