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Bitcoins Nasdaq Outperformance After Fed Hikes, Do Kwon Calls All Law Enforcement Agencies Worldwide To Join Online Conference In The Biggest News Of The Cryptoverse On Nov. 4 and DOGE’s 9% drop during Twitter’s class action lawsuit.
While the NASDAQ and gold prices fell in response to the Fed’s recent rate hike of 0.75%, Bitcoin (BTC) outperformed both and recorded a surge.
The Nasdaq and gold fell 4.79% and 0.68% respectively. During that time, Bitcoin gained 0.55%.
On Nov. 3, South Korean prosecutors claimed to have obtained private conversations between Do Kwon and one of his employees, proving that Kwon deliberately manipulated the price of Terra (LUNA). Prosecutors also said the conversation proved Kwon was an illegal immigrant in Europe.
On November 4, Kwon tweeted that he would be holding a virtual meeting to end all talk of him being in hiding.
ok, let’s have a meetup/meeting soon, hide the BS and get over this
Welcoming the participation of police officers from all over the world
Do Kwon (@stablekwon) November 3, 2022
Kwon did not reveal the date of the virtual meeting, but called on all law enforcement agencies around the world to participate.
After Elon Musk took over Twitter, he announced that he planned to cut 50% of his workforce. This means laying off 3,700 people. Twitter is now facing a class action lawsuit over this, after his employer filed a lawsuit on November 4th.
Musk’s favorite Dogecoin (DOGE) has fallen 9% over the past 24 hours in response to the news.
Bitcoin mining difficulty will adjust on Sunday, November 6th, and is expected to increase to three consecutive all-time highs.
Analysts at CryptoSlate looked at mining difficulty and hash rate data and found that Bitcoin’s difficulty dropped slightly on November 4 while hash rate continues to climb.
This indicates that the pressure on miners has not eased and mining difficulty is likely to increase this Sunday.
Ripple (XRP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been suing since 2019.
Since then, a total of 12 companies have submitted Amicus briefs to support Ripple’s position. Ripple General Counsel Stuart Alderoti said:
Dozens of independent voices companies, developers, exchanges, public interest and trade associations, retail owners all filed with SEC v Ripple to explain how dangerously wrong the SEC is. What about the response? We need more time to blindly push forward instead of listening and engaging.
The Canadian government has announced that it will launch a consultation service on all crypto-related topics, including stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).
The consultation will address illegal cryptocurrency activities and conduct a legislative review on the digitization of money.
Mempol Studio collects milestone events from the web3 space in a 300-page limited edition hardcover almanac. The yearbook is called “Web3 Yearbook 2022” and will be released next year.
Inflation has risen alarmingly in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, mainly due to higher prices for energy, fuel oil and gasoline.
In the US, inflation was 7.5% in early 2022 and reached 9% in June. This is well above the 5.4% recorded in June 2021 and the 0.6% recorded in June 2020.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, is up 184.28% since early 2020. Over the same time frame, gold has only risen 5.38%. This shows that Bitcoin is a good hedge against inflation over the past two years.
Tokenist Chief Editor Shane Neagle wrote an exclusive for CryptoSlate discussing whether this is the right time for Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) for cryptocurrencies.
DCA is a trading strategy that buys and sells the same asset for the same amount at regular intervals. It is based on the premise that it ignores short-term price movements and acts as a hedge against high market volatility. As such, it is often preferred by crypto investors.
However, Neagle draws attention to the fact that Bitcoin’s price is highly dependent on overall macroeconomic conditions. Therefore, investors advise him to think twice before committing to DCA.
Nagle wrote:
In an environment where the price of Bitcoin is highly exposed to overall macroeconomic conditions, investors should seriously consider tackling dollar cost averaging as a means of investing in digital assets a strong conviction if it is widespread.
blockchaincenter.net shows what would happen if MicroStategy founder Michael Saylor bought Ethereum (ETH) instead of Bitcoin.
According to data at the time of writing, Thaler would gain $1.76 billion if he bought Ethereum instead of losing $1.27 billion.
A US billionaire has been detained in Canada for using crypto to distribute drugs. Montreal GazetteAt the time of his arrest, he had approximately 200,000 bitcoins, $2 million in offshore bank accounts, and $4 million in Canadian dollars.
Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) rose +4.05% to reach $21,064 while Ethereum (ETH) also rose +6.61% to trade at $1,643.
