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BTC – A VOLATILE WEEK BUT HOLDING KEY TREND SUPPORT AT THE 15-DMA WITH POTENTIAL TO CHALLENGE 7K Despite all the macro volatility spillover across markets, BTC’s short-term technical setup is improving with the potential to challenge and break-out above formidable trading resistance near 7K. After a roller coast ride over the past two weeks that included stalling under 7K resistance on 3/20 through 3/26, hitting an air pocket and...
Given the economic and social situation we are facing, there was understandably not as many April Fool’s Jokes as in prior years, but here is one from Bitfinex which made me laugh. https://twitter. com/bitfinex/status/1245246837038161930 The first response was just as good. https://twitter. com/XrpMoonCat/status/1245253120780795904 THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] FATF FINDS US COMPLIANCE WITH AML RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT www. fatf-gafi. org The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) believes the United States is not...
Happy April Fools’ Day! Yes, the Trump and Craig Wright stories above are my poor attempt at prankish humor, but the Trump story is believable isn’t it. Thought I would start the day with some of my favorite April’s Fools Crypto pranks from past years and one from this year: BITCOIN CEO BAN CHINA – (2014) Coindesk posted a report that the CEO of Bitcoin, Dorian S. Nakamoto, had pre-empted a decision by the People’s...
The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index repeated last week’s reading of “12” signifying negative market sentiment as investors remain worried about digital assets, but the rating is actually an uptick from yesterday when the daily metric slid to “10.” THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] BANK OF FRANCE TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIGITAL EURO FOR INTERBANK SETTLEMENTS www. banque-france. fr The Bank of France is looking to use a digital euro currency...
PORTFOLIO STRATEGY It continues to be our view that crypto markets are in the 2nd or 3rd innings of a prolonged recovery following their December 2018 bottom. The earlier months sell off likely flushed a significant portion of leverage and speculative short term traders out of the ecosystem, as we discussed on our FS Insight Digital Assets call earlier this week. This dynamic bodes well for reducing market downside risks...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] GLOBAL PARTNERS DEVELOP BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM TO SHARE COVID-19 DATA www. mipasa. org Major blockchain, health and tech companies have joined together to develop the MiPasa platform a blockchain-based platform for sharing data concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization and IBM led “multidisciplinary supergroup” is working to provide “quality data and make it easily accessible to the appropriate entities in order to efficiently battle...
If you know me, you probably know that I have developed a passion for video gaming and esports that matches my interest for digital currencies and blockchain (it’s a passion but don’t ask me for my online name, I am not a very skilled player). While I started playing video games in the early 70’s with a Pong console and black and white television, it was not until last year that...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] NEWS FROM MT. GOX CREDITORS MEETING www. mtgox. com At yesterday’s Mt. Gox meeting the Trustee announced he would liquidate all forked coins excluding bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) in an effort to assist the creditors as many creditors did not have access to exchanges that traded these tokens. More importantly, I was told that the 80k BTC claimed by Tibanne, the legal parent...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] CFTC ISSUES GUIDANCE ON ACTUAL DELIVERY FOR DIGITAL ASSETS www. cftc. gov The Commodity Futures Training Commission (CFTC) has issued the final interpretive guidance on actual delivery for digital assets. The final guidance discusses two primary factors demonstrating “actual delivery” of the virtual currency: securing of the assets by the customer and the complete legal and physical transfer and release of the asset from the...
THE HEADLINES [Members Area Crypto] HOUSE DEMOCRATS CONSIDERING DIGITAL DOLLAR FOR CRISIS PAYMENTS www. news. bloomberglaw. com House democrats are calling for the development of a digital dollar and wallet to help distribute the direct cash assistance to Americans hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Legislation issued by House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) would require the Federal Reserve provide payment of a digital dollar to individuals eligible for...
