There are few images as gripping as that of Kolin Burges holding up the placard reading “Mt. Gox, Where Is Our Money,” in the midst of the collapse of the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world. This image of the beanie-headed Londoner on the streets of Tokyo defined the state of cryptocurrency exchanges for much...Read More
Cryptocurrencies, being relatively new, are getting more and more attention as potential investing tools. People within the community are often discussing prices and how each coin they have invested in could skyrocket, thus providing them good returns. While some might be thinking that ETH’s current price is around $145 and its all-time high was at...Read More
If you’ve perused Crypto Twitter at all over the past few months, you’ve likely heard the term “decentralized finance” or “DeFi” tossed around in relation to Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by the market capitalization of its cryptocurrency.While some see it as a joke, a tokenized home — yes, an entire property — was purported to...Read More
According to a recent statement by Vitalik Buterin, he managed to convince the Ethereum Foundation to sell 70,000 ETH at the height of 2017’s parabolic run, resulting in a $100 million liquidity. ETH is still the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. However, its price today is nowhere near what it used to be two years...Read More
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets are slowing down. There has been very little activity over the past week as volumes and volatility decline. Technical indicators are also lining up which could indicate a larger move is imminent or is BTC on vacation for the rest of the year? Bitcoin Slowing Down This may not be such...Read More
The primary pull of decentralized crypto assets is financial freedom from the flawed banking system. Bitcoin is one step but without greater adoption it is still just a speculative vehicle. DeFi and decentralized protocols based on banking are another and they’re gaining traction fast.Crypto Exchanges too CentralizedMany envisaged 2019 being the year of the DEX....Read More
Ethereum and the aggregated crypto markets have been caught in a firm downtrend since early-November, and dwindling trading volume has resulted in ETH and other cryptocurrencies facing an ongoing period of sideways trading that has been frustrating for investors and traders alike.This lack of volatility has especially impacted Ethereum, which is currently witnessing the lowest...Read More
Bitcoin and XRP were the world’s largest virtual assets going into 2019. However, while Bitcoin continues to dominate the market over the year, Ethereum did manage to overtake XRP on the cryptocurrency charts. Over the course of the last twelve months, Bitcoin and Ethereum have recorded a period of prolific performance, with the two crypto-assets...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. We live in an era where the latest technology profoundly shapes our daily lives. The past decade has...Read More
The future of finance is evolving and Ethereum based DeFi is at the forefront of it. This year has seen explosive growth in decentralized finance despite bearish crypto asset performance. 2020 is set to be even bigger with bold predictions of where DeFi will go next.2020 Could Be Huge for DeFiDecentralized finance has literally exploded...Read More
Ethereum is slowly recovering from the $140 support area against the US Dollar.The price is currently facing resistance near the $145 level and the 100 hourly SMA.There was a break above this week’s key bearish trend line with resistance near $144 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The price might make another...Read More
The future of non-fungible tokens looks rather bright. When major global franchises get in on the action, a lot of positive attention will be brought to the blockchain industry. The latest NFTs to be issued all relate to The Godfather movie franchise. More NFTs Arrive on the Ethereum Blockchain The Ethereum-based collectibles are issued by...Read More
Ethereum has a bearish short-term and medium-term trading outlook The four-hour time frame shows that an inverted head and shoulders pattern has been invalidated The daily time frame continues to show a bearish pattern playing out to the downside Ethereum is coming under increasing technical selling pressure below the $150.00 level, as the second largest...Read More
For most people, buying cryptocurrencies is just a click away; there are multiple options, credit cards, debit cards, and CashApp. However, even with a number of on-ramp options, the go-to option most people choose is buying a stablecoin. Why? Simply due to the fact that they are stable and are backed by assets with mild...Read More
It has been another miserable week for Ethereum as prices continue to erode. Further declines today have left the world’s second largest crypto asset in danger of hitting a nine month low. Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets are in an opposing trend with continued growth in the sector.Ethereum Hits $140Ethereum is still deep in a two...Read More
