The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong is going to release guidelines for crypto exchanges this May, which will potentially cause a change for the global digital asset market.
In addition, Hong Kong plans to allow retail investors to trade cryptocurrencies such as
Bitcoin and Ethereum, a move that could have significant consequences for the overall financial market.
Hong Kong’s digital asset industry is all set to receive a boost, and the Securities and Futures Commission’s CEO confirms
CryptoPunks, one of the biggest non-fungible token projects in existence, and since many ETH holders often like to take their profits and put them into NFTs to diversify, they'd rather not miss the current signal.
#NFT#ethereum#cryptopunks#blockchain
The Real Vision founder and former Goldman Sachs executive Raoul Pal has recently said that there’s one big overlooked opportunity in the ETH ecosystem. According to him, the floor price chart of CryptoPunks is depicting declining trend, which could be an opportunity for bulls.
FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, or “SBF,” is facing a new 13-count indictment from authorities in the United States. He has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with violating anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for
allegedly giving a $40million bribe to a Chinese government official in a new superseding indictment.
The FTX founder was aware of the freeze and tried numerous methods to unfreeze the accounts of Alameda Research that Beijing had frozen, including attempting to transfer
printing of fiat currency leading to high inflation rates.
Currently, the market is experiencing the Bitcoin season, where Bitcoin’s capitalization is growing at a faster pace than other cryptocurrencies.
Since November 2022, Bitcoin market cap has risen 80%, hitting $28k due to liquidity injection by Federal Reserve. Despite the surge in Bitcoin, a considerable number of altcoins remain 90% below their historical highs.
In the meantime, the banking system failed again after 15 years, with major banks going bankrupt. Moreover, analysts predict that 186 more US banks may also face similar issues soon. Cryptocurrencies offer a promising alternative to bank deposits, especially with the US FED’s
According to some sources, both VISA and Mastercard have pulled back on plans to launch crypto-centric services until global financial regulators establish more visible control over crypto sphere in order to avoid situations like the one that happened last November involving FTX.
payments and financial services.”
These brands have in the past been associated with failing cryptocurrency businesses, which could have costly consequences. For example, VISA had credit card agreements with FTX, and BlockFi issued a Bitcoin-back rewards credit card
With the naira scarcity, inflation rates in Nigeria are also skyrocketing. The advantages of holding BTC amid the current situation in Nigeria is becoming more evident as demand for the digital asset is reaching new highs.
Nigeria is currently facing a shortage of physical cash after the Central Bank of Nigeria redesigned its banknotes, causing the old bills of the local naira currency to become useless. The policy prompted citizens to go to the banks and ATMs to swap their old bills for new ones.
The cash scarcity has affected businesses and caused violent protests across the country. Outraged protesters have stormed the streets, attacking bank offices and ATMs while blocking roads leading to the banks.
halving in 2024. Therefore, considering the above projections, the Bitcoin price could form new highs somewhere around August 2025.
Currently, the Bitcoin price is staying just above $23,000 with reduced volatility, and the trading volume has dropped by 3% at the moment.
Bitcoin price is currently trading in and out of $23,000 ever since it broke the resistance during the recent price surge. The BTC price has formed a geometric pattern from top to bottom and is believed to rise soon. The parabolic rally which is speculated after the Bitcoin