This week, a bitcoin video went viral on TikTok for the first time. It follows mentions of BTC by several high-profile investors, individuals, and companies. The video shared by crypto entrepreneur Thomas Schulz showed a room full of mining equipment with the caption, “this is why GPU prices went up.” Growing popularity of bitcoin and...Read More
The cryptocurrency situation in India remains very difficult to assess. Most government officials want nothing to do with bitcoin, but can they avoid the inevitable? As far as Indian Parliament member Dr. Subramanian Swamy is concerned, embracing cryptocurrency is a must. India Might Push to Adopt Cryptocurrencies Soon He is one of the few people...Read More
Bitcoin hasn’t had the best second half of 2019. In fact, since the end of June, the leading cryptocurrency has collapsed by 50%, now trading at $7,000 after establishing a year-to-date peak at $14,000.This collapse has made many cryptocurrency critics revel. Mark Dow, a prominent hedge fund manager that became famous in the crypto space...Read More
As we draw near the end of 2019, the events surrounding Bitcoin on a weekly basis are growing increasingly important, as how BTC trades within the next couple of weeks could set the tone for where it trends in the first part of the new year.This past week, the markets saw interesting price action that...Read More
Monetary sovereignty is the power of the state to exercise exclusive legal control over its currency but what if a person has this power within a hand’s reach? Prominent BTC investor Trace Mayer said, “Imagine being able to run a full node on your cell phone, like your daily cash where you’re holding your own...Read More
According to a recent analysis done by Byzantine General, the SuperTrend indicator for the one-week Bitcoin chart has flipped red, meaning bearish, after a multi-month bullish period seen earlier this year.As the trader illustrated in the chart seen below, the last two times the SuperTrend turned red on the weekly Bitcoin chart led to 80%...Read More
Digital asset management firm, CoinShares, published the second report this week of their bi-annual series called, ‘The Bitcoin Mining Industry’, which followed on from the previous issue, published back in June. The report detailed the geographic distribution of miners, the energy mix in play and the benefits Bitcoin mining can bring to the global economy. According to...Read More
I imagine long ago there was a time when neither verbal nor written language existed for humans. Hand gestures and other physical cues were as good as our ancestors had it. Perhaps the sign for thirsty meant pinching one’s own tongue. Or the sign for hungry meant stuffing one’s hand in one’s own mouth. **The...Read More
Some cryptocurrencies do not provide a way of mining their native asset. EOS is one of those projects, although it seems a PoW-oriented clone has surfaced recently. People who have an interest in EOS will not be able to mine the currency. EOSPoW Utilizes EOS to Mine Coins That is a deliberate choice made by...Read More
Over the past week, Bitcoin has found itself flatlining, establishing a tight range in the low-$7,000s as volume tapers off. This consolidation has forced the Bollinger Bands, a moving average-based technical analysis tool often used by traders looking for more information about trading ranges and volatility, for Bitcoin to reach extremely tight levels, implying that...Read More
So-called safe-haven asset bitcoin appears mum as Trump hints an optimistic “phase one” deal with China and Boris Johnson wins the U.K. parliamentary election.The cryptocurrency risks more declines due to prevailing bearish bias.Strong technical support could send the price back towards $7,500-8,500 area.Bitcoin slipped towards $7,000 this weekend as signs of growth in the U.S.-China...Read More
Bitcoin price marked exactly one year since the lows of the 2018 bear market. Since then, the coin has improved its shape, despite going through periods of volatility. BTC Escaped Capitulation in December 2018 BTC reached lows near $3,200 on December 15, 2018, following a long slide since peak prices in late 2017. In one...Read More
Recently, digital asset management firm CoinShares published a report titled, ‘The Bitcoin Mining Network’, which spoke about break-even costs for miners, their geographical distribution and the effects of mining equipment on the Bitcoin network’s power draw. The report mentioned how certain segments of miners with the coveted combination of very cheap electricity and brand-new next-generation...Read More
Bitcoin has achieved market capitalization close to some of the biggest corporations, ranging between $100 and $300 billion. But taken in proportion to the size of the world’s financial system, BTC may have a different valuation. Debt Issuance Shows No Signs of Slowing The bloated worldwide debt, fueled by extreme quantitative easing in the last...Read More
Bitcoin was born in myth and continues to dwell there. It’s too early to know if BTC will end up a hero or a villain. Bitcoin has a story to tell, but this isn’t a fantasy novel. Bitcoin’s creation story borders on the mythological. A life-changing technology created by the pseudonymous, anonymous genius Satoshi Nakamoto,...Read More