Ethereum is down more than 2% and it broke the $142 support area against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher, but it could face hurdles near $142 and $144.Yesterday’s major bearish trend line is active with resistance near $145 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The price remains in a...Read More
Privacy coin attacked for “dumping on investors”. Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin – also an advisor for Zcash (ZEC) – says coin is exploring uncharted terrain. Market cap – but not coin price – up 40,000% since launch. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin leapt to the defence of privacy coin Zcash (ZEC) after a prominent crypto influencer...Read More
Ethereum has had a turbulent week, with much of its recent price action favoring sellers as the crypto has faced a steady stream of downwards pressure in the time following ETH’s recent visit to over $150 earlier this past week.Although all eyes are closely watching Bitcoin’s near-term price action, it is important to note that...Read More
Ethereum’s search decline is slightly worse than Bitcoin’s. Roughly 96% of search interest originating from the United States has disappeared. A glance at ETH’s developer count reveals a silver lining for Ethereum. Nearly two years on from Ethereum’s all-time high, Google search interest for the No.1 altcoin has plunged 96%. Ethereum Popularity Nosedives Along with...Read More
Recently, Matter Labs published a blog post which expanded on recent advances in zero-knowledge proofs, and their vision for ZK Sync, a trustless scaling and privacy solution based on ZK Rollup for Ethereum. The post mentioned how ZK Sync was designed to bring a VISA-scale throughput, enabling thousands of transactions per second while keeping funds...Read More
Ethereum recently completed the Istanbul hard fork, at block number 9,069,000, and it followed the St. Petersburg and Constantinople hard forks. The upgrade included several protocol changes that included changes to gas costs. The change in gas costs was something the developers were apparently not prepared for, as the Etheruem contract calls ran out of...Read More
Cryptocurrency transactions tracker, Whale Alert, recently tweeted about how the tokenized bond on the Ethereum blockchain from the Spanish banking giant, Santander, had accrued $99,000 in interest for the first quarterly period. The $20 million bond, first settled in September, was represented by a custom Ethereum token, and settled with another token representing cash held...Read More
December 2019 has not been very welcoming to the bulls in the market. Many major cryptocurrencies have lost enormously under the market’s bearish pressure, including Bitcoin [BTC], which has lost about 4.55% of its value since the beginning of December. Following its lead, many cryptos have met a similar fate. This was reflected by Coin...Read More
Cryptocurrency traders and investors are constantly looking out for the next big thing. One thing learned from the 2017 pump is that FOMO can spread like wildfire and a crypto asset can surge for practically no reason. HEX is getting a lot of attention at the moment but all may not be what it seems.Cryptocurrency...Read More
Ethereum is holding the main $144 support, but also struggling to rise against the US Dollar.The price is now trading below the previous support (now resistance) near $148.There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $147 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The price is likely to struggle near...Read More
Blockchain technology still has the potential to disrupt traditional finance. Santander is moving ahead with its DLT venture after successfully redeeming a digital bond. Santander has been active in the blockchain industry for several years now. Another Blockchain Milestone for Santander Albeit most of its projects are kept under wraps, this particular development isn’t kept...Read More
The price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum, may be down as much as 90% from its all-time high price of over $1,400, but ICO investors are still up over 400x on their initial investment.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The Bitcoin [BTC] market has lost 0.54% of its value in December 2019, with the king coin’s price movement recording recurring dips. A recent dip of 2.45% contributed to the price of the world’s largest crypto tumbling down from $7,450.62 to $7,268.03. Following the loss, Bitcoin tried to recover. However, it was stuck at $7,337.32,...Read More
Ethereum saw a major reduction in Google searches in the last few months, attracting less attention than ever before. Ethereum Less Popular Now Than When it Was $20 Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is going through an interesting period as of late. A Trustnodes report indicates that the project has seen the...Read More
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its year-end crypto project rankings. Thirty-five projects were evaluated and ranked overall as well as in three separate categories. Bitcoin has risen in ranking while EOS remains China’s favorite. Also read: China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes Blockchain Year-End Crypto Rankings The Center...Read More
