Happy holidays! Welcome to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Today we have a special edition – an outlook for meme coins in 2022, as we are approaching the year-end. Check out a more comprehensive outlook for the crypto space here, and

Major cryptocurrencies tumbled amid concerns about the omicron variant and holiday travel disruptions around the globe. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.86% traded 7.4% lower from 24 hours ago at around $47,849. The cryptocurrency was down more than 30% from its all-time high of $68,990 in November, according to

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he doesn’t view cryptocurrencies as a “financial stability concern.” “‘I don’t see [cryptocurrencies] as a financial-stability concern at the moment.’” What they are, however, in the U.S. central-bank chief’s view, is “really speculative ass

ETH/USD , Bearish at 32177.77 , stop loss at 3299 , target at 3141. Shorting at 32177.77. The downward momentum is on. We can clearly see that there is an indecision at 3210 and expect more pull downwards. The ETH/USD in my view bearish with strict stop loss at 3299. The move can be observed in live

Cryptocurrency investors are ending the year with some eye-popping gains, and some may be wondering how to minimize their upcoming tax bill — but many are unaware of one such option that could also help make the world a better place. More than half (55%) of crypto investors said they weren’t sure wh

Hello again! Welcome to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter. This will be the last installment of 2021, as the New Year is less than two days away. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. Today I’ll walk you through how the past year has been for bitcoin miners, and what they e

Photo: FM Since the SEC hit Ripple Labs with the charges of selling unregistered securities, the cryptocurrency community has been wondering what does this move mean. Some argued it was a huge sign that US regulators are set to ramp up oversight of the cryptocurrency space as Bitcoin surges to uncha

Bitcoin has risen above $61,000 on Friday, the first time since April. The cryptocurrency BTCUSD, -3.70% was recently trading at $61,253, up 7.3% over the past 24 hours. The number is about 6% away from its all-time high of $64,889 in April. Bitcoin surged more than 3% after Bloomberg reported Thurs

David LaValle, global head of ETFs at Grayscale Investments, said on Wednesday that he expected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve the company’s application for a spot bitcoin ETF by July next year. Grayscale applied with the SEC to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC, -5.52

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