$32K Bitcoin price could turn the tides in Friday’s $160M BTC options expiry – Cointelegraph

Twenty-three agonizing days have passed since Bitcoin last closed above $32,000 and the 10% rally that took place on May 29 and 30 is currently evaporating as BTC price retraces toward $30,000. The correlation metric ranges from a negative 1, meaning select markets move in opposite directions, to positive 1, which reflects a perfect and […]

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Bounces Back From ‘Hurricane’ Though Miners Are Selling

ICYMI: CoinDesk’s Eliza Gkritsi and Aoyon Ashraf reported that a squeeze on bitcoin-mining profit margins – think lower crypto prices and higher energy costs – might be forcing miners to sell some down some of their bitcoin inventories to pay for the extra operating costs. But this thread of market logic was somewhat undermined this […]

Shiba Inu, Bitcoin Now Accepted in 2,900 Locations of This Leading Fast-Food Chain: Details

Every investment and all trading involves risk, so you should always perform your own research prior to making decisions. Holders of cryptocurrencies can now spend their funds from any Flexa-enabled app on burritos, burrito bowls and more at any Chipotle restaurant in the United States. Apart from Shiba Inu and Bitcoin, Flexa also supports 96 other […]

Regulators sue Winklevoss crypto firm over futures contracts – The Verge

On Thursday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed suit against Gemini Trust Company, a cryptocurrency business founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. The complaint puts particular focus on Gemini’s Bitcoin Futures Contract, one of the first financial instruments allowing investors to trade on expectations of a cryptocurrency’s future value. The CFTC claims to have found […]

White House prepares policy to fight Bitcoin mining environmental impact – Finbold

“We need to think about what would be the appropriate policy responses under a world that shifted to proof-of-stake, or a world that has some continuous mix of proof-of-work and proof-of-stake. The growth of Bitcoin mining in the U.S. Justin crafts insightful data-driven stories on finance, banking, and digital assets. This site is not intended […]

White House To Craft Bitcoin Mining Policy Addressing Energy Use: Report

Regulators were tapped by President Biden’s administration earlier this year in a “whole of government” approach to understanding and regulating the broader cryptocurrency space as Biden signed an executive order. According to the report, the Energy Department, which issues many of the efficiency standards likely being discussed, did not provide comment on the matter of […]

Crypto Miners’ Energy, Climate Costs Draw White House Scrutiny

The Energy Department, which issues efficiency standards and studies clean technology, was unable to provide a person to speak on cryptocurrency energy usage. The decentralized nature of the Bitcoin blockchain means that a diverse group of miners—who last year earned more than $15 billion, according to data from The Block Research—would have to be brought […]

GBTC: Becoming Bullish On Grayscale Bitcoin Trust | Seeking Alpha

There’s never a dull moment in the world of crypto with the past few months’ events underscoring just how volatile the industry is. Terra is a trustless, programmable blockchain ecommerce platform that offers fiat-pegged stable coins to provide more stability when conducting cross-border payments. The shockwave of the collapse set off a chain reaction in […]

Crypto Moves – Bitcoin and Ethereum fall; Binance Labs raises $500m investment fund

“Fighting poverty has always been at the core of our partnerships & engagements with our member countries. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, tumbled at a 7.3 percent annualized rate last quarter, the deepest since the third quarter of 1947, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The central bank data further revealed that […]