Illiquid supply, falling exchange reserves and accumulation from whales could send ETH price to $5,500. Key takeaways: More than 70% of the Ether supply is staked, underpinning a longer-term bullish environment. Ether whales added more than 411,000 ETH in August. Read more
Trading of ABTC was halted five times on Wednesday amid heightened price volatility, with the share pricing surging by 85% intraday. The Nasdaq stock exchange halted trading of American Bitcoin (ABTC) shares five times Wednesday as volatility spiked on the stock’s relisting debut. Shares of ABTC, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., climbed by nearly 85%, hitting a high of $14 per share during intraday trading, following American Bitcoin’s stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining, another crypto mining company. ABTC trading was first halted at 3:09:35 UTC for 10 minutes and again at 3:20:11 UTC, with two additional halts at 3:30:54 and 3:40:12. Read more
Bitcoin bulls are trying to get back into the driver’s seat by pushing the price above $112,500. Will altcoins follow? Key points: Bitcoin made a strong comeback, confirming that dip buyers were present at lower levels; higher levels could continue to attract sellers. Select altcoins have bounced off their respective support levels, indicating a positive sentiment. Read more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a no-action letter to a crypto derivatives exchange and clearinghouse acquired by Polymarket after a July request for relief. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said it will not pursue enforcement against two entities tied to prediction platform Polymarket. In a Wednesday notice, the CFTC said it had issued a no-action letter “regarding swap data reporting and recordkeeping regulations for event contracts” with QCX LLC and QC Clearing LLC. “The divisions will not recommend the CFTC initiate an enforcement action against either entity or their participants for failure to comply with certain swap-related recordkeeping requirements and for failure to report to swap data repositories data associated with binary option transactions and variable payout contract transactions […],” said the regulator. Read more