Bitcoin’s bulls were able to defend BTC from facing a much steeper sell-off today, which comes closely on the heels of the recent rejection the cryptocurrency experienced, which to many investors signaled that significantly further losses were imminent.Analysts are now explaining that bull’s ability to defend against further losses points to the possibility that the...Read More
Cryptocurrencies introduced a whole new financial industry but a string of debates trailed immediately behind it. A major discussion that is hotly contested across various assets is whether an asset can be categorized as security or not. ICOs created a major issue in 2018 when over $11 billion were raised from crypto projects, as the policymakers...Read More
Earlier this month, Bitcoin (BTC) plunged as low as $6,400, marking a new multi-month low for the leading cryptocurrency. But as fast as the crypto dropped, it reversed, with BTC surging to $7,700 just last weekend on the back of bulls looking to buy in the $6,000s.Related Reading: Why Bitcoin Network’s Record 2019 Is Bullish...Read More
Numerous countries want to regulate cryptocurrencies. Paraguay may be ahead of the competition in this department, albeit in a positive manner. Most Western countries seem to take a negative stance on bitcoin. The Future of Bitcoin in Paraguay In Paraguay, that situation is – thankfully – very different. Its local government is looking to regulate...Read More
Although up 70% on the year, Bitcoin hasn’t had the best of 2019s from a market perspective, with the price surging 330% to $14,000 before seeing a precipitous drop to as low as $6,400 just earlier this month.Despite this harrowing price action, which some analysts say is indicative of mass complacency in the crypto market,...Read More
This year will see the second annual Proof of Keys event take place. Those involved will be attempting to demonstrate the monetary sovereignty Bitcoin affords, as well as the solvency (or lack there of it) of cryptocurrency exchange platforms.If you’re new to the Bitcoin space, you might not have heard of Proof of Keys before....Read More
The last week of 2019 didn’t really bring a lot of excitement within the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin’s price remained trapped within a fairly narrow range between $7,100 and $7,700, while altcoins struggled to claim any new grounds. As a matter of fact, Bitcoin’s dominance stabilized well above 68%, which showed that BTC kept its market...Read More
The cryptocurrency markets have been struggling to garner any decisive momentum in one direction or another over a shorter time frame, with Bitcoin (BTC) leading most major altcoins to range sideways.Over the past 24-hours, however, a few notable altcoins incurred a massive amount of selling pressure that was anomalous, leading one analyst to believe that...Read More
Recently, on the Bitcoin & Co. podcast, host Anita Posch spoke to the co-founders of Braiins, who operate the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, Slush Pool. During the interview, Jan Capek and Pavel Moravec spoke about the Bitcoin mining protocol, its flaws and ways to address them. As part of upgrades to their Braiins OS,...Read More
Craig Wright is back with his ‘priceless’ bitcoin comments. This time he chose Christmas to share his opinion on BTC’s future price action. Mr. Faketoshi thinks that bitcoin ‘is not gonna keep going up in value’. Since bitcoin started trading on various crypto exchanges and noticeably reached its all-time high in December, scores of analysts...Read More
It’s either black or white with Bitcoin: While In India, China, and Russia, the largest digital asset is still identified as an illegal form of currency, the same asset has been recognized as a beacon of hope for certain nations based in South America. Over the past few years, the likes of Venezuela, Columbia, and...Read More
Crypto derivatives exploded in the 2019 market as the cryptocurrency market entered a phase of maturity. In the relatively nascent space, the increasing availability of cryptocurrency derivative products has been one of the main attractions for institutional traders and investors. With platforms entering the crypto-derivatives markets on the rise, Co-founder of CoinGecko, Bobby Ong believes...Read More
“The Muslim world should be designing measures to save themselves from the domination of the United States dollar and the American financial regime.” —Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran Also Read: Crypto Confronts Social Justice Warriors Hegemony and Muslim Resistance Hegemony refers to the leadership or dominance of one country or group over others. A nation...Read More
By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Friday, December 27th, the activity shrunk to a minimum. The leading cryptocurrency is trading at $7181.00 and declining slightly. Judging by the dynamics on D1, market participants are aimed at 76.0% ($5700.00) but stopped yet near 61.8% Fibo. At the decline, there is a convergence on the...Read More
On the most recent episode of the Bitcoin & Co. podcast, Jan Capek and Pavel Moravec, CEOs and co-founders Braiins, the company operating the world’s first Bitcoin mining pool, Slush Pool, joined host Anita Posch to talk about Bitcoin mining, what it affects and what affects it. When asked about the energy cost of Bitcoin...Read More
