— Allie Caccamo is now an associate doing tech policy strategy at Christoff & Co. She most recently was an account coordinator at Allison+Partners.
Bitcoin’s surge to $69,000 took bears by surprise and cemented bulls expected $400 million profit at Friday’s $1.2 billion options expiry.
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Because most cryptocurrencies aren’t regulated by national governments, they’re considered alternative currencies — mediums of financial exchange that exist outside the bounds of state monetary policy.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum are in retreat following a flash crash. Binance U.S. was hit with a bug Thursday, resulting in a flash crash that saw Bitcoin’s price plummet by around 90%. Ethereum also dipped 50% on the exchange.
Cryptocurrency is going mainstream — and becoming increasingly difficult for investors to ignore.
In the meantime, the Indian government is considering a middle path on cryptocurrencies, as it finalises legislation on the virtual asset to be introduced in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The hard-line stance for an outright ban of cryptos is not being found feasible in view of large investments in such instruments by Indians, and these unregulated virtual currencies are also unlikely to be allowed as a legal tender.
But how high will Bitcoin go? Bitcoin’s past may provide some clues, according to Kiana Danial, author of “Cryptocurrency Investing for Dummies.”
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In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin peaked at a new record high price of $68,568.85 according to Coinbase.
Mining computers compile valid transactions into a new block and attempt to generate the cryptographic link to the previous block by finding a solution to a complex algorithm. When a computer succeeds in generating the link, it adds the block to its version of the blockchain file and broadcasts the update across the network.
In the meantime, the Indian government is considering a middle path on cryptocurrencies, as it finalises legislation on the virtual asset to be introduced in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The hard-line stance for an outright ban of cryptos is not being found feasible in view of large investments in such instruments by Indians, and these unregulated virtual currencies are also unlikely to be allowed as a legal tender.
Changpeng Zhao increased crypto-asset availability as one of the founders of Binance, which has grown into one of the largest crypto exchanges. Sam Bankman-Fried, co-creator of the FTX digital asset trading platform, serves as another important individual in the industry that impacts trading, decentralized finance (DeFi) and other aspects of the crypto space.
Crypto data aggregation platform, CoinMarketCap, recorded an increase in Bitcoin’s trading volume of almost 21% over the last 24 hours as of 2.25pm, with the cryptocurrency’s trading volume reaching $41,758,072,990.
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“I haven’t encountered many who would try to put up more barriers for new users,” said Maria Shen, a partner at Electric Capital, a venture capital firm focused on cryptocurrencies. Still, she added, “the wallet space is fairly competitive, so it’s not unthinkable.”
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