Demand to mine the Bitcoin network high despite mixed market conditions
The Bitcoin (BTC) hashrate and mining difficulty has risen continually through 2023 irrespective of price activity. It has risen during bullish, bearish, and trendless periods. We look at the current state of mining interest.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of September 4th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, Whales load up on BTC pre-halving & spot-ETF approval, California considers a crypto company license regime, and most major crypto exchanges show signs of stability.
How Does Bitcoin Perform In September?
It's September – what’s the Bitcoin price going to do this month?
Bitcoin Slides As SEC Delays Decision on Spot ETF Applications
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has once again postponed its decision on several spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications.
A Brave New Coin data deep dive: Futures Volumes sink as Bitcoin stagnates
With Futures Trading volumes dwindling against the uncharacteristically low volatility crypto markets, we take a deep dive into Crypto Derivatives.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of August 28th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve signals that interest rate hikes will continue, Oman embraces private Bitcoin mining, and Kuwait conversely makes most digital asset services illegal.
Bitcoin Price Crash: What Do The Pro-Traders Say?
The Bitcoin price has fallen steeply between the 7th and the 22nd of August 2023. Are traders worried? In this post we check the pulse of several top traders and look at both the reasons for the fall - and where to next for BTC.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of August 21st 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, Bitcoin suffers its worst weekly percentage loss since the collapse of FTX. Influencing factors include rumors of Space X selling its BTC holdings and the bankruptcy filing of Chinese property giant Evergrande.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of August 14th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, the SEC postpones a key spot Bitcoin ETF approval decision, Paypal launches a stablecoin, and volumes on the Bitcoin futures market dry up.
Will the US economy face recession in 2023? And what does this mean for Bitcoin?
With investors continuing to warily eye the ever-changing economic situation, the way forward remains unclear. Will the U.S. experience a hard landing, a soft landing, or does the status quo persist? We look at the prospects for recession and assess Bitcoin’s role in investor portfolios.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of August 7th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, the credit rating of long-term US debt is downgraded, Coinbase fights back against an SEC lawsuit, and GLASSNODE's latest weekly report explores the recent improvement in sentiment across the DeFi space.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 31st 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, the Fed raises rates again as it attempts to rein in inflation, the correlation between digital assets and equities has dropped again, and the amount of buyable Bitcoin is on the decline
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 24th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, a US congressman takes aim at CBDCs, RFK Jr. announces plans to partially back the US dollar with Bitcoin if he is elected president, and long-time-hodlers of BTC hit a new all-time high.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 17th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, markets have been energized by a major legal victory for Ripple Labs against the SEC, Standard Chartered predicts prices where Bitcoin miner selling pressure will slow, and historical data suggests we are in a price period of consolidation.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 10th 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, Bitcoin manages to hold the US$30,000 price level, the de-dollarization continues full steam ahead and another major cross-chain bridge appears to have suffered an exploit.
Crypto Market Forecast: Week of July 3rd 2023
A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, new information on the most tax-friendly crypto jurisdictions has been released, the market continues to benefit from bullish Bitcoin ETF news announcements, and spot Bitcoin trading activities returns to US-based exchanges.