Bitcoin (BTC) bulls demanded a rematch of $30,000 later on May 12 as the market recovered from its lowest levels since late 2020. DXY looms large as BTC recovers Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading above $29,500, holding higher after the Wall Street open. The pair was volatile but showing few signs of fresh capitulation, with a sea of long positions on major exchange Bitfinex exhibiting what analysts believed was conviction over lower levels not returning. Bitfinex longs even managed to set a new all-time high in leverage on the day. In the meantime BTCUSD longs …

Validators for the Terra blockchain have decided to officially halt network activity on Thursday in a move designed to prevent governance attacks following the severe devaluation of the network’s LUNA token. Terraform Labs' official Twitter handle confirmed that the blockchain network was halted at a block height of 7,603,700. The move follows a series of dramatic events that triggered an unprecedented decline in the price of LUNA and its associated TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin. The stablecoin, which was designed to maintain algorithmic parity with the United States dollar, lost its peg earlier this week before plunging below $0.30. The Terra blockchain …

Major crypto exchange Binance announced it will be delisting its Tether (USDT)-margined Terra (LUNA) futures contracts following a more than 99% drop in price. In a Thursday blog post, Binance said it would be taking “precautionary measures” around its LUNA/USDT perpetual contracts, intending to delist the pair if the price goes under 0.005 USDT. The announcement followed the exchange changing the leverage and margin tiers for the LUNA-tied contracts on Wednesday, with the maximum leverage set at eight times for positions under 50,000. As mentioned previously, Binance Futures will conduct an automatic settlement on the $LUNA USDT-Margined Contract and then …

Update on 13 May at 09:49 UTC - Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Tether and Bitfinex tweeted that Tether has cut some holdings of commercial paper. In the accompanying news article, Ardoino explained that the majority of Tether's reserves are now in U.S. Treasuries. Tether has reduced its exposure to commercial papers since November. The crypto winter could be claiming more casualties among the stablecoin camp. The depegging of TerraUSD (UST) on Tuesday triggered market sell-offs, and now Tether (USDT) appears to be losing its footing, having slipped against the U.S. dollar. The algorithmic stablecoin UST is, as the name implies, …

Amid the collapsing Terra network’s cryptocurrencies Luna (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST), crypto exchange Binance continues deactivating related trading services. Binance’s derivatives arm Binance Futures has delisted coin-margined LUNA perpetual contracts, the firm officially announced on Thursday. “Users are advised to close any open positions prior to the delisting time to avoid automatic settlement,” the statement by the platform reads. Binance Futures has also started conducting automatic settlements on the contracts, reducing the leverage tiers and updating margin tiers for coin-margined LUNA perpetual contracts. As such, the 8x leverage tier is now the max leverage tier available on Binance for LUNA …

Cryptocurrencies markets continue to suffer major losses following the depegging of Terra ecosystem’s stablecoin TerraUSD (UST), causing discrepancies between stablecoin pegs and the value of Bitcoin (BTC). Stablecoin Tether (USDT) showed signs of stress, as USDT/USD traded under $0.99 on major exchanges. Tether and Bitfinex chief technology officer Paulo Ardoino took to Twitter to assure USDT holders that over 300 million UDST tokens had been redeemed at their $1 peg over the past 24 hours. GM Reminder that tether is honouring USDt redemptions at 1$ via https://t.co/fB12xESSvB . >300M redeemed in last 24h without a sweat drop. — Paolo Ardoino …

The Terra rescue story continues to unravel. In a tweet thread, the Terra Money Twitter account went into greater detail regarding the CEO of Terraform Labs, Do Kwon’s, rescue plan for UST. The thread sheds light on Proposal 1164, Do Kwon’s initial strategy for Terra from May 11. The proposal would better balance the algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD (UST) by expanding the base pool for the currency. The proposal has received 220,000 votes, at over 50%. The tweet thread also explains that there is a “supply overhang” of UST which explains Terra’s (LUNA) “dilution,” or price depreciation. As a result, …

Bitcoin (BTC) fell out of its long-term trading range on May 12 as ongoing sell pressure reduced markets to 2020 levels. Tether wobbles as UST stays under $0.60 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it exited the range in which it had traded since the start of 2021. At the time of writing, the pair circled $26,700 on Bitstamp, marking its lowest since Dec. 28, 2020. The weakness came as fallout from the Terra meltdown continued to ricochet around crypto and beyond, with rumors claiming that even professional funds were experiencing solvency issues due to losses …

The knock-on effect of the collapse of Terra (LUNA) and its TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin spread wide across the cryptocurrency market on May 11 as projects with any kind of association with the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem have seen their prices hammered. The forced selling of the Bitcoin (BTC) holdings backing a portion of UST also influenced BTC’s current drop to $29,000. Analysts fear that DeFi platforms that have liquidity pools primarily comprised of UST and LUNA will collapse. Terra-based protocols suffer Projects with the direst of outlooks are those that are hosted on the Terra protocol including Anchor Protocol, Astroport …

Bitcoin (BTC) price initially bounced from its recent low at $29,000 but the overall market sentiment after a 25% price drop in five days is still largely negative. Currently, the crypto "Fear and Greed Index," which uses volatility, volume, social metrics, Bitcoin dominance and Google trends data, has plunged to its lowest level since March 2020 and at the moment, there appears to be little protecting the market against further downside. Regulation continues to weigh down the markets Regulation is still the main threat weighing on markets and it's clear that investors are taking a risk-off approach to high volatility …

Cryptocurrency investors never thought they’d have to ask whether TerraUSD (UST) or LUNA would reach $1 first. On Wednesday, that question became the talk of the cryptosphere as the Terra ecosystem imploded. As the algorithmic stablecoin UST lost its dollar peg, crashing to a low of around $0.30, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon took to Twitter to share his rescue plan. At the same time, the value of sister token LUNA, once a top-10 crypto project by market capitalization, plunged over 98% to $0.84, according to CoinMarketCap. For reference: LUNA was trading north of $120 in early April. Amid the …

No matter how bad your day is going, spare a thought for LUNA investors on Wednesday. Terraform Labs, headed by CEO Do Kwon — No. 18 on Cointelegraph's Top 100 — has lost billions of dollars for its investors. Terra’s coins came crashing down as Kwon's brainchild LUNA sunk over 97% from highs, while the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) fell 75% lower than its intended dollar parity. At one point, LUNA’s price tread lower than UST. There are real consequences to the coins’ failures. On the r/Terraluna subreddit, suicide hotlines have been pinned. The subreddit is indeed a disturbing read as …