The coronavirus outbreak led to new developments and restrictions in the past 24 hours. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games could be postponed, while India inserts a lockdown on 75 districts in its borders. The financial markets reacted adversely today, as U.S. futures and Asian stocks nosedived by up to 10% in some cases. Bitcoin is...Read More
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus caused a massive sell-off in traditional markets. However, cryptocurrencies also declined notably, causing many to question Bitcoin’s positioning as a safe-haven asset. According to the popular on-chain analyst, Willy Woo, the largest cryptocurrency, as well as gold, might have already started to decouple from traditional assets. Will Bitcoin And...Read More
NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini attacked federal stimulus legislation Sunday as a light on aid for workers. His remarks echo the response from several prominent Democrats, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in the Democratic primary, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Likewise, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had objections to the Senate...Read More
The novel coronavirus took the world by a storm like lightning from a clear sky. In a little more than a few months, over 200,000 people from across the globe got infected, while the death count continues to rise. This urged governments to take immediate action, and it feels as if the whole world is...Read More
The latest steep declines in Bitcoin’s price have pushed miners to switch off some of their equipment to reduce costs. Consequently, this slowed down the average daily block time by as much as 70%. Miners’ Response To The Price Drop Miners are the backbone of Bitcoin and any other Proof-of-Work-based cryptocurrency. They create new bitcoins...Read More
Efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic have erupted into a disastrous and panicked shutdown of the economy by Western governments. The term “Marshall Law” (correct spelling: “Martial Law”) trended on Twitter last weekend. While many scoffed at this characterization of coronavirus containment efforts, it’s not entirely off base. In New York City, police can arrest...Read More
So far, the past month had seen some of the worst days in Bitcoin’s price history. Following the emerging coronavirus crisis, Bitcoin plunged from a high of over $10K in mid-February, to a current low of $3,600 reached March 12. Since then, the price had recovered to the $6,000 area, but March is not yet...Read More
This week was nothing if not tumultuous for Bitcoin. Last Friday, its price dropped a massive 40%, recording one of its steepest losses in history. However, throughout the past few days, Bitcoin managed to recover nicely, as it’s currently trading at above $6,000. One thing worth noting amid this crisis is the fact that Bitcoin,...Read More
The price for STEEM has surged a massive 180% today before retracing upon the news that Binance and Huobi will support the hard fork to split the blockchain and produce another one called Hive. Binance And Huobi To Support Hive As Cryptopotato reported, Hive will be a new blockchain that will be forked off the...Read More
Days after the significant volatility and Bitcoin price declines, Bitcoin Options trading volume on regulated exchanges sees record-breaking lows. While CME’s Options platform recently hit its all-time low level, Bakkt’s situation is even worse without any action for weeks. CME’s Bitcoin Options Volume ATL In the middle of March, the cryptocurrency market, along with most...Read More
The novel coronavirus created an economic slowdown that had a massive impact on financial and stock markets throughout the world. Some of the global indexes such as the S&P 500, DJI, FTSE 100, and so forth, charted notable losses in a manner that hasn’t been seen for decades. Naturally, this also caused a serious negative...Read More
Quick recap: for the past few weeks, Bitcoin had been following the crashing global markets. While the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lost more than 30% over the past month, Bitcoin followed them but with a little bit of leverage. The primary cryptocurrency is now trading at a 50% discount from the highs of mid-February, when...Read More
The novel coronavirus took the world by a storm. Starting in China, the virus has now spread throughout the globe, with thousands of cases being reported in Europe, Asia, and even the US. This brought a catastrophe on the traditional financial and stock markets, as major global indexes crashed in a way that was more...Read More
While the US stock market saw its steepest one-day sell-off since Black Monday in 1987, Bitcoin saw its steepest one-day sell-off in its ten-year history, just a few days before. But don’t worry, that was institutional money running from everything Thursday. Of course, it ran from the risky cryptocurrency industry. Don’t forget that institutional investors...Read More
Last week’s massive Bitcoin sell-off that drove its price to below $4,000 came from short-term holders, new data shows. Long-term holders, on the other hand, are not moving or selling their BTC assets, at least for now. New Players Sold Their BTC March 12th-13th this year later became known as one of the worst trading...Read More
