While cryptocurrency’s volatile market stands as another road block for new investors, Bitcoin and its altcoin competitors continue to set new records in various niche metrics. According to the latest report from Coin Metrics, the market cap for BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, and BCH decreased while witnessing a spike in the transaction count. Moreover, it...Read More
The altcoin market is currently in crisis mode, with most of the various individual crypto assets outside of Bitcoin reaching new yearly lows, and in general, bleeding out all remaining value generated during the 2017 crypto hype bubble.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
President Trump doubled-down on a previous prediction that the stock market would be trading 10K points higher were it not for his obsession with China. | Source: Shutterstock The broader stock market finished the day in the green, with all three of the major indices extending their 2019 gains. Not only that but year-to-date, the...Read More
In 2017, Union Square Ventures co-founder and managing partner, Fred Wilson had said that Ethereum’s market cap will surpass that of Bitcoin by year-end. That didn’t happen and now he is taking his words back, for good. Wilson: Ethereum ‘Confounds’ Me Not just the USV chief, Ethereum has left many of its investors in a...Read More
Finding new use cases for Bitcoin as a payment method is a struggle. Most companies do not see merit in exploring this option now or in the future. Surprisingly, FanDuel is one of the service providers willing to take a chance. The company confirmed Bitcoin payments will go live very soon. Payments will be processed...Read More
Jonathan Johnson, the interim CEO of Overstock in a recent interview with Fox Business Network addressed the speculation that SEC’s investigation being the reason behind the controversial exit of former CEO Patrick Byrne. Johnson claimed that the two-year investigation by the SEC into Overstock’s blockchain business is “almost dormant.” Johnson claimed that SEC has not...Read More
After a bearish crypto-winter towards the end of 2018,, the market regained some modicum of bullish momentum this year. Off late, the king coin has struggled to stay above $10,000, with its price oscillating within the range of $9,400 and $12,000. Owing to this movement, altcoin volume has dipped to all-time lows, with the world’s...Read More
<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least 10 bitcoins ($105,000) recently hit an all-time high.” data-reactid=”28″>The number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least 10 bitcoins ($105,000) recently hit an all-time high. <p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="As of September 1, there are 157,000 addresses holding...Read More
Two years ago, on September 4, 2017, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) shut down local cryptocurrency exchanges over concerns that unregulated assets like bitcoin allow residents to bypass strict capital controls. Not-So-Happy Anniversary Despite the formal ban, Chinese traders have continued to explore methods to trade bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies, often by using...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has incurred increased volatility as of late, which was first sparked when it briefly touched $9,400 before surging to highs of $10,800, which is the price at which it faced some levels of resistance.Analysts are now noting that BTC is still trading within a long-established wide trading range, and that its mid-term trend...Read More
Taxes are never popular, but in the U.S., paying for crypto gains is like solving a Rubik’s Cube without touching it. While blindfolded. You might have correctly filed your obligations, but there’s no knowing until the tax authority explains exactly what those obligations are. Leaving aside the fact that the government is seeking revenue on...Read More
Let’s kick off a slow Wednesday with technical analysis for the three big Bs: BTC, BCH and BNB. Even though crypto markets may look like they are snoozing, the indicators are very much alive. Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTC/USD) BTC/USD has corrected gains to trade above resistance level $10501.68. An attempt to break above $10718.57 (R)...Read More
Tokyo-based crypto exchange platform Coincheck has halted all new margin trading orders until the end of October 2019. Cryptocurrency Margin Trading Capped at 4X In a statement issued on its website at the end of August 2019, the Japanese crypto trading platform announced the suspension of new margin trading orders. Also, the exchange said upon...Read More
Bitcoin’s recent surge into the $10,000 region has closely coincided with a surge in the cryptocurrency’s dominance over the aggregated crypto market, which hit a fresh two-year peak this week. This surge in dominance has primarily been driven by lackluster price action amongst most major altcoins.Importantly, analysts are now noting that altcoins may be close...Read More
In a recent interview with Ian Jacobs of W3C, Stefan Thomas, CEO of Coil, discussed the evolution of the payments industry over the years and laid out his views about the Interledger Protocol [ILP]. During the interview, Jacobs queried Thomas about the circumstances that led to the application of open source in payments. The CEO...Read More
