NFTs are back on Bitcoin and kicking up quite a stir. Here’s a look at what enabled them and how they differ from most NFTs.

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In its pursuit of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), the Baltic nation of Montenegro has enlisted the aid of Ripple, the crypto firm specializing in international money transfers. Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dritan Abazovi met with Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse and VP of central bank interactions and CBDCs James Wallis, at the World Economic Forum The post Montenegro to Join Hands with Ripple to Develop CBDC appeared first on Coin Edition .

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The European economy grew 1.8% in the fourth quarter and a lot more in the news of news.

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US District Judge Lewis Kaplan has ruled that the details SBF's two guarantors who signed the $250 million bail bond be made public The post U.S. Judge Permit SBF’s $250M Bail Bond Guarantors be Identified appeared first on Blockchain, Crypto and Stock News .

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Silvergate reportedly cited restrictions on disclosing “confidential supervisory information” related to the collapse of FTX in response to a similar December 2022 letter.

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DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Blockchain Technology in Healthcare Market: Distribution by Type of Blockchain, Type of End-User, and Key Geographical Regions: Industry

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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has concluded its discussion paper on crypto-assets and stablecoins. The regulator has clarified that Hong Kong will not permit algorithmic stablecoins. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has laid out its plans for regulating stablecoin issuers. According to a press release by the regulator earlier today, entities operating stablecoin services

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How have Big Tech companies laid off so many with no consequences to their operations? Because fiat incentivizes meaningless rent seeking.

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Following a recent judgment made by United States District Judge Lewis Kaplan, it is possible that the identity of the two individuals who assisted former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried “SBF” with his $250 million bail bond may be disclosed next month. According to the document that was filed on January 30, Kaplan approved the joint … The identities of SBF’s $200m bail guarantors to be made public Read More »

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The post Bitcoin (BTC) Price Can Hit $30K in February If This Happens appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News At present, the value of Bitcoin has stabilized at around $23,000. The interest rate and Bitcoin have a direct correlation, as evidenced by the fluctuations observed over the past year. If data suggests a 25-basis point softening, a short-term price increase can be expected. The Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting concludes on February 1st and …

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Alameda Research on behalf of FTX wants to recoup $445.8 million in loan repayment it made to the bankrupt crypto lender, Voyager Digital The post Alameda Research Files Lawsuit of $445.8M Against Voyager Digital appeared first on Blockchain, Crypto and Stock News .

Alameda Research Files Lawsuit of $445.8M Against Voyager Digital

The recent Cardano price analysis shows a bearish market with the price struggling to stay above $0.3854 and facing strong resistance from sellers. The downtrend is likely to persist in the short term, as the price has failed to break this resistance level. The ADA/USD is currently at $0.3539, after a drop of almost 1.02%. … Cardano price analysis: ADA struggles at $0.3839 as downtrend persists Read More »

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The crypto world is always changing which is probably why investors are always on the lookout for the next big token. One area that continues to attract a lot of attention is the meme coin sector. Currently, Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) are top favorites in this sector of digital currencies. In the area … Shiba Inu (INU) and Dogecoin (DOGE) Are Investor Memecoin Favorites, But Set to Match Their Growth is Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) Read More »

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HSBC, a leading United Kingdom bank, has revealed its intent to venture into cryptocurrencies by announcing key job openings in … Continued The post HSBC announces entry into crypto with tokenization job openings appeared first on Finbold .

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Digital soccer game, Sorare has secured a partnership deal with the English Premier League to advance its global footprint The post Sorare Signs 4-Year Partnership Deal with English Premier League appeared first on Blockchain, Crypto and Stock News .

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Decentraland (MANA) was trading at $0.72 when the markets opened for trading. However, it shortly MANA tanked into the red zone and reached its lowest of $0.6423 on the first day of the week. Although, during the course of the day MANA found some momentum as the bulls drove the prices higher in the red The post MANA About To Break the Bearish Rising Wedge, Will the Bulls Sustain? appeared first on Coin Edition .

