China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank Nordlb finds itself now depending on another capital injection. None...Read More
Now it’s much easier to earn cryptocurrencies. Online sports betting bitcoin is a great opportunity to make forecasts on interesting confrontations and steadily increase your own assets. To start playing, you need to go through a simple registration procedure. Then you deposit funds into your account, and if you do not have cryptocurrency assets, the...Read More
A recent “whale” transaction of 789,525 Ethereum (ETH) was claimed to belong to the wallets of the PlusToken scam. The exact holdings of ETH for the scheme are unknown, but this tranche alone is worth $105 million. PlusToken Still Holds onto Part of BTC, ETH Haul PlusToken, despite the law enforcement crackdown against the team,...Read More
Bitcoin Futures have garnered a lot of attention from the crypto-industry, especially after the Intercontinental Exchange [ICE] rolled out its digital asset platform, Bakkt, back in September. After the exchange recorded a low of 71 BTC on its first day, many had speculated on Bakkt’s impact on the market. However, the platform was quick to...Read More
Bitcoin price reversed its losses and settled above $7,000 against the US Dollar.The price rallied close to the $7,500 resistance area, where sellers emerged.Earlier, there was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $6,700 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).A correction is underway, but there...Read More
Bitcoin’s bullish response to its capitulatory overnight drop to lows of $6,400 has now resulted in the cryptocurrency incurring a significant amount of bullish momentum that has allowed BTC to break back into the $7,000 region.This bullish response came about after BTC tapped a key support line when it visited these recent lows, and the...Read More
The past three days have been an absolute whirlwind for Bitcoin, with the price of the leading cryptocurrency whipping between $7,150, $6,400, and everywhere in between, seemingly without rhyme or reason.Related Reading: Goldbug Peter Schiff Calls For Bitcoin To Close 2019 at A LossThis latest bout of volatility hasn’t gone unnoticed. Institutions trading cryptocurrencies have...Read More
The bitcoin price surged back above $7,000 on Wednesday. Analysts say BTC defended a crucial support level. Today’s price action wasn’t enough to persuade the bears that the bottom is in. The bitcoin price rallied aggressively on Wednesday after the beleaguered cryptocurrency defended a vital support level that has fortified its nearly five-year-old “parabolic” uptrend....Read More
The state of the blockchain space in November shows long-running trends establishing themselves. Bitcoin (BTC) was still the leader in multiple metrics, and China was the focus as activity flowed to local markets, shows the latest Longhash report. China Emerges as Leader in Trading Activity November’s Blockchain Data Report focused on China, basing its conclusions...Read More
Starting today, Coinbase supports Orchid (OXT) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store OXT. OXT will be available for customers in all Coinbase-supported regions, with the exception of New York state. Additional jurisdictions may be added at a later date. Orchid...Read More
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht uses Elliott Wave theory to show how bitcoin could hit $100,000 by 2020. Sentiment towards crypto has taken a decidedly bearish turn in recent months. Bitcoin continues to trade below the $7,000 mark on Wednesday. Bitcoin’s latest brush with six-month lows has attracted nasty commentary about the future of digital...Read More
The market is attempting to stage a recovery during Wednesday’s U.S. session, following another heavy crypto sell-off earlier this morning. Almost the entire top 10 plunged to fresh multi-month trading lows before partially bouncing back. Litecoin notably recovered almost all losses, after falling to its lowest level since February 11th, around the $36.00 level. BTC/USD...Read More
Crypto trading platform Erisx has launched a bitcoin futures market regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Its physically settled bitcoin futures contracts trade alongside its spot market which supports four cryptocurrencies. Erisx has obtained a license from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and is currently approved to operate in 44...Read More
Bitcoin and its forks are the most auditable blockchains, according to a Dec. 17 report from CoinMetrics. The report examines the blockchains behind the top ten cryptocurrencies, eight of which CoinMetrics operates nodes for. CoinMetrics synced data for each blockchain, reconstructed its ledger, and verified its coin supply. CoinMetrics graded each blockchain on two main...Read More
People who believe bitcoin is currently in a bull market just because it avoided a drop below $6,400 are wrong, according to Alex Krüger.The prominent market analyst made bold comments about halving, an event that would reduce the bitcoin mining reward from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC effectively from May 2020. Krüger refuted popular price...Read More
