Governor Shaktikanta Das said on June 4 that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has serious concerns about cryptocurrencies, which it has expressed to the government, and that his view on digital coins has not changed. Das’ remarks come just days after the RBI published clarification warning banks against utilizing their services to trade in…
Theta, Aavegotchi (GHST) hit new highs as Bitcoin price chases after $50K
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls appear to have found their momentum as BTC price reclaimed the $49,000 level within the last hour. On March 2 the price dropped as low as $47,000 but currently, BTC is trading above the 20-day moving average. Bulls are likely to make another attempt at flipping the $50,000 resistance to support and…
Increasing stock market volatility drags Bitcoin and altcoin prices lower
The cryptocurrency market faced another day of downward pressure as the unease in the traditional markets continues to spread following the recent interest rate spike on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell to a low at $44,710 late on Feb. 25 before…
Altcoins and DeFi sell-off after Bitcoin’s 17.6% correction below $50K
In the early morning trading hours Bitcoin (BTC) price abruptly dropped by 17.65% which triggered a major downturn throughout the entire market. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that Bitcoin decreased from a high of $58,274 on Feb. 21 to a low of $47,622 during the early hours on Monday before buyers returned to…
DEX goals diverge as SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Uniswap (UNI) rally to new highs
Uniswap and SushiSwap have emerged as two of the top decentralized exchanges (DEXs) that are leading the current DeFi bull run higher. Despite a controversial start for SushiSwap, the last few months have seen it catching up to Uniswap in terms of activity on the platform, total value locked, and the price of its SUSHI…
Exchange tokens benefit as centralized exchanges battle with DeFi platforms
Fresh institutional and retail investor inflows into the cryptocurrency market have led to bull market conditions for many top tokens from blue-chips like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) to more recently established DeFi projects like AAVE and Synthetix (SNX). Exchange tokens are another easily overlooked sub-sector of the market but they have been performing exceptionally…