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Data shows Dogecoin whales have made some large moves over the past day. What does this mean for the meme coin’s price? Dogecoin Whales Have Made Multiple Large Transactions Today A few transactions involving a huge amount of DOGE have been spotted on the blockchain in the past day. As per data from the crypto transaction tracker service Whale Alert, the first of these transfers involved the movement of 450,000,000 DOGE, worth more than $40 million at the time of the transaction. As the scale of this transfer is quite large, the sender is likely to be a whale. Transactions from these humongous holders are generally the ones to watch for, since they can sometimes cause noticeable ripples on the market. Naturally, these transfers can both be bullish or bearish, depending on what the whale intended to do with the move. Here are some additional details regarding this Dogecoin whale transfer, which may have hints about the purpose behind it: Looks like this massive transfer only costed the sender a fee of $0.09 | Source: Whale Alert As can be seen above, both the sending and receiving addresses for this Dogecoin whale transaction were unknown addresses. “Unknown” here means that these addresses aren’t connected to any known centralized platform. So, usually, such addresses belong to personal investor wallets. Since there isn’t any platform involved here, it’s hard to say exactly why the whale made this transfer. The holder may have been selling through an over-the-counter (OTC) deal, in which case the move could have bearish effects on the price of the meme coin. Related Reading: This Level Could Be Crucial For Bitcoin, PoW Pricing Model Suggests However, it’s also possible that both the addresses here were owned by the same whale, and that they were simply restructuring their holdings across these addresses. If this scenario would be true, then Dogecoin shouldn’t feel any impact from this transaction. According to another tracker, Dogecoin Whale Alert, there have also been two other whale transfers today. And unlike the above transaction, these moves did involve centralized platforms. 🐕🪙🐋🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 352,422,225 $DOGE ($32,672,007 USD) was transferred from a #Top20 wallet to a #Binance wallet. Fee: 2.41 ($0.22 USD) Tx: https://t.co/9j5AiXlXF6#DogecoinWhaleAlert #WhaleAlert #Dogecoin #CryptoNews — Ðogecoin Whale Alert (@DogeWhaleAlert) January 31, 2023 🐕🪙🐋🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 61,918,730 $DOGE ($5,740,300 USD) was transferred from a #Top20 wallet to a #Binance wallet. Fee: 0.844 ($0.078 USD) Tx: https://t.co/VBVh7nqjP3#DogecoinWhaleAlert #WhaleAlert #Dogecoin #CryptoNews — Ðogecoin Whale Alert (@DogeWhaleAlert) January 31, 2023 From the tweets, it’s apparent that these two transactions combined involved the movement of more than $38 million in the asset. Blockchain info for these two moves confirms that the same sending and receiving addresses were part of both transactions, meaning that a single whale was likely behind both of them. The sender was a top 20 wallet here, implying that this Dogecoin whale was among the 20 largest on the network. On the receiving end of these two transfers was Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange. Related Reading: Bitcoin Volatility Ahead? Open Interest Registers Sharp Jump As one of the main reasons why investors use exchanges is for selling purposes, transfers heading to these platforms can have bearish implications for the price of DOGE. These deposits to Binance have come after Dogecoin has rallied around 8% in the past day, following news that Elon Musk is planning to roll out cryptocurrency payments on Twitter. If the whale truly intended to sell here, then it’s likely that it was done to take advantage of the current profit-taking opportunity. DOGE Price At the time of writing, Dogecoin is trading around $0.0929, up 5% in the last week. DOGE has shot up today | Source: DOGEUSD on TradingView Featured image from Kanchanara on Unsplash.com, chart from TradingView.com

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Core Scientific reached a deal with B. Riley for a $70 million debtor-in-possession loan.

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It has emerged that the once thriving FTX exchange had been subject to open inquiries from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) since March 2022. With over 30,000 Australian investors seeking to reclaim their individual deposits of up to $1M (AUD). Questions are surfacing about ASIC’s role in investigating market misconduct at FTX ahead of the firms’ implosion on November 12.... Read More: New Revelation: Australian Regulators Probed FTX Crypto Exchange Before Its Collapse – Here's Why

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Data shows Bitcoin exchange inflows and outflows have reached a stalemate as netflows aren’t leaning in any particular direction. Bitcoin Demand Possibly Slowing Down As Netflows Become Neutral According to the latest weekly report from Glassnode, only around $20 million in net outflows are taking place in the BTC market right now. There are three

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A closely followed crypto strategist is predicting rallies for metaverse altcoin The Sandbox (SAND) while updating his forecast for Bitcoin (BTC). Pseudonymous analyst Cantering Clark tells his 159,900 Twitter followers that he believes SAND could rally by at least 38% from current prices. SAND has nearly doubled in value since the start of the year and The post Top Analyst Predicts Rally for One Metaverse Altcoin, Updates Outlook on Bitcoin (BTC) appeared first on The Daily Hodl .

