The Bitcoin futures annualized premium jumped to 34% on Nov. 28, leading analysts to speculate about an imminent spot BTC ETF approval. The demand for institutional investors for Bitcoin (BTC) became evident on Nov. 10 as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures flipped Binance’s BTC futures markets in terms of size. According to BTC...Continue Reading

Many users’ Binance USD balances will automatically be converted into First Digital USD starting on Dec. 31. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced it will cease support for all Binance USD (BUSD) products starting on Dec. 15 following Paxos halting the minting of new coins. In a Nov. 29 notice, Binance said users should withdraw or...Continue Reading

Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko are suspected in a $575 million fraud case, but they can’t be exposed to U.S. detention conditions. Ivan Turogin and Sergei Potapenko, co-founders of Bitcoin cloud miner HashFlare, have successfully appealed their extradition from Estonia to the United States, where the two face 18 counts of fraud and money laundering....Continue Reading

Game developer Square Enix announced the auction dates for NFTs of its upcoming blockchain game Symbiogenesis. In this week’s newsletter, read about footballer Cristiano Ronaldo facing a lawsuit after promoting nonfungible tokens (NFTs) tied to crypto exchange Binance, and find out how an NFT collector thwarted a hacking attempt by a person impersonating a journalist....Continue Reading

Wally Adeyemo cited a recent settlement with crypto exchange Binance and sanctions against crypto mixer Sinbad in calling for an expansion of the U.S. Treasury’s authority. Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the United States Treasury, said his department is looking into new sanctions tools to pursue bad actors in the crypto space, citing a recent...Continue Reading

Copper plans to use its arm in the United Arab Emirates, Copper Securities, to capitalize on the demand of institutional investors. London-based crypto trading firm Copper plans to start offering tokenized securities early next year, according to reports on Nov. 29. Under the leadership of former British Chancellor Phillip Hammond, the company expects to capitalize...Continue Reading

BTC price encounters classic resistance as sellers refuse to let Bitcoin crack through its November ceiling. Bitcoin (BTC) shrank back from resistance after the Nov. 29 Wall Street open as United States GDP figures beat expectations. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView GDP sets tone for macro-sensitive crypto Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed...Continue Reading

From legal issues to hackers, launching a CBDC is fraught with risks, and BIS has a big list of them to consider. Issuance of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) requires adequate attention to security, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reminded central bankers in a report on Nov. 29. An integrated risk-management framework should...Continue Reading

Bitcoin is struggling to sustain above $38,000, but the bulls have not given up much ground, which some analysts say increases the chance of a rally to $40,000. Bitcoin (BTC) is trying to sustain above the overhead resistance of $38,000 for the second consecutive day and start the next leg of the uptrend. The excitement...Continue Reading

A glut of new research indicates that personal experiences may be the NFT market’s primary mover. A trio of studies published in November may shine some light on the social and psychological factors that motivate movement in the non-fungible token (NFT) market. Researchers from Western University in Canada, Tilburg University in the Netherlands, the University...Continue Reading