Bitcoin has undoubtedly had a stellar 2019 so far. Year to date, the cryptocurrency has gained some 200%, rallying from around $3,500 to $10,000.Related Reading: Bitcoin: Crypto-Like Global Monetary System To Be a Boon For BTCWhile this market’s whales have undoubtedly benefited from this performance, data suggests that a good majority of BTC users are...Read More
By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price has declined by more than 8 percent in the past week from $10.950 to $10,030 across major exchanges like Bitstamp and Coinbase. The bitcoin price remains stable throughout the weekend. | Source: Coinmarketcap The bitcoin price tried to test the $10,900 to $11,000 range that has acted as a...Read More
The G7 summit is being held this weekend, with several weighty issues to be discussed by some of the most powerful leaders on the planet. Rumour has it that Bitcoin may also feature on the bill. Bitcoin Price: Short-Term, It’s Anyone’s Guess It’s been another one of those weeks for bitcoin price, with not much serious movement...Read More
By CCN Markets: One of the reasons governments have been against the adoption of bitcoin is because of its potential to be misused for illegal activities such as money laundering, and the latest report from Los Angeles, California, will give the detractors more fodder. A Los Angeles man has agreed to plead guilty to running...Read More
Last week, the United States Internal Revenue Service sent another round of letters to crypto traders called CP2000. These notices were sent to traders of some crypto exchanges due to inconsistencies found in their tax reports. Using the information provided by third-party systems — such as crypto exchanges and payment systems — the IRS has...Read More
Just a week after the bitcoin genesis block in January 2009, computer scientist Hal Finney published a price prediction model of $10,000,000 per coin based on it becoming the world’s dominant payments system. Ten Million Dollars Per Bitcoin The assumption was based on the premise that bitcoin would eventually become the world’s dominant currency. He...Read More
The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Facebook’s Libra continues to face resistance as central...Read More
In just around nine months, Bitcoin (BTC) will see its next block reward reduction — dubbed “halving”. Despite this rapidly approaching bullish event, however, the cryptocurrency market has stagnated, establishing a trading range.Related Reading: Bitcoin: Crypto-Like Global Monetary System To Be a Boon For BTCBut a model from PlanB suggests that should history repeat itself,...Read More
United States boxing legend Mike Tyson has denied a connection with the cryptocurrency project Fight to Fame, which is suspected of financial fraud. He announced it in a Twitter post on Aug. 15: “I am not involved with Fight to Fame or their countdown website, nor will I be involved with anything related to Fight...Read More
It has been made clear that the current POTUS is not a fan of Bitcoin however his tenure will not be forever. A pro-crypto United States president would likely ease the regulatory pain that is hampering the industry in the US. One may even take a step further by giving away BTC. Monthly Payouts in...Read More
Donald Trump’s is pressuring Chinese companies to leave China, a move that could have a significant impact on the stock market. | Source: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin By CCN Markets: After a vicious, Donald Trump-inspired sell-off on Friday, stock market bulls saw their hopes of a weekly gain evaporate in a matter of minutes. This coming...Read More
Cryptocurrency firm Ripple’s head of social impact Ken Weber is confident that universities around the world must expand their education programs to offer blockchain and digital assets training courses that directly relate to actual roles in the industry. Blockchain workforce demand exceeds the supply Weber addressed the lack of qualified blockchain workforce and relevant education...Read More
There was a downside extension in bitcoin price below the $10,000 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating and is facing many hurdles on the upside near $10,400.There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with resistance near $10,400 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).There could be...Read More
Cryptocurrency trust and security company BitGo has announced the launch of a multisignature wallet and custody service for EOS. According to the news release published on Aug. 22, BitGo officially added EOS to the list of its supported assets. The firm’s chief technology officer Ben Chan said: “The EOSIO software has some innovative differentiators like...Read More
Earlier this week CNBC Fast Money host Brian Kelly said he is short-term bearish on Bitcoin price based on a drop in daily active addresses. Does this mean BTC will drop lower? Bitcoin bobs and weaves Bitcoin has spent the last week bobbing and weaving at the $10K line. $10,350 stood as a stiff resistance...Read More
On Friday, the Bank of England’s governor made a comment that was music to the ears of Bitcoin and crypto proponents.BITCOIN IS THE FUTURE ?? pic.twitter.com/ITdKsG9HJ5— Pomp ? (@APompliano) August 23, 2019According to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg, Mark Carney dropped a bombshell on a group fo central bankers and press at a meeting in...Read More
