Bitcoin led a crypto market correction early Monday, taking BTC to the $92,762 level and putting it down over 12% over the last seven days. At the tail end of the weekend, well-known blockchain security expert Taylor Monahan who works for crypto wallet MetaMask reported that several addresses linked to the DPRK were trading on Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange with its own chain. Monahan said the North Koreans were likely testing out the network before considering it as a target for their next attack. In its Discord channel, Hyperliquid disagreed with Monahan’s analysis and said that there was no threat from the DPRK. “We are aware of reports circulating regarding activity by supposed DPRK addresses. There has been no DPRK exploit – or any exploit for that matter – of Hyperliquid. All user funds are accounted for. Hyperliquid Labs takes opsec seriously. No vulnerabilities have been shared by any party.” However, HYPE , Hyperliquid’s native token, dropped nearly 20% while the exchange suffered nearly $113 million in stablecoin outflows, according to blockchain analytics platform Dune. HYPE has since stabilized and is currently trading at $26.75 with a market cap of $9.1 billion, and it’s correction is more or less in line with the rest of the crypto markets. Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said it was dismantling North Korea’s digital asset money laundering network by sanctioning Chinese nationals Lu Huaying and Zhang Jian who used a front company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to launder illicit money and convert crypto funds for the DPRK. Says Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley T. Smith, “As the DPRK continues to use complex criminal schemes to fund its WMD and ballistic missile programs—including through the exploitation of digital assets—Treasury remains focused on disrupting the networks that facilitate this flow of funds to the regime.” Don't Miss a Beat – Subscribe to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox Check Price Action Follow us on X , Facebook and Telegram Surf The Daily Hodl Mix Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing. Generated Image: Midjourney The post Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Dip As North Korean Hacking Threat Triggers $112,000,000 in Outflows From Hyperliquid appeared first on The Daily Hodl .
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Dogecoin price, a leading meme-based cryptocurrency, has dropped over 25% this week amid a broader market downturn. Bitcoin’s price also slipped, falling to $93k, adding pressure to market sentiment. However, analysts suggest Dogecoin could rally to $10, citing historical trends and potential parabolic growth. The recent dip may present a bullish opportunity for long-term investors. Historical Patterns Signal Dogecoin Price Could Hit $10 Soon. The analyst highlights Dogecoin’s historical price behavior to project a potential target for its next rally. In 2017, Dogecoin experienced a significant rise of 212%, a retracement of 40%, and a subsequent rally of 5,000%. Similarly, in 2021, the coin surged 476%, retraced 56%, and then skyrocketed by 12,000%. In 2024, Dogecoin price has risen by 440% before retracing 46%, which aligns closely with the historical retracement figures. The analyst suggests that if the historical patterns repeat, Dogecoin could enter another parabolic rally. Based on the analysis, the target appears to range between $5 and $20, representing a possible 20,000% gain, similar to prior bull runs. Current support is seen at approximately $0.20–$0.30, marking the retracement zone. Resistance levels are likely to emerge near $0.75, aligning with 2021’s previous peak. Source: X Dogecoin Price Analysis As of the reporting time, the DOGE price is trading at $0.3111. This represents a daily drop of 2.18%, reflecting ongoing volatility in the cryptocurrency market. Over the past 24 hours, the Dogecoin price ranged between $0.3033 and $0.3213, highlighting a relatively narrow trading band. Today, Bitcoin (BTC) plunged below $94,000, extending the cryptocurrency market’s bearish trend. Ethereum (ETH) also slipped, trading under $3,400. Major altcoins, including DOGE, mirrored the downward momentum, intensifying concerns about the broader market’s ongoing decline. Time To Buy The Dip? If the bearish trend persists, DOGE could break below the $0.30 support level. A deeper bearish move might push prices to test the $0.25 mark, signaling further weakness in the market. However, if bulls regain control, the Dogecoin price prediction could stage a recovery, potentially targeting the $0.35 resistance zone. A sustained upward move might even see the top meme coin revisit the $0.40 level, indicating renewed market optimism. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator suggests neutral to bearish momentum. The signal line remains below zero, signaling a lack of strong upward momentum. Source: TradingView Dogecoin’s historical patterns suggest potential for another parabolic rally, despite current market volatility. Support at $0.20–$0.30 and resistance near $0.75 indicate a possible bullish trajectory for long-term investors. The post History Suggests Dogecoin Price Primed For Parabolic Rally to $10 appeared first on CoinGape .
