Bitcoin’s all-time high rally drew a lot of attention from the likes of mainstream media, governments, corporates, and even wall street. The cryptocurrency is slowly becoming the most discussed topic in the fin-tech space; in turn, addressing questions regarding its adoption. During the 32nd episode of Magical Crypto Friends, Riccardo Spagni, Charlie Lee, WhalePanda, and...Read More
Since the platform’s launch, the Bitcoin Cash-centric blogging site read.cash has gathered a lot of traction. The website’s user base publishes interesting content and new material on a daily basis with the most popular authors gathering tips in bitcoin cash for their work. Also Read: These Are the Bitcoin Stories You Loved in 2019 Read.cash...Read More
It appears that there are a fair few of malicious Chrome extensions out there. Albeit Google removed two of them, a new fake offering claiming to be a Ledger product has shown up. Ledger is one of the most popular hardware wallet manufacturers in the world. Another Fake Chrome Extension The company has also developed...Read More
The last few months of 2019 were dominated by bearish sentiments as a host of major crypto-assets dropped below their year-to-date lows. However, it will be uncalled for if 2019 is labeled a poor year for the cryptocurrency market. An influx of institutional investors and significantly improving adoption within the industry have highlighted an improvement....Read More
Bitcoin slipped back below $7,000 on Thursday amid thinner than usual trading volumes. | Image: shutterstock.com Bitcoin price tumbles 4% to $6,900 on Thursday, the lowest since mid-December. Bitcoin is slowly bleeding while traditional assets like stocks and commodities continue to rise. Bitcoin trade volumes plummet at the start of 2020 as market participants remain...Read More
A recently published post on the TrustWallet blog outlined founder Viktor Radchenko’s predictions for Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the space as a whole for the year 2020. In the article, Radchenko asserted that DeFi has great potential and could become the next ‘killer app’ for the space. “We just need to get the user design correct,”...Read More
The Bitcoin ledger is completing a decade on the 3rd and while it is only 2 days into 2020, the ledger is already setting new records. Bitcoin’s hashrate breached its previous high and was recorded to be 119 million TH/s, according to the data monitoring site, Blockchain. Bitcoin’s hashrate has been spiking over the past...Read More
The broader cryptocurrency market came under pressure on the second trading day of 2020, as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies slipped into negative territory for the month. The first cryptocurrency fell back towards $7,050 after being rejected from its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame. BTC/USD shorts on the Bitfinex trading exchange were...Read More
Despite the price of Bitcoin increasing more than 100 percent over the course of 2019, the year didn’t see quite the same fireworks as the previous two. Even without the heady highs of 2017 or the crushing lows of 2018, the network still processed transactions worth an impressive $673 billion.Although not a record yearly transaction...Read More
This article considers the legal implications of Youtube’s notorious purge of crypto channels on Christmas Eve. What legal context induces Youtube and other social media giants to operate as they do? The article does not explore whether it is morally proper to terminate a contract without cause or explanation and to threaten people’s livelihoods; it...Read More
Despite 2019 being left behind, many analysts are still going forward with their Bitcoin speculations. Over the last few months, Bitcoin‘s valuation has undergone several bouts of price volatility and after holding onto a consolidation period between $6800 and $7400, analysts are trying to speculate whether another major dump or significant hike would surface next....Read More
Basic Attention has a bullish short-term trading bias and a negative medium-term bias The four-hour time frame shows that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern has formed The daily time frame shows that a bullish breakout from a falling wedge pattern is underway Basic Attention is searching for direction on Thursday after the cryptocurrency...Read More
It was December of 2010 when I first read the Bitcoin whitepaper, while at home visiting my parents for the holidays. As we wrap up the decade, here are my quick thoughts on how things have progressed. Note: this post is inspired by Fred Wilson’s post for tech more broadly. Tomorrow I’ll post a follow...Read More
Not your keys, not your coins Let the meaning sink in… It’s the most popular adage in the crypto-community. This mantra is echoed time and again or each time an exchange gets compromised! Just like Satoshi Nakamoto, Trace Mayer ignited the Proof-of-Keys [PoK] revolution on January 03, 2018. To the people outside looking in, the...Read More
The most important aspect of any cryptocurrency is adoption. Many cryptocurrencies in the space have been trying hard to develop use cases around their native cryptos in order to push the adoption of the coin. Active addresses have played an active role in understanding the maximum number of potential blockchain users and according to a...Read More
