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Last week, Cointelegraph Markets Pro, an institutional-grade crypto intelligence and alerts platform, provided subscribers the opportunity to trade three coins that embarked on momentum-fueled price moves.  The advanced data analysis tools at Cointelegraph Markets Pro used three alert systems to highlight these coins. Newsquakes™, which inform traders of potentially price-moving news alerts in real time,

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is set to be announced as the body that will oversee and regulate the virtual asset industry. According to a report, the collapse of crypto exchanges like FTX prompted Taiwanese officials to seek ways of protecting users against similar events should they recur. Virtual Asset Industry’s Self-Regulation According to Taiwanese government

Scott Melker, commonly known in the crypto space as “The Wolf of All Streets,” tells the story of how he went from performing very poorly trading stocks and mutual funds to becoming one of the most-followed crypto analysts in the industry.  In the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Stories, Melker narrates the tale of how

Famed economist David Rosenberg has warned of a “crash landing” and an impending recession for the U.S. economy. Referring to the Philadelphia Fed’s manufacturing index chart, he stressed: “Take a good hard look at this chart and tell me we are heading into a ‘soft’ or ‘no’ landing. More like a ‘crash’ landing.” Economist Expects

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has hit its highest index score this year, reaching levels not seen since Bitcoin (BTC) posted its all-time high in November 2021. A March 20 update of the Index showed a score of 66, placing it firmly within the “Greed” territory. The Index’s score of 66 as shown on

With the crypto economy experiencing significant gains over the past week and the price of ethereum rising 11.9%, the market capitalization of Lido’s staked ether has increased to $10.3 billion. This recent increase has propelled the token’s overall market valuation to the ninth-largest position, according to the crypto market capitalization aggregation website coingecko.com. Lido Finance’s

USD Coin (USDC), the world’s second-largest stablecoin, may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.  The place was Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a commercial bank with $209 billion in assets, where USDC issuer Circle had deposited $3.3 billion of its cash reserves for safekeeping. The time was the present: one of

Blockchain technology can help solve current issues with settlements, according to the deputy chief executive of Sberbank. Russia’s largest bank is working with other financial institutions to develop blockchain-based payment applications, the banker revealed. Sberbank Sees Solution to Russia’s Troubles With Settlements in Blockchain With major Russian banks disconnected from the main global interbank payment

Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes has shuttered its cloud services after discovering a “security vulnerability” that allowed an attacker to access users’ hot wallets and gain sensitive information, such as passwords and private keys. The company is a Bitcoin (BTC) ATM manufacturer based in Prague, and according to its website, has sold over 15,000 ATMs

The Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America has asked federal regulators to extend FDIC insurance to cover all deposits for the next two years. “Doing so will immediately halt the exodus of deposits from smaller banks, stabilize the banking sector and greatly reduce chances of more bank failures,” the group claimed. “It is imperative we restore

At the time of writing, the leading cryptocurrency is trading at $28,063, a 2.4% increase in the past 24 hours. The price reached $28,459 at its highest point during the day, before trading at $26,877 during the day’s low. Overall this week, Bitcoin has gained over 37% against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin’s market capitalization added

Interest in the U.S. banking crisis has risen greatly over the past two weeks, as shown by Google Trends data. There has been a sharp increase in queries related to search terms such as “banking crisis,” “bank collapse,” and “bank failure.” On March 13, 2023, the search term “banking crisis” reached the top Google Trends

Bitcoin (BTC) approached a key weekly close on March 19 with traders concerned about a retest of lower levels. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin bulls must “step in” to protect $26,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD circling $27,000 on Bitstamp. After briefly tapping $28,000 into the weekend, a

The financial regulatory body of the Netherlands intends to maintain tough attitude towards the Dutch digital assets sector despite looser European rules. The head of the agency overseeing the industry doesn’t think crypto is good news and highlights its flaws in an article. Head of Dutch Financial Authority Says Cryptos Are Difficult to Fathom, Vulnerable

Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit will soon launch Bitcoin (BTC) volatility futures, giving investors a direct way to measure and trade BTC market volatility.  On March 17, Deribit introduced BTC DVOL futures — a derivatives contract built on the Deribit Bitcoin Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of the largest cryptocurrency. Deribit’s volatility gauge provides

Economist Peter Schiff has warned that the current financial crisis will be worse than in 2008. “Future rate hikes are now pointless,” he stressed, adding that any effect will be more than offset by the Fed’s quantitative easing. Peter Schiff’s Financial Crisis Warning Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff shared his outlook for the U.S.