Natalie Smolenski has made a name for herself in the Bitcoin space in recent years by sharing her dynamic insights on Bitcoin and how it shapes the world moving forward. The PhD-holding anthropologist is on the verge of upping the ante around her Bitcoin-related thought contributions with the new book she’s edited and to which she’s contributed, The Satoshi Papers: Reflections On Political Economy After Bitcoin (published by Bitcoin Magazine Books and available for pre-order now). The book is a collection of texts from some of the most prominent academics who write about Bitcoin, including Andrew M. Bailey, Avik Roy and Leopoldo Bebchuk. With pieces entitled “Easy Money, Easy Wars? The Evolution of War Finance, Forever Wars, and the Prospects of a Bitcoin Peace” and “Dispute Resolution Without the State,” Smolenski and her colleagues explore the potential shifts in politics and power that may occur as a result of Bitcoin’s existence and proliferation. I sat down with Smolenski to discuss why she chose to publish The Satoshi Papers at this moment in time, who she hopes to reach via the book and why the book isn't an “apology” for Bitcoin. What was the impetus to put The Satoshi Papers together? Back in 2020, a friend of mine, Lee Bratcher, with whom I co-founded the Texas Blockchain Council and set up the Texas Blockchain Summit suggested that the time may be right to publish some essays about this moment in the historical adoption of Bitcoin — that this was a refounding moment for the American Republic. So, there seemed to be an opportunity to collect works from interdisciplinary voices to talk about and investigate what the relationship between the individual, society and the state looks like in a post-Bitcoin world. I took that as a kind of mission and I founded the Texas Bitcoin Foundation , which is a 501(c)(3), an education-focused charity. I took a step back from the policy space in order to focus more on some of the theoretical and scientific issues that I think need to inform the policy conversation going forward. How did you decide on the roster of contributors for the book? There were some people we invited personally, because I knew them, and I knew that they were strong thinkers in the Bitcoin space. A number of them came back and said, “Yes, we'd love to contribute an essay.” So, we had some personal invitations go out and then we also had an open call for papers and those went through a couple of rounds. Initially, people just submitted an abstract, and we gave the most promising abstracts feedback if we thought they could potentially be a fit for the paper. We got initial drafts from some of those. Then, we had a second round of edits based on the strength of the scholarly argument. Pre-order the limited-edition hardcover edition of The Satoshi Papers. Can you explain what political economy is? Political economy is actually an old term. Back before political science and economics functioned as separate fields, there was this domain of political economy, which studied how states and societies generated wealth, like Adam Smith did in The Wealth of Nations . Many of the people that we think of today as economists would have called themselves political economists back then because they recognized that markets are shaped in large part by the ways that human societies organize themselves politically. This is not the same thing as saying the market is downstream from the state. Some have made that argument recently, but it's actually much more nuanced than that. There's been a kind of return or resurgence of interest in political economy in recent years, in part as a response to the perceived inadequacy of theoretical frameworks in traditional or mainstream economics today to understand the nuances of markets without taking into account the domain of the political. How will political economy change now that Bitcoin exists? Well, that's a huge question, and that's what the essays in this volume approach from different angles. The issuance and maintenance of money is one of many functions of the state — legitimately or illegitimately — depending on your theory of the state. There's a way in which Bitcoin has automated one of the functions of the nation state. That said, what it doesn't do is create a centrally managed token that functions as the jurisdictional medium of exchange of debt settlement in countries around the world. So, there's a way in which Bitcoin exists in tension with the nation state, but doesn't necessarily undermine it, which is an interesting area to explore. Bitcoin offers an alternative to government-issued currencies, but the presence of an alternative in and of itself does not mean that government-issued monies will go away. Rather, it forces governments to accept the reality that they do not, in fact, have a monopoly over what their people use as a store of value, unit of account, and medium of exchange. Much in the same way, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reminds the government that it does not have a monopoly on violence. The state must exist in tension with the sovereignty of the individual — which includes the right to transact and the right to bear arms — and that means there are limits to state sovereignty. What sets this book apart from all other books that have been published on Bitcoin thus far? There have been very few book-length academic treatments of Bitcoin. The main example that I can think of is Resistance Money , which came out this year. The Satoshi Papers is different in that, rather than being a consistently-authored volume, it is a compilation of articles by different scholars from different disciplines. It is a collection of different voices from various social sciences about Bitcoin. It's