Month: August 2024
Bitcoin Price Crash to $50K Dashes Carry Traders’ Hopes
Carry trading, a popular strategy from the first quarter, involves profiting from pricing discrepancies between two markets.
Bitcoin dips below $50K: Crypto market crashes 17%
BTC dominance hits 58% as the cryptocurrency market suffers a 17% drop, leading to a market cap of $1.76 trillion.
Crypto Futures Witness $840M in Liquidations as Bitcoin Nosedives, Ether Records Biggest Fall Since 2021
A sentiment index that tracks crypto markets changed to “fear” early Monday, suggesting a possible sign of a near-term local bottom.
Memecoin dumps, then pumps after Vitalik Buterin sells unwanted airdrop
The memecoin took a massive hit after Buterin sold his entire 17 billion Neiro airdrop, but in a weird turn of events, it pumped soon after.
Australian federal police to probe 2,000 exploited crypto wallets
Chainalysis’ Operation Spincaster found over 2,000 Australian-owned crypto wallets were hit by “approval phishing” scams.
Bitcoin dominance hits 58% amid altcoin, stock market bloodbath
Bitcoin dominance has notched a new yearly high amid a brutal Ethereum-led sell-off.
DeFi Sector Takes a Hit as Jump Crypto Begins Shuffling Millions in Funds
Most tokens in the DeFi category have fallen between 18% and 23%, marking their worst single-day performance since April.
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Ether Slides 20% as Trading Firm Moves $46M in ETH
A wallet supposedly associated with Jump Trading moved 17,576 ETH to centralized exchanges, according to Spot On Chain.
Bill proposes to give Secret Service more power to pursue crypto crime
Stronger threat assessments are needed to catch “seedy financial enterprises” facilitating money laundering schemes,” US Senator Charles Grassley said.
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Pro-crypto RFK Jr. once dumped a dead bear in New York’s Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. left the dead bear with an old bicycle, at a time when there was a rise of cyclist-related accidents across New York.
Crypto Market Rout Resumes as Equities Trading Briefly Halted in Japan
Sunday’s drop, the single-largest daily decline since April 13, comes as the broader market and Japan face an equity rout.
Jump Crypto unstakes $315M of ETH, now headed to exchanges
Jump still holds at least $125 million of staked-Ether, blockchain data from Arkham shows.
Bitcoin crashes below $53K wiping out $600M in leveraged longs
A sudden crypto market nosedive has seen over $600 million in leveraged long positions wiped out, as Bitcoin, Ether and otther cryptocurrencies tumbled sharply.
Bitcoin Tumbles to $53K, Ether Turns Negative for 2024 as Panic Grips Markets
Japan’s Nikkei fell more than another 6% early Monday, bringing that index’s three-day decline to about 15%.
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Bitcoin Dips Below $55,000 as Macro Uncertainty, Geopolitical Tensions Rise
Headwinds, including the U.S. election, interest rate fluctuations, and tensions in the Middle East, are spooking markets, Decrypt was told.
$300B plunge: Largest 3-day wipeout for crypto in a year
The crypto market saw its largest three-day sell-off in 12 months amid weak jobs data and revived fears of a recession leading to a tumble in the equities market.