Bitcoin gave up its intraday gains as China’s central bank revamped its benchmark lending rate lower to tackle slowing economic growth.Bitcoin steady as global regulators set to discuss economic stimulus this week | Image Credits: TradingView.comThe top cryptocurrency dropped by $242, or 2.21 percent, to $10,705 as of 16:48 Shanghai time. The move downhill appeared...Read More
One of the few go-to financial service providers that are Bitcoin and Crypto friendly, Silvergate Bank, is looking to expand its services to include crypto-currency lending, according to an updated IPO filing. Loans for institutional Investors Silvergate Bank provides financial services to some of the industry’s top companies such as Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Xapo. According...Read More
Huobi Group is continuing its foray into decentralized finance (DeFi) with support for MakerDAO and Compound Protocol, as per a press release, August 19, 2019. MakerDAO at one point had over half a billion dollars worth of value locked in the system, making it one of the most successful use cases of Ethereum and blockchain...Read More
The former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Cyber Unit is moving to private practice. Robert A. Cohen will join the corporate law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as partner. The firm is known for representing several crypto firms including Coinbase, as well as large legacy financial institutions, according to a Wall...Read More
The New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and iFinex, the parent company of the exchange Bitfinex, may continue. The New York Supreme Court ordered the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) to process with their investigation and prosecution of iFinex, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange...Read More
Crypto sector has been waiting for the launch of Bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt for a long time now. This should happen finally at September 23. Within 48 hours after the big reveal, Bitcoin surged by 10 percent. Owner of the New York Stock Exchange, International Exchange, will finally start offering futures contracts paid out...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) price slid from levels near $11,000 Aug. 20 as momentum which sparked bullish sentiment at the start of the week fizzled. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin lingers below $11K resistance Data from Coin360 showed BTC/USD abandoning its shot at passing $11,000, having risen from levels near $10,700 on Monday. The pair was trading...Read More
Bitcoin has been in a dilemma ever since it hit the $13,800 mark on June 26, with the price having collapsed by 30% since then. A new dilemma that has now engulfed Bitcoin is the rising wedge pattern and the direction of its breakout. Source: TradingView As seen in the chart above, the price of...Read More
During his recent interview, Vitalik Buterin stressed on key factors of scalability, account security and usability which will steer ahead of the mass adoption of digital currencies. The cryptocurrency community is closely watching all the developments taking place in the Ethereum ecosystem. Over the last year, Ethereum developers have been rigorously working on improving the...Read More
The Indian supreme court heard the case against the crypto banking restriction by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in detail Tuesday. After many arguments challenging the RBI’s power over crypto were presented, the counsel for the central bank began making the case against cryptocurrency. Also read: RBI’s Power Over Crypto Challenged at Length in...Read More
You couldn’t make it up… except of course, that someone did. Following the interesting first part of the latest self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto ‘reveal’, part two gave us an actual name. Unfortunately it gave us little in the way of compelling evidence to convince us that this was the name of the man who created Bitcoin. It all came...Read More
For the longest time, Bitcoin (BTC) has been viewed as something with no inherent value.Legendary investor Warren Buffett, for instance, once called the cryptocurrency “rat poison squared”, later explaining that there isn’t much inherent value in the project. Other notable players in finance and politics, including U.S. President Donald Trump, have echoed this analysis, using...Read More
The cryptocurrency industry needs a weekly dose of drama. When there are no scams or dubious investments to discuss, the conversation usually turns to social media. Some very interesting things are going on regarding the @Bitcoin account on Twitter. It has seemingly dropped all support for Bitcoin Cash. This is widely considered to be a...Read More
Bitcoin has often been compared with gold as it shares a number of similar traits. Both are safe haven assets, immune from government meddling, and both have a strong perception of scarcity. One veteran investor sees a strong demand for bitcoin and crypto assets as a bullish indicator for gold prices.Rise of Crypto Currencies Good...Read More
The Bitcoin hash rate has broken yet another new all-time high, hitting an eye-popping 82.5 TH/s. The Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate has broken yet another new all-time high, according to Aug. 19 data from monitoring resource Blockchain.com. The top coin’s hash rate has continued to break previous records throughout summer, today hitting an whopping 82.5...Read More
