The market appears to be finding its feet and as the smoke clears, its easier to see which projects are fundamentally flawed and which are returning to their previous trading range where they were before the recent three-week downturn. Trader Joe is one of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols that continued to push out new developments during the market-wide correction.. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after hitting a low of $0.658 on Jan. 24, the price of JOE rebounded 147% to a daily high of $1.63 on Feb. 1 before entering a new consolidation range. Three …

In response to institutional investors' concerns about the risks of trading in a new asset class, TMX Group, Canada's major stock market operator, has revealed plans to launch its first-ever crypto futures product. While speaking to Reuters, TMX Group's John McKenzie said that the firm plans to release the product on the Montreal Exchange later this year. According to Mackenzie, "more institutional investors and dealers are [...] holding more crypto assets within their portfolios or for their clients or in ETFs," adding they are working on how to mitigate risk due to crypto's huge volatility. Cointelegraph reached out to TMX …

Bitcoin (BTC) has recovered close to $44,000, indicating that the downtrend could be coming to an end. However, the price may not rally to the all-time high in a straight line. This means bulls are likely to face several hurdles in-between and the price action may remain volatile. JPMorgan analysts said in a recent investor note that Bitcoin’s boom and bust cycles are hindering further institutional adoption. The analysts estimate that with volatility four times that of gold, Bitcoin’s fair value is about $38,000. If the volatility reduces to three times that of gold, their fair value estimate for Bitcoin …

Late Wednesday, Twitter user @shibainuart reported that CoinMarketCap had removed three listed Shiba Inu (SHIB) addresses on the Binance Smart Chain (BNB), Solana (SOL), and Terra (LUNA) blockchains. Only the ERC-20 (ETH) SHIB token is visible on the site at the time of publication. A massive firestorm brewed on Twitter about three weeks prior after Shiba Inu developers alleged that "CoinMarketCap has knowingly listed three fake contract addresses for SHIB. Do not interact with these addresses as your funds will be irreversibly lost." Report: CoinMarketCap removes wormhole addresses from the Shiba Inu $SHIB page within their platform. Leaving only the …

For payment tokens such as Alchemy Pay’s ACH, there may not necessarily be a world where cryptocurrencies are widely accepted as a medium of exchange for everyday transactions, such as buying a gallon of milk in the grocery store, without fiat. This is because two parallel economies exist, and bridges between fiat and cryptocurrency are needed for the time being. But how does one price such a token with payments as its bedrock? Is there a way to arrive at a fair valuation for ACH, whose growing dominance in the payments scene is evident in the number of payment channels …

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Unus Sed Leo (LEO) surged by almost 70% on Feb. 9 to reach its record highs as traders assessed the potential of an incoming supply crunch in its market. The token was issued in 2016 to refinance crypto exchange Bitfinex after it lost about $70 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) in a hacking incident. In its original whitepaper explaining LEO, Bitfinex had promised that if they could recover the lost funds, they would use 80% of the proceeds to buy back and burn LEO. Around 80% of stolen Bitcoin recovered On Feb. 8, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced …

When analyzing Ether's (ETH) price chart, one could conclude that the 3-month long bearish trend has been broken for a few reasons. The current $3,100 price range represents a 43% recovery in 15 days and, more importantly, the descending channel resistance was ruptured on Feb. 7. Should Ether bulls start celebrating and calling for $4,000 and higher? That largely depends on how retail traders are positioned, along with the Ethereum network's on-chain metrics. For instance, is the $30-plus transaction fee impacting the use of decentralized applications (dApps), or are there any other factors that will prohibit Ether's price growth? Since …

Everyone might be a genius during a bull market, but the real stars begin to shine when the waters get choppy. The same can be said for crypto projects and developers and once the pump is over, it's easier for investors to separate the pump and dump projects from those with good fundamentals. Sometimes a bull market, sometimes a bear market, always a builder’s market. — a a ron (@aaroneth_) February 2, 2022 Now that Bitcoin (BTC) price has found its place back in the $42,000 to $45,000 zone, the mood across the crypto ecosystem has once again flipped bullish …

Today, Singapore-based crypto exchange, Bybit, announced a new partnership with digital assets institution Cabital for EUR and GBP on-ramp integration. Bybit crypto exchange platform users can now use EUR and GBP to buy cryptocurrency directly on the system through Cabital's fiat on-ramp solution, with no transfer fees between their Bybit and Cabital wallets. According to the release, Cabital's fiat-to-crypto on and off ramp service allows Bybit customers to purchase cryptocurrencies at reduced gas costs without having to leave the platform. Bybit is Cabital's first partner to use its fiat on and off-ramp infrastructure for cryptocurrency exchanges. Ben Zhou, co-founder and …

In May 2021, a Nashville couple known as the Jarretts filed a lawsuit against the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over taxes they had paid on unclaimed and unsold Tezos (XTZ) staking rewards. At the beginning of February, news broke that the lawsuit filed by the Jarretts had come to an end, resulting in the IRS issuing the couple a tax refund for $3,793. Confusion among crypto holders Not long after this news made headlines, confusion among the crypto community piqued. One crypto media publication sent a tweet from its official account on Feb. 2, 2022, saying, “BREAKING: IRS …

The war among crypto exchanges is not just a war of altcoin listing, it is also a war of technology innovation. Better matching engine, shorter latency, larger TPS, more rate limit, smarter order types, no downtime, the list goes on. Especially, traders are insatiable about capital efficiency when trading crypto, whether it is spot or derivatives trading. Technology advancement is, once you try the new thing, there is no going back. When your capital can be utilized 200% all the time, 101% is not acceptable. Starting from 2021, leading crypto exchanges have been offering advanced collateral management products, which increased …