Bitcoin (BTC) has surged past $57,000, marking its highest level in more than two years. The largest cryptocurrency has defied expectations of a looming price correction, climbing steadily in 2024. The rally, which saw Bitcoin reach $57,148, displayed a significant 12% increase from its previous trading range. This surge comes
The crypto markets may have slowed down, but one token has defied the odds to deliver outsized returns for early investors. Retik Finance (RETIK), an innovative DeFi platform, concluded its 10-stage presale event in just 75 days, raking in over $32 million in funding and seeing token prices quadruple from
Some market observers were caught off guard last week by the sudden explosion in daily activity of VanEck’s spot bitcoin ETF. The relatively new investment product recorded more than $400 million in trading volume, a gain of almost 1,400% compared to the second most active day of the exchange-trade fund.
MicroStrategy, a business intelligence software company, announced on Monday that it has purchased another 3,000 bitcoins for about $155 million, bringing its total bitcoin holdings to 193,000 BTC. The company’s executive chairman and co-founder, Michael Saylor, said that the company and its subsidiaries now own nearly $10 billion worth of
Bitcoin is expected to undergo its fourth halving in April 2024, which will reduce the block reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, making new coins scarcer and more valuable. Amidst this, JPMorgan said that its upcoming halving in April 2024 is already factored into its price, and that a
Riot Platforms, a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining and data center hosting firm, reported record revenue of $280.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, according to its annual report. Riot Platforms saw an 8% increase in its total revenue from $259.2 million in 2022 to $280.7 million in 2023.
According to analysts at JPMorgan, the current spike in cryptocurrency prices is not due to market fundamentals or institutional investors but rather to irrational trading choices made by individual traders. On Thursday, analysts headed by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou of JPMorgan released a report stating that, similar to stocks, they found that
Fifteen years on from its inception, Bitcoin is being opened up to an entirely new world of utility thanks to a wealth of ongoing technical innovations around the BRC20 token standard Until very recently, the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) was primarily confined to blockchains like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain,
The first-ever Bitcoin Layer-2 staking protocol, Social Network, has unveiled a list of technology partners and highlighted their respective contributions as it develops an eco-friendly staking protocol for the Proof-of-Work blockchain. Social Network has started an early testnet Bitcoin staking incentives program using its in-house wallet, Earth Wallet, in addition to
The world’s most reliable source of cryptocurrency statistics, insights, and community, CoinMarketCap, has announced the first CMC Crypto Awards, which will take place online between February 21 and March 6. This yearly event will pay tribute to the outstanding individuals, products, and initiatives that have shaped Web3 and crypto, highlighting CoinMarketCap’s
