The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly after the owner of a crypto scheme, which misled over a thousand of its investors and clients. It seeks $572 million in financial penalties and restitution. $270M Worth Of BTC Stolen From More Than A Thousand Customers Аs per a recent report, the alleged Bitcoin trading pyramid Control-Finance...Read More
Bitcoin‘s market price is under a transitional period and the same can be said for the market sentiment at the moment. Correlation is a huge part of the market and any price movement often changes the metric which leads to important alterations. The asset’s price recently topped at $12,500 and it led to an interesting...Read More
The US Department of Justice has alleged that Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber, has covered up a 2016 hack on the company that compromised data of millions of users and drivers. According to the DOJ, Sullivan paid the hackers $100,000 in Bitcoin. Uber Former CSO Covers Up A Hack? The announcement...Read More
Hackers pulled off a successful ransomware attack on COVID-19 researchers from the University of California in San Francisco and received 116 bitcoins. Now, recently surfaced transcripts reveal how the entire operation played out. Phase One: The Hack Although the name of the group was initially a mystery, the Bloomberg report said that the organization had...Read More
After having remained below the $10k-mark for a long time, Bitcoin’s price was able to overcome the resistance, before briefly surging past $12k recently. While Bitcoin did note a minor correction on the charts over the last few days, the coin’s price action remained promising. At the start of the year, most commentators had agreed...Read More
Bitcoin has emerged to become synonymous with cryptocurrencies, especially to people who are new to the field. Often on introduction to Bitcoin, there have been many direct comparisons with traditional assets and precious metals. After nearly a decade of existence, Bitcoin seems to be proving itself to be a safe-haven asset. However, shouldn’t it be...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article should not be taken as investment advice as it is strictly the opinion of the writer. These findings should materialize within the next 24-48 hours. Bitcoin rejoiced when it breached $12,000 to touch $12,400. However, such relief was very short-lived as soon, a massive correction of $1000 pulled...Read More
As the DeFi and yield farming craze continues to entertain the cryptocurrency industry, the price of yEarn. Finance’s native token YFI has gone parabolic, surpassing Bitcoin’s by almost $1,000. This makes YFI the most expensive crypto asset in the market. 1 YFI = 1.15 BTC According to data on Binance, the DeFi token is trading...Read More
The value of Bitcoin was noting a surge of 62% in YTD, with the world’s largest digital asset being traded at $11,767, at the time of writing. With the cryptocurrency climbing on the charts, it has grabbed the attention of investors and traders across the board, many of whom are expecting a major bull run...Read More
Bitcoin has been called a lot of names and has been through a lot of phases as well. With where it stands, it can be safely called a store of value and internet money that can be transferred p2p. At press time, Bitcoin continues to remain well over $11k with a trading price of $11,813...Read More
There was a time when a pump in the Bitcoin market would translate into growth for other cryptocurrencies. However, recently, there have been signs of an inverse correlation between Bitcoin and many other altcoins, especially small-cap assets. The previous week’s market movement put major crypto-asset, Ethereum [ETH] in a top spot for incurred gains as...Read More
Google trends data reveals that the number of “buy crypto” searches has exploded worldwide in the past few weeks to a two-year high. Simultaneously, the “buy Bitcoin” searches, which jumped prior to the 2020 halving and decreased immediately after, have increased since late July. Buy Crypto Searches To A Two-Year High According to Google trends,...Read More
US authorities have charged with fraud and money laundering five people operating a Bitcoin mining Ponzi scheme. Called AirBit Club, the scam operated since 2015 and duped numerous victims into investing by promising alluring but false returns. How Did AirBit Club Operate? According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Pablo Renato Rodriguez and Gutemberg...Read More
After Bitcoin dipped by a total of 6.25% between Tuesday and Wednesday, liquidations worth $50 million were spotted. Although this drop is small compared to the drop on August 2nd, there might be fears of a price crash. Perhaps, in a fashion similar to the March crash, that wiped out bitcoin’s price by more than...Read More
Swipe is set to venture into the U.S. market following approval from regulators. The news of the launch caused a rise in the price of its SXP tokens. Swipe Crypto Trading Functionality Coming to 200M Americans In a tweet on Tuesday (August 18, 2020), crypto wallet and card provider Swipe announced that it received a...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has remained consolidated above $11k for quite a while in August, however, a sudden pump in the market on 17 August did not just push the BTC price above $12k, but its hash rate also marked an ATH. According to a recent report by Arcane Research, the 7-day moving average hash rate of...Read More
