Analysis


Markets

On-Chain Stablecoin, Profitability Ratios Signal Investor Caution

The recent increase in bitcoin's price shows investors positioning themselves for a potential price downturn.

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Markets

Asset Managers’ Bitcoin Exposure Rises, Reversing Recent Trend

Following three consecutive weeks of reducing long positions, asset managers add 975 long futures contracts, the Commitment of Traders report shows.

BBitcoin faces headwinds (Pixabay)

Policy

The UK Has Created Crypto Banking Problems

U.K. lobbying groups and lawmakers have been complaining that crypto clients can’t find a bank and are faced with restrictions, so they are calling the government to act.

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Markets

Crypto Pundits Romance the Hyperinflation and Dollar Death Narrative. Is It a Real Scare?

Coinbase's former CTO, among others, has predicted that bitcoin will reach $1 million as the dollar fades, but these doomsayers are ignoring other historical precedents.

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Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Prices Flatten During Week of Financial Turmoil

Despite banking unrest and increased regulatory scrutiny, bitcoin and ether were trading roughly where they started the week.

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Policy

Is This Finally an Atomic Bomb From the SEC?

The warning to Coinbase that it’s breaking securities laws may signal the long-awaited attack on crypto’s foundations, but also may set up a court fight that finally answers questions.

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Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Diverging Paths Show Resilience and Opportunity

Bitcoin’s outperformance relative to ether highlights a flight to safety. The assets’ normally tight correlation has decoupled periodically in recent weeks.

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Finance

Dreams of Rebooting FTX Face Cold Reality That Its Technology Wasn’t Well-Regarded

Woefully high latency, bugs in the API traders use to interface with FTX and coding mishaps plagued the exchange, according to several former clients who spoke to CoinDesk.

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Markets

Short-Term BTC Holders, Stablecoin Supplies Could Indicate Cryptos' Future Price Direction

The two data points may show whether bitcoin moves higher or declines further in the aftermath of the U.S. central bank's 25 basis point rate increase Wednesday.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Tech

Rapid Bank Runs Reveal Deposits Are Now Magic Internet Money, Too

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the speed of the Silicon Valley Bank run was “very different from what we’ve seen in the past.” However, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she is not considering a "blanket" deposit guarantee.

Internet-era bank runs don't look anything like this. (National Archives via Wikipedia, modified by CoinDesk)