Bitcoin Mining Firm Luxor Launches ASIC Trading Desk

On January 11, 2022, the Washington-based bitcoin mining operation Luxor announced the launch of a new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) trading desk. According to the company, Luxor’s new trading desk will give... Read more »

Interest wanes in Bitcoin futures ETF’s as contracts fall below 5K

After a stellar launch, interest has waned in the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy Exchange Traded Fund (BITO) which now has the lowest amount of CME contracts since Nov. 2021. The Bitcoin futures exchange... Read more »

Facebook’s Meta is hiring staffs of its rivals to build the metaverse

With Meta’s plan to build the metaverse already in full swing, reports from Wall Street Journal have indicated that the tech company has been poaching employees of rival tech firms like Microsoft... Read more »

US Federal Trade Commission Warns Consumers About Falling for Crypto ATM Scam

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned consumers about scams involving cryptocurrency ATMs. “There’s a new spin on scammers asking people to pay with cryptocurrency,” the FTC described. FTC’s Warning About... Read more »

Layer 1 Coin Oasis Surges on DeFi Growth, Binance Support

Key Takeaways The total value locked on Emerald, Oasis’ Ethereum-compatible network, has crossed $100 million. The majority of the total value locked is on a new decentralized exchange called YuzuSwap. Oasis Network’s... Read more »

Fidelity exec says Bitcoin is ‘technically oversold,’ making $40K a ‘pivotal support’

A painful retracement in the Bitcoin (BTC) market earlier this week sent the price below $40,000 for the first time since September 2021. Many analysts predicted the decline to continue toward the... Read more »

Jerome Powell softens regulatory stance against stablecoins, says can coexist with the Fed’s CBDC

In a Senate Banking Commitee press conference this past Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell clarified in response to a question on whether a potential Fed CBDC would preclude the existence of... Read more »

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Slides 15% in 10 Days, Price and Difficulty Puts Pressure on BTC Miners

The price of bitcoin has been on a long losing streak since November 10, 2021, when the leading crypto asset tapped an all-time high at $69K per unit. During the last two... Read more »

Bitcoin shoots to $44,000 as US inflation hits 7.8% in December

The latest figures from the United States Bureau of labor statistics show that the (Consumer Price Index) CPI hit 7% in December.  Bitcoin (BTC) was volatile prior to the announcement, fluctuating over... Read more »

Ethereum NFT Collectors Are Digging Up Digital Skulls

Key Takeaways An early avatar NFT project called CryptoSkulls is soaring on OpenSea. Endorsements from Gary Vaynerchuk and other high-profile NFT enthusiasts likely fueled the demand. Many historical NFT collections have jumped... Read more »