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Bitcoin approaches its all-time high, excitement is building around a potential “altcoin season” across the crypto market. In a recent ETMarkets live stream, Anush Jafer, Content Lead at Mudrex Research, shared insights into how Bitcoin’s price movement could shape the broader cryptocurrency landscape and spark opportunities for altcoins. Jafer highlighted Bitcoin’s resilience in its climb toward previous highs, a journey that has reignited discussions about its role as a market driver. “When Bitcoin reaches these levels, the impact on the entire cryptocurrency market is significant,” Jafer noted, suggesting that Bitcoin’s strength often triggers a market-wide reaction. Historically, Bitcoin rallies have been followed by altcoin surges, known as “altcoin season,” where alternative cryptocurrencies gain traction and attract new capital.

In an exclusive interview with ETMarkets, Shivam Thakral, CEO of BuyUcoin, highlighted how the upcoming 2024 US presidential election and recent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve could reshape the cryptocurrency market. He noted that the 50 basis point rate cut is likely to boost investor interest in cryptocurrencies, while the increasing political influence of younger, pro-crypto voters may lead to significant policy shifts. With the recent 50 bps interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, how do you expect this to impact the crypto market in both the short and long term? Do you anticipate increased investor appetite for riskier assets like cryptocurrencies?

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new tokens have been listed on major digital-asset exchanges in the first half of this year than in all of 2023. On higher-volume exchanges including Binance and Bybit, coin listings are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in the first six months of the year, according an analysis of select exchanges that CCData conducted for Bloomberg. Among a handful of lower-volume exchanges including CoinJar and BTC Markets, listings are up nearly 32% to 488, the researcher found.

While following a similar post-halving trajectory, the 2024 BTC market saw smaller downturns compared to its predecessors, with analysts expecting drops in volatility and returns in the future as well, according to the ‘Digital Assets: Insights and Market Trends’ report, a joint publication of major derivatives marketplace CME Group and market intelligence provider Glassnode.

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CCData’s analysis in their July 2 H2 Outlook Report suggests that Bitcoin has yet to display its anticipated parabolic growth this cycle based on past halving cycles, with the current trend potentially extending into 2025.

In an exclusive interview with Cryptonews Podcast, Matthijs de Vries, Founder and CEO of the collaborative smart data ecosystem and decentralized data infrastructure provider Nuklai, discussed the recent market slowdown, what triggered the fear, and why he is bullish.

market itself, but in the broader financial world that had left the digital asset sector for dead last year. The change of heart can be seen in the improved outlook for deal flow, highlighted by Robinhood Markets Inc.’s purchase of crypto exchange Bitstamp Ltd. on Thursday, to a resurgence of venture-capital investments to what some analysts are expecting to be record amount of initial public offerings of companies connected to the industry.

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Indian crypto market is brimming with potential, with several decentralised homegrown projects taking off and building impact. However, an ambiguity around regulations has got all private players in the Web3 space tiptoeing around real use cases. The adoption rate might be high as compared to many other countries but given the percentage of the cell phone ownership rate and internet penetration, it could be much higher with clear regulatory guidelines set by the government. Here's why bringing cryptocurrency under the purview of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) could be a game-changer. SEBI's Proven Track Record

Ether was set for its largest two-day gain in nearly two years on Tuesday amid speculation about the outcome of applications for U.S. spot exchange-traded funds that track the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency, while bitcoin also approached a record high. Ether, which underpins the ethereum blockchain network, was 8% higher on the day at $3,775, its highest in two months, after jumping 13.8% on Monday.

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In a recent exclusive interview with Cryptonews, Spencer Farrar, a Partner at Theory Ventures, talked about the recent difficulty of raising capital and how the Theory team managed to do it.

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US labor market fueled optimism about potential interest rate cuts this year, ahead of next week's crucial inflation data. Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap surged by 1.7% to around $2.33 trillion in the last 24 hours.

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Andreas Brekken, the founder of SideShift.ai, a platform offering direct-to-wallet trading, sat down (in his hammock) for an exclusive interview with the Cryptonews Podcast.

Investors are often grappled with a crucial question — is the market ripe for opportunity or is it on the precipice of a downturn? To determine this, one of the pieces of the puzzle is the ‘Crypto Fear and Greed Index’. This nifty tool is an investor behavioral barometer that measures market sentiment, giving investors a glimpse into the collective emotions of crypto investors.