Financial cryptographer. Cypherpunk. Inventor of Ricardian contracts and early utilizer of triple-entry accounting systems, which would later be exemplified in Bitcoin. Ian Grigg may have claimed that Satoshi was a team effort and is now dead, only living on in bitcoiners everywhere, but some seem to think it’s him. In this installment of “the many...Read More
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was adopted by a Burger King restaurant in Slovenia, making it the first cryptocurrency to be transactable in physical Burger King stores. A video posted to social media on Friday shows two Bitcoin Cash users pay for their food using BCH from their mobile wallets. Burger King Goes Crypto Slovenia has become...Read More
This week, just as bullish crypto investors and traders began to lose hope that Bitcoin could prevent a fall further to new lowers, a powerful reversal may have started, reviving sentiment across the crypto market.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
As 2019 nears its end, crypto proponents in the digital asset industry are already vocal about their speculation on Bitcoin’s price in 2020. Over the past twelve months, Bitcoin registered a year-to-date high at $13,800 on 26th June but the ongoing market corrections caused the valuation to slump by 50 percent. The price swing dampened...Read More
Serial forger, fantasist, and the world’s most famous Faketoshi, Craig Wright, has been at it again. This time ‘proving’ that he genuinely is Satoshi Nakamoto, by sharing a timestamped document, revealing the pseudonym’s origins… Or at least holding up a blurry printout with some writing on it, during a Skype interview with a sympathetic journalist. Rather than,...Read More
Bitcoin tried CME and tested Bakkt in the derivatives market of 2019 In the past two years, few things in the cryptocurrency market have changed. Bitcoin and Satoshi impersonators are still running rampant, the SEC is still unclear on how to regulate token-issuances and Bitcoin is, yet again, ending the year on a higher-low. One...Read More
After going through another volatility earlier this week, which pushed its value down to as low as $6450 on major exchanges, Bitcoin has made a quick recovery above $7,000 and is currently trading at $7,200, indicating a 1.12% gains on the daily chart. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s dominance continues to increase and it stands at 68.3%. This...Read More
Bitcoin is holding around $7,200 as the first digital currency searches for direction. The top 10 altcoins are holding above long-term technical support, closely tracking the price movements of Bitcoin. Bitcoin SV is a notable outperformer among large capitalization coins, while Matic Network is leading in the top 100. The Crypto Fear & Greed index,...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has tended to look “boring” in 2019. But the coin has regular, dramatic price moves, exceeding 20% per day. This behavior has continued since BTC moved into the mainstream. Bitcoin Surprise Moves Happen Despite Overall Low Volatility Bitcoin saw volatile days from 2017 until now, with 20 occasions of price moves above 20%....Read More
Crypto research group Coin Metrics recently released issue 30 of its “State of the Network” series, which ranks crypto assets by auditability. Taking into account node operation, synchronization, normal operation, code audit and extraction of ledger data, the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap were ranked. These were also ranked on ease of ledger reconstruction,...Read More
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase Exchange is constantly making efforts to revolutionalize the crypto world. Latest we hear he has secured a patent to send cryptocurrency through email. Isn’t it exciting! Sending Bitcoin by just a click of email without memorizing the Bitcoin address. The patent filed in March 2019, was rewarded this December. The...Read More
The past four months saw Bitcoin volatility continue to rise, as prices moved between highs above $10,000 and lows near $6,500. But transaction levels also tell a story of sudden activity just before or during active rally phases. Bitcoin Activity Linked to Transaction Spikes, but Also Sharp Drops Bitcoin transactions, both in number and size,...Read More
Bitcoin is still in a consolidating bull market, shows the 2020 prediction of Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence. Bitcoin Evaded the Worst Scenario of Fast Slide, So Far The behavior of BTC has been erratic in the last months of 2019, leading to even more erratic predictions for the next year. But...Read More
An unknown investor sold more than $10 million worth of bitcoin at the price of $7.125 on BitMEX, the biggest cryptocurrency margin trading platform.Yet, the bitcoin price is currently holding firm at $7,135. It suggests that the market absorbed the 8-figure dump relatively quickly.BitMEX $BTC Whale:$10,000,000 worth of #Bitcoin sold at $7,125.32 09:21:59 2019/12/20| ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????...Read More
The continuous protests in Hong Kong have taken another turn as of late, as the police have frozen $9 million from a foundation working with the protesters. The money was allegedly being used for money laundering, but the opposition is declining the accusations, and legal authorities are questioning if there is political involvement. Hong Kong...Read More
