Category: Altcoins

Among major equity indexes, the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.5% to hit a 2023 high, while the S&P 500, which has a vital technology component, and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ticked up 0.2% and 0.4%, respectively. Yields on Treasurys rose, and the price of gold sank slightly to $1,990, well below its near-record high […]

PLUS: Meme coins don’t respect the intellectual property rights of others. And that’s a problem.

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to drift downward, slipping just below $27,000 as investors keep close attention on the debt ceiling negotiations in Washington. Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski and Galaxy Digital global head of trading Jason Urban shared their insights on the current state of the crypto markets. Plus, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz discussed the […]

First Mover Asia: Crypto's Rotating Profits

ALSO: Bitcoin needs a compelling narrative to break from its current range, but that likely will not occur until next year, says the CEO of Web3 bond-market platform Umee.

“The market leader has traded in a very tight range in the last week, barely moving much. Such consolidation, along with lowering volume, could indicate that a sharp move is around the corner,” Joe DiPasquale, CEO of BitBull Capital, said in a note to CoinDesk.

Dogecoin is apparently spiking because people believe that Elon Musk could soon integrate a permanent dogecoin payment system on Twitter, the microblogging platform he overpaid for ($43 billion). Twitter has several million daily active users, many of them high-profile, and if even just a small percentage begin transacting in DOGE – as a joke or […]

“First Mover” dove into the crypto markets ahead of Shapella, a portmanteau of Shanghai and Capella, two major Ethereum network upgrades expected to occur simultaneously on April 12. Victoria Bills, Banrion Capital Management Chief Investment Strategist, joined the conversation. Ronit Ghose, Future of Finance Global Head at Citi, explained why the potential of blockchain will […]

Pagoulatos saw BTC’s dip Monday following the rumor as a flight to safety. “When people are trading bitcoins, they’re gonna be trading on places like Binance, Coinbase, Bybit,” he said. “And when there are rumors of, say, the CEO of the biggest exchange being a wanted fugitive, people are obviously going to want to withdraw […]

Bitcoin (BTC) has been testing the $30,000 mark, trading between $27,500 and $28,900 over the weekend. “First Mover” dove into markets with The Crypto Trader Author Glen Goodman. Meanwhile, crypto markets have displayed resilience in the face of the recent upheaval in the U.S. banking system, with bitcoin in particular outperforming, according to Coinbase. Coinbase […]