Bitcoin mining as an industry has evolved over the years as BTC’s price has. From being able to mine BTC using CPUs to GPUs, FPGAs, and ASICs, the industry has matured with the current hashrate at 124 TH/s with difficulty at 16.8 T [trillion]. Before the 3rd halving, the price suffered a catastrophic crash in...Read More
With Bitcoin breaking resistance after resistance, at some point reality is likely to set in and when it does, will the price hold, surge, or breakdown? At press time Bitcoin is flirting with the $12,000 level for the second time in 10 days, and the market is growing anxious if past events will repeat itself,...Read More
Last week, when Arcane Research reported that the number of Bitcoin transactions going up was not met by high transaction fees on-chain, people shifted their attention to SegWit. It was soon found that SegWit usage in 2020 is becoming popular again and 65 percent of the transactions are using digital signatures. It was a monumental...Read More
We are currently part of an unusual Bitcoin rally. Unlike Ethereum, Bitcoin hasn’t surpassed its highs from 2019. It hasn’t even come close, to be fair. However, many in the community remain bullish about Bitcoin only because it is not dropping from its yearly-high levels. As simple as that. At press time, the world’s largest...Read More
Bitcoin’s recent burst past $12,000 was unlike the first, and is potentially a sign of things to come. Over a week ago, on 2 August, when Bitcoin rose past $12,000 for the first time since June 2019, its price dropped by 8 percent within the hour. The rapid rise tested a bull trap where trigger...Read More
The DeFi boom continues with full force as the total value locked approaches $5 billion. Interestingly enough, a relatively young cryptocurrency has turned into the poster child of yield farming – YFI, the governance token of yearn.finance. Launched just a few weeks ago, YFI is currently the second-most expensive token on the market, valued upwards...Read More
Following a recent update, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved eight cryptocurrencies for sale and trade and ten digital assets for custody by licensed entities. NYDFS License Cryptocurrencies For Trading And Custody In the latest update posted, the NYDFS has outlined the importance of regulating all assets available for purchasing...Read More
Last week in the DEFCONConference, CTO of blockchain software development firm, Pyrofex, Michael Stay, recounted how he helped recover private keys for Bitcoins worth more than $300,000. The keys were locked away in a zip file, and Stay was entrusted with the job to break in and retrieve them. $100,000 For Recovering $300,000 Worth of...Read More
Bitcoin has been termed as many things, an uncorrelated asset, diversification for portfolios, a bubble, etc. However, with the Coronavirus pandemic still affecting world markets, the narrative has evolved yet again. The sudden halt of supply chains and industries has caused irreparable damage to the economy of most countries. In India, Reserve Bank of India...Read More
Known in the cryptocurrency field as The Wolf of All Streets, Scott Melker is arguably one of the most influential personalities in the community in recent years. With more than 110,000 followers on Twitter, Melker gives out helpful market analysis to both novice and experienced crypto traders and is known for his friendly and easy-going...Read More
The last few weeks have been good for Bitcoin, and by extension, the cryptocurrency space. Sure, the world’s largest cryptocurrency finally surged on the charts to give much-needed relief to its investors, but that wasn’t all. With every passing day, cryptocurrencies are being legitimized as an “asset class,” and mainstream institutions are finally playing a...Read More
A week ago, Bitcoin dropped by 8 percent in an hour, minutes after it surged over $12,000 for the first time in 14 months. On August 2, between 0400 to 0500 UTC dropped from $12,000 to under $11,000 and considering the history of the cryptocurrency markets, this bleeding was pegged to continue. Quite surprisingly, not...Read More
Bitcoin is currently trading at $11,700 and has a market cap of $216 billion. The coin’s surge has been undone in the last 24 hours; however, with the way bitcoin is set up, the price might shatter the $12,000 level or head lower. With price stagnating near $12,000, a lot of people might FOMO-in if...Read More
‘Buy the dip’ is a popular strategy among traders and investors and especially within the cryptocurrency field, especially for Bitcoin trading. As Bitcoin approaches what seems like a begging of another bull-run, and based on the past real bull-run of 2017, buying dips might be a very wise and profitable strategy for trading the current...Read More
Cryptocurrencies have had a conflicting Q2 and a dormant beginning to Q3. As the price of Bitcoin [BTC] moved sideways, most of major cryptos followed its lead due to their high correlation with BTC. However, there were various alts in the market that have been successful in grabbing more attention than Bitcoin and Ethereum. As...Read More
