By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) The war in Iran has single-handedly altered the macroeconomic environment for those taking risks in financial markets, and some participants are betting it could end soon. Onchain data tracked by Polymarket tracker PolymarketHistory shows 10 wallets came to life on Sunday, betting a total of $160,000 […]
Bitcoin BTC$68,399.27 bulls should be on guard: a key momentum indicator that has been uncannily accurate in signaling the sell-offs since the largest cryptocurrency hit a record high in October has just kicked in. The indicator is the Moving Average Convergence Divergence Histogram, better known as MACD. It has just fallen below zero for the
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Federal prosecutors told a judge that a letter purportedly sent by Sam Bankman-Fried from prison was actually sent via FedEx from another location, suggesting someone from the outside posed as him. The filing adds an unusual wrinkle to Bankman-Fried’s post-conviction fight. The FTX founder, sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy, is
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As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, crypto markets will be dominated by macroeconomic events. However, outside of the global stage, traders will face a number of supply events as Aave prepares to roll out its v4 platform and hard forks loom for the Akash and Casper networks. A number of Fed speakers
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Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, the parents of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted after the stock market crash, used their first television interview to challenge the basic premise of his conviction, arguing that no customer money was ultimately lost. “The money was still there,” Bankman said during a weekend interview with CNN’s Michael
Leveraged traders on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid favor traditional commodities like oil and silver, trading them more aggressively than crypto tokens such as XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL). Perpetual futures contracts linked to WTI and Brent crude oil benchmarks saw a combined trading volume of more than $500 million in the past 24 hours. The silver
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A stablecoin is supposed to be worth one dollar. Resolv’s USR is worth 27 cents and the math to fix it doesn’t work. An attacker exploited a flaw in Resolv’s USR stablecoin minting contract around 2:21 UTC on Sunday, creating approximately 80 million uncollateralized tokens over two transactions and extracting approximately $25 million, according to
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Bitcoin Price Today: Drops to $68,000 as Iran Fears Spark Broad Risk-Aversion Trend
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The The weak rebound suggests that selling pressure remains stronger than demand, keeping the token under pressure as traders look for signs of stabilization near current levels. News context XRP fell alongside broader crypto weakness, but the main driver was technical, with the price losing the $1.40 level that had served as short-term support. The
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Bitcoin BTC$68,806.24 started the year on a painful note, even if the stock markets remained dynamic. But stock traders’ luck is now running out as rising bond yields put pressure on valuations. Bitcoin prices plunged to nearly $60,000 from around $90,000 in the first five weeks of the year, according to CoinDesk data. This decline
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