First Mover Americas: Institutions Look To Be Selling BTC in Falling Market
The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 9,2022. Original Source
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US Fed hikes interest rates, Bitcoin plunges below $36K, and Argentina’s central bank says no to financial institutions offering crypto: Hodler’s Digest, May 1-7
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cryptox in one link.Top Stories This WeekFed hikes interest rates by 50 basis
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30k BTC Flows out of Coinbase as Institutions Rekindle Interest in Bitcoin
Summary: 30,000 BTC has flowed out of the Coinbase crypto exchange This amount could be a sign that institutional investors are once again interested in Bitcoin President Biden’s executive order on digital assets could be a reason for the renewed interest as it did not create any significant hurdles for Bitcoin investors The United
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Crypto rallies to $2T market cap as institutions signal readiness to enter
Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader cryptocurrency market rallied on Thursday, as the total value of digital assets crossed $2 trillion for the first time in over three weeks amid signs of a clear shift in market sentiment — headlined by Goldman Sachs, no less. BTC printed an intraday high of $44,253,
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Institutions can use CBDCs for international settlements
Bank of International Settlement (BIS) Innovation Hub has completed an experimental central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform pilot for international settlement with the central banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa. The multi-national experimental CBDC project, dubbed Project Dunbar, has been developed to facilitate direct cross-border transactions between financial institutions
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Institutions increase exposure to Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as GBTC discount nears 30%
Institutional investors are returning to accumulate Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares as the discount to spot price his risen to nearly 30%, data on Glassnode shows.Since December 2021, some weekly sessions saw investors pouring in between $10 million and $120 million into Grayscale's flagship fund. Meanwhile, the biggest capital inflow
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Central Bank of Brazil Chooses Nine Institutions to Study Digital Real Possibilities – Bitcoin News
The Central Bank of Brazil and Fenasbac, the National Federation of Associations of Central Bank Servers, decided to select nine projects to monitor and support their different proposals for the application of a hypothetical Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real. Projects from companies and organizations like Aave,
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Bitcoin on-chain data hints at institutions ‘deploying capital’ at expense of ‘hodlers’
"Sophisticated passive buying" on Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchanges coincides with the trend of BTC leaving exchanges to cold storage.Adjusted Bitcoin supply shock. Source: Willy WooThe price recovery witnessed in the Bitcoin market across the last two weeks coincided with a rise in hodlers and speculative investors selling their coins, according
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Indonesian regulator takes cue from Islamic NGOs, bars crypto sales for institutions
Indonesia’s financial watchdog the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) warned financial institutions in the country against offering or facilitating crypto-asset sales.On Tuesday, the official Instagram account for OJK posted a warning against the growing number of crypto Ponzi schemes and risks of crypto investments owing to the market’s volatility. The official
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Case for Bitcoin Bottom Near $40K Is Weak as Institutions Stay Away
While the bitcoin options market has recently shed its bearish bias, some analysts remain unconvinced about the strength of the move owing to weak institutional demand and the cryptocurrency's sensitivity to macro factors."There is no sign of an institutional pullback, which is the key for a rally," said Laurent Kssis,
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