As 2019 approaches its end, many are sharing their views on what 2020 and the future of Bitcoin may look like. Fundstrat’s Head of Research, Tom Lee, seems to be very optimistic. The end of the year for crypto usually means the time when prices are surging, although this seemed more and more unlikely in...Read More
The week is drawing to a close with Bitcoin back above $7,000 which keeps it consolidating as the bulls and bears battle it out. Long term trend lines are holding as is strong support but those are not the only reasons why the next bull run could be imminent.Bitcoin Holds Major SupportSince its big mid-week...Read More
Bitcoin is many things to many people, for some it is a way to make a quick buck day trading, for others a hedge against political and economic adversity and a failing banking system. Regardless of its price fluctuations, BTC does something banks never can, it empowers the people that hold it.Bitcoin Beats BanksAnother week...Read More
Binance, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, has launched BCH/USDT (Bitcoin Cash) Futures contracts with up to 75x leverage on its Binance Futures trading platform. Binance Futures was in news recently for rolling out its Ethereum(ETH) Futures contracts up to 75 times leverage. It has now launched its third perpetual contract, BCH/USDT with leverage up to 75...Read More
Bitcoin price is consolidating gains above the key $7,000 support area against the US Dollar.The price could dip towards the $6,960 support before it starts a fresh increase.There is a short term contracting triangle forming with resistance near $7,135 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The bulls need to gain...Read More
It doesn’t happen all that often to see bitcoin gain positive recognition. For some reason, Spain’s Cyber Security Institute deems it safer than bank-based payments and transactions. The new infographic by Spain’s CSI paints an interesting picture. Bitcoin is a Solid Payment Method Most of the fraudulent financial activity occurs through traditional payment methods. This...Read More
Bitcoin’s bulls have lost the overwhelming strength they incurred yesterday when they propelled BTC off of its recent lows of $6,400, as the crypto has now lost nearly all of the momentum that it incurred during the course of this fleeing rally.It is important to note that this recent rally marked an ardent defense of...Read More
Institutions have long been looked upon by Bitcoin and crypto investors as a mysterious force that would help catalyze the next major bull run. Throughout 2019, however, there was much less brazen institutional involvement than was previously expected, which greatly disappointed embattled investors.In spite of this, a recent report from a digital asset management group...Read More
Making cryptocurrencies more useful and usable is a key challenge. Simplex has come up with a way to integrate bitcoin in Telegram, albeit not with a traditional mindset. More specifically, this feature allows users to buy and sell bitcoin over Telegram. Simplex Makes Buying Bitcoin Easier All users need to do is interact with the...Read More
2019 has been a wild ride for the cryptocurrency industry. After going below $6.5k, Bitcoin underwent an aggressive rally on 18 December and surged over $7k, with the king coin continuing to exhibit high volatility. According to a recent report by LongHash, the intra-month volatility of cryptocurrencies and crude oil was found to be much...Read More
In less than six months’ time, Bitcoin will see an extremely important event. Known as a “halving” or “halvening,” the number of coins issued per block to miners will get cut in half from 12.5 to 6.25, effectively meaning that BTC’s inflation rate will be cut in half in layman’s terms.Related Reading: Don’t Withdraw Bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin‘s falling price is currently manifesting into a domino effect for all its fundamental statistics. After its mid-year bull surge, Bitcoin’s valuation has acclimatized itself to the lower ranges of the charts over the past two months. After peaking on 26 June, Bitcoin remained above $10,000 for a major part of the following 88 days...Read More
A little bit of drama involving cryptocurrencies can generate a cascading effect. In Australia, a viral video demonstrating a TravelByBit double-spend attack has many retailers worried. The viral video shows only how this particular payment processor is affected. A Troublesome Development for TravelByBit TravelByBit supports both Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash at this time. However, it...Read More
Bitcoin price may be dropping deeper into a downtrend over the course of the last few months, but the first-ever cryptocurrency is actually much closer now to fair market value than it has been throughout the year.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
By Scott Shapiro, Group Product Manager Introducing: Refreshed Home screen — your front page of the cryptoeconomy Updated Portfolio tab — delivers more personalized insights about your investment performance Expanded market insights — dynamic updates based on overall market and individual crypto price movements New Coinbase app Home on iOS Millions of people turn to...Read More