the only book of its kind that does that. The other thing that I would say sets The Satoshi Papers apart is that it is not an apology — and I use that term classically — for Bitcoin in any way. Apologia is a justification or an argument in favor. We're not arguing for Bitcoin. Bitcoin is here. It is a fact. It is a material and social fact. So, the questions that we are exploring in this paper are: What kind of force does Bitcoin have? What are the significant political and geopolitical trends that are influencing the expression of self sovereignty and shaping how self-sovereign technological architectures come about? What does this tell us about the nature of money as a social phenomenon? Money, much like language and law, is an emergent social phenomenon that does not require the state. Nevertheless, there are top-down vectors of value issuance management that do impact the ways that money is used in human society. So, in some ways the volumes are exploring that tension between top-down and bottom-up vectors of social organization. Why has academia not only been reluctant to discuss Bitcoin but seemingly by and large against it? Unfortunately, academia has been the epicenter of what I think is rightly called a cultural revolution in Anglophone countries and in the West more broadly. I think there has been a drive toward emancipation for historically marginalized groups. That has not only significantly influenced scholarship, but has taken it in directions that increasingly have privileged the role of the state over the role of the individual and civil society in realizing the project of emancipation. And so there is a widespread suspicion of anything smacking of individualism, which is in effect seen as a cover for exploitation. For this reason, movements like Bitcoin, which are more “anarchist-coded” or “right-coded” — even though I would argue that there's nothing right wing or left wing about Bitcoin — exist in a highly-politicized tribal environment and are identified with political enemies. So, this volume was very consciously crafted to intervene in that milieu, in large part by not apologizing for Bitcoin. No, we're not going to take a demure posture here. Bitcoin’s existence is a material fact that you have to reckon with as social scientists. You may not like it. It may not fit into your model of emancipation, but it is here and it has been brought about exclusively by the volunteer labor of individuals around the world who often quite selflessly sacrifice their time and their life to create this avenue of liberty in a world of intense and intensifying state control. There is a self-confidence to The Satoshi Papers that comes from being academically rigorous, being able to intervene into the debates in the academy. The authors are familiar with the traditions, familiar with the literatures, able to speak to them, and in no way apologize for what all of these academics eventually will simply pre-suppose as part of the architecture of the world. Everyone's going to be using Bitcoin. They may not realize it, but it's just going to become folded into the fabric of their transacting. So, this is an opportunity for those in the academy who have eyes to see and ears to hear to engage proactively in a dialogue about these issues. What audience do you have in mind for this book? Anthropologists, economists, philosophers, historians, economic historians. At the same time, is this the type of book that someone who reads The Bitcoin Standard might read, as well? Yes, I think this book has unique crossover appeal. I think it is comprehensible and accessible for the educated lay reader, and it also checks the boxes for a scholarly reader who is looking for things like literature review, engagement with the historical debate, source criticism, etc. Pre-order the paperback edition of The Satoshi Papers. The book’s epilogue, “Peer-To-Peer Is A Human Right”, is the transcript from a speech you gave this past April at the Bitcoin Policy Summit. Why do you feel that this point needs to be made so explicitly, especially to academics? The majority of the social sciences and humanities today are, let's say, left-oriented politically for lack of a better term, but what that means has changed. In the early-20th century/late-19th century, even early to the mid-19th century, the political left was strongly influenced by anarchist reform movements, and there was a strong tradition of like anarcho-leftist thought. That pretty much fell away after the Second World War. It seems that the anarchist tradition of thought as it pertains to Bitcoin exists more in Europe than it does in The States. Have you noticed this? That may be very true. I'm actually not that familiar with the shape of the academy in Western Europe right now, but I would see that as entirely plausible, particularly since there were quite a few thinkers in the French anthropological tradition in the early 20th century, who were very anarcho-leftist, anarcho-socialist. There was kind of a triumph of a certain very statist approach to socialism and even communism in the American academy, in the Anglophone academy that has persisted to this day, where there's, like I was saying earlier, a suspicion of anything smacking of individualism as bourgeois conceit or reinscribing social hierarchies, racial hierarchies, gender hierarchies, blah, blah, blah. This is just a peculiarity of the historical moment that we're in, and I suspect as the surveillance and control exercised by the state perhaps turns against some of these folks in the academy, there will be a greater level of awareness as to the value of bottom-up approaches to emancipation. But right now, it's hard for a lot of people to imagine. They really see