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On June 28th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York had issued a default judgment that granted a permanent injunction against Michael Ackerman, a resident of Alliance, Ohio.  Today a federal court ordered an Ohio man to pay

Investment management firm BlackRock has a 50% chance of getting its spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) approved, says Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.  Balchunas’ prediction comes following an observation made by Elliott Stein, a senior litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, who now pegs the chances of Grayscale winning its case against the

While an approved BlackRock spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) will funnel new institutional money to Bitcoin, it’s going to be the retail investors that ultimately drive any significant price surges, according to Michael Shaulov, the CEO and co-founder of institutional custody platform Fireblocks. On June 15, investment colossus BlackRock filed for a spot Bitcoin ETF,

Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast has published its 10th episode, featuring an interview with trader Michaël van de Poppe, who caters to an audience of more than 650,000 on Twitter under the handle @CryptoMichNL. During the June 14 interview recording, host Benjamin Pirus discussed several topics with van de Poppe, such as his opinions on

After a failed rally above $31,000 on June 23, Bitcoin (BTC) has sustained the $30,300 resistance for the past three days. Curiously, this happened while gold reached its lowest level in three months, trading at $1,910 on June 22, down from a $2,050 peak in early May. Investors now question how solid Bitcoin’s $30,000 support

The cryptocurrency market saw an explosion of growth during the 2021 decentralized finance (DeFi) Summer and increased fear of missing out (FOMO), which drove prices of Bitcoin (BTC) and much of the cryptocurrency market to all-time highs. During that time, the total value locked (TVL) across DeFi rose to nearly $180 billion before crashing down

A recent surge in activity surrounding exchange-traded funds has led to the largest weekly inflow for digital asset investment products since July 2022, according to a June 26 report via CoinShares. Totalling $199 million, inflows for the week of 19–23 June turned around a nine-week string of consecutive outflows, with Bitcoin (BTC) representing the lion’s

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in a solid position above $30,000 after its latest rapid gains. BTC price action continues to deliver on bulls’ expectations after weeks of sideways trading offered little relief. Can it continue? That is the question on every trader’s mind this week — $30,000 held into the weekly close and

Bitcoin (BTC) made a new 52-week high on June 23, indicating that bulls are on fire. Buyers have managed to hold onto a large part of the gains made during the week, signaling that they are in no hurry to book profits. Bitcoin climbed 16% this week, outperforming the S&P 500 Index, which fell 1.39%.

Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $31,000 for a third time this year on June 25 as the weekly close promised volatility. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price challenges $31,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price movements focusing on yearly highs. BTC price remained strong over the weekend, as attention focused on geopolitical

A Bitcoin-mobile (BTC) piloted by the “Bitcoin Ambassadors” team is competing in the 8,000-kilometer Baltic Sea Circle Rally race, orange-pilling competitors and campsites along the way.  The car is adorned and sponsored by Bitcoin companies. Source: Cercatrova Two Bitcoin advocates, Cercatrova, the democratically elected president of German-speaking Bitcoin community Einundzwanzig, and his copilot Daktari, set

In May, Bitcoin (BTC) posted its first monthly loss since December 2022 with a negative 6.98%. However, this consolidation was not obviously driven by a change in fundamentals or the broader macroeconomic environment. The crypto market was looking for direction and liquidity in this phase before the United States Federal Reserve announced a pause on

The bid for the first Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States is gaining traction following BlackRock’s recent application, with both former applicants and new players seeking permission from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list a crypto ETF. Although it’s unclear whether the SEC will finally allow a Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) denied the market fresh volatility at the June 23 Wall Street open as traders attempted to guess its next targets. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin lacks “strong confirmation” of new upside Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action continuing to hover around $30,000. A second day of sideways

Bitcoin’s (BTC) 15% rally toward $30,300 between June 19 and June 21 caught most traders by surprise, triggering $125 million in liquidations of leveraged short futures contracts. Narrowing down the trigger for the rally is complicated, but some analysts point to the potential inflow of institutional investors if Blackrock’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) application gets regulatory

Some news sources have been fond of making comparisons between Bitcoin’s (BTC) price action and that of other assets. In particular, the two most commonly compared asset classes are gold and tech stocks. While a correlation holds, it tends to be a big news story. Throughout much of 2022 and early 2023, for example, the