Bitcoin’s the best bet for a cryptocurrency, says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. | Source: Photo by Prakash SINGH / AFP As Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg faces a firestorm of criticism for his Libra project, another prominent social media billionaire is staying on the side-lines. Jack Dorsey made it very clear in an interview with the Sydney...Read More
Though other cryptocurrencies will likely go through periodic pumps, bitcoin is the only crypto with real and lasting value, according to Peter Brandt. | Source: Shutterstock Are you holding cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin? If so, you might want to overhaul your portfolio. That’s because an expert in classical charting principles warns that buying altcoins is...Read More
The crypto community spotted some massive funds movement from OKEx and got scared that the cryptocurrency exchange was hacked. However, CEO Jay Hao called for calm. Hundreds of Millions in BTC Move From OKEx On Wednesday, Twitter user Whale Alert sounded the alarm, saying that at least 24,000 BTC moved from OKEx to unknown wallets....Read More
Bitmain, the world’s largest maker of bitcoin mining equipment, has been named the third hottest startup to work for in China. | Source: Shutterstock China has held the crown for being the home of some of the largest makers of bitcoin mining equipment for years now. According to LinkedIn, one of these bitcoin mining rigs...Read More
The cryptocurrency market reined in its excitement today, with a noticeable correction from yesterday’s market-wide rally. Bitcoin lost 200 points but is continuing to maintain its strong market dominance at 70.50%. Altcoins are suffering, with notable losers including BNB(-4%), LINK(-4.84%) and ATOM(-6.66%), while the rest of the top-50 show losses between one and three percent....Read More
The Dow Jones rallied on Wednesday amid global risk-on trading as tensions eased and the trade balance showed Donald Trump’s China tactics may be working. | Source: REUTERS / Carlo Allegri Wednesday brought a welcome relief rally for the Dow Jones, which surged more than 200 points as risk assets rallied around the globe. Tensions...Read More
The US-China trade war could become dire at any point and the two largest economies might weaponize their national currencies through devaluation. But does this inspire any confidence in the US dollar, and is it time to think about a digital world reserve currency? Every Past Global Currency Had an End If we look back...Read More
Software giant Oracle has admitted Hydrogen, a developer of ethereum-based enterprise blockchains, into its Cloud Marketplace. The listing, announced Wednesday, means New York-based Hydrogen’s APIs are now available to nearly half a million Oracle customers to develop applications for banking, investing, savings, insurance and wellness. Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a leading provider of platform as a...Read More
The team of BlueWallet, a bitcoin and lightning capable wallet app for iOS and Android, recently rolled out its latest releases with some great new features worth knowing about. Notably, the BlueWallet team has added the ability for users to: connect to their own full node, to send max funds, to cancel and bump transactions,...Read More
Hopes for an upcoming altcoin rally are getting fainter by the day. Institutions are continuing to drive the cryptocurrency market, according to new data, and they’re almost entirely focused on Bitcoin (BTC). Even prominent altcoins, such as Ether (ETH) and XRP, may fall by the wayside. That’s the takeaway from a new metric by sentiment...Read More
This year has certainly been more fruitful for bitcoin price than 2018 was. That said, it has not shown any signs yet of returning to an all-time high. Looking at the lows may offer some indication of how big the next bull run could be. Bitcoin a Store of Value in The Making In 2018...Read More
Huobi cryptocurrency exchange has announced its entry into the blockchain-based smartphone ecosystem with the Acute Angle mobile phone which is built by Whole Network, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project partly funded by the exchange. Acute Angle will be officially unveiled on September 11, 2019, and Huobi Token (HT) holders will be able to purchase...Read More
Altcoins will return to prominence as Bitcoin market cap share is bound to decrease, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has stated. Binance: Bitcoin Dominance ‘Sticking Around’ In its latest bulletin which went live on September 4, Binance Research, the exchange’s analytics arm, repeated claims made in July that Bitcoin’s current market dominance would not last indefinitely. Officials...Read More
Norwegian savings bank Sparebanken Øst has invested $1.65 million in a local bitcoin exchange as demand for cryptocurrencies booms amidst an ongoing economic slowdown.Sparebanken Øst purchased a 16.3 percent stake in Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX), a digital assets trading platform founded by airline tycoon Bjørn Kjos. The founder of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavia’s largest airline...Read More
The correlation with bitcoin price is becoming obvious. | Source: Shuttertock Bitcoin (BTC) started this week off in good spirits, citing an impressive rise of around 8%. Interestingly, analysts are attributing some of this action to the close of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Bitcoin’s 8% rise this week which left a gap in the...Read More
