1. Economic Journal: The risk of bitcoin price going higher rises. 2. Michael Saylor says Buffett can be persuaded to buy bitcoin through Berkshire Hathaway. 3. Return trend after bitcoin halving: 2012, 2016, 2020 December rose significantly, and September 2024 performance hit a record high. 4. Wall Street Journal: Once Trump returns to the White House, the US SEC may ease legal proceedings against crypto exchanges. 5. The relative unrealized profit margin of BTC long-term holders was 0.74, lowe...
According to data tracked by analytics firm IntoTheBlock, the total volume of high-risk loans, defined as those within 5% of their clearing price, rose to $55 million on Wednesday, the highest level since June 2022. Cryptocurrency traders typically obtain loans from decentralized lending platforms by locking up collateral in the form of digital assets. The risk here is that if the value of the collateral falls too much, the protocol will liquidate the debt by selling the collateral. Loans within...
OpenAI and Microsoft are engaged in a high-stakes negotiation over an unprecedented question: how should a nearly $14 billion investment in a nonprofit turn into equity in a for-profit company? OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round at a valuation of $157 billion, is transitioning from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. When it becomes a for-profit company, how to distribute the equity is one of its biggest challenges...
On October 18, according to IntoTheBlock data, the total amount of high-risk loans (defined as loans within 5% of the liquidation price) rose to $55 million on Wednesday, reaching the highest level since June 2022. And loans within 5% of the liquidation price mean that if the price of the collateral falls by 5%, it will no longer cover the loan, triggering a liquidation. In a market update, IntoTheBlock said: "Large-scale liquidations could impact collateral values, putting more loans at risk of...
Direxeion has launched two high-risk leveraged cryptocurrency ETFs: Direxion Daily Crypto Industry Bull 2X Shares (ticker: LMBO) and Direxion Daily Crypto Industry Bear 1X Shares (ticker: REKT). Leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs), such as Direxion's latest fund, use financial derivatives and debt to amplify the daily returns of underlying securities. Traditional ETFs typically track securities in their underlying indices on a one-to-one basis,...
Market news: The European Central Bank will delay publishing the results of a large-scale investigation into risky lending.
BNB Chain has updated its list of DappBay high-risk DApp Red Alarm projects, with recent additions including LasMeta Lottery, Kontos Protocol, and InvisibleEggs.