For most investors, the crypto-market is no longer uncharted territory. Thanks to increasing regulatory clarity and mainstream adoption, institutional investors are now flocking in. With the industry maturing over the past decade, it would seem that North America has emerged to become a very important market, something evidenced by the fact that it has more...Read More
Bitcoin’s had a tumultuous week of trading, there’s no doubt about it. While the overall trend remains intact, according to most analysts, the cryptocurrency definitely kept us on our toes. Last Sunday was likely the most volatile day of the week when Bitcoin surged past $12,000 only to drop to around $11,300 in a violent...Read More
Since it was created, Bitcoin’s aim has always been to prove traditional finance wrong. Now, it seems like this aim is being fulfilled. With every passing day, Bitcoin’s price is either holding firm, surging ahead, or surviving a fallout. Its price performance over the past 3 months is a testament to the same, and this...Read More
This past week, over 231,000 Bitcoin [~$2.54 billion] and 3.5 million Ether [~$1.05 billion] acquiring profit of over 25 percent were sent, according to the latest market intel report by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. This is a bullish market, one where the king coin is priced at over $11,500 (Its highest price since August 2019)...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has been waiting for a rally since the beginning of the year. However, while the bulls were all set to push the market north, events such as the COVID-19 pandemic intervened to restrict the movement of crypto-assets. Now, once again, analysts are highlighting the bullish signs in the market, with the world’s...Read More
Germany’s financial regulator has come down hard on Bitcoin ATMs that are operating in the country without a license. BaFin Clampdown on Unlicensed Bitcoin ATMs According to a report by Handelsblatt, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) targeted operators of Bitcoin ATMs that were working in the country illegally. Only BTC machines with a...Read More
Discussions involving Gold and Bitcoin in the same sentence are never far from making the headlines. Both the non-yielding assets have made significant strides in 2020 as the traditional stock market lost a bit of its credibility. With Bitcoin nearing $12,000 at the time of writing, Skew analysis suggested another ground-breaking development between the two...Read More
As the financial environment around the world changes, the world of cryptocurrencies has become even more inviting to many investors. Many players in the mainstream markets have been dipping their toes in the crypto pool to test the interest of institutional investors. Major crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments has been one such business witnessing great...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price gathering positive momentum in its price charts, some of the important metrics were beginning to witness a shift. The largest digital asset recently breached over the $11,500 once again and it is currently marching towards a re-test of the $12,000 resistance. With the price climbing the valuation ladder, the Glassnode indicated that...Read More
If the past few weeks are anything to go buy, you better have Bitcoin in your portfolio. The cryptocurrency is now trading at over $11,500, not only consolidating into five-figures, but surviving a bull trap, and decoupling from the stock market in the process. Going by this change of market sentiment, and with the backdrop...Read More
After having struggled below the $10,000 mark for a long time, Bitcoin managed to go past it recently after it broke out of its rather long consolidation phase. While Bitcoin is often accused of exhibiting alarmingly high volatility, during the course of the past month, its volatility dropped substantially to the dismay of many traders...Read More
It’s another exciting day in Bitcoin land. And no, it doesn’t have to anything with BTC’s rallying price. Of course, the price has brought smiles on the faces of Bitcoiners across the world, but there’s something else too. The latest data shows that whales no longer control Bitcoin’s supply. The number of retail investors owning...Read More
As far as exchange tokens go, Binance Coin is the top-dog, but among the top-coins in the market, not so much. Currently occupying the 10th spot in the coin market, the exchange token has seen fallen by 1 percent in the past 24-hours, while most of the cryptos above it are in the green. Among...Read More
Over the year so far, Bitcoin has demonstrated interesting correlations with legacy markets. During the crash, largely-induced by the spread of the novel coronavirus and for a period after that, the cryptocurrency was trading in line with the stock market. Now, however, it appears that Bitcoin is largely perceived as a safe haven as it...Read More
The crypto-market has been noting a lot of momentum lately, especially in light of price volatility making a comeback. With prices heading north, Bitcoin and many of the market’s altcoins have offered great returns for investors. However, while traditionally many have leaned on Bitcoin, traders may now be eyeing altcoins for the long-term over the...Read More