Looking back at 2019, the crypto-industry seems to have had an eventful run as several countries and mainstream companies looked into the prospects of cryptocurrencies and its underlying blockchain technology. While several countries are ready to roll out their own CBDCs, Bitwise’s CEO, Hunter Horsley, believes that these governments have an ulterior motive behind the...Read More
No filter – this is what Rita Ora promised on her Instagram profile, when she appeared to sport the Bitcoin (BTC) logo. Crypto assets are no strangers to celebrity promotion, but the memefication of the Bitcoin filter is adding another layer to the coin’s popularity. Rita Ora Appeared with Instagram Bitcoin Filter Singer Rita Ora,...Read More
Bitcoin has closed below its long-term support as it dropped to $6,430 on BitMEX.The breakdown brings the cryptocurrency’s 200-weekly moving average in view as the next pullback target.The said MA in December 2018 had capped the asset’s downtrend from flourishing.As of now, it sits near the lower-$5,000 levels.Bitcoin risks plunging to its eight-month low after...Read More
Bitcoin and most altcoins have marked a few consecutive days of negative price action. In a recent poll regarding Bitcoins’s potential bottom, over 70% of voters said that it would be below $6,000. Additionally, the Fear and Greed Index is dropping daily, further confirming the negative sentiment among the community. Where Will Bitcoin Bottom? One...Read More
New research discovered that running a full node is time-consuming and requires extensive computational resources. The observation shows that for XRP, EOS and Binance Chain networks in particular, a full blockchain audit requires days of computation and dedicated machines. Distributed Ledgers Prove Difficult to Audit The promise that a distributed ledger can be easily kept...Read More
In light of the fact that the crypto-industry is still in its nascent phase, various studies using different metrics have assessed the market’s trends and performances over the past few years. Although the market draws a common affinity to Bitcoin, other crypto-assets such as Ethereum and XRP have a strong user base and influence of...Read More
During the most recent slide in Bitcoin (BTC) prices, futures markets caught fire. The Bakkt physical delivery exchange has now reported a new record high in open interest on the platform. Bakkt Open Interest Signals Rapid Funds Inflow Bakkt futures allow for betting both on the upside and the downside of BTC. Now, a bearish...Read More
As the Indian government deliberates on the country’s crypto policy, there has been some confusion in media reports regarding crypto regulation in India. A group of local crypto enthusiasts and community members have gathered in an effort to ensure that the crypto situation in India is accurately portrayed. Also read: Indian Lawmaker Says ‘Cryptocurrency Is...Read More
A new report from Binance Research shows that many bitcoin miners have been mining Bitcoin SV and BCH to some extent with significantly lower profitability. Other than political reasons, the firm said that non-economic factors contributed to it.Had many miners that focused on BTC over Bitcoin SV and BCH in the same period, the research...Read More
Nobody needs reminding that Bitcoin has plunged to a seven month low today. It has all happened before though and a recovery has followed as it will again. There are several bullish factors building up that will cause a BTC trend reversal next year.Bitcoin Revival Factors and TrendsThis time last year BTC had dumped to...Read More
There are a number of varying metrics that Bitcoin analysts use to predict future price movements of the asset. One rarely used oscillator takes BTC energy value into account and it is flashing bullish at the moment. Bitcoin Energy Value? Okay, so this metric may not be as popular as other recently used ones such...Read More
Bitcoin price is extending losses below the $6,800 support area against the US Dollar.A crucial support is waiting on the downside near $6,500 and $6,200.There is a new connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $6,740 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The bears are in control, but the...Read More
Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion builds upon the company’s U.S. crypto business. “We’ve seen significant interest and engagement by the institutional community, which show no signs of slowing,” the company revealed. Also read: Regulatory Roundup – Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China...Read More
With Bitcoin collapsing by 5% in the past days, moving from $7,150 to $6,750 as of the time of writing this, traders have once again flipped decidedly bearish on cryptocurrencies.Related Reading: Could Post Crypto Bubble Bitcoin Follow Dot Com Crash NASDAQ Chart?They fear that this latest move under the key support of $7,000 will precede...Read More
The bitcoin price continues to plummet from its 2019 record near $14,000. Crypto investors are worried while critics are gloating. But the cryptocurrency remains the highest performing asset in 2019. And dollar cost averaging BTC investments even outperformed the same Dow exposure since bitcoin’s all time high price in 2017. Bitcoin’s price is continuing its...Read More
