💰 Bitcoin options traders anticipate short-term price correction, analysts say
Despite yesterday's softer U.S. CPI inflation report, investors are still ready to pay a premium for short-term downside protection, according to CF Benchmarks' analysis of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) options on bitcoin futures. The CF Benchmark analysts said that although bitcoin saw a breakout above the $66,000 mark after yesterday's softer inflation print, there is still "higher implied volatility for OTM puts compared to calls.".
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💰 FTX repayments might cause crypto buying pressure: K33
A Tuesday report from the digital asset brokerage firm K33 suggests that repayments from the collapsed crypto exchange FTX might have bullish effects on the crypto market. "While Mt. Gox and Gemini creditor repayments represent a bearish overhang in the market, FTX’s cash repayment may be viewed as a bullish overhang," K33 wrote in the report.
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🏦 Coinbase reports system-wide outage, ensures 'funds are safe'
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is experiencing a “system-wide outage,” and the company is investigating the issue. The exchange stated in an X post that its team is working on a solution. “Your funds are safe,” the firm added. The crypto exchange previously encountered a temporary technical glitch in March when its trading platform experienced problems amid heavy trading, including showing some users that their account balance was $0.
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💰 Bitcoin Miner Marathon In Talks With Kenya to Help With Its Green Energy Ambitions
Marathon Digital (MARA), one of the largest bitcoin mining companies, has held talks with Kenya to help manage the country's renewable energy through mining and develop its crypto regime. Kenya's President William Ruto recently met up with the Marathon's team during an American Chamber of Commerce event hosted in Kenya.
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💰 Spot Bitcoin ETFs Outflows Threaten Price Plunge, Says Gold Advocate Peter Schiff!
Schiff anticipates an explosive rise Bitcoin ETFs in gold and silver prices, emphasizing their potential as lucrative investment opportunities. In contrast to his bullish outlook on precious metals, Schiff remains skeptical about Bitcoin’s prospects, referring to it as “dead money.” Instead, he urges investors to capitalize on what he believes could be the largest bull market in precious metals in history.
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🟠 Binance Reportedly Fired Investigator Who Discovered Market Manipulation at Client Company
Binance and DWF Labs have refuted market manipulation claims in a WSJ report, with the former stating that the company is intolerant to market abuse. With Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao recently sentenced to four months imprisonment, a WSJ report is alleging that the crypto exchange giant fired one of its investigators who exposed market manipulation by one of the company’s clients, DWF Labs.
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💰 Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 6% in largest fall since bear market lows
Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 5.7% on Thursday in the largest negative adjustment for nearly 18 months. The difficulty adjustment came at block height 842,688, falling to 83.1 trillion, according to Bitbo data. It marks the highest negative adjustment since the bear market lows, when difficulty fell 7% on Dec. 6, 2022, and bitcoin was trading for around $17,000.
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💰 Core Scientific self-mined over $175 million of bitcoin in Q1, swings to profit
It's been a busy first quarter of the year for North American bitcoin miner Core Scientific. First, its shares began trading again on the Nasdaq after emerging from bankruptcy and now the company has reported a major turnaround that includes posting $210.7 million in net income. That compares to the first quarter of last year when Core Scientific reported a loss of roughly $400,000.
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🇺🇸 SEC Slaps Robinhood With Wells Notice Over Securities Law Violations
Robinhood Markets Inc. has become the next crypto trading platform to receive a threat of legal action from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), adding to the sizable list of industry giants on the agency’s hit list. Per the SEC’s website, Section 15(a) makes it unlawful for broker-dealers to effect or induce the purchase or sale of securities unless that broker is registered with the SEC. Meanwhile, Section 17A pertains to defrauding customers of their money through material misstatements or omissions.
