Bitcoin avoids another “Bart” style price spike this weekend, but what’s the mood like on the market going forward? Here are five potential Bitcoin price topics to consider, writes William Suberg on Cointelegraph. Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week on a tentatively stronger footing as macro cues curiously stabilize. After a calmer weekend than most…

After the US authorities have seized $7.1 billion of assets belonging to Afghanistan, the liquidity crisis in the country unable users to cash out their own money or take loans. As a result, Afghanistan has become the 20th country out of 154 fastly adopting crypto. Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August of last…

BitOasis, the prominent crypto asset trading platform in the MENA region, announced new features that make buying and selling crypto assets easier. The platform allows users to search for tokens they wish to buy or sell using their balance in AED or SAR. The swap feature on BitOasis Core will also help make crypto-to-crypto trading…

Goldman Sachs announced it became the first major US bank to have made an over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency transaction. The bank bought an OTC Bitcoin non-deliverable option (NDO) from Galaxy Digital. The bank’s first OTC crypto transaction could spur other Wall Street giants to follow suit. An OTC Bitcoin NDO sounds complicated, but it basically means…

Popular crypto exchanges FTX and Binance have received new licenses to operate in Dubai and Bahrain. Crypto giants are setting up the stage for a major push in the Middle East. FTX’s European and Middle East affiliate (FTX Europe & MENA) announced Tuesday it had been licensed to establish and operate Virtual Asset Exchange and…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Mar. 12 – 18, 2022): Mar. 12: Fir Tree Capital Management, a $4 billion New York-based hedge fund, is shorting Tether as the largest stablecoin in crypto faces down scrutiny from regulators and fears over ties to the Chinese debt market. Mar. 13: Art Dubai, held on March…