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Bitcoin Rises Past $107K as FHFA’s Pulte Orders Crypto Consideration in Mortgage Applications

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Bitcoin BTC continued its gentle rise on Wednesday as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — which play a pivotal role in issuing mortgages to U.S. homeowners — were ordered by the William Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to prepare to accept cryptocurrencies as part of applicants’ assets.

Back above $107,000, the top cryptocurrency is up 2.2% in the last 24 hours, and outperforming the CoinDesk 20’s 0.5% advance. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was a notable outperformer, rising 7.4%.

Alongside, BTC’s dominance keeps going up, now with almost 66% of the total crypto market value now parked in the orange coin, up from 39% in November 2023.

Today’s move may be partially due to FHFA Director William Pulte sharing on social media that borrowers would soon be able to take advantage of their crypto holdings for loan purposes.

«This is important on two levels,» Strive CEO Matt Cole posted on X. «[It] makes it substantially easier for holders of bitcoin to purchase a house without selling their bitcoin. [And] the U.S. government is taking Bitcoin risk on its own book as the U.S. government implicitly guarantees Fannie/Freddie mortgage loans.»

The ceasefire secured by Trump between Israel and Iran may also be pushing bitcoin’s price higher, despite the asset’s reputation as a potential safe haven investment. “Gold likes war, while bitcoin prefers peace,” said Charlie Morris, founder of financial services firm ByteTree. “Gold peaked ahead of hostilities in the Middle East, while bitcoin sank. Once it seemed likely that military actions were contained, bitcoin rallied, and gold dropped back.”

Crypto stocks, meanwhile, have remained relatively subdued, with the notable exceptions of bitcoin miner CleanSpark (CLSK), up 6.7%, while fellow miner CoreWeave (CORZ), slid the same amount. There was also Circle (CRCL), which declined another 11% today and is now down by about 33% since peaking Monday just shy of $300 per share. At the current $198.62, the stock is still up more than six-fold from its IPO price of $31.

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Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

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Shares of Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) rose 43% this month, making the firm the top performer in the S&P 500 since it joined the index at the end of last month.

June’s run is already the stock’s best since November and caps three straight monthly gains. Coinbase’s shares reached their highest level since their public debut.

COIN hit a $382 high this week before enduring a slight correction, ending the week at $353 and seeing a slight 0.7% drop in after-hours trading to $351.

The wider S&P 500 index rose roughly 5% in June as geopolitical tensions eased.

Washington’s progress on the GENIUS Act, Congress’s first rulebook for dollar-pegged stablecoins, helped shift investor focus from trading fees to stablecoin revenue.

The bill brightened the outlook for Circle, whose shares hit a record high and saw its market cap near that of Coinbase this week.

Coinbase keeps all yield on USDC balances held on its platform and nearly half of other USDC income, equal to about 99 percent of Circle’s revenue, giving shareholders indirect exposure at no added cost, CNBC reported Friday, citing analysts including Citizens’ head of financial technology research Devin Ryan.

Trading, however, remains subdued. Average daily volume on Coinbase has drifted lower since April.

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Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

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Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin (BTC), solana (SOL) and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts.

Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital.

The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on a cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.

The launch rounds out a futures suite that began with BTC and ETH in January. It also comes weeks after the firm closed its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp and finalized a $179 million deal for Canada’s WonderFi.

Robinhood’s data shows that crypto notional volumes have exploded upward over time, reaching $11.7 billion in May. The figure marks a 36% rise month-over-month, and a 65% growth year-over-year.

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Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

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XRP climbed 5.5% to $2.19 in the last 24 hours after a trio of catalysts converged to help the cryptocurrency outperform the wider cryptocurrency market.

One of the catalysts was launch of XRP micro futures on Robinhood. The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on the cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.

Regulatory fog also thinned. On Friday, Ripple withdrew its cross-appeal in its long-running U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The SEC sued Ripple back in 2020 over its XRP sales, alleging these violated securities laws. The SEC is expected to drop its own appeal, leaving last year’s ruling, ordering Ripple to pay a $125 million civil penalty to the SEC, intact. The move could lift a lid that had kept some investors on the sidelines.

On-chain data rounded out the bullish setup. The XRP Ledger logged over a 1.1 million active addresses over the past week according to crypto analyst Ali Martinez, who cited Glassnode data.

XRP’s rise saw it outperform the wider crypto market, with the broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rising 1.7% in the last 24 hours.

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