Bitcoin’s rally to $16,000 has fallen short, however, it was enjoyable nonetheless. The market’s altcoins, in particular, suffered during this brief rally, before going on the road to recovery again. This brings us to the next question(s)- What of Bitcoin? Is the top in? Well, it is simple. We will see either of the two...Read More
Bitcoin price has eclipsed last year’s high in an explosive rally up to the $16,000 mark. The market sentiment is bullish, and predictions call for higher highs by the end of this year. However, one accomplished trader has raised the bar quite high. He thinks BTC will be worth anything in the $80,000-$90,000 range by...Read More
With the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index noting a reading of 88 on the charts, based on data from Alternative, the trade volume of Tether was noted to have dropped by nearly 4%. In fact, the drop was pretty noticeable on the price charts too as Tether hit a low of $0.99 for the first...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Bitcoin’s dramatic surge to ~$16,000 was a good run, however, the fuel seemed to have exhausted itself, with the market’s bulls now running on fumes. At press time, BTC was trading at $15,142, $800...Read More
Bitcoin, at the time of writing, was trading at a 112.5 percent premium to its price at the beginning of the year, a 282.5 percent premium to its lowest price in the year, and 28 percent off its highest price ever. Even with all the fervor around the price rally, one question needs to be...Read More
The uncertainty seems to have come to an end: Biden is the new president of the United States after winning the decisive electoral votes of Georgia and Pennsylvania. At this moment, Biden has 290 votes out of the 270 needed to win the presidency, while Trump has only 214. And with only 34 votes in...Read More
Startups have taken note of the growing interest in cryptocurrencies, seizing the opportunity to position themselves in the market and Crypto ATM manufacturers are expanding more than ever. According to figures from the metrics website Coin ATM Radar, so far in 2020, there has been a growth of more than 80% in the deployment of...Read More
Bitcoin and the overall crypto-market welcomed 2020 with increased regulatory clarity which has in turn helped its overall adoption narrative. However, with the ongoing presidential election taking place, many in the crypto space have speculated as to what the effects of a new government and new regulations might imply for the likes of Bitcoin and...Read More
Another phrase for ‘bull run’ is ‘profit take.’ Why? Because whenever the price for any asset rises, there are those who buy in the hope for another rise, and there are those who sell, in the hope for another fall. While it’s clear that Bitcoin is in a full-fledged bull run, it’s also clear that...Read More
The cryptocurrency world is full of ‘ifs.’ For instance, if you would’ve bought Bitcoin 10 years ago, you would’ve been a millionaire now. The problem with statements like these is that they are based on probabilities, which, let’s be real, never come true. While you were certainly not thinking about an obscure internet currency in...Read More
Bitcoin has new blood. With the cryptocurrency reaching a high not seen since December 2017, following which it endured a 15-month long bear market, new and unfamiliar investors are entering the Bitcoin markets. For starters, these newbies are rushing in to buy Bitcoin, creating fresh demand. This demand has to be catered to by Bitcoin’s...Read More
According to a recent report by LongHash, public companies in the U.S. now own $10 billion worth of Bitcoin – something that can be accredited to increased investment as well the cryptocurrency’s rise in price over the month of October. While the general consensus regarding more institutions getting interested in Bitcoin is fairly positive, the...Read More
After increased volatility that took Bitcoin to $16,000 and $15,200, the cryptocurrency has calmed and trades around $15,500. The altcoins have surged in the past 24 hours as Ethereum is above $450, while Ripple is north of $0.26. Most impressively, Yearn Finance’s YFI token increased by around 100%. Bitcoin Calms After Record Days The primary...Read More
Ransomware attacks are one of the most notorious examples of crypto-related criminal activities 2020, with targets ranging from city halls and universities to major industries such as Tesla. And this week, hackers claimed a new victim: The gaming giant Capcom. Capcom is the corporation behind major hits like Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Megaman and...Read More
This week was wild for Bitcoin. Starting at around $13,500, the cryptocurrency went on to shatter the high set back in 2019 and surge to as much as $16,000 just today. It’s interesting to note that this happens despite the fact that retail investors are yet nowhere to be found, according to data. It appears...Read More
As Bitcoin hit 2020’s ATH at nearly $15800, open interest on top derivatives exchanges like CME and Bakkt went up. On CME, where top institutions trade, the open interest increased by 16% to $933 Million. CME futures open interest and volume || Source: Skew Based on data from Skew, open interest has climbed up, however,...Read More
