Bitcoin

In an article for Bitcoin Magazine, he rejected criticisms that elevating BTC to the same status as the U.S. dollar was a "dumb move" or a "gamble."

It's the weekend edition of CoinMarketRecap! Connor Sephton and Molly Jane Zuckerman chew over some of the biggest crypto stories from the past seven days.

Today, the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape is brimming with potential. Bitcoin’s DeFi ecosystem is still in its nascent stages of development.

Even if things get much, much worse for the pound (and they might,) most Britons would still pick GBP over BTC. This is why.

Rostin Behnam said clear rules could help the crypto markets to grow — boosting institutional inflows.

The world's biggest cryptocurrency had a short-lived rally to $20,300 — the first time it had headed above this psychologically significant milestone in a week.

The Luna Foundation Guard has issued its own denial — and says that no new wallets or Bitcoin transfers have been performed since May 2022.

Also today, Do Kwon's latest tweets might rub Interpol up the wrong way — as he's declared he is making "zero effort" to hide his whereabouts.

Bitcoin has had an extremely close correlation to equities for most of this year, but there are signs that this strong bond is beginning to weaken.

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance says 37.6% of the energy used by the Bitcoin blockchain comes from sustainable sources — significantly less.

It follows a week of interest rate hikes and gloomy economic data, with analysts pointing to a "sell everything" climate that has also seen stocks take a battering.

With the benefit of hindsight, a number of his Twitter followers said they think Bitcoin is a much more attractive name.

It's the weekend edition of CoinMarketRecap! Connor Sephton and Molly Jane Zuckerman chew over some of the biggest crypto stories from the past seven days.

Also, Molly Jane Zuckerman on the rise of buzzwords in crypto... and why they really need to stop.

CoinMarketCap data shows the world's biggest cryptocurrency rallied to $19,500 in the minutes before the new interest rate was confirmed. Within 20 minutes, it then crashed to $18,975.

Also today, the U.S. is considering a two-year ban on algorithmic stablecoins — how would it work?

Overall, it has spent $3.97 billion on building a crypto war chest of 130,000 BTC, but at the time of writing, it's worth $2.45 billion.

It's the weekend edition of CoinMarketRecap! Connor Sephton and Molly Jane Zuckerman chew over some of the biggest crypto stories from the past seven days.