Cryptocurrency

Investment funds from major US investment bank Morgan Stanley have increased their exposure to Bitcoin through purchases of shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.According to filings from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Morgan Stanley Insight Fund increased its holdings of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), shares more than 63%, …

Cryptocurrencies were generally lower on Wednesday as bitcoin traded in a tight range around $56,000. Technical indicators suggest limited downtrend around the $53,000 support level, which could keep buyers active toward $60,000 resistance.Trading volume is expected to retreat over the next few days, particularly on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday Thursday. …

Everything is bigger in Texas. Problems with its electric grid and energy demand for bitcoin is no exception. A new analysis shows that the electric grid is just as vulnerable to crises and blackouts as it was before February’s blackouts just as the state is gearing up to turn into …

It is becoming more and more obvious that the current historic inflation levels have ignited growing calls to speed taper. The US Federal Reserve is setting the scene for a new debate between hawkish and dovish approaches regarding the stimulus withdrawal, tapering and interest rate hike. Major peers, such as …

Oil prices continued to trade sharply lower on concerns that Europe’s COVID cases increase could lead to lockdown anew and could hurt energy demand.Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Christopher Waller said on Friday that the rapid improvement seen in the labour market and high inflation makes him favour faster …

In the early morning, Bitcoin was trading at $58,089, up 4.4% from its Thursday’s low but down 0.9% in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin is down 10.4% over the past week, so the trend was definitely lower this week. Cryptocurrencies are having another volatile day on Friday but this time …

Texas is home of the most vulnerable power grid across the United States. The state is preparing to be hit by a surge in demand for electricity that’s twice as much as the size of Austin’s.An army of cryptocurrency miners opted to head to Texas state to utilize cheap power …

US shares markets witnessed a mild improvement in trading sentiment, despite printing a mixed daily performance for Thursday. The reason could be linked to the strong US data and comments from the Fed policymakers, as well as a pullback in the US inflation expectations and the Treasury yields.The Dollar Index’s …

Bitcoin continued to slide on Thursday, trading down more than 2% and falling as low as $58,283. The most famous cryptocurrency is now very apart from its highs around $69,000, recorded on November 10.US Congress is pushing some of the most sharply divergent views on cryptocurrencies. Speaking at a Congressional …

US shares, treasury yields and the US dollar reversed direction and closed lower, Wednesday. The three assets were negatively several by several factors in the markets, most notably the decision by Amazon.com to stop accepting payments with Visa cards in the UK as of 2022 in addition to negative data …