The case of the ‘hodling of Bitcoin’ is a curious one. At first, it would seem that those who would be more inclined to hodl the cryptocurrency would be average everyday people who heard about it before the 2017 bull-run, and not the corner-office institutions who jumped in only after 2018, but reality is quite...Read More
How does one identify if a market is healthy or not? Well, that is a question with no right or even one answer. What can be expanded upon here, however, is the nature and attitude of the investor class – a crucial characteristic of a healthy market. How has that changed over the years and...Read More
If one were to take a survey, chances are that most would agree that the last few weeks and months have been pretty good for the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin, and with it, the rest of the crypto-market, seem to be on the up, with the memories of Black Thursday well behind it. However, that’s not...Read More
Although the prominent US investor Warren Buffett has never been a fan of gold in the past, he recently made a sizeable investment in Barrick Gold Corp while reducing his exposure to his favorite sector, banks. Similiar with gold, Buffett has been bashing “the new gold,” Bitcoin, and this raises the question of whether he...Read More
Bitcoin is now trading close to $12,000, a level which it breached and broke below two times over the past two weeks. Will it be third time lucky for the world’s top cryptocurrency? Since breaking over $12,000 on 2 August, for the first time since June 2019, it has been subject to a ‘bull trap.’...Read More
With Bitcoin once again inching closer and closer to $12,000, some are hopeful of the rise while others are fearful of a fall. Depending on which side of this equation you’re on, you’re either a hodler or a seller. Each side has an equal tug on the market as while hodlers are hodling on expecting...Read More
Bitcoin went through a significant price surge in the past month, jumping from $9,000 to about $12,000. By heading into five-digit price territory, this 33% increase has many people speculating that the primary cryptocurrency may be too expensive, and the train has left the station. However, looking at Bitcoin’s pre-programmed deflationary mechanism and several macroeconomic...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency asset management company – Grayscale Investments – has recorded its most significant fundraising week in its 7-year history. Interestingly, the massive spike followed a nationwide advertising campaign the company ran in the U.S. Grayscale Commercial Worked As CryptoPotato reported a week ago, the digital asset manager planned to run a widespread advertising...Read More
It feels like just a few weeks ago we were talking about Bitcoin’s $10,000 breakout, and now the cryptocurrency is positioned to go past $12,000. This wouldn’t be the first time Bitcoin has broken over this level in the past few days, but if it manages to stay above the same for at least a...Read More
The UK Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has arrested a 35-year old woman and seized over $150,000 worth of Bitcoin as part of an investigation into fraudulent applications for government-backed loans for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. MPS Seized $150K Worth Of BTC The MPS (or Met) announced that the Proactive Money Laundering Team had...Read More
This week was easily one of the most eventful ones in the cryptocurrency field in terms of overall developments, especially in the DeFi sector. Starting with Bitcoin, however, not much changed since last week. BTC price started trading at around $11,800 seven days ago, and it’s currently at roughly the same level. However, this doesn’t...Read More
Leaving aside the fact that Bitcoin has been a strong ‘buy’ for a number of years [except 2015 and 2018, if we’re being picky] short-term traders get very anxious looking at the immediate price movement of Bitcoin. In times like these, it is better to be a hodler than a trader, but what if there...Read More
With 2020 proving to be a year quite unlike any, there is a lot of debate around how cryptocurrencies can emerge quite successfully amidst the extreme uncertainty that has taken over the economy. For Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, 2020 was important as it underwent its third block reward halving, an event that reinforced its...Read More
Although gold and Bitcoin are considered similar asset classes because of their maximum supply, that of the precious metal may increase substantially in the following years if Elon Musk’s SpaceX decides to mine gold and other metals from asteroids. While explaining the merits of Bitcoin to the popular Wall Street trader Dave Portnoy, the Winklevoss...Read More
Dave Portnoy has bought $200,000 in bitcoin and $50,000 in chainlink in a video with the Winklevoss twins. Portnoy bought the crypto despite understanding almost nothing about Bitcoin. The video also sees the trader plan his own “DaveCoin,” and accept the idea that Elon Musk will soon crash gold by mining it on asteroids. Dave...Read More
