Institutional demand for Bitcoin remains high, even as the price turned down after the block reward halving. Some in the space believe that if institutional and retail demand picks up, there will be a severe shortage of (BTC), which can quickly push its price higher. A small example can be seen in the way crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments has been lapping up Bitcoin, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap. Since the halving, Grayscale alone has bought about 150% of the newly mined Bitcoin. If this pace of purchasing continues for a few more weeks, traders’ sentiment could turn decidedly bullish. …

Although Bitcoin (BTC) has weathered the current crisis and come out on top, Goldman Sachs only focused on the March 12 fall in a presentation to its clients. Using liberally interpreted information, Goldman appears to be discouraging their clients from diversifying their portfolios with Bitcoin allocations. Luckily, there are a few large players who understand the potential of cryptocurrencies. Kingdom Trust, a financial custodian that manages more than $13 billion in assets, has launched a retirement account dubbed “Choice”, which offers an opportunity to its clients to invest in the top-ranked cryptocurrency along with other traditional assets. Daily cryptocurrency market …

Bitcoin (BTC) has neither run away nor plunged following its halving, which suggests that history might be repeating itself. After the first halving, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap moved up only by 7% after a month. After the second halving the price dipped 10% during the same period. However, the important thing to note is that both the halvings were followed by strong bull runs. Therefore, even if history doesn't repeat itself it could still offer handsome returns to investors at a time when the global economies are staring at their worst recessions in decades. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: …

For some reason, Bitcoin (BTC) analysts never take the middle path. They either project that the price will go to the moon or warn of imminent doom. After surviving and thriving for over a decade and being one of the best assets to own during the current crisis, any doubts about its longevity should be put to rest. On the other hand, for the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap to replicate the previous bull run, it would first need to break out to new lifetime highs. There are several intermittent resistances between the current levels and the lifetime highs that need …

Equilibrium, an EOS-based decentralized finance, or DeFi, project similar to MakerDAO (MKR), is adding four block producers to its governance system, most notably Binance. Other members include Eosfinex, an EOS decentralized exchange affiliated with Bitfinex, as well as stand alone block producers EOS Nation and EOS Cannon. The group of four will act as “governance supervisors” for the system. Their primary purpose is to sign off on smart contract upgrades for Equilibrium. As Alex Melikhov, the CEO of Equilibrium, told Cointelegraph, this leverages a distinctive EOS feature: “One of the main advantages of EOS lies in updatable smart contract code. …

While retail traders fret over whether Bitcoin (BTC) will break above $10,000 or not, the institutional players silently continue to build positions. On May 19 major digital asset management fund Grayscale tweeted that its assets under management had increased over 80% from $2.1 billion to $3.8 billion over the period of one year. This suggests that institutional money is gradually flowing into cryptocurrencies. The majority of the investment was done in Bitcoin, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap. Usually, institutional investors take a long-term view and are not perturbed by the short-term swings. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 Similarly, the …

Per a May 18 complaint, more investors are looking to recoup funds invested in the record-breaking initial coin offering for EOS — which netted a total of $4 billion in cryptocurrency. Lawyers for the plaintiffs are calling over $200 million of that money illegally raised. Conflict with U.S. securities law and investors The complaint alleges that EOS was an unregistered security offering by block.one. Block.one is the development firm that spearheaded the ICO for EOS, which many saw as a form of investment in the company. Language in the purchase agreements in EOS’s pre-sale told investors in the United States …

Several economies around the globe are lifting lockdown restrictions that have been in place for the past few weeks. This will enable businesses to gradually get back on track and investors are also closely watching the various coronavirus vaccines that are in developmental stages. Any positive news on this front is likely to boost sentiment. As the globe is flush with liquidity, any improvement in sentiment could drive traders into risky assets in order to generate strong returns to make up for this year’s losses. Bitcoin (BTC) has done exceedingly well during the crisis, which is likely to attract the …

The number of Ethereum (ETH) longs has continued to surge after breaking into all-time highs at the end of March. Despite the broader crypto markets posting price gains alongside Bitcoin (BTC) in recent weeks, the number of open longs remains low for most crypto assets after plummeting during the mid-March crypto market crash. Ether longs dominate crypto markets Since breaking into record highs on Feb. 26, ETH/USD longs on major crypto exchange Bitfinex have increased by 170%, with the violent Black Thursday mid-March crash failing to drive even a modest retracement among Bitfinex’s bulls. Bitfinex ETH/USD Longs 1W September 2017 …

The debate over which consensus algorithm is right for blockchain is long overdue. While proof-of-work remains popular with Bitcoin (BTC), interest in proof-of-stake protocols has been picking up speed, especially with the planned shift of Ethereum to a PoS, Ethereum 2.0. Which one is better, though, remains up for debate. For example, Ankit Bhatia, a co-founder and the CEO of Sapien, told Cointelegraph: “Proof-of-stake is simply more scalable because it eliminates the race to solve math problems and the need for computation to grow the pot.” According to Bhatia, PoS’s ability to make use of sharding makes it the better …

In a recent series of tweets, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin gave a nod of approval to competing blockchain EOS with regard to the niche they are trying to carve out. "If I were designing a new chain to live alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, I would take all the political tradeoffs that BTC and ETH aren't willing to take," Buterin said in a May 15 tweet referring to Bitcoin and Ethereum. Vitalik labeled EOS aspects of interest Listed by Cointelegraph as the fifth most influential person in crypto and blockchain, Buterin holds significant weight in the industry. Buterin noted quadratic voting-based …

A month after the first halving, Bitcoin (BTC) moved up by 7% but following the second halving, the price slipped by 10% in a month. This suggests that if history were to repeat itself, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap will remain volatile but a large move in either direction is unlikely in the first month. However, the derivatives markets could be giving a signal that this time is different. This week CME Bitcoin options open interest increased to about $142 million, an increase of over 1000% since the end of April, according to data from Skew. This shows that the …