Bitcoin crosses $40,000 mark. Why is crypto rising again?

Bitcoin crosses $40,000 mark. Why is crypto rising again?

The crypto market is witnessing its best performance since May 2022, with Bitcoin and Ethereum breaching the $41,000 and $2,200 marks, respectively. The latest rally has taken the total crypto market cap to the $1.54 trillion, a 2023 high. Experts say the growing confidence in the crypto market has been fuelled by expectations of the US … Read more

Bitcoin brings $40,000 into view after more than doubling in a chaotic year

Bitcoin brings $40,000 into view after more than doubling in a chaotic year

Bitcoin’s chances of hitting $40,000 are top of mind for crypto speculators as they head into the final stretch of a year during which the largest digital asset more than doubled in price. The token has rebounded about 130% over the past 11 months from 2022’s crypto rout, outstripping investments like stocks or gold. Hopes … Read more

India marching up the ladder of Draper Innovation Index as things get better and better: Tim Draper

India marching up the ladder of Draper Innovation Index as things get better and better: Tim Draper

Tim Draper, Venture Capitalist & Founder, Draper Associates, in conversation with Ajaya Sharma of ET Now. According to Draper, “India is going through extraordinary times. This is possibly the best time India has ever had or will ever have for entrepreneurs. There is plenty of money around from venture capitalists in India. Venture capital is … Read more

Bitcoin’s grip on crypto eases after climb in smaller tokens like XRP

Bitcoin’s grip on crypto eases after climb in smaller tokens like XRP

Speculative crypto demand is widening beyond Bitcoin’s revival. Gauges tracking the bottom half and 30 mid-tier tokens in MarketVector’s index of the largest 100 digital assets are up 16% and 14% respectively so far in November — exceeding the wider measure’s 4% gain and a 1% rise in Bitcoin. As a result, Bitcoin’s share of … Read more

Bitcoin’s correlation to Big Tech near lowest since 2021

Bitcoin’s correlation to Big Tech near lowest since 2021

Bitcoin has been moving less in tandem with tech stocks as sentiment around equities and cryptocurrencies diverges. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has been stuck below the $27,000 level this week, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has climbed 3.5%. The 40-day correlation coefficient for Bitcoin and the tech gauge slid to 0.19 on Friday, the lowest … Read more

Explained | What is the EU’s new crypto-legislation?

Explained | What is the EU’s new crypto-legislation?

The story so far: The European Parliament, the legislative body of the 27-country block European Union, has approved the world’s first set of comprehensive rules to bring largely unregulated cryptocurrency markets under the ambit of regulation by government authorities. The regulation, called the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), will come into force after formal approval … Read more

Bitcoin resurgence brings back old phenomenon of wild weekends

Bitcoin resurgence brings back old phenomenon of wild weekends

Amid this year’s rally, Bitcoin has resumed one of its old habits: it’s back to posting big moves on weekends, a phenomenon that’s become an intriguing characteristic of the cryptocurrency market. Take last Sunday, when it gained 3.4%, a similar amount to what it notched the Saturday on the weekend prior. And the Saturday before … Read more

Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips

Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips

Amsterdam: Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de Groot inspects the six bitcoin miners as they perform complex sums to earn cryptocurrency, filling the air with a noisy whine along … Read more

Big investors are giving up on crypto markets going mainstream

Big investors are giving up on crypto markets going mainstream

Institutional investors were souring on cryptocurrencies even before this week. The sudden downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX.com may have permanently damaged their prospects of being included in mainstream portfolios. While plenty of industry die-hards remain, many professional money managers are saying the case for crypto as a portfolio diversifier or digital gold has been debunked. … Read more

Dogecoin leads cryptos with 24 times Bitcoin’s gains. Here’s what sparked the rally?

Dogecoin leads cryptos with 24 times Bitcoin’s gains. Here’s what sparked the rally?

Dogecoin, the largest memetoken, has been having a rally of the year. The joke token, backed by Elon Musk, has jumped as much as 160 per cent in the last one week. The cryptocoin has outperformed Bitcoin by as much as 24 times, which has gained less than 7 per cent in the last one … Read more