USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has expanded its Bitcoin holdings by acquiring 7,629 BTC valued at roughly $705 million, according to on-chain data from Arkham Intelligence. The purchase elevates Tether’s Bitcoin holdings to 82,983 BTC, worth approximately $7.68 billion as of press time. The firm now ranks as the sixth-largest Bitcoin…
Bitcoin’s actual stored value has been estimated at $1.03 trillion, far below its $2 trillion market cap, according to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju. Ju stated that this figure represents an 85% increase from the beginning of 2024, showcasing growing investor confidence in the crypto as a Store of Value.…
Bitcoin’s price fell by 2% within an hour after MicroStrategy announced its eighth consecutive weekly BTC acquisition. According to CryptoSlate’s data, the market reaction was less enthusiastic about the firm’s latest Bitcoin purchase, which dragged BTC down to $92,900 at the time of writing —a 10% drop from its record high of over…
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MoonPay, a crypto payment solutions provider, has officially received approval to operate under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, according to a Dec. 30 statement shared with CryptoSlate. The firm secured its license from the Netherlands’ Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), and this milestone grants MoonPay the…
Over the weekend, several crypto influencers—including popular AI-driven crypto influencer AIXBT—erroneously stated that bankrupt FTX distributions would commence in January. These claims fueled excitement about a possible market surge 2025, driven by the rumored $16 billion disbursement. However, the actual timeline for these payments tells a different story. FTX’s official…
Andreessen Horowitz’s blockchain arm, A16z Crypto, has criticized the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department over their new DeFi rules. In a Dec. 30 post on X, Michele Korver, the head of regulation at A16z, announced its support for the legal challenge led by the Blockchain Association,…
Malaysia’s Securities Commission (SC) has directed crypto exchange Bybit and its CEO Ben Zhou to cease all operations within the country. In a recent press statement, the financial regulator explained that the order stems from Bybit’s failure to secure the authorization to operate as a digital asset exchange (DAX) under…
Hong Kong lawmaker Wu Jie has urged the city-state’s government to consider integrating Bitcoin into its fiscal reserves, a local media outlet reported. The report showed that Wu proposed that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) explore the inclusion of cryptocurrencies in its fiscal reserves and leverage foreign exchange…
The following article is an op-ed by Laurent Benayoun, CEO of Acheron Trading. Algorithmic trading, or “algo trading”, has swiftly established itself within the financial landscape, particularly within the volatile, high-paced crypto market. While often perceived as a domain for high-frequency traders with deep pockets, algo trading is, at its…