A new law draft approved just today by the Finance Commission of the Spanish Congress would make Spain-based custody services report the ownership of the cryptocurrencies under management. The law, which was stuck in Congress for some time, aims to close a gap in the legislation that allowed some users to bypass the requirements and
A total of 53,400 Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expiry on Friday, May 28. At first sight, bulls appear to lead as the $2.1 billion open interest call (buy) to put (sell) options ratio stands at 1.32, favoring the neutral-to-bullish derivatives. However, after Bitcoin dropped 33% in May, the right to acquire BTC at
On May 26 the the bullish momentum that had propelled Bitcoin and altcoins into a relief rally was somewhat subdued as traders remain unsure of what may happen next. After an early morning attempt by Bitcoin bulls to drive (BTC) price above $40,000 was met with stiff resistance, the digital asset lost momentum and slumped back to
The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector faced its first real challenge during last week’s market sell-off that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from the global cryptocurrency market cap as traders feverishly ran for the safety of stablecoins amid tumbling prices. Despite rapidly declining token prices, the nascent DeFi sector held its own as decentralized exchanges
A major advertising industry organization in the United Kingdom has ruled on an ad campaign telling people “it’s time to buy” Bitcoin (BTC). The Advertising Standards Authority, a self-regulating ad organization, officially halted an advertising campaign by cryptocurrency exchange Luno for being misleading and irresponsible. “The ads must not appear again in the form complained
An analyst from the biotech consulting group Biotechvalley Insights believes after bitcoin lost 53% from the crypto asset’s all-time high, “the party is clearly over.” The biotech consulting group analyst thinks crypto investors will witness a slow “grind down the slope of hope with a periodic dead cat bounce” and expects prices to drop to
Pintu, an Indonesia-based cryptocurrency exchange focusing on first-time crypto users, has raised $6 million to support its mission to drive industry adoption. The company announced Tuesday that it has completed a Series A funding round led by major global crypto investors including Pantera Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Intudo Ventures, tech news agency Tech in Asia
The current cryptocurrency market scenario is only for traders that have an extremely high appetite for risks. But for the weak-hearted ones, analysts advise patience and caution ahead. The outlook stands tall for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), the top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization that more or less behave as locomotives for the rest of
China has ramped up efforts to quash cryptocurrency mining in its Inner Mongolia region by introducing new penalties for those caught engaging in the illegal activity. Officials unveiled new draft rules which would see harsher punishments applied to those caught mining Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, as per a report by the South China Morning
Bitcoin (BTC) price surged higher in the early New York session on May 26, breaching the $40,000 level for the first time in five days as traders brushed aside concerns about China’s crypto ban and the United States’ crypto tax proposal. The benchmark cryptocurrency reached an intraday high of $40,855 before turning lower owing to
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, says digital currency “will come to life even in Nigeria” just a few months after the central bank ordered banks to stop serving the crypto industry. While acknowledging his country’s position as one of the leading crypto markets in the world, Emefiele however insists his organization is
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reminded Twitter followers on Tuesday that despite the recent interest he’s taken in Dogecoin (DOGE) he still has no formal authority over the project. Musk was replying to a comment from a Doge-themed account which opined that he had taken to operating Dogecoin like one of his own companies, and that
Ethereum is seeing renewed interest in the aftermath of Bitcoin’s travails this week, with Ether’s 24-hour trade volume topping BTC’s by a significant margin. However it’s still a long way from doubling Bitcoin’s volume as some ETH proponents suggested. On May 25, a screenshot of CoinGecko data circulated across Crypto Twitter showing the daily volume
A crypto-friendly bill — co-authored by a cryptocurrency firm and first introduced by Republican state senator Mike Flood this January — was signed into law today in Nebraska. The Nebraska Financial Innovation Act was one of Senator Flood’s first initiatives, introduced scarcely two weeks after being sworn into office. It will authorize the regulation of digital
Was the recent crypto crash bound to happen? Or was it engineered? Is the bull market over for good? Or is the market gaining momentum, preparing for big movements? Your guess is as good as ours, but Moonrock Capital’s Simon Dedic is of the opinion that weak hands got their foot caught in a bear
Data shows that AAVE and Polygon (MATIC) traders are currently being paid up to 4.3% per week to long future contracts. In the crypto markets, traders are usually bullish, or at least the majority of retail investors are. This causes an interesting phenomenon as it incentives arbitrage desks and whales to sell futures contracts while simultaneously