Ripple sent 35 million XRP, worth about $52.4 million, to an unlabeled wallet early Friday, and within three hours that wallet had passed 6.5 million XRP down the line. A Look at the Transfer The alert came from onchain sleuth Whale Alert during the early hours of Oct. 2 with 35,000,000 XRP (valued at $52,425,783) […]
President Donald Trump told Time the Federal Reserve should not have raised interest rates, yet bitcoin’s price has climbed roughly 13% since the Sept. 16 hike he is complaining about. ‘This Just Happened?’ The exchange came during a White House sit-down on Sept. 28 that Time published as a full interview transcript yesterday. When the […]
The IMF praised El Salvador’s performance, declaring that its economy continued to perform strongly amidst ongoing security improvements and efforts to reduce imbalances. Nonetheless, the institution highlighted that the bitcoin goals were not met, but issued a waiver based on “strong corrective measures and renewed commitments.” IMF Issues Bitcoin Waiver, Authorizes $138 Million Disbursement to […]
Polymarket traders give a 59.5% chance that bitcoin touches $90,000 before October ends, and a 49.5% chance that it drops to $80,000. The Contract Polymarket’s odds stand at 56% for a contract that says bitcoin will be “above $90,000 this month”. By early this morning, the price on that contract had risen to 59.5 cents […]
Bitcoin’s price hovered near $83,900 Thursday morning as buyers defended the low-$83,000s while sellers repeatedly knocked back advances into the mid-$84,000s. Thursday’s technical summary still reads bullish, though moving averages are doing nearly all the heavy lifting as oscillators remain decidedly less enthusiastic. 1-Hour Chart: Buyers Fight Back, but $84,360 Blocks the Door The 1-hour […]
In September, privacy coins significantly outperformed the broader cryptocurrency market as capital shifted away from high-cap altcoins. Zcash Surges Into Top 10 Privacy coins again outperformed the rest of the cryptocurrency market in September as capital rotated away from underperforming high-cap altcoins. Market data showed that several privacy coins logged gains in excess of 30%, […]
A Seoul court ordered Smilegate founder Kwon Hyuk-bin, the creator behind the blockbuster shooter CrossFire, to pay a divorce settlement of 2.55 trillion won ($1.9 billion) to his wife, Lee Hwa-jin. The September 9 ruling includes transferring 35% of the unlisted game company and marks South Korea’s largest-ever property division payout. Kwon Hyuk-bin built Smilegate […]