Trace Mayer the advocate for the Proof of Keys [PoK] movement appeared on Peter McCormack’s recent podcast to talk about the importance of investors holding their private keys. Mayer noted of his first tweet about the PoK movement was on December 9, 2018, and after a few days after which Coinbase informed the users of...Read More
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro wants the nation state-issued cryptocurrency, petro (PTR) to have the same usability properties as a physical currency. On December 13, Maduro explained on national television that the Superintendence of Crypto-Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip) will be airdropping 0.5 PTR ($30) next week to eligible citizens who register with the...Read More
A report on ‘The Bitcoin Mining Network’ was recently published by digital asset management firm, CoinShares, which spoke about the Bitcoin mining space, its growth over the last six months, and events that could affect the industry in the future. According to the report, Bitcoin proof-of-work miners continue to dominate the industry, in terms of...Read More
Surely I can get through this introductory paragraph without mentioning the UK election. Must be some other news to cling to. If possible I could also tie in some spurious bitcoin comment… Can you buy a National Health Service with bitcoin? Or I could just mention that Miss Jamaica won the Miss World 2019 competition...Read More
Mankind is a dedicated race and our insatiable thirst for innovation has been evident through history. Humans are obsessed with speed. For us, anything faster is better. Major innovations like telephones and trains, improved our speed of communication and transport, whereas simple developments like food-delivery apps, increased our ability to access a cooked-meal under 20...Read More
Indian Parliament member Dr. Subramanian Swamy has shared his view on cryptocurrency. Advocating for India to make the transition to crypto, he reportedly said, “cryptocurrency is inevitable.” The lawmaker will chair a conference at the UN India’s headquarters next week where issues surrounding cryptocurrency in the country will be discussed. Also read: Regulatory Roundup –...Read More
Last week, the one-week Bitcoin chart printed an extremely bullish sign: the golden cross of the 50-week and 100-week simple moving averages, with the former crossing above the latter. (As an aside, a golden cross is when a short-term moving average crosses over a long-term one to imply bulls have control.)While this is a decidedly...Read More
After struggling to recover above $7,300, bitcoin price started a fresh decline against the US Dollar.The price is currently trading in a bearish zone just above the $7,000 support area.There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $7,260 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price is...Read More
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year. Despite attracting some serious funding and expanding its user base significantly in the past few months, the company has found it unacceptable to continue to work under the upcoming EU regulations. AMLD5, the...Read More
Matic cryptocurrency which began its journey at the end of April, crashed to $0.018 earlier this week. Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder and COO at Matic Network called it a nightmare Just woke up to this nightmare due to a distress call by someoneIt will be clear very shortly that we are not behind this, as some...Read More
If you have perused Bitcoin and Crypto Twitter at all over the past few weeks, you’ve likely seen the term “miner capitulation” mentioned again and again.You see, over the past few months, the price of BTC has fallen off a proverbial cliff, tanking from $14,000 to $7,000 in a matter of months. As this has...Read More
Metal wallets are a reliable way to store Bitcoin for a long period of time. These wallets are simple metal plates that hold a seed phrase – a string of words that can be used to recover a Bitcoin address. Typically, metal wallets are used to back up deposit-only addresses that have never been used...Read More
Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin (BTC) has found itself consolidating in the low-$7,000s, holding this key support region as bears threaten the cryptocurrency’s demise. While this consolidation has been bullish, in that selling pressure has abated for weeks, setting the stage for a bullish reversal, a market cycle analysis by a popular crypto trader...Read More
On the latest episode of the ‘On The Brink with Castle Island’ podcast, hosts Matt Walsh and Nic Carter of Castle Island Ventures spoke about recent ICO scams, Jack Dorsey’s activity with Square Crypto, and the effects of staking on a network. Walsh and Carter first spoke about the ShopIn ICO, where the failing business...Read More
After an extended period of trading sideways around $7,200, Bitcoin’s bears have once again gained control of the cryptocurrency and have sent to a key support level. BTC’s bulls have so far been able to defend this level, but it remains unclear as to whether it will continue to hold as the weekend continues on.One...Read More
