Move over, Craig Wright! The “real” Satoshi Nakamoto vows to reveal himself this week and claims he’s hodling 980,000 bitcoin. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Move over, Craig Wright! The “real” Satoshi Nakamoto vows to reveal himself as the true inventor of bitcoin over the next few days. What’s more, the “real” Nakamoto claims...Read More
Cryptocurrency startup Pundi X announced that its point-of-sale payment gateway (XPOS) will soon be launched in Panama and its surrounding regions. Blockchain development company Chainzilla joined the initiative as a local distributor. Combining cryptocurrency and traditional payments in one terminal On Aug. 14, Cointelegraph in Spanish spoke with Chainzilla CEO, Charles Gonzales, to find out...Read More
The market experienced a surge in the number of transactions occurring between unknown wallets, as Bitcoin maintained its position above the $10,000 mark. The king coin was priced $10,413.87 at press time with a jump of 3.30% over the 24-hour cycle. As the crypto-market joined the bullish ride, the transfer of crypto coins also surged...Read More
Creditors of now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX are requesting information concerning the recent loss of 103 Bitcoins during the funds’ recovery. Users of now-defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are requesting further information concerning the recent loss of 103 Bitcoins (BTC) during the funds’ recovery. An unfortunate loss As Cointelegraph reported in February, one of the Big...Read More
South Korea’s “Bit-Island” Jeju announced the Blockchain Hub City Development Research Service on Aug. 13. An island with blockchain ambitions Local news outlet JejuDomin reported on Aug. 14 that Jeju announced the Blockchain Hub City Development Research Service on Aug. 13. Furthermore, the author of the report stated that cloud services provider Tilon will carry...Read More
The second trailer for DOOM: Annihilation just dropped, and this cringeworthy movie looks like a low-budget student film project. | Source: Universal 1440 Entertainment/YouTube By CCN Markets: Did you know there’s a movie adaptation of the classic video game DOOM on its way? You probably didn’t. We don’t blame you for it, and we apologize...Read More
Wednesday’s Bitcoin flash crash was not due to a sell-off from Chinese ponzi scam, PlusToken, a researcher has claimed. Sid Shekhar, the co-founder of London-based, TokenAnalyst, said the disputed coins were moved earlier on the blockchain. We Can All Relax, It’s A False Alarm As Bitcoinist reported on Thursday, cryptocurrency influencer, Dovey Wan, brought the $3 billion...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will compensate the white hat hacker who compromised Binance Jersey’s Internet domain name and Twitter account. Binance Jersey Twitter and domain compromised In a post published on Aug. 16, crypto exchange Binance Jersey announced that a white hat hacker was able to gain access to the @BinanceJE Twitter account (the official Binance...Read More
Yesterday’s big announcement that regulatory approval has been granted to Bakkt could be the best news bitcoin investors have had this year. It opens the door to institutional investors and is a huge step forward for crypto industry legitimization in the US. Bakkt To Launch Next Month After months of procrastination, the new cryptocurrency trading...Read More
The news that regulatory approval has finally been granted to Bakkt has generally been perceived as bullish for the industry. However, not all in the crypto community are convinced that it is the best thing for Bitcoin and its brethren.How Bullish Is Bakkt?As reported yesterday by NewsBTC, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) new crypto trading platform...Read More
One of the biggest news last year was the announcement made by the New York Stock Exchange’s parent company, Intercontinental Exchange. In August 2018, The firm announced that it would be venturing into the cryptocurrency space with the launch of a new company – Bakkt. This turned out to be an extremely bullish news in...Read More
Bitcoin price has remained in five figures as we begin another weekend. There appear to be enough buyers in the high $9000 range to prevent the asset from falling further, and for the second time in as many days, BTC has pushed back over the $10,000 mark. Bitcoin Price Over 7% Up From an intraday...Read More
Photo: Shutterstock The high fluctuating Bitcoin prices since its launch have made altcoins a go-to investment option for most of the crypto enthusiasts and traders. If we go back to February 2017, it was the first time when the entire crypto community has realized altcoins potential as their market value went sky-high after the Bitcoin...Read More
The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk. You should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The global amount of debt with negative yields ballooned up...Read More
Photo: Shutterstock The popularity of Bitcoin is hard to underestimate. Regardless of the cryptocurrency’s volatility, thousands of people are using it on a daily basis. While companies may be taking advantage of Bitcoin to make international payments, investors are playing around with the cryptocurrency in the hopes of making money. Whether you are a Bitcoin...Read More
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO of Binance cryptocurrency exchange has revealed that Binance U.S., a regulated bitcoin and altcoins trading venue specially tailored to customers in the United States, will go live before the end of November 2019, reports Cheddar on August 15, 2019. Changpeng Zhao Reveals Binance U.S. Launch Date Per sources close to the matter,...Read More
Bitcoin price tested the $9,800 support and bounced back against the US Dollar.The price is currently struggling to gain momentum above $10,400 and $10,500.There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $10,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price is likely to slowly rise as long as...Read More
This weeks trading sees BTC/USD down over 9% but it could have been much worse Sentiment was shot earlier in the week after rumours of Bitcoin sellers from a ponzi scheme Bakkt saved the week after announcing new Bitcoin futures and custody services (Chart above represents this weeks price action) It all started when an...Read More
California Government Operations Agency (CalGovOps) Secretary, Marybel Batjer has selected Camille Crittenden to Chair the state’s 20-man blockchain working group which has been mandated to explore the possible use cases of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the state and present a report of their findings to the Legislature by July 1, 2020, reports Enterprise Times...Read More
Who are the biggest hedge funds operating in crypto today and how much do they have invested in crypto and blockchain firms? The total market cap for all cryptocurrencies stands at $293 billion, and while much of this value has been generated by individual traders buying and selling their own private stashes of crypto, it’s also...Read More
Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTC/USD) On an intraday chart, the price of BTC/USD pair has further dipped from the previous price of 10473.00 and is currently changing hands at $9917.57 that translated to an intraday dip of 5.3%. The bulls seemed to have lacked the means or strategy to pull up the market momentum. This was...Read More
Turkey interest in bitcoin remains robust as the economy struggles to recover from the collapse of the lira from 2018. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Turkey likes bitcoin more than any of the other 14 nations polled in a recent survey by Dutch banking group ING. Sixty-two percent of Turks were crypto positive, while...Read More
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with more than $7 billion under custody. Also Read: Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to...Read More
More than half the world’s economies have inverted yield curves, which is a dire signal that a global recession may be on its way. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Fifty-three percent of countries that offer sovereign debt currently have inverted yield curves, according to one economist. If the percentage gets much higher, there is...Read More
The long-awaited Bakkt platform has finally been given an official launch date. The regulated Bitcoin futures platform will go live on September 23, 2019.Naturally, the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency community has greeted the news with optimism. The price of Bitcoin has responded favourably in the short time since Bakkt made the announcement too.Wait, Weren’t There...Read More
Over the past couple of days, investors have grown fearful regarding the possibility of a massive Chinese Ponzi scam dumping the significant amount of Bitcoin (BTC) that they hold in wallets onto the markets, which may have contributed to the recent downwards pressure experienced by the entire crypto markets.Now, new data suggests that a small...Read More
Bakkt has won approval from US regulators to trade physically-settled bitcoin futures, a move many believe would legitimize the cryptocurrency industry before institutional investors. The Intercontinental Exchange’s subsidiary announced on Friday that the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) had given them clearance to acquire a New York state trust charter. That would provide...Read More
