Bybit, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its decision to cease operations in France due to recent regulatory developments. Effective August 2, 2024, Bybit will restrict all accounts held by French residents to a “Close-Only” mode, preventing new positions from being opened or new funds from being deposited. This move comes in response to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France’s financial regulator, which has been tightening its oversight of cryptocurrency platforms.
The AMF had previously blacklisted Bybit in 2022, citing the exchange’s failure to register as a Digital Asset Services Provider (DASP). This blacklisting has now culminated in Bybit’s decision to exit the French market. The exchange has instructed its French users to close all open positions and withdraw their assets by August 13, 2024, after which any remaining positions will be automatically liquidated.
Bybit’s departure from France highlights the increasing regulatory scrutiny faced by cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe. The AMF’s actions are part of a broader effort to curb illicit activities such as money laundering and to protect retail investors. Bybit has expressed its intention to return to the French market once it secures the necessary regulatory licenses.
This development is a significant blow to Bybit, which had recently surpassed Coinbase to become the world’s second-largest exchange by trading volume. The exchange’s exit from France underscores the challenges that cryptocurrency platforms face in navigating complex regulatory environments. As the industry continues to evolve, exchanges like Bybit will need to adapt to ensure compliance and maintain their market positions.
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The Bitcoin price rose to as high as $10,272 on July 26 in an unexpected weekend rally.
It liquidated $74 million worth of long contracts on BitMEX alone, catching many traders off guard.
There appear to be two main reasons behind the abrupt upsurge of Bitcoin from $9,700 to over $10,200.
They are the liquidation of over-leveraged shorts and traders taking profit from over-extended alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins).
When the price started to rally, major altcoins, as well as well-performing DeFi tokens, began to slump.
Ethereum declined from $322 to $311, and DeFi tokens, including Aave and YFI, saw steep rejections.
The simultaneous rejections of major altcoins and the price surge of Bitcoin suggest that traders took profit from recent altcoin rallies.
As traders moved their altcoin gains to Bitcoin, it possibly triggered a BTC uptrend, while altcoins declined.
ETH, as an example, rose from $247 on July 23 to $322 on the day’s peak, recording a 30% gain.
Despite the strong sentiment around altcoins, investors are possibly taking a more cautious approach by hedging their gains.
When Bitcoin initially broke over $10,000, it triggered over-leveraged short contracts to become liquidated.
When BTC reached $10,200, it caused a cascade of liquidations to occur, totaling $74 million.
Bitcoin has seen many phases when more than $50 million worth of short or long contracts gets liquidated.
But for this to occur within a span of a few hours is less typical.
The mass liquidations of long contracts at $10,000 also suggest that the $10,000 to $10,200 remains as a heavy resistance area.
As soon as BTC hit $10,200, the price dropped below $10,000, marking a short-lived rally.
As the price of Bitcoin recovered strongly in recent weeks, some industry executives and investors expressed optimism toward BTC and ETH.
“Are you ready?” Grayscale CEO Barry Silbert tweeted when Ether price broke out of the dreaded $280 resistance level on July 25.
Well-known trader Peter Brandt, meanwhile, expects the price of Bitcoin to hit a new record high and eventually make its way to $50,000. He said:
“That is actually where my head is. Massive symmetrical triangle in $BTC points to ATHs, then $50k.”
In other trending Bitcoin news today:
Everything You Need to Know About Ethereum 2.0
The yearslong upgrade – intended to radically transform the world’s largest smart-contract platform – is inching closer to deployment.
The Ethereum Foundation recently announced “Medalla,” a final testnet before the mainnet launch of the Eth 2.0 beacon chain.
As of July 10, some developers, including Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, estimate the oft-delayed Eth 2.0 will launch by the end of this year.
When phase zero of Eth 2.0 does ship, little about Ethereum will change in the near term for users and dapp developers.
This is because unlike all other system-wide upgrades in Ethereum history, the Eth 2.0 overhaul will primarily be happening on a different blockchain.
The first phase of development for Eth 2.0 is centered around the creation of a separate proof-of-stake blockchain network called the beacon chain.
On this new network, ETH holders with a minimum of 32 ETH can earn rewards in the form of annualized interest on their wealth.
To earn these rewards, ETH holders must have the appropriate hardware and software connecting to the beacon chain and a strong understanding of how the technology works.