If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter, you’ve likely heard the term “miner capitulation” time and time again in reference to Bitcoin.For those who have been living under a rock, Bitcoin’s drop which began earlier this year led the hash rate of the underlying network to flatline. This trend led the Hash Ribbons, an indicator tracking...Read More
After a precipitous drop to $6,400 earlier this month, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a strong rebound, trading as high as $7,700 just this past weekend.While some say this a precursor to a return to the bull market that graced the cryptocurrency industry for the first half of 2019, analysts say it’s too early to be...Read More
Reports have emerged depicting long lines in front of a physical gold sales location in Germany, in view of pending legislation which would once again lower the anonymous purchase limit, this time from €10,000 to €2,000. The last drop happened in 2017 when the limit was set at €15,000. A draft bill from the German...Read More
US Congressional Candidate Pete D’Abrosca is convinced that Bitcoin is a wise investment in 2020. He took to Twitter to claim to invest wisely in BTC coming 2020. Pete is hopeful to get elected from North Carolina’s 7th District. Pete isn’t the first to add Bitcoin or other crypto-related elements in their election propaganda. US...Read More
Bitcoin price spiked towards $7,400, but it failed to retain strength against the US Dollar.The bulls need to protect the $7,120 and $7,000 support levels in the near term.There is a major bearish trend line active with resistance near $7,360 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair could spike...Read More
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange has launched a blockchain index comprising 50 of the largest publicly listed companies with blockchain ventures by market capitalization. Blockchain-related stocks in China have been gaining value since President Xi Jinping openly advocated for the technology. Also read: Regulatory Roundup – New US Crypto Bill, France’s 1st Approved ICO, Muslim Crypto...Read More
There have been numerous allegations regarding bitcoin and altcoins in the criminal underworld. Russia’s Supreme Court now officially deems digital currencies to be facilitators of bribery. The relationship between Russia and cryptocurrency has always been strenuous, to say the least. Russian Supreme Court and Bitcoin That situation is rather unlikely to improve in the near...Read More
2020 is fast approaching and the last decade will be behind us. Throughout the last ten years, the biggest unicorn firms were born like Uber and Airbnb. However, even though Bitcoin isn’t a company, the best investment of the decade belongs to the decentralized cryptocurrency Satoshi created. In fact, Bank of America’s recent securities report...Read More
Bitcoin has incurred multiple bouts of bullishness over the past several days and weeks, with each rally resulting in a strong rejection that leads the cryptocurrency to fully retrace its gains. This pattern occurred again today, when BTC surged to highs of nearly $7,500 before incurring a strong and swift rejection.This rejection may have opened...Read More
Just over a year ago, the price of bitcoin registered an average low of $3,120 across many regulated and unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges. A year before that, the asset was trading at its Everest value of $20,000. The 84 percent decline in the “revolutionary” financial asset allowed Bloomberg to reiterate that bitcoin, indeed, was a bubble.However,...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has been able to incur some tempered bullishness today after a multi-day period of hovering around its support at $7,200. Today’s slight gains have come about in the face of a strong down trend, however, which could mean that these gains will ultimately prove to be fleeting and followed by further downside.One factor...Read More
With China‘s advancement in the digital currency space and state-backed stablecoin, other countries are not particularly laying low in this matter. Russia is another country that has been prominent in the ‘state-backed’ digital currency space, with the sovereign state considering issuing a digital currency backed by gold. Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of Russia’s Central Bank, once...Read More
The economist Albert Alchain once said “economics does not care whether people are rational, but whether people can survive.” This statement certainly hits home. After ten years of rapid growth in the digital currency market, the impression most people have is that it’s all just hype, a bubble, or too risky. While everyone has their...Read More
Contrary to popular belief, the concept of a bitcoin faucet still exists. Creating a new spin on this tried and tested business model is not all that easy. Running a bitcoin faucet is anything but straightforward in this industry. A new Take on the Traditional Bitcoin Faucet For many, they either suffer from low payouts...Read More
Earlier this year, in late-September, prominent Bitcoin analyst FilbFilb posted this chart below, showing that he expects for BTC to jump by dozens of percent to near $10,000, then collapse to the low-$6,000s to interact with the “miners bottom range.”While some laughed this off as pure bearish sentiment at the time, FilbFilb’s prediction was proven...Read More
