ARK Invest said in its "Big Ideas 2025" report that stablecoins are one of the fastest growing sectors in the digital asset space, and despite a two-year bear market and a market cap decline of more than 70%, the growth momentum of stablecoins remains unaffected. In 2024, the transaction volume reaches 15.60 trillion US dollars, which is about 119% and 200% of the transaction volume of Visa and MasterCard, respectively. The number of monthly transactions of stablecoins reached 110 million, which...
Coinbase Support replied to users at X that Solana transactions were delayed due to wallet maintenance or blockchain issues, which the team is fixing.
The Stuttgart Digital Exchange says Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority has granted it a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license under the MiCA regulation, which comes into effect at the end of 2024. It is the first German company to be granted a license that allows it to operate throughout the European Union.
In its "Bitcoin Monthly" report, ARK Invest said that while Bitcoin's volatility spiked at the end of the fourth quarter, it was "not significant in historical context". Bitcoin's monthly volatility in December was relatively modest compared to its annual volatility, and the low relative volatility is a sign that Bitcoin has not yet entered the frenetic phase of its cycle, meaning further gains are likely, especially in a bull market. "Indeed, these data points suggest further upside in 2025," t...
Fidelity Digital Assets said in its 2025 Outlook report that Ethereum outperforms Solana in the long term due to fundamental factors such as developer activity, total lock-up value (TVL), and stablecoin supply, but Solana has an advantage in the short term due to its rapidly growing transaction speed and low costs. The report points out that Solana's revenue and TVL are growing faster, but its trend of relying on memecoin trading is strong in a bull market and may weaken in a bear market. In con...
Average trading returns are a good indicator of whether "buying low" or "selling high" is really the right time, Santiment said in a post on X. Currently, wallets active in the past 30 days are in the negative range for BTC, ETH, ADA and DOGE, as well as the vast majority of counterfeit products. When MVRV is negative, it means buying or increasing a position, while others are already losing money. Historically, these "blood in the streets" moments are professional...
Crypto Dan, an analyst at CryptoQuant, said in a January 6 article that the bull market, which began in January 2023, is likely to reach a cyclical peak in Quarter 1, 2025, or by the second quarter at the latest. "With a significant influx of new investment and additional funding from existing investors, we can reasonably expect the market to be in the late stages of this cycle right now," the article said. The post said: "Therefore, the expected sharp rise in bitcoin and counterfeit products is...
MoonPay said in a Dec. 30 notice that the Dutch financial marekt authority has granted the cryptocurrency firm a license under the European Union Crypto Asset Market Regulation Act (MiCA) to operate as a licensed crypto business in the Netherlands.
Brentstone, a contributor to the privacy public chain Namada, said in the community forum that the Namada mainnet practice run will be extended until November 28, with mainnet genesis (phase 1) taking place next week (sometime between December 2 and 6).
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