CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 9 The most prevalent cryptocurrency by full market cap has yet to reach ardent peaks near $20,000 from December 2017, but aspects of the same heady atmosphere as then, around crypto, Wall St. and Main St, are making a return.
Crypto index adds missing LINK LINK’s full market capitalisation has evidently shot up to around $12.52bn, reflecting an eye-watering price rise of almost 400% so far in 2020
Bitcoin Cash eyes soft landing after hard fork Ultimately, this switch could have brought about major changes to the Benchmark known as Bitcoin Cash, trading under the ticker ‘BCH’.
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 8 Broader market cheer that lifted the S&P 500 to its best levels in 10 weeks in recent days underscores the extent to which major crypto is now a part of the same sphere.
Bitcoin’s Open Interest Question Volatility implied by patterns of trade in Bitcoin options indicated little expectation among sophisticated market of participants that prices would reach $20,000 by year end. Even so, anticipation across the broader market hasn’t entirely diminished.
CF Benchmarks Newsletter Issue 7 News that the long-planned policy switch for the Ethereum blockchain finally has a hard launch date was arguably more important.
Not quite a crypto cliff-hanger Though a clear election end point may still be days away, as votes continue to be counted, wrangled over, and possibly even argued over in court, it’s clear that stocks and other risky assets—including crypto—are taking cues from clear probabilities and a handful of certainties in the bag so far.
CF Benchmarks Recap - Issue 6 When the history of cryptocurrencies’ slow but steady progress to the mainstream is written, it may contain a section covering former sceptics who underwent a damascene conversion.
CME‘s Bitcoin growth is a low-key big splash It’s no surprise that corporate pressures and market tailwinds that have catalysed rising crypto demand, have helped contract volumes of CME’s dollar-settled futures in Bitcoin
CF Benchmarks Recap Newsletter - Issue 5 The $239bn group with 346 million active users will instantly become the biggest enabler of consumer crypto adoption by virtue of being the largest retail platform with digital assets on its network.
BTC and LTC’s Peak PayPal Volume Although more emphatic than timely, the reaction of both Bitcoin and Litecoin markets confirm that this week ought to go down in history as one in which cryptocurrency adoption reached a major inflection point.
Bitcoin buyers break little sweat as $12,000 breached In fact, the breach of $12,000 itself was not accompanied by particularly remarkable volumes. These were not seen till a few hours later, when turnover accelerated to as much as five times the 90-day average as of 04:00 UTC.