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Defunct crypto trading firm Alameda Research is aiming to reclaim $446 million transferred to bankrupt lender Voyager Digital. Voyager had ten different loan sheets with Alameda at the time it filed for bankruptcy. According to a new lawsuit, defunct crypto trading firm Alameda Research, one arm of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s former empire, is aiming

Alameda Research to recover $446 million in crypto paid to Voyager Digital

Summary The bitcoin hash rate measures the computational power of the bitcoin blockchain and is a proxy for how much bitcoin mining is being done. As bitcoin mining declines in a region, the correlation between bitcoin and local stock markets subsides as well. The United States and China are where most bitcoin mining has been conducted over the last five years. Crypto is an uncorrelated asset class, according to its proponents, and as such ought to contribute to portfolio diversification. However, research has shown that this claim hasn't held up particularly well. We examined the relationship between where bitcoin mining was conducted and how the performance of the local equity markets correlated with bitcoin prices and found that in the United States especially, the performance of the S&P 500 and bitcoin prices have exhibited a positive correlation over the last five years. Because the United States and China are where most bitcoin mining has been conducted over the last five years, we used the S&P 500, Hang Seng, and Shanghai Composite indices as our regional proxies. We calculated the rolling nine-month correlation between bitcoin returns and each of the three indices using weekly data. We then compared that with the bitcoin hash rate by country from September 2019-which is as far back as reliable records go to January 2022. The bitcoin hash rate measures the computational power of the bitcoin blockchain and is a proxy for how much bitcoin mining is being done. Prior to November 2020, China accounted for more than 60% of bitcoin mining. But fast-forward to November 2021 and China's share had plunged to about 15% in response to government steps to reduce bitcoin mining. Over the same time period, the United States climbed from representing about 10% of global bitcoin mining to more than 35%. Bitcoin Hash Rate Distribution by Country, Sept. 2019 to Jan. 2022 University of Cambridge Bitcoin Mining Map, Statista data Bitcoin Mining Distribution by Country, 2019 to 2022 University of Cambridge Bitcoin Mining Map, Statista data These trends make November 2020 to November 2021 time frame an excellent window into how bitcoin-prices-to-index correlations adjust as bitcoin mining ebbs and flows. We found that as US crypto mining spiked between November 2020 and November 2021, bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 rose to 0.39 from 0.28. But as crypto mining plummeted in China during the same period, bitcoin's correlation with the two Chinese indices fell also. The Hang Seng's and Shanghai Composite's bitcoin correlation declined to -0.14 from 0.21 and to -0.44 from 0.09, respectively. Bitcoin Correlations with Equity Indices November 2020 November 2021 S&P 500 0.283 0.386 Hang Seng 0.213 -0.138 Shanghai Composite 0.085 -0.437 The results suggest the more bitcoin is mined in a particular country, the greater the correlation between the cryptocurrency and local equity markets. As bitcoin mining declines in a region, the correlation between bitcoin and local stock markets subsides as well. Regarding annual correlations between bitcoin prices and the indices in question, our hypothesis holds up there too. The more bitcoin mining in a locale, the greater the correlation between the price of bitcoin and local stock markets. This relationship was strongest with the S&P 500 and Shanghai Composite and less so with Hang Seng over the full-time period. Annual Correlations: Bitcoin and Equity Indices 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 S&P 500 -0.174 -0.119 -0.045 0.064 0.155 0.186 0.747 Hang Seng -0.289 -0.378 0.010 0.011 0.148 -0.190 0.400 Shanghai Composite 0.014 0.253 0.096 0.122 0.169 -0.390 -0.040 In total, our results indicate that where bitcoin is mined may affect how it moves and which stock indices it moves with. And this affects what sort of diversification benefits bitcoin may or may not bring to a portfolio. Disclaimer: Please note that the content of this site should not be construed as investment advice, nor do the opinions expressed necessarily reflect the views of CFA Institute. Original Post Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this article were chosen by Seeking Alpha editors.

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Bitcoin Mining And Local Stock Market Performance Correlations

The post Crypto Assets Record 6-Month High Inflows, Bitcoin Tops The List appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News The first cryptocurrency Bitcoin has dropped below its crucial resistance of $23,000 area and has taken down the overall crypto market. The entire crypto market is quite bearish just a day prior to the FOMC meeting after which the Federal Reserve is set to announce interest rate hikes. As per Coinmarketcap data, currently, Bitcoin has …

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The conclusion of the highly publicized dispute between Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is … Continued The post Machine learning algorithm sets XRP price for February 28, 2022 appeared first on Finbold .