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#DeFi platforms are red-hot with nearly $1b in collateral pledged. Oracles empower not only DeFi, but just about everything that 2nd & 3rd-generation cryptos do. So, it’s hardly an exaggeration to say that #Chainlink will lie at the heart of the #crypto revolution going forward.
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That is actually where my head is. Massive symmetrical triangle in $BTC points to ATHs, then $50k
— Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) July 25, 2020
https://www.coindesk.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ethereum-2-0
https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-bitcoin-suddenly-spiked-to-10-200-liquidating-75m-in-fast-rally
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BITCOIN ON TRACK TO HIT $350K BY YEAR-END, WITH CHANCE OF $1M BTC IN EXTENDED CYCLE, SAYS MACRO GURU
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Macro guru Raoul Pal predicts that Bitcoin (BTC) can skyrocket over 700% from its current price in the coming months and that Ethereum (ETH), the leading smart contract platform can surge over 480%.
“My price prediction has been ETH north of $20,000, and that’s pretty simple. All I did is just map over the ETH chart to the Bitcoin 2017 chart. They work perfectly, and it gives you $20,000. There’s no great science to that, but it feels about right.”
“I’ve also mapped the Bitcoin price versus Bitcoin 2013. They look pretty similar. There’s a bunch of other ways I’d do it with Bitcoin with log charts, regression analysis, stuff like that. Generally speaking, I think it’s somewhere between $250,000 to $400,000, with an outside chance of a million [dollars] if we get an extended cycle.”
In other trending Bitcoin News today: Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves $150M Bitcoin Trust!
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has passed legislation creating a $150 million dollar Bitcoin Trust and supporting the development of crypto infrastructure and services across the country.
The bill passed on Aug. 31, with 64 officials voting in favor and 14 opposing the trust’s creation. The Trust is designed to facilitate conversion of Bitcoin into U.S. Dollars, and support the roll out of vital technological infrastructure enabling widespread adoption of crypto assets.
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The Bitcoin price has a maximum 15% chance of falling below $3,800 if current BTC price levels continue, says popular Crypto trader Tone Vays as BTC nears $7,000.
In a YouTube update on March 24, an increasingly bullish Vays updated his outlook for BTC/USD.
He argued that at around $6,750, the pair was sitting at resistance. Break above $6,800 and Bitcoin (BTC) would all but eliminate the likelihood of dipping to new lows under $3,800 — only a 15% chance would remain.
“Going above $6,800 would maybe give me 85% confidence we’re not going to go below this — and we’re almost there, we’ve almost broken it; we’re sitting at resistance,” he said.
“Right now, I believe there’s a 20-25% chance we’re going to go below $3,800.”
Vays had previously sounded the alarm about a potential Bitcoin collapse to as low as $2,000 before May’s block reward halving.
Now, however, he told traders that it was foolish to avoid entering the market in the hope of catching the next dip.
He continued: “That still means that you can’t wait; you can’t wait for another pullback to $3,500 — you should be in Bitcoin by now.”
As Trump Talks Trillions, Binance CEO Predicts $2T Bitcoin Market Cap After United States President Donald Trump first mooted a $1 trillion stimulus package for the U.S. economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, people were shocked at what seemed like a gargantuan amount.
As Cointelegraph reported a few days later on March 25, a bipartisan deal has been agreed for twice that figure and it suddenly seems far more tangible.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao even tweeted that the new financial dialogue meant a $2 trillion market cap for Bitcoin could be considered “modest”.
“As we get used to talk about Trillions, a modest $2 trillion market cap of bitcoin will put 1 BTC at $100,000. Not such a hard to imagine number now, right? As most BTC are not for sell (HODLers), we only need a small portion of that $2t to buy to reach it.”
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Here’s some perspective on the astronomical number that is $6 trillion. $6 trillion is the same as – 1/3 of America’s GDP– 130% of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet– Enough money for $850 for each human being on Earth– or 900 million Bitcoin
Crazy.
— Nick Chong (@_Nick_Chong) March 24, 2020
As we get used to talk about Trillions, a modest $2 trillion market cap of #bitcoin will put 1 BTC at $100,000. Not such a hard to imagine number now, right?
As most BTC are not for sell (HODLers), we only need a small portion of that $2t to buy to reach it.
— CZ Binance 🔶🔶🔶 (@cz_binance) March 25, 2020
https://cointelegraph.com/news/as-trump-talks-trillions-binance-ceo-predicts-2t-bitcoin-market-cap
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-rejects-7k-but-tone-vays-says-75-chance-btc-bottomed
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