Cryptos

Bitcoin (BTC) headed to new nine-month highs after the March 21 Wall Street open as a crucial Federal Reserve interest rate decision loomed.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin price climbs despite conservative Fed viewData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD approaching $28,500 on…

Of the 4,593 days of Bitcoin’s existence as a tradable asset, BTC hodlers experienced 4,065 profitable days — challenging the historical narrative of depreciating volatility in crypto. As a result, holding Bitcoin (BTC) is provably profitable in the long run. Bitcoin’s historical price performance confirms that a hard limit on total supply and…

A Miami man accused of running a fraudulent cryptocurrency and stock investment scheme was arrested in Colorado. The arrest comes months after several people told NBC 6 Investigators they lost hundreds in the alleged scam.   Ryan Crawford, also known as “Brody,” described himself as a cryptocurrency entrepreneur claiming he was…

On Mar. 20, GameFi project Gala Games announced it had recently filed a lawsuit against pNetwork, the cross-chain interoperability bridge used by Gala on the BNB Smart Chain. Last November, Gala Games was exploited after an unauthorized wallet address minted over $2 billion in GALA and dumped the tokens on PancakeSwap, draining $4.5 million…

The dollar value locked in the number of open bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts is rising, signifying increased speculative interest in the market and potential for price volatility.Data from CoinGlass shows the nominal value of open interest has reached a yearly high of $12 billion, marking a 7% gain for the month.An increase in open interest…

Coinbase’s former CTO Balaji Srinivasan wagered on Friday that the price of Bitcoin will benefit from a rapid devaluing of the U.S. dollar in the next three months, skyrocketing to $1 million by June 17. Srinivasan entered a bet with two individuals that same day, ponying up $1 million with the pseudonymous Twitter pundit James Medlock and…

Bitcoin (BTC) is on track to close the week with gains of more than 23%. The banking crisis in the United States and Europe seems to have boosted buying in Bitcoin, indicating that the leading cryptocurrency is behaving as a safe haven asset in the near term.All eyes are on the Federal Reserve’s meeting on March 21 and 22. The failure of the…

Bitcoin Crash: Derivative Traders Lose $202 million in 24 hours Balaji Srinivasan, a former CTO of Coinbase, has placed a $2 million bet that Bitcoin would hit the $1 million price mark in 90 days. This bet was in response to financial expert James Medlock who proposed a $1 million bet that the US would not enter…

Venture capitalist and angel investor Balaji Srinivasan says hyperinflation is happening now. Expecting the price of bitcoin to soon hit $1 million, he is making million-dollar bets that it will happen in 90 days. Srinivasan also advised investors to buy bitcoin, which he believes to be “a hedge against hyperinflation, monetary…

Decrypting DeFi is Decrypt's DeFi email newsletter. (art: Grant Kempster) DeFi faced its very own contagion event this past week after Euler Finance was drained of nearly $200 million via six flash loans and a vulnerability. It was a major blow to the sector; Euler had been seen as the next great building block after Compound and Aave. Beyond…