Cryptofocus

EU crypto news desk. Daily market snapshots, charts & a TA setup of the day. Exclusive interviews. By | NFA, DYOR.

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Gratis naar het Crypto Congres én de Beleggersfair op 13 november in Amsterdam? Reageer met ‘Ik wil erbij zijn’. CryptoFocus bevestigt je ticket privé, zolang beschikbaar. https://t.co/bZX6S1jVaf

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"The people that walk here are awake." @CryptoMichNL of MN Capital on the crowd at Bitcoin Amsterdam, and the friends outside crypto who "don't understand the risks that they have". https://t.co/w2j88HJL6D

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Under the Dutch Box 3 plan, financial instruments move to a tax on realised gains, but crypto stays on unrealised gains for now, says NVC chairman @MauroLorenzo_. His association wrote ten arguments against it: https://t.co/4MFD9Uy8fi

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No women speakers to be found? @CryptoWomenCo's free Speaker Index lists more than 40 women who speak on crypto, says co-founder @laurapeijs. From Bitcoin Amsterdam: https://t.co/N7Mmt5xAMY

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"If we cannot protect our data, it means we cannot protect our human rights." Lyudmyla Kozlovska of @ODFoundation at Bitcoin Amsterdam. Watch the full interview: https://t.co/mmlBZbPdND

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"I believe if you can't see it you can't be it sometimes." The full Bitcoin Amsterdam interview with Kelly Ann Collins (@itskac) of @SheCryptoHQ: https://t.co/jtgBK1fDpG

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"I think the Netherlands has a very high concentration, especially considering its size of crypto companies and crypto adoption." Martin Masser of @ChangeNOW at Bitcoin Amsterdam. The full interview: https://t.co/UqUNwVCD6N

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A privacy plan B, even in the West. "You need to have it as your plan B inside Western countries," says Lyudmyla Kozlovska of @ODFoundation, recorded at Bitcoin Amsterdam. The analysis: https://t.co/KZY8LRp8sO

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"So I've been judged for the past 20 years." Kelly Ann Collins (@itskac) of @SheCryptoHQ wants women to feel confident backing it up, with information, when crypto comes up at the holiday table. https://t.co/CnFeSZxYxu

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Worst case for US crypto, says Martin Masser of @ChangeNOW: "back to where we were seven years ago". He doesn't think it will come to that: "do you really want to lose these companies?" Analysis: https://t.co/9r4Ugv0epx

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Proof of stake has pitfalls, says @oleganza, and Flame is built to avoid them by burning bitcoin instead. Hear him explain how it runs, recorded at Bitcoin Amsterdam. Full interview: https://t.co/KHvaImiSyT

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Binance froze deposits and withdrawals after the 29 Oct hack. Arbitrage stalled, and its TRX closed 2.2% under OKX on 29 Oct and 2.7% under on 30 Oct.

By the 31 Oct close the gap was 0.2%. On a frozen venue, the price on screen is a local price, not the market's.

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One coin, one day, two prices. On 30 Oct TRX closed at $0.3272 on Binance and $0.3362 on OKX, a 2.7% gap.

Gaps like that usually close within seconds. This one held for two sessions.

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Arbitrage keeps prices in line. A trader buys where a coin is cheap, moves it, and sells where it is dear. Each round trip pulls the two prices together.

That only works if coins can move in and out of both exchanges.

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What will the main stage at Bitcoin Amsterdam talk about? "a lot of conversations around regulation and policies", says BTC Inc's head of events Justin Doochin. #BitcoinAmsterdam

The full interview: https://t.co/030zZYDMli

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Ether closed 4 Nov at $2,423 on Kraken, up 6.7%. Its best session since 18 Sep. Bitcoin managed 4.0%.

The move started a few dollars above $2,241, ETH's lowest close in 30 sessions. Next test: the 50-day average near $2,506.

Reclaim it, or a lower high beneath it? NFA

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Solo or pooled mining? Fred Forsberg of @bitcoinistapp says the solo pool "might take some time, but when it happens, you get the full block reward", while OCEAN pays "smaller amounts all the time". #BitcoinAmsterdam

Full interview: https://t.co/5pJuv5wiqc

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CFTC chair Michael Selig, 3 Nov: perps on single US stocks can now trade on registered exchanges, so traders aren't "forced to turn to offshore, and often unregulated, venues."

Crypto invented the perp. The US cleared one for bitcoin in May. Now equities get it too.

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If Flame works out, @oleganza says, operating it "fills up Bitcoin blocks" and adds to the fees miners earn, a possible answer to bitcoin's long-run security budget question. The analysis from Bitcoin Amsterdam: https://t.co/HIqHxyc5JU

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"AI is the shiny object right now", says Justin Doochin of BTC Inc. In every industry, bitcoin included, he calls it "just another layer". #BitcoinAmsterdam

Full analysis: https://t.co/NtJlAYrm36

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Monero closed 3 Nov at $629.86 on Kraken, its best close since 15 Jan. That week bitcoin fell 4.3% and XMR rose 3.8%.

It sits 11% above its 50-day average and has doubled since June. January's peak close: $711.53.

A run at that, or stretched and due a retest of the average? NFA