Bitcoin derivatives exchange surprised its users today by asking them to comply with a mandatory ID verification procedure. The 6-month long process will continue until February 12th, 2021. BitMEX will start this ‘User Verification Programme’ on August 28 at 00:00 UTC. BitMEX Asks Users To ‘KYC’ In a blog post published today, the prominent bitcoin...Read More
As the largest cryptocurrency in the market, Bitcoin has been an important asset for traders. As soon as the coin broke out of its dormant stage, the BTC market saw interest flooding into the market. However, Bitcoin’s spot market has been losing a lot of volume over the past week, largely owing to the fact...Read More
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has made its largest seizure of cryptocurrency accounts allegedly belonging and operated by some of the most feared terrorist organizations, namely al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Hamas. DOJ Seizes Cryptocurrency Accounts Operated By Terrorists According to the press release shared by the Justice Department earlier today, US authorities have seized over...Read More
Bitcoin has been around for over a decade now and one of its key features that solved the double-spend problem was its consensus algorithm – Proof of Work. Since then, however, PoW has come under increased scrutiny from many camps and with the likes of Ethereum transitioning towards Proof of Stake, there are many who...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article should materialize over the next few hours. Also, the following information should not be considered as investment advice Bitcoin’s decline down to $11,133 on 11 August damaged its consolidation above its previous support line at $11,618. The downtrend was significant, dropping down from a high of $18,410, all...Read More
One of the most popular supporters of Craig Wright has started filming a documentary aiming to prove that Wright is indeed the creator of Bitcoin. At the same time, Wright said in a recent interview that BTC HODLers are not using the asset properly as he envisioned, and he has returned to “make things right.”...Read More
Coinbase customers in the US will have the opportunity to receive cash loans against their Bitcoin holdings. If approved, the company’s clients might get their loans in two to three days. The Waiting List As per an official recent announcement, Coinbase has set a specially designated waiting list for their customers, who might like to...Read More
Two of the market’s top cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH], have been witnessing a strong surge in their values over the past few weeks. This week, however, the BTC and ETH markets appeared to be taking a break as the overall percentage change in the value of the top two crypto-assets was just 5%...Read More
Binance has managed to establish itself as one of the most trusted and the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the field. One of the reasons for this is that the company doesn’t stop building new products. From regular listings of new cryptocurrencies to staking, and building new trading features, it appears that there’s always something brewing...Read More
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Council of Mayors has signed a new tax agreement in 305 municipalities across the country. Called National Tax Harmonization Agreement, it will allow the nation to raise taxes and sanctions using the nation’s cryptocurrency – the Petro. Cryptocurrency Tax Collection In Venezuela According to the recent local report, the mayor of the Libertador...Read More
The crypto industry is almost 2 weeks into August, and since the colossal surge on August 1, Bitcoin‘s price has been tepid again. With the price sustaining between the range of $11,500-$12,000 for the majority of the time, optimism is currently pinned on other factors for the bull run to continue. Multiple arguments have been...Read More
With every Bitcoin push comes the question of a push back, and when such a question arises all eyes point to the whales. Big movers of the cryptocurrency, operating on a host of exchanges, are even leveraging their trades, whales have a unique place in the Bitcoin market, and they have been the originators of...Read More
In May 2020, Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge fund manager called Bitcoin the ‘fastest horse,’ but it is also important to look at the rest of the field. If Bitcoin is the fastest horse, where does the S&P500, and gold lie in the race, and how long has the cryptocurrency been the fastest? The...Read More
MicroStrategy has become the first NASDAQ-listed company to buy Bitcoin as part of its planned capital allocation strategy. Bitcoin is Better than Cash According to an official press release on Tuesday (August 11, 2020), MicroStrategy bought 21,454 BTC at $250 million. The company stated that Bitcoin, which is seen as an investment asset, is the...Read More
How batching payments has benefited our customers, internal operations, and the overall Bitcoin network By Brock Miller Earlier this year, Coinbase rolled out Bitcoin transaction batching. Since launching, we have batched 100% of Coinbase Consumer and Coinbase Pro customer send requests for Bitcoin. Over this time, we’ve realized 75.2% savings in transaction fees and have...Read More
