Bitcoin remained close to a ten-day high on Monday, as prices consolidated following gains from the weekend. Although ETH was lower to start the week, it was also able to remain close to Sunday’s peak around the $1,280 level. Bitcoin BTC was consolidating during today’s trading session, as bulls appear to have secured some profits following recent gains. Coming from…
Month: June 2022
Metaverse can’t be built on the corporate business model, says EY innovation lead
Magnus Jones, the innovation lead at big four accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY), believes that the Metaverse would be led by the younger generation and cannot be built on the same principles of the corporate business model. Jones’s comments came during an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph managing editor Alex Cohen at the European Blockchain Convention (EBC) 2022. The EY…
Bitcoin price dips under $21K while exchanges see record outflow trend
Bitcoin (BTC) sold off into the June 27 Wall Street open as United States equities fell. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $25,000 eyed as bulls’ line in the sand Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD following stock markets downhill as the last week of June began. At the time of writing, the pair traded below $21,000,…
$4B in Bitcoin Mining Loans Are in Distress — JPMorgan Analyst Says Price Pressure Stems From Miner Sales – Bitcoin News
Cryptocurrency-related lending has become a black smudge for the industry these days and according to a recent report, bitcoin’s low price has put billions in mining loans under stress. The report, which quotes the co-founder of mining company Luxor Technologies, Ethan Vera, says that roughly $4 billion in loans backed by crypto mining rigs are extremely close to running a…
Voyager Digital issues notice of default to Three Arrows Capital
Crypto exchange Voyager Digital has issued a notice of default to hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) for its failure to pay its 15,250 Bitcoin (BTC) and 350 million USD Coin (USDC) loan disclosed in a previous statement. In a market update by Voyager, the exchange noted that it’s currently exploring “legal remedies” that are available with its advisors and…
Voyager Digital Issues Three Arrows Capital With Default Notice
Voyager Digital is making good on its promise to chase down crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) for owed money. The crypto broker is reported to have lent 3AC $350 million in the stablecoin USDC and 15,250 Bitcoin, totaling over $673 million at today’s prices. On June 22, Voyager claimed it had requested a partial $25 million USDC repayment…
Regulators may favor centralized stablecoins after Terra crisis
Swiss National Bank (SNB) deputy head Thomas Muser talked to Cointelegraph editor Aaron Wood and discussed the ongoing trends in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), stablecoins, and regulations, during the recently concluded European Blockchain Convention (EBC) 2022. Talking about the innovation and adoption of private stablecoins and plans of central banks regarding the CBDC launch, Moser said both could co-exist.…
Less than 1% of all holders have 90% of the voting power in DAOs: report
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have become a rage in the ever-expanding crypto ecosystem and are often seen as the future of decentralized corporate governance. DAOs are organizations without a centralized hierarchy, intended to work in a bottom-up manner, where the community collectively owns and contributes to an organization’s decision-making process. However, recent research data suggests that these DAOs are not…
Educating regulators will help mitigate risks, says Figment exec
Cointelegraph’s managing editor Alex Cohen interviewed Figment’s staking marketing director Robert Ellison at the European Blockchain Convention (EBC) 2022. The duo discussed topics like educating regulators on blockchain and crypto, how businesses navigate uncertain regulatory landscapes and regulating staking. According to Ellision, it’s very important to educate regulators in the space to mitigate the risks of them going overboard without…
Pocket Network Advances Its Multichain Strategy With Latest Milestone – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. TAMPA, Fla., June 27, 2022 / — Pocket Network, an infrastructure middleware protocol which facilitates decentralized multichain blockchain access to developer applications in Web3, including Ethereum, Polygon, Gnosis Chain, Avalanche, Solana, Fuse, Fantom and Near, recently marked a significant milestone in its multichain strategy with 50 supported blockchains on its network after integrating Moonbeam and Moonriver…