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After 1.5 years of being bearish (since April 2021) I think the next low will be THE BOTTOM

I was bearish in 2021 after we lost the ascending wedge we created for 3 months (February-April) and I haven't stopped being bearish ever since. Until now, all the metrics and the charts are starting to align, I think we are VERY VERY close to the bottom and don't forget that the night is darker…
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Crypto on-chain crime drama sees the good guys finally win

Security firm Harpie managed to avert a crypto robbery by simply paying a higher gas fee than the exploiter.

Superhero cans merger with Swyftx citing regulatory scrutiny

Superhero assured its users that their funds are safe and that neither their personal data nor assets were provided to Swyftx.

Bitcoin Drops To Monthly Low As Year-End Approaches, More Impulsive Decline?

Bitcoin moved closer to the $17,000 level on Tuesday. The digital currency dropped to $16,400, its lowest level in the last three weeks. As year-end approaches, BTC could face high volatility and low liquidity. Bitcoin Hit A Brief Surge Bitcoin surged to a short-lived peak of $16,837 in today’s session, barely 24 hours after hitting $16,398. The cryptocurrency saw an impulsive decline after experiencing significant rejection at the resistance level. The sharp fall has been associated with a straight daily decline for the S&P 500 and general nervousness about the Federal Reserve’s potential to hike interest rates. BTC/USD trades at $16,870 on the daily chart. Source: TradingView BTC could witness more decline as the year closes given the decline in trading volume and liquidity. This would lead to a spike in the volatility of the asset. Katie Stockton, the founder of Fairlead Strategies LLC, has predicted that BTC could retest November lows, dropping “near $15,600, in the coming weeks.” BTC hit an all-time high of $68,997 on Nov. 8, 2021. But the big crypto produced a major shift in market structure by producing a lower low on the weekly timeframe at $32,995 on January 24. This move confirmed the start of a bear market. Related Reading: Bitcoin Poised To Resume Its Inclination To Outperform, Says Bloomberg Senior Analyst Possible Rally For BTC While the dust settles from the FTX crash and FUD surrounding Binance, the bitcoin price could begin to see a gradual recovery over the next few months. According to Jim Wyckoff, “Neither the bulls nor the bears have any near-term technical advantage.” This suggests that traders will continue to see “more choppy and sideways trading on the daily chart into the end of the year – barring any major fundamental shock to the marketplace,” Wyckoff concluded. However, a tweet by Crypto Trader, PlanB shows that the next Bitcoin halving is set to take place in 15 months. The build-up in price will not happen for at least 5 months as the U.S. FED will continue to tighten up monetary policy. BTC price will have room to breathe as macroeconomic conditions soften. Schroders, a global asset management firm, made the case that risky assets like Bitcoin have a nearly 80% chance of closing the year with positive returns. Related Reading: Bitcoin Still “Overvalued” According To NVT Ratio The investment firm noted that December was the best-performing month after collecting data on U.S. large-cap stocks since 1926. Schroders estimates that there is a 77.9% likelihood that large-cap stocks will end December with a net gain. The company divides all percentage gains vs. all percentage losses over the course of a month to arrive at these metrics. Investors should keep in mind that this year, the correlation between Bitcoin and the stock market has been over 90%. It may be argued that until the end of the year, the peer-to-peer digital currency will continue to reflect price changes on the stock market. Bitcoin is down 2% from December’s opening price of $17,167. Thus, following Schroders’ analysis, Bitcoin may rise by 3.5% to reach $17,550 by Jan. 1, 2023. Featured image from Unsplash.com, charts from TradingView.com

BTC-e’s Alexander Vinnik Applies for Release on Bail Citing Trial Delay

The alleged operator of crypto exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, has asked to be released on bail due to the delay in court proceedings. In early August, the Russian IT specialist was extradited to the United States to face charges of money laundering through the now-defunct coin trading platform. Vinnik’s Defense Appeals for His Release on […]

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific reportedly files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Core Scientific reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas owing to falling revenue and BTC prices.

Over one year after the Taproot update and 2 years after the Bech32m update, many of the largest Bitcoin exchanges (including Binance, Coinbase, Gemini, and Strike) still can’t send to Segwit v1 or Taproot addresses. Only 1% of addresses are using the Bech32m format introduced 2 years ago.

I was looking at the Bech32m adoption charts, which fixes a minor checksum vulnerability in the Bech32 addresses from the Segwit soft fork in 2017. Most of the largest exchanges still can't recognize Segwit v1 or Taproot addresses, and can't send to them. Here's the transaction breakdown on the Bitcoin network by combining Chart 1…
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Current infrastructure can't support the Metaverse, says Huawei report

Huawei’s Middle East region’s chief strategist outlined that networks have issues with throughput, rendering and download speeds that need solving.

Comprehensive list of common crypto scams, and the best practices to avoid them

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