●Bitcoin (BTC): $20550, −2.06% ●Ether (ETH): $1084, −2.16% ●S&P 500 daily close: 3,674.84, +0.22% ●Gold: $1840 per troy ounce, −0.31% ●Ten-year Treasury yield daily close: 3.24% Bitcoin, ether and gold prices are taken at approximately 4pm New York time. Bitcoin is the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (XBX); Ether is the CoinDesk Ether Price Index (ETX); Gold is the COMEX spot price. Information about CoinDesk Indices can be found at coindesk.com/indices. Author: Helene Braun, Bradley Keoun Source link
Tag: Stocks
Crypto Carbon Trading Is Racing to Clean Up Its Act; Cryptos Drop Even as Stocks Rise
“Some traditional internet business models, like advertising, are likely to persist in the metaverse. However, with blockchain-adjacent technologies such as decentralized identity and zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP), one’s privacy can actually be preserved in the metaverse, if we construct the foundations just right. Nonetheless, leveraging these kinds of privacy and identity technologies, especially ZKPs, may come with the additional hurdle of poorer latency [because] the zero-knowledge proof itself can be computationally expensive to perform.” (CoinDesk columnist Daniel Kuhn) … “And yet, even if met with dogma or incredulity, innovation is rarely…
20% drop in the S&P 500 puts stocks in a bear market, Bitcoin and altcoins follow
Whoever coined the phrase “sell in May and go away” had brilliant insight and the performance of crypto and stock markets over the past three weeks has shown that the expression still rings true. May 20 has seen a pan selloff across all asset classes, leaving traders with few options to escape the carnage as inflation concerns and rising interest rates continue to dominate the headlines. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) taking on water below $29,000 and traders worry that losing…
Bitcoin and Stocks Dip as Volatility Spikes
The stock market declines came after retail and tech stocks underperformed on Wednesday. Also, the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), a popular measure of the stock market’s expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index options, ticked higher on Wednesday, reversing a week-long downtrend. Author: Damanick Dantes Source link
Market Wrap: Cryptos and Stocks Mixed Amid Bearish Sentiment
Bitcoin (BTC) is stabilizing around $30K while stock market volatility is fading. Altcoins were mixed, although recent underperformance could signal caution among some traders. Indicators show short-term BTC buying, albeit with limited upside. Author: Damanick Dantes Source link
$1.9T wipeout in crypto risks spilling over to stocks, bonds — stablecoin Tether in focus
The cryptocurrency market has lost $1.9 trillion six months after it soared to a record high. Interestingly, these losses are bigger than those witnessed during the 2007’s subprime mortgage market crisis — around $1.3 trillion, which has prompted fears that creaking crypto market risk will spill over across traditional markets, hurting stocks and bonds alike. Crypto market capitalization weekly chart. Source: TradingView Stablecoins not very stable A massive move lower from $69,000 in November 2021 to around $24,300 in May 2022 in Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has caused a selloff frenzy…
Crypto Related Stocks in Asia See Volatile Trading Amid Bitcoin Recovery
Traditional market investors risked off publicly traded companies related to the crypto sector amid a drop in prices this week. Author: Shaurya Malwa Source link
Market Wrap: Cryptos and Stocks Dip Ahead of Seasonally Strong May
Bitcoin (BTC) is lagging equities, gold and other commodities so far this year. Still, May tends to be a seasonally strong month for crypto and other speculative assets. Author: Damanick Dantes Source link
First Mover Asia: Slow Start to the Week for Crypto as China Lockdowns Drag on Stocks, S&P 500
Major equity markets in Asia have declined significantly in recent months, and bitcoin has followed a similar pattern. Author: Sam Reynolds, Damanick Dantes, Bradley Keoun Source link
Bitcoin retests $40K after stocks sell-off meets Fed balance sheet bust
Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $40,000 on April 22 after a major retracement in equities speared bulls’ latest advance. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin sheds $3,000 on U.S. stocks plunge Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD being kept firmly under $41,000 Friday after volatility during the latest Wall Street trading session. Thursday had seen United States markets react sharply to “surging” Treasury yields, the Nasdaq 100 dropping 2% and taking highly-correlated crypto down with it. US stocks fall in a dramatic reversal as yields surge. Nasdaq…