the state as the solution to social inequality and oppression. Many see the state as the mechanism to redistribute wealth, but don’t see the perniciousness of money printing by the Federal Reserve, which works in conjunction with the state. Why don’t academics talk about the harmful effects of currency debasement? Well, I think the political imagination of many social scientists has been strongly shaped by imagining capitalism and the capitalist as the sort of primary enemy of humanity. What they're looking for is the Leviathan, because they're looking for something that has the power to crush the Elon Musks of the world, who they just hate and hold responsible for virtually every social ill. There isn't a lot that is redeemable about that kind of caricatured social vision. But I think there are people in the academy who even might partake of that prejudice who are rigorous thinkers and they want to be engaged with rigorous arguments from “a different perspective.” The problem with culture war is that it tends to elicit responses that are just as petty and reductive as the sort of originally-proposed point of view. So, if you come into the world spewing a caricatured point of view, you're going to tend to attract other caricatured point of views. And then it just becomes this tit for tat and doesn't get anywhere. Part of the objective of The Satoshi Papers is to enter that conversation orthogonally. This is not a Republican book. This is not some kind of an apologia , like I was saying, for any political orientation or ideology. It is an intervention in a scientific conversation about the origin and nature of money. So, if you want to take issue with its claims, you absolutely can. They're right there. In fact, we welcome disagreement. If our authors are wrong about something, we want to know that, but we're not going to be fighting ideological wars here. What do you hope people will take away from The Satoshi Papers? If there's only one idea that people take away from it, it's that your emancipation does not require the state. You do not need to wait for the government. My God, take control of your life. You can, it is within your power to do so, and here are some examples of ways that people throughout human history have chosen to do so. We have a couple of papers in the book that speculate on the following: What could credit look like on a bitcoin standard? What are different fiscal scenarios for the United States that future presidential administrations could pursue? The horizon of political possibility is so much wider than we often imagine from our embattled position as culture warriors in the present day, and that's what we're trying to blow open.
On Monday, Bitcoin treasury company MicroStrategy announced that it had spent roughly $561 million to acquire additional Bitcoin as it remains uber-bullish on the world’s largest and oldest cryptocurrency. This marks its seventh consecutive week of Bitcoin purchases . The purchase comes as MicroStrategy officially begins trading as a member of the Nasdaq-100 equity index. MicroStrategy Buys More Bitcoin At An Average Price Of $106K According to a Monday announcement , MicroStrategy purchased 5,262 Bitcoin between December 16 and December 22 and now holds 444,262 BTC in total, valued at over $41 billion as of press time. MicroStrategy bought its latest Bitcoin at an average price of $106,662 per coin — the highest cost the firm has ever paid per BTC. The latest purchase contributes to the firm’s outstanding Bitcoin yield of 47.4% quarter-to-date and 73.7% year-to-date, raising the average cost to $62,257 per Bitcoin. MicroStrategy has acquired 5,262 BTC for ~$561 million at ~$106,662 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 47.4% QTD and 73.7% YTD. As of 12/22/2024, we hodl 444,262 $BTC acquired for ~$27.7 billion at ~$62,257 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/asDGerBV7q — Michael Saylor (@saylor) December 23, 2024 According to a Monday SEC filing, the Tysons, Virginia-based company financed its Bitcoin purchase by selling shares of its stock. Last week, MicroStrategy sold 1.3 million shares, generating roughly $561 million in net proceeds. While MicroStrategy has been snapping up the apex crypto since 2020, Monday’s announcement came at a historic time for the Michael Saylor-founded company. MicroStrategy was added to the Nasdaq-100 index earlier this month. MicroStrategy’s shares officially started trading as part of the index on December 23. The listing is bullish for the crypto industry as it indicates more mainstream acceptance of the fast-growing sector. Back in October, MicroStrategy announced plans to raise $42 billion in capital to support further Bitcoin purchases as part of its treasury reserve strategy. As of December 22, the firm revealed it had about $7 billion worth of shares still available for sale as part of its planned $21 billion equity offering and $21 billion in fixed-income securities. Bitcoin Price Action MicroStrategy’s latest BTC purchase aligns with Michael Saylor’s pledge earlier this month to continue scooping up BTC even at peak prices. “I’m sure that I will be buying Bitcoin at $1 million a coin — probably $1 billion dollars a day of Bitcoin at $1 million a coin,” Saylor posited. However, the price of BTC has plummeted by around 13.7% over the last six days since hitting a new record high mark above $108,000. The correction came after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank would reduce interest rates at a slower pace in 2025. Powell also clarified that the Fed was “not allowed to own Bitcoin” and “not looking for a law change.” The top crypto was changing hands for $93,458 as of publication time, representing a 2.3% drop on the day.
