Time for altseason? Analysts say altcoin market is near ‘momentum bottom’

The report from Immunefi revealed hacks to have been the main cause of related losses. 389 Total views 5 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTImmunefi, a bug bounty and security services platform for the Web3 ecosystem, published a report on Jan. 6 revealing that the crypto industry lost a…

South Korea's major virtual currency exchange Bithumb has officially launched an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk under the Ortus brand, according to a press release published on Feb. 7.Hong Kong-based entity Bithumb Global Limited owns the rights to the Ortus brand, which specializes in services for institutional investors. After completing Know-Your-Customer and Anti-Money Laundering inspections, institutional…

An experiment from Dragonfly Research that compared the performance of six blockchains by testing the capacity of Automated Market Makers on each has found Solana’s Orca DEX was the clear winner in trades per second. It managed 273.34 trades per second and created a new block every 590 milliseconds.Binance Smart Chain (BSC) wasn’t too far behind…

The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) — the official self-regulatory organization for the crypto industry in Japan — announced on Mar. 2 that three additional companies have just registered as second-class members.Coinbase, Digital Asset Markets, and the Tokyo Hash have registered as reported by the JVCEA. Second-class members with the agency can be registered…

The asset class volatility still poses a challenge to money managers, noted JPMorgan's head of institutional portfolio strategy. 238 Total views 8 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as NFTBig institutional investors are still largely staying away from the crypto market, as the asset class' volatility poses a challenge to money managers,…

This week in crypto regulation was marked by officials expressing contradictory views on how to approach digital assets. 217 Total views 12 Total shares The crypto regulation regime in any jurisdiction is an equilibrium among multiple institutional, group and personal interests of actors who have a sway over financial and monetary policies. These interests never…

Bitcoin (BTC) had a tremendous 2020 as the BTC price rallied by 311% in 2020. In the shadows of Bitcoin, Ether (ETH) has also been seeing a fantastic year as Ether’s price rallied by an even bigger 475%.  While only five days into the new year, ETH is continuing this trend. Bitcoin vs. Ether January 2021…