Canada’s federal tax collection service, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is asking a judge to force Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare to hand over information and certain documents about all of the platform’s clients using the platform since early 2013. CRA intended to use this information to help fight against tax fraud and the underground economy....Read More
2020 has been a key year for Bitcoin. There have been key moments of highs and lows but the current market suggests that the digital asset might be saving its best period for the penultimate months. The price speaks for itself. BTC is valued above $15,000 as we speak, taking over major price range one...Read More
Five months into the third halving and Bitcoin’s price has rallied 75%. Most of this can be attributed to the race to over $15000 in the past 24 hours. There was a 6.47% daily gain and this could possibly be termed parabolic. Hitting a high of $15000 did not even surprise most seasoned traders as...Read More
Tyler Winklevoss, the co-founder of the US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, believes that the US stimulus packages are a “code for buy Bitcoin.” The former business partner of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg commented on a speech by the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Image Source: CNN In it, Powell said that...Read More
Bitcoin has enjoyed the past several weeks with impressive price increases registering fresh yearly highs. As its price touched $16,000 hours ago, the community has become overly optimistic, according to a popular metric called the Fear & Greed index. However, history shows that similar scenarios could lead to steep price drops. Extreme Greed Takes Over...Read More
The increasing value of Bitcoin [BTC] has given a nudge to many traders snoozing during the low volatility period. The coin’s current trading value of over $15K has enabled significant profits for BTC investors. As the cryptocurrency market retraced the 2017/18 journey, the P2P volumes appeared 66% lower than the peak noted during the previous...Read More
Bitcoin’s most significant green candle happened on December 7, 2017, when traders started the day at $14090 and pushed the token to $17390 in 24 hours. That would be the first time a bullish candle broke the $15900 line —an event that new investors are experiencing today. December 7 of 2017 can also be remembered...Read More
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payments firm Square is riding the Bitcoin wave like there’s no tomorrow. The company’s Q3 investors’ letter has just come out. And if numbers are anything to go by, Square has registered a humongous $1.3 billion revenue in the third quarter through Bitcoin sales. This comes amid the company clocking a...Read More
US Department of Justice announced on 5 November that it has filed a complaint to seize $1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies, in connection with the underground online marketplace Silk Road. In the document, DoJ revealed the seized funds included over 69,370 Bitcoin (BTC) and nearly equivalent amounts of Bitcoin Gold (BTG), BSV, and Bitcoin Cash...Read More
Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz told CNBC’s Squawk Box that the Rubicon in BTC adoption has been crossed, even as BTC prices ranged roughly between $ At time of writing, bitcoin prices were hovering above $15,000. This bull run could have been a result of recent events, during which, some leading corporate entities began investing...Read More
The decentralized finance [DeFi] space has managed to carve out its position in the crypto sphere. For the better part of the year, when the crypto market had remained restrained under heavy sell pressure and other global economic turnarounds, the DeFi projects acquired great interest and led to a DeFi hype. During this period Ethereum...Read More
The United States Department of Justice confiscated around $1 billion worth of bitcoins on Tuesday. Today it is suing for forfeiture of the BTC that federal personnel seized. The coins allegedly belong to the now-defunct darknet marketplace Silk Road. US DOJ Wants The Forfeiture Of Bitcoin Worth $1 Billion As per Bloomberg’s latest report, the...Read More
After its third-retest within a period of 7-days, Bitcoin finally breached above the $14,000 and it is currently consolidating above $14.5. The current price is at an extremely unfamiliar trading zone, last witnessed in the first week of January 2018. At the moment, there wasn’t any particular resistance to look out for, but the trend...Read More
Bitcoin is currently trading around $14,500. The asset saw this particular price range back on January 8th, 2018, a whopping 1029 days back. Safe to say, these were unfamiliar trading provinces in the past three years. With Bitcoin building its rally step-step across the past month, the recent entry above $14k is currently creating a...Read More
