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Cryptoverse: Bitcoin Digs in for a Bumpy New Year
Date: January 10, 2023
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Bitcoin’s looking steady in 2023. But it’s only been a week. Cryptocurrencies have crept into the new year, licking their wounds after the carnage of 2022. The overall global crypto market cap has risen 5% to $871 billion since Jan. 1, but it’s still down over 57% from this...
Collapsed Ftx Owes Nearly $3.1 Billion to Top 50 Creditors
Date: November 21, 2022
(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has filed for U.S. bankruptcy court protection, said it owes its 50 biggest creditors nearly $3.1 billion. The exchange owes about $1.45 billion to its top ten creditors, it said in a court filing on Saturday, without naming them. FTX and its affiliates filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on Nov....
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin Wants to Break Its Bond With Stocks
Date: November 1, 2022
(Our weekly analysis of the wild world of cryptocurrencies. Repeats for additional subscribers) By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – After months of tears and tantrums, bitcoin wants to split up with stock markets. The cryptocurrency, which has been closely correlated with tech stocks for much of its torrid 2022, is staging one...
Bitcoin-Sterling Volumes Spike to Record High as British Currency Flounders
Date: September 29, 2022
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Trading volumes between the British pound and the cryptocurrency bitcoin spiked to a record high after sterling dropped on Monday, according to market data firm Kaiko Research, in what analysts said was likely a rush by investors to dump their sterling for the digital asset or profit from arbitrage....
Cryptoverse: Ether Snaps at Bitcoin’s Heels in Race for Crypto Crown
Date: September 13, 2022
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – For years, ether could barely dream of challenging its big brother bitcoin. Now, its ambitions may be becoming more realistic. The second-biggest cryptocurrency is taking market share from bitcoin ahead of an all-important “Merge” software upgrade that could sharply reduce the energy usage of its Ethereum...
Blockchain Firm Executes Russia’s First Digital Asset Deal With Palladium
Date: July 18, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian blockchain firm Atomyze has launched the first digital token backed by palladium produced by Nornickel, it said on Monday. Atomyze was the first Russian firm to receive approval to exchange digital assets in February, while the central bank has long voiced scepticism about cryptocurrencies. “The emergence of Russia’s first industrial token...