Despite the crashing markets, companies are working hard to boost the further adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. In two separate announcements, Coinbase and the popular internet browser Opera revealed that they’ve made serious strides in this regard. Coinbase Card Usable With Google Pay The leading cryptocurrency exchange in the US, Coinbase, allows its users to...Read More
The Tezos Foundation continues with its developments by partnering up with the Hong Kong FinTech company – Liquefy. The latter will implement a security token standard for digital securities projects that use the Tezos blockchain and will later utilize it for its real estate tokenization deals. Tezos Partners With Liquefy In a press release shared...Read More
Popular U.S. economist and proponent of gold, Peter Schiff, recently explained why the precious metal is plunging in the past few weeks. He believes that investors are to blame due to their lack of awareness of what is to come. Once they realize it, though, gold will surge once again. Schiff Blames Investors For Gold’s...Read More
The novel COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues with its adverse effects on the financial markets. The cryptocurrency space is no exception. Bitcoin, for instance, slipped below the significant $5,000 mark and is currently trading at around $4,500. Just hours ago, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap saw a spike of $800. When the U.S. Fed Reserve made...Read More
The Federal Reserve made an unexpected announcement at 5 PM U.S. Time Sunday afternoon. Along with another $700 billion immediate injections – $500 billion in treasuries and $200 billion in mortgage-back securities, the Fed is cutting the rate to zero. Donald Trump fires all the guns he has at an early stage of the coronavirus...Read More
The recent mystery surrounding the incredible $80,000 worth of Ethereum transaction fee has been resolved. Instead of a complicated money laundering scheme compiled by a South Korean exchange, it actually turned out to be a human-mistake made by one of the employees. 656 ETH Paid for Syntethics Network (SNX) Transaction A few days ago, a...Read More
Along with every other financial instrument led by the global stock markets, Bitcoin plummeted in the past two weeks following the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. Following their desire to see Bitcoin emerging as the next generation’s safe-haven asset, this latest severe Bitcoin plunge felt like a nightmare for many Bitcoiners. The following article will...Read More
It’s safe to say that unless unexpected things happen, this will be the worst week for Bitcoin since 2013. During the second week of December 2013, Bitcoin had seen a plunge from $864 to $382, more than a 50% decline. Those were the days when MT.Gox was the only major Bitcoin exchange out there. Just...Read More
As a seemingly endless stream of reports continues to pour in surrounding the coronavirus, many are becoming increasingly concerned over the effect this global pandemic could have on the global financial system in the future. The outbreak is shaping up to potentially cause one of the worst financial crashes of all time. The current pandemic...Read More
The last few days have been quite terrible as the cryptocurrency market shreds every single gain it has amassed since the start of the year. Bitcoin even slumped to as low as $3,700 for an hour for the first time in 12 months. The price crash left traders in dismay, with many scratching their heads...Read More
This is not the Bitcoin halving the crypto industry was talking about in 2020. The Bitcoin price crashed on the worst day for equities markets in 33 years. The Dow Jones plummeted 9.99% during trading, the S&P 500 lost 9.51%, and the NASDAQ took a 9.43% dive. Even spot gold declined by some 4% Thursday,...Read More
High volatility hit the cryptocurrency market with sharp declines from across the map. Bitcoin’s price dropped to a daily low of $5,600 in a matter of minutes. During this period, BitMEX had noted long liquidations worth almost $500 million in an hour. BitMEX Liquidation Chart Off The Roof Bitcoin’s price recorded a massive dump from...Read More
Until a few hours ago, Chainlink, the decentralized-oracle, had a market cap of over $1 billion as the 11th biggest cryptocurrency by market cap. Today the LINK token is among the worst-performing digital assets, following a massive price slump. Its situation got even worse on Binance, where it flash-crashed to a low of $0.01 (!)...Read More
Bitcoin dipped to a low of $5,600 on BitMEX for a matter of minutes, while most cryptocurrencies record double-digit losses. The whole market is plummeting, as the market lost over $50 billion in only a few hours. Bitcoin Goes Below $6,000 It’s safe to say that the largest cryptocurrency has seen better days. Bitcoin’s price...Read More
President Donald Trump announced a ban on all travel from Europe Wednesday. The ban will go into effect on Friday at midnight and remain in effect for 30 days. The president did announce an exemption for travel from the United Kingdom. Announcing a rare Oval Office address from Mr. Trump, he said: “After consulting with...Read More
