Bitcoin (BTC) bounces of $6100 level, what’s next?
Bitcoin futures on Deribit exchange are currently trading at 6250 USD, having bounced off the 6100 level within the past 24-hours. The pullback from the 7500 USD level began on June 10th and has…
Bitcoin options at cheapest levels in months
Bitcoin has retreated over 25% from its recent highs in early May, and the implied volatility of options on Deribit’s bitcoin options exchange has also decreased significantly over the same period.
Crypto Messiah Lifts Community Spirits
Crypto culture doesn’t care about any bear market. On the contrary, some of crypto’s most creative characters shine the brightest during times of market weakness. Late this week, in an attempt to usher in…
Liquidation Weighs on Cryptocurrency Market
It was a particularly bloody day in the crypto markets, with red arrows, red candles, and red numbers filling the screens of traders and investors. There was nowhere to hide for the majority of…
Bytecoin: Gigantic fraud or fateful mistake?
Alexey Voronin, the founder of the decentralized project scoring service Smart Valley, analyzes the recent explosive growth of Bytecoin. In these last few days, Bytecoin has launched a real tidal wave of hype across…
Waves token May airdrop now underway
The Waves Platform community has announced an airdrop campaign which is now taking place from May 16th to June 2nd. Waves, with its Waves-NG upgrade, can support a super efficient and low-cost way of conducting…
Deribit – A Smart Option for Bitcoin Traders
There is a reason that equity and index options trading volume has exploded over the past several years. Options are extremely valuable trading tools that offer investors unique strategies with flexible risk/reward possibilities. Options…
Privacy coins primed as Monero (XMR) and Particl (PART) go to upside
In one of its best performing days of the past several months, Monero traded up to 3.01 million sats in early Wednesday trade, up over 25% in the past 24 hours. The volume was extremely heavy,…
The Network Value to Transactions (NVT) Ratio: A Breakthrough for Cryptocurrency Valuation
Although we are currently in the midst of a major market correction, the last few years have seen a dramatic surge in the price and market capitalization of cryptocurrencies. Led by Bitcoin, markets for…
Eastern Alts: 4 Chinese Cryptocurrencies to Watch
The eastern superpower of China has demonstrated astonishingly rapid economic growth over the last few decades and now has a GDP second only to the USA. This development has come primarily from within, as…
Particl (PART): Gaining Attention, Losing Its Anonymity
Privacy coins have seen tremendous money flow over the past year, with names like Monero, Zcash, Dash, ZenCash, and Verge gaining popularity among crypto investors. One privacy coin has been flying under the radar,…
Front-month contracts dominate bitcoin futures (XBT) debut on Cboe
After considerable fanfare, the first U.S. regulated bitcoin futures were launched on Sunday, Dec. 10 at the Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE). The inaugural session and initial week of trading went smoothly. The first full…
BCH/BTC does a maniacal roundtrip
In an epic display of volatility late Saturday night into Sunday morning, the BCH/BTC pair completed a maniacal roundtrip in less than 10 hours, with a euphoric spike from .2 to .55 followed by…
BCH/BTC spread blowing out
With a massive 24hr volume approaching $10 billion, Bitcoin Cash has gone parabolic, gaining close to 100% against Bitcoin. The BCH/BTC pair, which started the day at .21, traded as high as .41 within…
Weekly Price Analysis: Bitcoin Swings Low
It’s been a dramatic week in crypto, with Bitcoin finally bursting out of the symmetrical triangle that had been forming since January. The coil wound increasingly tight, and eventually sprung to the downside, leading…