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dYdX, the largest crypto derivatives trading exchange, recorded $466.3 billion in cumulative transaction volume in 2022.

dYdX users traded $466 billion in crypto derivatives during 2022

One of the cryptocurrencies in the red heading into the new month is Aptos (APT). Data from the market tracking website CoinMarketCap indicates that APT is currently trading at $16.74 after a 9.50% drop in price over the last 24 hours. The altcoin also reached a high of $19.90 and low of $16.18 over the The post APT Price Could Face Further Declines in the Coming Days appeared first on Coin Edition .

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Crypto prices remained mostly flat after the market opened on Tuesday, with Dogecoin rising by 8.1%. Bitcoin was trading around $23,100, down about 0.3%

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Prominent investor Mike Alfred expects Bitcoin to eventually hit $150,000

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The $61 million deal significantly reduces the sizeable debt burden facing Greenidge, which was recently considering voluntary bankruptcy.

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New Deal With NYDIG and B. Riley Cuts Bitcoin Miner Greenidge's Debt by $61M

Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) miner Greenidge Generation ( NASDAQ: GREE ) said Tuesday it's restructuring an ~$11M promissory note owed to investment bank B. Riley ( NASDAQ: RILY ) . Greenidge ( GREE ), which has struggled to meet its debt obligations due to a combination of last year's crypto slump and rising energy costs, has agreed to raise $1M in a common stock offering -- underwritten by B. Riley ( RILY ) -- at a price of $0.75 per share. To pay down the note balance, the miner will make a $1.9M principal payment to B. Riley ( RILY ), with no further principal or interest payments due on the note until June. Greenidge ( GREE ) is also actively pursuing the sale of excess real estate from its mining facility in South Carolina, of which the net proceeds will go towards repaying a portion of the note. If GREE repays a principal amount exceeding $6M before June 20, its monthly loan payment starting in June would be reduced to around $400K from the currently scheduled monthly amortization payments of $1.5M. The debt restructuring comes after the miner on Dec. 20, 2022, tentatively agreed to restructure $74.7M worth of debt in a deal with its lender NYDIG. Since then, GREE has reduced the debt to NYDIG to $17M through the transfer of 2.8 exahashes per second of mining machines to the lender with certain credits and coupons. GREE said it could cut the debt to NYDIG by $10M more "contingent upon Greenidge facilitating for NYDIG the rights to a mining site within three months," it said. In October 2022, Greenidge named David Anderson as the company's new CEO.

Greenidge Generation restructures $11M of debt owed to B. Riley

Uniswap price analysis shows alarming signals of a downturn as the price has been trending downward over the past day. Despite the fact that the cryptocurrency was bullish earlier this week, bears have grabbed control and dragged UNI/USD prices down to $6.48 at the time of writing. The altcoin’s current support level of $6.39 and … Uniswap price analysis: UNI drops below $6.48 following a downward slide Read More »

Uniswap price analysis: UNI drops below $6.48 following a downward slide

BlockFi, the crypto assets lender, received approval from the New Jersey bankruptcy court to put up its cryptocurrency mining assets for auction. It seeks to “act quickly” as suitors are seeking to buy all or part of the company. Soon after the failure of Bankman-Fried’s FTX, the crypto financial service provider, BlockFi, had declared bankruptcy. The post BlockFi Wins Approval to Auction Its Crypto Mining Assets appeared first on Coin Edition .

BlockFi Wins Approval to Auction Its Crypto Mining Assets

Short liquidation or Short squeeze is one of the risks associated with cryptocurrency-leveraged trading. It happens when an investor or trader cannot meet the margin requirements for their position, especially because of increase in the price of an asset. While this can be a scary prospect for those unfamiliar with it, having a basic knowledge … What is short liquidation and why should you know about it? Read More »

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Liquid staking protocols have been one of the top performing sectors in crypto this year as Ethereum approaches the Shanghai hard fork.

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On Monday, Alameda Research Ltd. filed a legal complaint against Voyager Digital LLC and HTC Trading Inc. in the U.S. bankruptcy court. The complaint alleges the defendants received preferential transfers of property from Alameda Research and the plaintiffs are seeking to recover approximately $445.8 million from Voyager and HTC. Legal Battle Erupts Over Crypto Asset

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Sec3, a blockchain security firm that audits smart contracts among other services, raised $10 million in a seed funding round.

Blockchain security firm Sec3 raises $10 million in seed funding

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Strike, the world’s leading digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, today announced the expansion of its “Send

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