Bitcoin Holds Above $30K as Investors Await Historically Strong July, Eye Options Expiry

[ad_1] Meanwhile, bitcoin’s price as the market approaches Friday’s expiry of bitcoin options contracts could fuel an additional price increase, or send it spiraling in the immediate aftermath. “If bitcoin builds momentum above $30,000 as expiry approaches, dealers will buy the cryptocurrency in the spot and futures markets,” CoinDesk Co-Managing Editor of Markets Omkar Godbole […]

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BTC Is Becoming Illiquid at 147K a Month in Signal Long-Term Investors Are Accumulating

[ad_1] Glassnode’s illiquid supply change metric, which measures the number of coins held by illiquid wallets on a specific date compared with the same day the previous month, rose to 147,351.58 BTC ($3.9 billion) on Monday, the most since Dec. 19. The total held by illiquid entities has jumped to a record high 15,207,843 BTC, […]

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XRP Price Tumbles 8%, Erasing Gains from ‘Hinman Emails’ in Ripple vs SEC Lawsuit

[ad_1] XRP’s sharp downturn happened as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), the two leading cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, lost key price levels Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision. Despite the Fed pausing its rate hike campaign after 14 months, an event most traders thought would be bullish for prices, BTC and […]

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SEC Lawsuits Spur $4B Deposit Flight From Crypto Exchanges Binance, Binance.US, Coinbase

[ad_1] The U.S.-based exchange said on Friday that users should withdraw USD as soon as possible following the SEC’s “extremely aggressive and intimidating tactics” against the company. The platform has suspended U.S. dollar deposits and will delist USD trading pairs shortly, while it temporarily transitions to a crypto-only exchange. [ad_2]

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