Markets

OKEx Sees Biggest Bitcoin Outflow in 8 Months After Resuming Withdrawals
About 2,822 BTC was moved from OKEx within 15 minutes of withdrawals restarting.

Bitcoin Price Drops Almost $3,000 With Sharpest Sell-Off Since March
Bitcoin fell more than 12%, its sharpest decline in months.

Bitcoin Options Market Suggests Investors Preparing for All-Time High
Options investors appear to be eyeing more gains for the top cryptocurrency, which is now just 2.8% below a record high.

Bitcoin Breaks $19K, New All-Time High Seems Imminent
Bitcoin, the world's No. 1 cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has breached the $19,000 level.

XRP Price Surges to 2-Year High as Airdrop Frenzy Builds
The December airdrop of 45 billion spark tokens may be fueling XRP's rapid climb to two-year highs, say analysts.

First Mover: Near Record Highs, Bitcoin May Have a Volatile Week
Bitcoin prices are near all-time high, while its one-month implied volatility metric has jumped to four-month highs.

Bitcoin Faces Volatility Rise as Futures Market Shows Signs of Overheating
The bitcoin perpetual futures "funding rate" has shot up, suggesting the market may be overleveraged to the bullish side.

Bitcoin Shortage? Pantera Thinks Market Rally Driven by PayPal Buys
PayPal’s recent leap into the crypto market is helping to drive the current bitcoin rally, according to Pantera Capital.

Bitcoin Options Investors Are Starting to Hedge Against Potential Price Pullback
The one-month implied volatility, which is influenced by the demand for call and put options, jumped from roughly 55% to a four-month high of 70.5% in the past two days, suggesting increased expectations for price turbulence over the next four weeks.

Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge
The Deutsche Bank analyst's comments are another sign of bitcoin's increasing acceptance in the mainstream of finance.

