Binance blamed the October 10 flash crash on a macro shock colliding with heavy leverage and evaporating liquidity, rather than any breakdown in its trading systems following speculative chatter on social media. In a report released Saturday, the exchange said global markets were already under… Read More
The U.S. government is set to partially shut down at midnight, despite the Senate voting in favor of a funding package intended to keep the government running — showing the importance of specificity in prediction market contracts. The House of Representatives is out of session… Read More
Where bitcoin trades from here: Expect patience before the next leg higher. Hougan expects bitcoin to trade sideways between roughly $75,000 and $100,000 in the first half of the year. “There’s still a lot of Bitcoin for sale around $100,000,” he said, pointing to options-market… Read More
The knee-jerk reaction to Donald Trump’s pick of Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve is that the president made the most hawkish selection among the four reported finalists for the job. In the wake of last night’s leak that… Read More
Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced said Friday that it shall switch the stablecoin in its $1 billion emergency user protection fund to bitcoin over the next 30 days. The move targets the Secure asset Fund for Users (SAFU), which is a security fund created to… Read More
US President Donald Trump will reportedly nominate Bitcoin-friendly Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve when he announces his pick on Friday. Trump said on Thursday that he will be announcing his pick to replace the central bank’s current chair, Jerome Powell,… Read More