The market is once again expressing bullish features, as the price of Bitcoin [BTC] pumped above $12k on 17 August. The price of the largest crypto asset spiked by 5.68% within two hours on Monday, enabling BTC to breach its resistance and report a yearly high of $12,473. This rally also helped push the trading...Read More
DeFi tokens are leading crypto markets to their highest levels in terms of total market capitalization for over a year. One of the top-performing digital assets at the moment is YFI, as it surges over 70% on the day to reach an all-time high at $12,821. It has become the only cryptocurrency since 2016 to...Read More
As of Tuesday, bitcoin hashrate dropped by 25% due to massive landslides in Sichuan province. The landslides caused by heavy downpour caused the Sichaun province to trigger a Level I response, the highest in its tier four-tier emergency response system. Bitcoin mining and Sichuan province With bitcoin successfully breaching the $12,000 level, things seemed to be...Read More
Once upon a time, Bitcoin‘s shadow was so overwhelming that many of the market’s altcoins failed to get the attention they deserved. Over the last few months, however, this narrative has steadily changed. While Bitcoin still maintains its superiority as the world’s largest and most-favored digital asset, other altcoins such as Ethereum, Chainlink, and Cardano...Read More
While segregated witness ‘SegWit’ adoption dipped after mid-March, the utilization of the protocol upgrade on the Bitcoin network is on the rise. Some industry pundits say time is running out for the declining set of non-adopters to embrace SegWit. Bitcoin SegWit Utilization Now Above 65% According to data from Transactionfee, about 65% of daily Bitcoin...Read More
If you were to use one word to describe the Bitcoin market right now, it would be “strong.” For the past three weeks, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been trading at a level over $10,000, a feat it has managed only 14 times since the 2017 bull run. Prior to this run, Bitcoin was in...Read More
Less than a week ago, the influential legacy markets day trader Dave Portnoy, had a meeting with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – the founders of Gemini and well-known Bitcoin proponents. Even though he supposedly bought Bitcoin during their meeting, his enthusiasm for the primary cryptocurrency was shortlived. Now, Portnoy openly solicits cryptocurrency pump and dump...Read More
Every time Bitcoin moves up or notes a consolidation, there’s the question of a sell-off. Since the cryptocurrency markets are so volatile, you can’t blame traders or even investors for cashing in their investments at a significant profit. The current market is no different. According to data from Chainalysis Markets, inklings of a sell-off are...Read More
Bitcoin’s struggle to breach the $12,000-mark is as real as it gets. The level in question has been tapped a few times and even breached once, however, even after these developments, Bitcoin continued to remain under $12,000. This is unlike the rally in April 2019, a time when Bitcoin faced no issues in pushing past...Read More
The Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation DBS Bank has compiled a report on cryptocurrencies and the recent developments in the sector. The paper noted that central banks are both “troubled and intrigued” by the growing role of digital assets in today’s world, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. DBS Bank: Cryptocurrencies Are Growing Headquartered...Read More
The stock-to-flow (S2F) model is the brainchild of crypto analyst going by the twitter handle ‘PlanB.’ It was initially published in March 2019 and examines the relationship between the production of supply and the current stock available, essentially calculating Bitcoin’s value through scarcity. The model has mapped Bitcoin’s price with a high degree of accuracy,...Read More
How do we know we are in a bull run? Early 2017 did not show signs of what could occur by the end of 2017. However, bitcoin and the crypto ecosystem seems to be already in the bull run. Bitcoin has, briefly, breached the $12,000 level, however, failed to sustain it. Regardless, the bullish feeling...Read More
Bitcoin was trading at $11,800 and showed signs of heading lower due to the formation of a bearish pattern. While some altcoins have seen a good surge in the last 24 hours, some haven’t been so lucky. BTC falls under the latter category with a 0.68% decline. Bitcoin 4-hour chart BTCUSD TradingView From the above...Read More
It’s no secret that as time goes, more and more professionals from the world of traditional finance are making headway into Bitcoin. Or at least, showing support for investing in the New Gold. The latest amongst the growing list of mainstream supporters is George Ball, ex-CEO of the insurance giant Prudential. The Former Hater Is...Read More
