Microsoft set to vote on Bitcoin, Peter Todd hiding, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 20 – 26

Monday, Oct. 14 — Bitcoin (BTC) started the week with little to no movement in price, touching the $8,400 price mark, while most of the top-20 coins are reporting slight gains.Market visualization. Source: Coin360After a weekend of little excitement, the top-20 cryptocurrencies are mostly in the green. As Cointelegraph reported earlier, traders and institutional investors…

Peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace Paxful recently hit an all-time-high in weekly traded volume.As of Dec. 2, CoinDance data reveals that for the week of Nov. 23, Paxful saw close to $30 million in P2P Bitcoin trades continuing a consistent upward trend since the platform’s inception.Weekly Paxful Volume (Global), 2015-present. Source: CoinDancePaxful trumps LocalBitcoins’ trendPaxful…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has released its latest quarterly report, revealing the trading and holding trends of its institutional traders heavy in positive Bitcoin sentiment. 1015 Total views 3 Total shares The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit released its fourth quarter report on Dec. 4, highlighting and comparing trends between its institutional and retail investors.The report found that

Saturday, Jan. 26 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight gains on the day to press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering over $3,600 again, according to Coin360 data.Market visualization from Coin360At press time, Bitcoin is seeing no significant price change on the day, trading at around $3,607, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its…

In crypto trading we often see entire sectors move in tandem. DeFi coins may all curve upwards together, while metaverse tokens soared on news that Facebook’s getting a Facelift.But this week’s group of top crypto performers have very little in common... except one trading indicator that lit up in pulsating green neon letters before their…

The New York Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, has released a lengthy report analyzing the impact of July’s high-profile Twitter hack, which resulted in the theft of over $118,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC). Far beyond the immediate material impact, the NYDFS states that the incident exposed deep cybersecurity weaknesses of a publicly-traded social media company valued at…

The biggest-ever Bitcoin options expiry is due on March 26. Over $6 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) options will expire across exchanges on Friday, with a majority of these options being on Deribit. This will be a record expiry in terms of the value and number of options — a total of 100,400 Bitcoin options…

Stock headwinds contrast with a lack of short sellers to produce an array of forecasts on where Bitcoin price action may head next. 548 Total views 5 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $44,000 on Feb. 9 as a modest uptick towards the Wall Street open provided relief for support levels. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp).…