Author: John Smith
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has fallen to a 4-month low of 44 following the $2.2 billion crypto market crash earlier today. The index, which represents crypto market sentiments and emotions on a scale of 0 to 100, had not fallen below 50 since Oct.12. Triggered by U.S. president Donald Trump’s announcement of double digit trade tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, the total crypto market cap fell nearly 12% in the early hours of Feb. 3, with Bitcoin (BTC) alone falling over 5%. The index immediately fell from a “moderate greed” score of 60 to a “fear” score…
Inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States sharply tapered off over the past week amid the Fed’s decision on interest rate cuts and a broader risk-off sentiment among investors following concerns over China’s launch of the AI platform Deepseek. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced a significant drop in net inflows over the past week, drawing in $559.84 million from investors—nearly 68% less than the $1.76 billion recorded the previous week. These investment products reportedly began the week of Jan. 27-31 with $457.48 million in outflows, triggered by the rising adoption of…
Satoshi Act Fund founder and CEO, Dennis Porter, is certain that Utah will be the first state to pass a strategic Bitcoin reserve legislation in the U.S. In an interview with Simply Bitcoin and Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, Porter explained that there are already a total of 11 states that have introduced strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve legislations. He predicts the number could even reach 15 states within this year. “We think we’ll get to 15 within 2025 alone, it could be many more than that and some states will have multiple bills because lawmakers are now competing to be the…
Analysts say crypto is in for more choppy waters as President Donald Trump keeps piling on tariffs. The White House imposed 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and a 10% levy on China. Canada responded with its own 25% tariff on $106 billion of U.S. goods, with Mexico likely to follow. Analysts at Singapore-based crypto trading firm QCP Capital wrote in a Feb. 3 note that Treasury yields bear-flattened, with 2-year yields rising while 10-year yields fell, signaling short-term inflation concerns and “long-term trade war” risks. Equities dropped, gold prices fluctuated, oil spiked, and crypto saw sharp sell-offs. QCP Capital…
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Argo Blockchain’s interim CEO, Jim MacCallum, bought more than 70,000 of the company’s shares in an insider transaction. Jim MacCallum, Argo Blockchain‘s interim chief executive, purchased 75,000 of the company’s shares in the form of American Depositary Receipts — U.S.-traded shares representing foreign company stock — between Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, the company revealed in a regulatory filing. The shares were bought on Nasdaq prices ranging from $0.4550 to $0.4700 each, the filing reads. In total, MacCallum spent around $34,625 on the shares, with an average price of $0.4617 per ADR. The insider purchase was disclosed as required by…
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says the development of crypto assets and web3 is ‘extremely important’ for solving the nation’s problems. According to Japanese media outlet Iolite, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato has vowed to finalize Japan’s crypto tax rate by “the end of June this year,” in response to a question posed by the Liberal Democratic Party’s Head of Web3, Akihisa Shiozaki. Shiozaki questioned the Japanese government’s stance on cryptocurrency, as he views ongoing discussions for Japan’s crypto tax rate is “much stricter” compared to other countries which have focused more passing crypto-friendly regulations to accommodate innovation in the digital…
Ethereum’s price plummeted to a nearly five-month low of around $2,300 on Monday morning in Asia as the specter of a global trade war triggered a risk-off sentiment, unsettling investors. Ethereum (ETH) fell 23.6% to an intraday low of $2,368 on Feb. 3 Asian morning after U.S. President Donald Trump announced trade tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico over the weekend. Higher import tariffs could drive up inflation, potentially leading to higher interest rates. This, in turn, triggered a risk-off sentiment, which pressured cryptocurrency prices. As of press time, the altcoin market fell 28% to nearly $1.07 trillion, with several…