Partnership between crypto exchange bitFlyer and tech services company Tpoint Japan allows local users to exchange loyalty points for Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer and technology services company Tpoint Japan announced a new partnership that allows local customers to exchange loyalty program points for Bitcoin (BTC) and earn rewards for paying in crypto. The official press...Read More
Bitcoiners give @Bitcoin a cautious welcome after years of pro-BCH rhetoric abruptly changes to BTC advocacy. Bitcoin’s (BTC) best-known names are currently playing a guessing game after one of the industry’s most controversial Twitter accounts changed its views overnight. @Bitcoin switches from Bitcoin.com to Bitcoin.org Multiple users, including Reddit’s r/Bitcoin Subreddit moderator, BashCo, are supplying...Read More
Crypto financial services company Circle CEO Jeremy Allair thinks that Bitcoin is particularly attractive to people who want to have control over their funds. Jeremy Allaire, CEO at cryptocurrency financial services company Circle, expressed his optimism in regards to Bitcoin (BTC) being a safe haven for investors despite recent market volatility. On Aug. 19, Allaire...Read More
Bitcoin has been in a steady uptrend since the weekend. The short term picture looks promising but a conflicting technical signal indicator on a longer term chart could spell the end of the upturn.Bitcoin Almost at $11,000A few hours ago during Asian trading, BTC posted a weekly high of $10,950 according to Tradingview.com. The price...Read More
Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex must provide documents to US authorities after a New York judge ruled against its request to dismiss a lawsuit against it. Judge U-Turns On Bitcoin Exchange Protection According to a filing dated August 19, the Supreme Court of the State of New York moved against Bitfinex and its sister company, stablecoin issuer...Read More
Bitcoin price is having a volatile week. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Since August 15, in less than five days, the bitcoin price (BTC) has increased from $9,500 to $10,700 by well over 12 percent against the U.S. dollar. The bitcoin price has demonstrated a short term reversal after dipping to as low as...Read More
There is an interesting claim made by Mr. Caan concerning the status of Satoshi Nakamoto’s 980,000 Bitcoin fortune. According to Mr. Caan, his private keys were lost when he handed his laptop into an electronics shop for repairs. When the laptop came back, all of Satoshi’s BTC were gone. Oh gosh. As soon as we...Read More
Mark Mobius, founding partner of Mobius Capital Partners claims bitcoin’s emergence will further drive investors to gold. | Source: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas By CCN Markets: Mark Mobius, the legendary emerging-markets investor and founder of Mobius Capital Partners, referred to bitcoin as a “psycho-currency” on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg. He claimed the rise of “faith-based”...Read More
A Bitcoin Twitter account with almost a million followers has dumped Bitcoin Cash in favor of Bitcoin itself – and everyone is trying to explain why. @Bitcoin Finally Promotes Bitcoin Again In a seemingly random turn of events, @Bitcoin, one of the Bitcoin industry’s biggest misnomers, suddenly began promoting Bitcoin 00, in line with its...Read More
Rakuten, the “Amazon of Japan,” announced the launch of its new crypto exchange platform Monday, August 19, offering spot trading of crypto assets via a dedicated smartphone app. The e-commerce giant has been crypto-friendly for a while now, experimenting and investing in crypto payment systems since at least 2014, but with the launch of the...Read More
There are several measurements of the health of the bitcoin network. Hash rate is probably the first that comes to mind but daily volume is another indicator of how successful the system has been. Govts and Banks Cannot Stop Bitcoin Bitcoin was spawned by a movement dedicated to the freedom of financial oppression by central...Read More
Donald Trump’s pressure on the Federal Reserve toease its monetary policy is bringing optimism to markets. | Source: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By CCN Markets: Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are on a knife-edge on Tuesday as ominous recession warnings ring out around the world. Despite the warnings, an undercurrent of trader optimism has returned...Read More
Deloitte, one of the “Big Four” professional services firms, has officially launched a plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises showcase their blockchain solutions to clients. The firm’s new “Blockchain in a Box” (BIAB) is designed as a mobile unit packed with four built-in nodes and several monitors that can be linked to external services such...Read More
The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Start-ups, Singapore (ACCESS) together with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) developed a new ‘Code of Practice’ to set standards of good practice regarding Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism measures for crypto-related businesses. This according to news published by The Global Legal Post, August 19,...Read More
Bitcoin price extended gains above the key $10,600 and $10,800 resistances against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting lower after trading to a new weekly high at $10.960.Yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line is intact with support near $10,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price could correct...Read More
