3 Clues Big Money is Favoring Ether Over Bitcoin

The futures and options market, a proxy for big money, is increasingly backing ether over bitcoin…

ETH Likely Building Energy to Smash Through $3K Price Barrier

This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Ether…

Bitcoin (BTC) Uptrend at Risk Ahead of Nvidia (NVDA) Earnings, Fed Minutes; XRP Holds Key Support Amid XRPFi Narrative

Bitcoin’s upward trend continued to show signs of weakness early Wednesday, even as Wall Street tech…

Bitcoin Traders Eye New Highs by End of Summer; Ether Rises 3% on Treasury Optimism

Bitcoin held steady near $109,000 early Wednesday as traders bet on fresh highs in the coming…

The $300K Bitcoin Lottery Grows Even Bigger as BTC Traders Chase Upside – Time to Step Back?

Earlier this month, CoinDesk highlighted the rising demand for the Deribit-listed $300,000 bitcoin call option, noting…

Momentum Indicator Diverges Bearishly, Raising Risk of BTC Price Pullback to $100K

This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin’s…

BTC Price Rally Stalls as Short-Term Holders Take $11B Profits

After softly rising over the weekend, bitcoin slipped back to $109,000 on Monday in sluggish trading…

10x Research Recommends Bearish Bet on Bitcoin-Holder MicroStrategy as MSTR Diverges from BTC’s Bull Run

10x Research, led by Markus Thielen, likes bearish options bets on Strategy (MSTR) as the Nasdaq-listed…

Wall Street Joins BTC Rally With Toyotas While Retail Crashes Their Lambos

What happens when retail logs off from crypto and Wall Street tunes in? Looking at bitcoin’s…

How $400M Coinbase Breach Exposes Crypto’s Dark Side

Last week’s highly organized breach of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) left behind more questions than answers.…

Why Traders Are Aggressively Shorting Bitcoin After BTC Price Hit New Record High?

Bitcoin {BTC} galloped to a new record high above $110,000 on Thursday, liquidating around $500 million…

Bitcoin Options Open Interest on Deribit Hits Record $42.5B

“Don’t be surprised if buying activity picks up across the spectrum of products tied to BTC,”…

Bitcoin’s Rally to Record Highs Puts Focus on $115K Where an ‘Invisible Hand’ May Slow Bull Run

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has surged to record highs, sparking optimism among investors. However, expected hedging activities…

BTC Backs Off Quickly From Record High as Interest Rate Surge Hits Risk Assets

Bitcoin’s surge to a fresh all-time record on Wednesday ran into a brick wall just below…

Six Charts Explain Why Bitcoin’s Return to $100K+ May Be More Durable Than January

Bitcoin is trading above $100,000 again, and investors, prone to recency bias, may be quick to…

Ether Set to Explode? ETH Traders Pump $7M Into Bullish Bets Targeting $6K Price by Year-End

Crypto traders are betting big on ether in the wake of the recent rally. Last week,…

‘Buy in May and Go Away’ as Crypto Bucks Summer Lull, Analysts Say

“Sell in May and go away,” goes the Wall Street adage for equity markets every summer.…

BTC Withdrawal Cost Basis Signals Market Optimism

Record highs — be it $20,000 in 2017, $69,000 in 2021 and $109,000 this year —…

Bitcoin’s Volatile Sunday Run, Likely Lead by Institutions, Could Lead BTC Price to New Record Highs

Bitcoin (BTC) enjoyed its weekly dose of volatility late Sunday, rising to around $107,000, before decisively…

Bulls and Bears Get Caught off Guard as Bitcoin Jumps to $106K, Then Falls Back to $103K

Over $600 million in crypto derivatives positions have been liquidated since late Sunday as bitcoin (BTC)…

Mantra (OM) and Movement Labs (MOVE) Token Scandals Are Shaking up Crypto Market-Making

Two of the year’s most chaotic token blowups — Movement Labs’ MOVE scandal and the collapse…

Unwinding of Ether Short Are Fueling ETH Price Surge, CF Benchmark Says

Ether’s ETH$2,610.19 rally, though impressive, leaves much to be desired. That’s because the unwinding of shorts…