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💰 Block Is Buying Bitcoin Every Month for Its Balance Sheet
Block Inc. has announced its strategy of regularly purchasing bitcoin for its corporate balance sheet via dollar-cost averaging (DCA). The company plans to allocate 10% of its monthly gross profit from bitcoin products towards investments in the cryptocurrency. “We view bitcoin as an instrument of global economic empowerment; it is a way for individuals around the world to participate in a global monetary system and secure their own financial future,” the company stated.
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🪙 MakerDAO founder says fully decentralized 'PureDai' will launch in few years
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen said a future token, PureDai, will serve as a fully decentralized alternative to its U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin. Known as PureDai, the stablecoin will operate exclusively on the Ethereum mainnet and use ether and Lido staked ether (stETH) as collateral backing — fully relying on decentralized oracles. It will also have a free-floating peg, meaning the decentralized stablecoin may not be pegged to the dollar.
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💰 Robinhood launches Solana staking in Europe plus new customer rewards program
Robinhood Crypto has announced it is launching a Solana-staking product in Europe in conjunction with a bonus program for new customers. In Europe, "Robinhood Crypto customers can now stake their Solana holdings directly through the app, allowing them to earn rewards with the flexibility to unstake at any time," the company said in a statement. Additionally, "new customers can earn a 10% bonus on their net buys over their first 30 days on the platform," Robinhood added.
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🏦 Coinbase’s Appeal Request Now Opposed by SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has firmly rebuffed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s plea for an interlocutory appeal regarding the application of traditional securities regulations to digital assets. Coinbase’s appeal request to the court, seeking a review of whether conventional securities rules, notably the Howey Test, are pertinent to cryptocurrencies, was dismissed by the SEC. The regulatory body contended that Coinbase’s aim was to manipulate the interpretation of the issue itself.
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🪙 Ethereum transaction fees hit record low as Layer-2 networks siphon activity
The average transaction fee on Ethereum has reached record lows as more activity moves to the Layer-2 (L2) networks on the chain. According to Ultrasound.money data, the average gas has dropped to 4.81 Gwei — the lowest level since the network completed the Merge event in 2022. Market observers attributed this decline to increasing activity on L2 networks following the completion of the Dencun upgrade. The Dencun upgrade significantly reduced fees for L2 networks, making transacting on the base layer less attractive.
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💰 Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital Misses Q1 Revenue Expectation On Operational Challenges
Marathon Digital (MARA), one of the largest bitcoin miners, missed consensus first-quarter revenue expectations due to operational challenges it faced during the quarter. The company mined just 2,811 bitcoin during the year's first three months, down 34% from the previous quarter.
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🇭🇰 Wintermute announces liquidity support for Hong Kong spot bitcoin, ether ETFs
Crypto market maker Wintermute announced today that it will provide liquidity to OSL and HashKey for Hong Kong’s spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds, in an attempt to “foster Wintermute’s presence in the Asia crypto markets.” In a Wednesday statement, Wintermute said that it plans to work closely with OSL and HashKey — both sub-custodians for the spot crypto ETFs in Hong Kong — on buying, selling and delivery of underlying bitcoin and ether for the spot ETFs.
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💰 Grayscale spot bitcoin ETF inflows may be result of short-term trading: Bloomberg ETF analyst
Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF ended a 78-day streak of outflows after registering two consecutive days of net inflows. Bloomberg ETF Analyst James Seyffart told The Block while he's not absolutely sure what might have caused the swing, there could be a few different explanations. "It could be a short-term tactical trade or pairs trade of sorts. Where the fee is far less relevant over shorter time frames," he said.
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🇪🇺 European Banking Giant Embraces BlackRock’s 💰 Bitcoin ETF
BNP Paribas, the second largest bank in Europe, took a major step in the digital asset market by buying BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF shares. According to a recent 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), BNP Paribas bought 1,030 IBIT shares of BlackRock during the first quarter of 2024. Furthermore, the multinational bank spent over $40.47 per share, totaling $41,684 for the acquisition. This amount is lower than the price of a single bitcoin, which is currently trading at over $58,000.
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