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Bitcoin has endured days of underwhelming price action, retreating from its all-time high of $108,364 to a local low of $92,100. Despite this sharp pullback, the price structure remains bullish, fueling optimism among analysts and traders who believe Bitcoin’s rally could resume at any moment. Market sentiment appears cautious but hopeful, with many eyeing key support and resistance levels for confirmation of the next major move. CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler recently shared intriguing data on X, shedding light on Bitcoin’s current trading dynamics. According to Adler, the average daily trading volume on centralized exchanges (CEX) is currently at $31 billion—significantly lower than the $40 billion record highs observed in March and December of this year. This decline in trading activity suggests that market participants are waiting for clearer signals before committing to large positions. The reduced trading volume highlights an environment of consolidation and potential accumulation as BTC continues to hold above critical support levels. With bullish sentiment still intact and on-chain metrics pointing to strong fundamentals, the coming days could provide pivotal insights into Bitcoin’s trajectory . Investors are now closely monitoring the price action for signs of renewed momentum as the market braces for what could be the next phase of Bitcoin’s bull run. Metrics Suggest An Ongoing Rally Bitcoin has been undergoing a period of consolidation below its all-time high, and many investors have felt a sense of uncertainty, wondering if the cycle’s top has already arrived. This fear has been amplified by the recent price pullback, but key metrics suggest that there is still plenty of room for growth and demand in the market. The current price action might look bearish to some, but the underlying data points to a continued bullish outlook in the near term. Top analyst Axel Adler recently shared insightful data on X , revealing that the average daily trading volume on centralized exchanges (CEX) currently stands at $31 billion, which is $9 billion lower than the record highs observed in March and December of this year. Despite this decline in volume, it suggests that the market is in a consolidation phase rather than a full-blown downturn. Additionally, ETF trading volumes remain strong, averaging $4.4 billion per day, with a peak of $6.7 billion reached in March. Combined, these metrics total an average of $35.5 billion in daily trading volume, reflecting substantial activity in the market. Now, consider the scenario where traditional finance (TradFi) never entered the space. In such a scenario, the market would have likely continued as it has in the past—driven by futures and spot market activity during cycle peaks. The involvement of TradFi has undoubtedly added liquidity, but it hasn’t fundamentally altered the market’s natural dynamics. The fact that Bitcoin continues to experience healthy trading volume suggests that the bull market may not be over just yet. Bitcoin Holding Strong Above $95K Bitcoin is currently holding above the crucial $95,000 level, which is a key price point for determining the short-term direction. This level has acted as a significant support zone, and if BTC can maintain its position above $95K in the coming days, a push towards the $100K mark would be expected. This potential upward move would signal that the bulls are regaining control and are preparing to challenge previous all-time highs. However, if BTC fails to hold above $95K and loses this level of support, it would likely send the price to test lower demand zones. In this scenario, the next significant support level lies around $92,000, which could act as a critical test for the market’s strength. A breach below this mark would increase the likelihood of a deeper correction, with BTC possibly moving toward even lower levels. The coming days will be crucial for BTC, as maintaining support above $95K is vital for sustaining the bullish momentum and avoiding further downside pressure. The market remains in a delicate balance, and the next move could determine whether Bitcoin continues its ascent or faces a more significant pullback. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin’s rally toward mainstream acceptance faces a long-term threat: quantum computing. According to the Wall Street Journal, recent advancements...
Bitcoin is facing challenges in maintaining upward momentum, with market sentiments suggesting upcoming turbulence amidst key support levels. This week’s analysis shows Bitcoin’s price volatility, with concerns about potential corrections