Lockdown books December 21, 2020 The aftermath of the global financial crash of 2008 uncovered some unpalatable facts. First, it showed how national governments were hellbent on bailing out the private banks with public money. At the same time the little man was totally ignored and left to his own devices; to sink or swim with the former being the [...]
London-based cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO celebrates seven years of innovation and growth December 18, 2020 2013 was the year Bitcoin came of age as an investment vehicle. At the start of 2013 the digital currency was trading at around $13.50 per Bitcoin. By the end of November 2013, Bitcoin was trading at over $1,075. At that time the cryptocurrency industry in the UK was new and still small and yet [...]
Relentless December 18, 2020 No stopping us now The relentless surge higher continued and at one point, Bitcoin was trading just $200 away from $24,000 level. Astounding, considering that it only broke through the $20,000 the day before. The open interest (OI) continued to tick higher and the CME reclaimed second spot on the leader board, with OKEx leading [...]
Cryptoexchange Coinbase confidentially files for IPO December 17, 2020 Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has said it has submitted the necessary paperwork to officially go public in an IPO. The company said it had “confidentially submitted our draft registration (Form S1) with the Securities and Exchange Commission.” There had been rumblings of a float over the summer according to Reuters reports. [...]
Can Tokenisation Save the Rainforest and Cure “Climate Cancer”? December 17, 2020 J.P. Thieriot in conversation with James Bowater. J.P. is the co-founder of the Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA) an alliance of companies out of which the first carbon neutral Bitcoin has been born. First, can we understand the mission of the UPA? The mission started off a couple of years ago, addressing the consumer side of [...]
Breaking the barrier December 17, 2020 Monkey of the back Bitcoin finally pierced its way through the key $20,000 level and more important for the longevity of the uptrend, the break did not result in an aggressive trigger of stops. Instead, the break was well managed and steady. The subsequent price action was equally steady, even if somewhat one directional and [...]
Bitcoin surpasses $20,000 to hit all-time high December 16, 2020 Bitcoin has surpassed $20,000 this afternoon reaching its highest ever level making it one of the best performing assets of the year. The cryptocurrency jumped 4.5 per cent to trade as high as $20,440 after a strong year which has seen demand from larger institutional investors. The pandemic has led to a reassessment of bitcoin [...]
From Industrialized Yield Farming to Hydroponics December 16, 2020 Over the course of 2020 the liquidity locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols has grown in rapid fashion with use cases such as crypto-backed lending, decentralized exchanges (DEX’s) and insurance bringing the Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi to its current peak ~$15 billion with the majority of this capital existing on the Ethereum blockchain. [...]
Record highs December 16, 2020 Road to 20k The relentless appetite for risk drove the market higher yet again and with that, aggregate Bitcoin futures open interest (OI) advanced to a new record high. Interestingly, the CME has lost some ground to the likes of OKEx and Binance, although the OI still remains above $1 billion. Nevertheless, with the contango [...]
Lighting the flame December 15, 2020 Crypto interest opens The bullish camp gained further ground and the open interest (OI) surged back to within a touching distance of record highs, while the futures term structure was stretched even more in the wake of the broad-based risk on sentiment. As a result, Bitcoin traded briefly above the $19,500 level, before falling back [...]