In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, a mystery $1 billion BTC transfer, exciting crypto news for burger fans in Germany, and Ripple angers its communityRead More
With worldwide politics in disarray, and even the weather seemingly conspiring against humanity… Is it time to take our Bitcoin stash and move into a remote bunker yet? Bitcoin Price: Finally On The Up Again? After several weeks of consolidation, it feels like bitcoin price may finally be heading upwards again… until the next dip, that...Read More
XRP community on Twitter distinguishes itself from the rest by the title bestowed upon it- ‘XRP army’; however, a troop from this army has shifted allegiance. Leading this faction is a Twitter user ‘Crypto Bitlord’, according to whom, he/she (they) act as the delegated spokesperson for a disenchanted and disillusioned camp. Bitlord’s first operation was...Read More
Litecoin (CURRENCY:LTC) traded 4.9% higher against the dollar during the one day period ending at 9:00 AM Eastern on September 8th. One Litecoin coin can currently be purchased for about $69.47 or 0.00667337 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Bitbns, Fatbtc, ABCC and Exmo. Litecoin has a market cap of $4.39 billion and approximately $3.12...Read More
The greatest threat to America’s democracy might not be the Russians, according to former Congressman Ron Paul. In an episode of his weekly Freedom Report, the occasional presidential candidate and supporter of the cryptocurrency movement spoke against the Federal Reserve’s potential influence over American elections. [embedded content] According to Dr. Paul, the authors of the U.S....Read More
A lot has changed from 2008, the year that Satoshi Nakamoto arguably revolutionized the world’s financial status quo with the introduction of the most significant inventions of our generation: Bitcoin and its underlying technology, the blockchain. Fast forward 11 years, cryptocurrencies and blockchains are not only on everybody’s lips right now, but they’re also at...Read More
Indian economy is going through a rough phase and the unemployment rate is at 45-year high while its yearly growth rate is taking a back seat. From being one of the fastest-growing economies in the world to the present situation where economists are concerned if immediate measures are not put in place, India might see...Read More
Online payments processor Stripe announced the launch of its lending service Stripe Capital for the internet businesses in the United States. On Sept. 5, Stripe announced the launch in a blog post, noting that — once approved — access to funds is usually granted on the next day. The press release states: “Stripe Capital’s full...Read More
Blockchains don’t exist in isolation. This is especially true of enterprise blockchains, which target the business and financial sectors. These projects rely on industry-wide consortia to attract new clients, research, and investments. Unlike public ledgers, projects in the world of enterprise blockchain rarely issue cryptocurrencies or launch an ICO. As such, they don’t have much...Read More
STRAKS (CURRENCY:STAK) traded 4.8% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on September 8th. In the last seven days, STRAKS has traded up 12% against the US dollar. One STRAKS coin can currently be bought for about $0.0022 or 0.00000021 BTC on exchanges including CryptoBridge, HitBTC, Stocks.Exchange...Read More
If it wasn’t for Bitcoin there would be no Libra. That much is self-evident, since Satoshi’s creation laid the groundwork for every crypto asset that’s followed. The extent to which Bitcoin was responsible for spawning Facebook’s currency has now been made brutally clear in an interview with Abra’s Bill Barhydt. The investment platform’s CEO claims...Read More
James Bond No Time To Die filming continues with high-octane stunt scenes and gun battles taking over quaint Italian streets By Leigh Mcmanus For Mailonline Published: 11:52 BST, 8 September 2019 | Updated: 12:06 BST, 8 September 2019 It is the hotly anticipated 25th chapter in the 007 franchise and it marks Daniel Craig’s final...Read More
Elon Musk insists that Tesla solar panels and roofs are “unequivocally a guaranteed instant money printer,” despite the recent fires they reportedly caused. | Source: (i) Reuters (ii) AP (iii) Shutterstock ; Edited by CCN Elon Musk insists that Tesla solar panels and roofs are “unequivocally a guaranteed instant money printer” despite the recent fires...Read More
Over the past couple of months, Ethereum has been in the bears’ territory. The 2nd largest asset slumped by 42.65 percent since July 8th and the coin ended up breaching key supports which were active resistances at press time. However, there may be an imminent trend reversal for the coin in the future as the...Read More
Bitcoin price makes a retreat on Sunday’s trading. | Source: Shutterstock The bitcoin price dropped from $10,968 to $10,252 over the weekend within a two-day span by more than six percent against the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin price dropped by more than six percent since weekly high at over $10,900 (source: coinmarketcap.com) Previously, when the bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin Cash is one of the most popular forks of Bitcoin. What does it have to offer―and which features and partner projects are on the way? On August 1st, 2019, Bitcoin Cash celebrated its second anniversary. For the most part, it has delivered upon its promises: Bitcoin Cash provides low fees and fast transactions, thereby...Read More
Considering the ongoing participation of government organizations in building private crypto assets, a recently published research paper details on the use of “private digital currencies” and its implications on the current society. Although Facebook’s Libra initiative witnessed a red flag from the U.S. government, numerous countries have begun experimenting with in-house options for evading the...Read More
Today was a weird day for the crypto markets. For the first time in seeming months, altcoins dramatically outperformed Bitcoin — managing to gain multiple percent on the market leader.While Bitcoin has gained 2.5% over the past 24 hours, leading altcoins, including everything from Ethereum and EOS to Monero and Chainlink, have rallied higher by some...Read More
Max Boonen is founder and CEO of crypto trading firm B2C2. This post is the first in a series of three that looks at high-frequency trading in the context of the evolution of crypto markets. Opinions expressed within are his own and do not reflect those of CoinDesk. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a...Read More
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s United States-based branch Binance.US will launch in the coming weeks, preceded by Know Your Customer (KYC) registration a few days earlier. According to a Medium post published by Binance.US on Sept. 6, while the launch of the trading platform itself is expected in the following weeks, KYC onboarding will start a...Read More
Source: iStock/Kameleon007 Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings._____ If Aesop’s classic tale of the Tortoise and the Hare were applied to crypto, Cardano (ADA) would be the former; Bitcoin (BTC)...Read More
LinkedIn has a rather interesting list titled “The 50 hottest U.S. companies to work for”. Both Coinbase and Ripple were featured on this list. Now, these startups have subsequently disappeared from the top 10 catalogue. The duo declined by more than 20 ranks in the span of a year [Current class: Ripple- #28, Coinbase- #29]....Read More
In the last analysis, we had mentioned the crucial descending trend-line, marked with yellow on the following daily chart. This line is ‘preventing’ Bitcoin from discovering new highs since June 26, when Bitcoin reached $13,880 as the 2019 high. The resisting line was tested for the fourth time, and as it seemed like a breakout...Read More
Litecoin is ranked at #5 in the market to the south of Bitcoin Cash. The trading volume recorded is $2.978 billion, whereas the supply has 63,206,899 LTC coins involved. The total market cap of Litecoin is $4.471 billion as of this moment. The price surged at a rate of 8.70% in the course of the...Read More
This article provides a quick overview of how the crypto markets have been doing—with the focus on Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), EOS, Cardano (ADA), TRON (TRX), Dash (DASH), and Cosmos (ATOM)—over the past 24-hour period. Overall, September 8th is proving to be quite a good day for the crypto, with only 13 of the top...Read More
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. Hashcube, a Korean Bitcoin miner retail and mining company, is proud to present Thailand’s first ever bitcoin mining...Read More
Blockchain technology will most likely be standardized by 2021, according to American business and financial services company Moody’s. Per the research report published on Sept. 5, these standards will probably be established in the blockchain industry by 2021 and will be positive for “future securitisations using the technology.” The company claims that this could result...Read More