As the new decade trucks along, plenty of crypto-related questions arise. It appears that a fair few people wonder if and when John McAfee will honor his initial promise. Most bitcoin enthusiasts will remember the wild price prediction John McAfee shared with the world. Will John McAfee be Correct? More specifically, he claimed how bitcoin...Read More
As Bitcoin’s downtrend begins to run out of steam and selling momentum, the first-ever crypto asset has been trading within an increasingly tightening trading range, between lows or $6,400 to highs of $7,600.But as volatility disappears from the cryptocurrency market, the next move, while not necessarily near, will be an extremely aggressive one according to...Read More
Cryptocurrency miner Argo Blockchain recently installed 3,616 new Bitmain machines, each of which was aimed at increasing its mining capacity by 75%. According to an official announcement, the London Stock Exchange-listed firm stated, “The new machines represent 159 petahash (PH), an increase of 75% from the Company’s existing installed base of mining machines.” Agro Blockchain...Read More
Over the past decade, Bitcoin has achieved a lot many things, with the price of the cryptocurrency being the highlight of it all for people in the cryptocurrency space and outside. With the near-$20,000 bull run still fresh in the minds of several people, one of the questions that usually pops up time and again...Read More
Altcoins have not fared well, especially those belonging to smaller projects or late arrivals. The bulk of assets has been sliding since the start of 2018, entering the 25th month of a worsening bear market. Skepticism Still in the Air In 2020, there are fears that “the dumpening” will continue, and more value will be...Read More
XRP, the cryptocurrency often referred to as Ripple, is the third-largest crypto, yet it was one of the year’s worst performers in terms of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap. It not only closed the year at a loss but also set a new, fresh, bear market low during the course of the last...Read More
Similar to how it’s restored some crypto Youtube channels after a lot of pushback from the crypto community, Google has now restored Metamask to the Play Store. Either the tech giant is sensitive to claims of hurting innovation and competition or it is simply not ready yet to enforce a ban on dapp browsers, as...Read More
The year 2019 took most crypto-projects on a wild ride, one filled with a mix of volatility, adoption, thefts, and expansion to and recognition in the mainstream. However, while some coins were occupied by the rough waves of price volatility, others sailed through. According to recent research by CoinMetrics, 50% of the top 18 coins...Read More
In today’s article, we will be featuring some of the best Bitcoin faucets that you can use in January 2020 to generate free crypto. About Bitcoin Faucets Bitcoin faucets are sites that reward users with small amounts of Bitcoins for completing small tasks on their platform, such as visiting ads, completing a captcha, playing games, or...Read More
Bitcoin witnessed a turbulent 2019 and in spite of high volatility in the market, the king coin registered an impressive growth north of 90 percent. In Coinmetrics’ recent State of the Network report, Bitcoin’s performance with regard to various factors and other assets was evaluated, including fundamental properties and other adoption parameters. A section covered...Read More
Since 16 December, XRP has been hovering around the $0.19 mark, with intermittent dips under $0.185 and rises around $0.198. With a value of around $0.191 at the time of writing, XRP could be in for a short-term rise in value, despite its less-optimistic long-term prospects. XRP 4-hour chart Source: XRP/USD on TradingView Following a...Read More
CRYPTO 2020 SUMMIT is a free online conference with industry leaders covering topics around cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in 2020. The goal is to make this the biggest conference of the year with tens of thousands of attendees. This will be done by delivering a ton of value with a killer lineup and a free...Read More
Good news for cryptocurrency traders in South Korea as profit generated from crypto trading will not be subjected to tax, according to a recent announcement from the country’s Ministry of Finance and Strategy. The Ministry clarified that the current tax law does not consider crypto trading gains as taxable income; thus, Korean crypto traders are...Read More
Ethereum has seen a small 3% price increase over the past 7 days as it trades at the $130 level. Against BTC, ETH still is struggling to break above the resistance at 0.01820 BTC. Ethereum must break above $135 to turn bullish. Key Support & Resistance Levels ETH/USD Support: $128, $120, $118. Resistance: $133.50, $145,...Read More
Search online for ‘possible creators of Bitcoin’ and Bit Gold creator Nick Szabo will always appear near the top of the list. His long history in the cypherpunk space, his writings on money, digital cash, and smart contracts, and some facts about his past have often been used to create a compelling picture that he...Read More
