[블록체인핫이슈] Will the booming virtual asset market come in the spring?

[디지털투데이 강진규 기자] At the beginning of the year, a warm wind blows in the virtual asset market. The price of virtual assets, centered on Bitcoin, shows an upward trend.

It is worth noting how long it will be able to continue its upward trend as it gradually recovers from the bad news triggered by the FTX bankruptcy at the end of last year.

Based on Coin360 at 9:00 am on the 21st, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 7.61% from the previous day to $22,686. On the domestic cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, Bitcoin was traded at 28 million won, up 0.01% from the previous day.

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Major altcoins also showed gains at the same time. Ethereum (ETH) increased to $1658, up 6.89% from the previous day. Binance Coin (BNB) also recorded $305, up 3.5% from the previous day. Ripple (XRP) also increased more than 4.95% to $0.41, Ada (ADA) also increased 7.99% to $0.36, Dogecoin (DOGE) rose 6% to $0.086, and Solana (SOL), which suffered a deep decline at the end of last year, at 19. It was trading at $25, soaring more than %.

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Bitcoin rose on expectations that the US Federal Reserve would stop raising interest rates this year. On the 26th, Bitcoin recorded 28.56 million won, up 2.51% from the previous day at 8:49 am on CoinMarketCap. At the same time, Upbit gained trading at 28.87 million, up 1.84% from the previous day.

In this regard, it was found that among the assets of Goldman Sachs, a major US bank, Bitcoin’s cumulative rate of return at the beginning of the year was the highest.

⦁ Goldman Sachs “1st place cumulative earnings year to date Bitcoin”

According to Pinbold on the 25th (local time), in the asset return report compiled by Goldman Sachs from January 1 this year to today, Bitcoin recorded the highest return among all assets, beating the S&P 500, gold, real estate, and NASDAQ. .

According to Goldman Sachs, Bitcoin’s year-to-date cumulative return is 27%, with a risk-adjusted ratio of 3.1, ranking first.

Meanwhile, positive and negative issues related to Bitcoin are emerging one after the other.

Once again, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) refused to approve the product Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Exchange Fund) jointly promoted by Arc Invest and 21 Shares.

⦁ Is it difficult this year? SEC Denies Approval of Bitcoin ETF

On the 26th (local time), the SEC announced that it had refused to approve the ArcInvest 21 Shares Bitcoin ETF product through an online disclosure. The SEC also denied the same request for approval in April last year.

On the other hand, news has also been reported that the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) is promoting the listing of virtual assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and USD Coin.

⦁ Chicago Board Options Exchange promotes listing of 5 virtual assets including Bitcoin

According to Bloomberg on the 26th (local time), Ed Tilly, CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, said, “We intend to ensure that the five virtual assets that are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange Digital, our asset exchange our virtual selves, available. for trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.”

It has been reported that Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce platform, is preparing a new project using non-fungible tokens (NFT).

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Blockworks reported on the 27th (local time) that the NFT project could be launched this spring, citing four sources familiar with the internal circumstances.

According to reports, the Amazon-promoted project is currently in development and focuses on games. He was reportedly released in April. It is also known that the project will be hosted by Amazon, not Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is a cloud business unit.

US President Joe Biden’s administration published a roadmap for mitigating virtual asset risks on the 27th (local time).

⦁ Regulating US virtual assets seriously… Risk mitigation roadmap published

The Biden administration said on the White House website that the roadmap focuses on continuing to ensure that virtual assets do not undermine financial stability, protect investors and hold illegal actors accountable.

Through the roadmap, the administration said it would first address the risks posed by digital assets and introduce a framework for developing them in a safe and responsible manner. Through the framework, we intend to make it possible to identify the clear risks of virtual assets.

While Solana, a tier-one blockchain project, will soon unveil Saga, which it claims is a smartphone optimized for Web 3.0, details of the native app store available for Saga have been revealed .

⦁ Solana ‘Saga’ smartphone release imminent… Dedicated app store details revealed

According to Defiant on the 28th (local time), this app store focuses on enabling cryptocurrency-based applications to be used on mobile. Only available on Solana Saga phones.

Unlike the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, which take commissions of up to 30% for app purchases and in-app payments, the Solana Store will be free to use, Defiant said.

The prosecution conducted a search and seizure of Bithumb due to suspicions of virtual asset price manipulation and illegal transactions.

⦁ Prosecutors are searching and seizing Bithumb for handling virtual assets and alleged illegal transactions

According to the industry on the 26th, the 2nd Financial Investigation Division of the Seoul South District Prosecutor’s Office seized and searched Bithumb’s office on Thursday morning the morning of the listing and trading of some virtual assets published in the home. , caught suspicions of fraudulent transactions.

In the industry, other exchanges that list virtual assets suspected of market manipulation are also expected to be searched and seized. No seizure or search has been done on other exchanges like Upbit yet.

The Upbit Investor Protection Center announced on the 27th that it will expand the operation of ‘Psychological Care’, a psychological counseling program for victims of electronic financial fraud such as voice phishing, across the country.

⦁ Upbit expands psychological counseling to victims of electronic financial fraud nationwide

The counseling centre, which was previously centered in the metropolitan area, has been expanded throughout the country, and the number of consultations has also increased from one to a maximum of five.

The Upbit Investor Protection Centre, launched in December 2021, has been operating ‘Upbit Care’, an investor protection service. As part of Upbit Care, Psychological Care is a program that provides professional psychological counseling to victims of electronic financial crime who are suffering from psychological distress.