cryptocurrency trading

Here’s how crypto-market’s 24/7 trading is setting an example

The past couple of years have witnessed the continued growth of institutional investments flowing into the cryptocurrency market. It includes not only hedge funds and family offices but even pension funds and conservative custody banks parking their funds here. Naturally, this has led to the entangling of traditional and crypto finance, with the latter having profound effects on stock and currency markets. These include the trading times that these markets follow. While cryptocurrency exchanges operate non-stop, traditional exchanges operate only during specific days and time frames. This could change in

‘Triad’ members kidnap and torture Hong Kong crypto trader who manages to escape

A 39-year-old Hong Kong man was kidnapped and held for ransom last week after meeting a Tether buyer in Kowloon Bay.  The man was taken inside an industrial facility, assaulted, and forced to hand over his phone and trading platform passwords.  He was held captive for about a week at Tai Po, northern Hong Kong. His kidnappers demanded HK$30M from his family.  His relatives contacted the cops on Nov. 9, 2021. The police then stormed the house where the victim was being held, but he managed to flee through a

Another Leading DEX Is Choosing the Order Book Mechanism

As the DeFi segment with the clearest application scenarios and the strongest demand, decentralized exchange (DEX) has always been attracting the most attention.Sponsored Sponsored It also embodies the greatest competitiveness as well as the strongest capital effect. Since its low and stable performance in the middle of last year, DEX’s total trading volume has grown rapidly, and the monthly figure peaked at $162.8 billion in May. Sponsored Sponsored Although it is still lagging behind the centralized exchange (CEX), its market size of hundreds of billions of dollars obviously can not

Indonesia Confirms It’s Not Imposing Blanket Crypto Ban

The Indonesian government has given its residents the green light for cryptocurrency trading, refusing to impose an outright ban on all crypto-related transactions. Sponsored Sponsored The government instead will seek to focus its regulatory effort on the prevention of crimes in which cryptocurrency is involved. Cryptocurrencies are treated as tradable assets and commodities, which are unfit for payments, according to the Central Bank. The government maintains that crypto assets are a volatile asset class, with little backing. Crypto asset trading was legalized in 2018 in the Ministry of Trade Regulation

Countries That Might Soon Allow Crypto Betting

Aug 21, 2021 at 09:54 // News In some countries, bitcoin is seen as a legal payment platform, whilst in others, there are regulations pertaining to how betting with cryptocurrency operates. Some other countries have chosen to be quiet on the issue and have not made any attempt in allowing or not allowing it. In countries where Bitcoin is not considered legal, you cannot fund your gambling wallet with cryptocurrency. Only very few countries have come out in the open to address cryptocurrency gambling. Some of the countries that have

China Situation Not as Bad, Bitcoin to Reclaim $60K In 2021: Interview with OKEx

CryptoPotato had the opportunity to host a discussion with Lennix Lai – the Financial Markets Director at OKEx. Established in 2017, OKEx is one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by means of trading volume and is also a big player in China. We took the opportunity to discuss, first hand, what’s currently going on in the market from both a retail and institutional perspective, as well as what’s actually happening in China. [embedded content] $60K Bitcoin In 2021 After Bitcoin lost around 50% from its all-time high

Ethereum Classic (ETC) Struggles to Overcome $7.50 Resistance

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is currently making another attempt at breaking out above $7.50, something it has struggled to do since May. The price action and a variety of technical indicators suggest that ETC will be successful in breaking out.   Ethereum Classic Long-Term Support Levels ETC has been following an ascending support line since November 2018 and has validated it four times since. Since April 2020, ETC has also made several breakout attempts above the $7.50 resistance area, which is the 0.382 Fib retracement level of the most recent downward

Bitcoin Consolidates Below $24,000 After Bullish Weekend Rally

The Bitcoin (BTC) price has reached a bullish weekly close well above the previous long-term resistance area. BTC is currently consolidating just below $24,000 and is expected to break out once more.   Bitcoin Long-Term Movement During the week of Dec 14-21, BTC created a massive bullish candlestick, convincingly breaking through the $19,500 area to reach a high of $24,295. BTC is now in price discovery, having no resistances left to clear above the current price. Technical indicators are still bullish, despite showing that the rally is extremely overbought. BTC

Impact of COVID-19 on Cryptocurrency Trading

  The popularity of cryptocurrency trading continues to rise as we’ve already experienced a digitally-connected lifestyle in the 21st century. A new set of rules fuels the digital century, including the top-performing cryptocurrency trading. However, the COVID-19 has brought everyone and everything else on the planet to their knees. How is the recent pandemic affecting the cryptocurrency trading sector? Here’s every must-know regarding the COVID-19’s impact on cryptocurrency! COVID-19 hasn’t only impacted how people across many countries work, shop, live, travel, and collaborate, but it has also affected the stock