Chinese crypto exchange Huobi has seen the highest number of withdrawals from the alleged crypto Ponzi scheme PlusToken to date, new research says. Chinese exchanges prevail New York-based blockchain infrastructure firm Elementus released a study on Aug. 23, claiming that the number of PlusToken withdrawals sent to Huobi exchange has accounted for nearly 50% so...Read More
The German-speaking world was highly active as far as crypto was concerned this past week. Among other stories, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) issued several items of interest to the crypto community, a new fund for blockchain startups launched in Hamburg and an Austrian crypto ATM service filed for bankruptcy following an armed...Read More
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched transaction alerts for suspicious exchanges of a range of cryptocurrencies. In a post published on the firm’s blog on Aug. 22, Chainalysis announced the launch of alerts for suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Chainalysis Know Your Transaction (KYT), the company’s real-time anti-money laundering compliance solution. The company also claims that...Read More
Negative interest rates, a common occurrence in Europe these days, are unpleasant for both banks and clients. And financial institutions have been increasingly transferring the bulk of the burden on to their customers. Some political factions in Germany, however, aren’t happy with the trend and are pushing for adequate protection for the ordinary small saver,...Read More
Another week, another of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin saw a fairly tumultuous week.The cryptocurrency nearly hit $11,000 this week, before falling to $9,900 in a massive 8% sell-off that resulted in a Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index reading of 5 — “extreme fear”. Despite this crazy price action, Coin360 data suggests that BTC is ending the...Read More
The bitcoin price just did something it has NEVER done before, and it’s great news for bulls who view crypto as a stock market hedge. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bitcoin has been hawked as a safe haven asset for quite some time now, with bulls crediting the rising price of the cryptocurrency in...Read More
The Lightning Network has been subject to controversy since it’s rise to prominence in 2016. Championed as BTC’s solution to scaling, thousands of people in the Bitcoin community voiced their opinions on how it wouldn’t work. Now, nearly a year and a half later, it is still receiving criticism regarding its centralization, routing issues, and...Read More
Criminals often express their favoritism toward cryptocurrencies. The perceived privacy and anonymity associated with this payment method makes for an excellent tool. In the US, the Treasury is now targeting Chinese drug kingpins. More specifically, they are monitoring Bitcoin revenue streams. That form of payment has become all the more prominent as time went by....Read More
Facebook stock suffered a devastating investor exodus last year, but FB shares held the line and are now poised for a 25% surge. | Source: REUTERS / Dado Ruvic By CCN Markets: Facebook (FB) stock suffered a devastating 2018 amidst controversies that led to a mass investor exodus. In one particularly painful trading session, Facebook...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has once again found itself caught in the throes of a choppy trading range that provided little clarity as to whether or not it will begin venturing into the four-figure price region, or if it will begin climbing until it retests its year-to-date highs of $13,800.This choppiness has been largely centered around a...Read More
Saturday, Aug. 24 — crypto markets continued to see red today as Bitcoin (BTC) has dipped below $10,000 price mark several times over the past 12 hours. Only two out of the top-20 coins by market cap are seeing gains over the past 24 hours at press time, including Cardano (ADA) and NEO (NEO), which...Read More
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled charges it filed in 2018 against an alleged crypto pyramid scheme involving four individuals. Terms of settlement According to an official statement on Aug. 22, the regulator permanently banned the defendants from multi-level marketing and misrepresenting investment opportunities and charged a total of over $500,000 as...Read More
Once again, Bitcoin (BTC) has stagnated, finding a foothold around $10,000 for the umpteenth time in a matter of weeks. While this is a positive development, especially considering the bearish momentum seen last week, there remains some expecting for the cryptocurrency market to continue lower.As reported by NewsBTC, one prominent crypto analyst suggested that Bitcoin...Read More
The opioid epidemic is the new devil Bitcoin is being blamed for inflaming, to be added to the already long list of heinous crimes crypto is supposedly responsible for, like terrorism, money laundering, and trafficking. While it’s painfully clear that the U.S. dollar is a much more common tool for these unethical and illicit activities,...Read More
