Major cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has resumed deposits and withdrawals of some cryptocurrencies after the platform recently suffered a substantial hack. BTC, ETH, and USDT Withdrawal and Deposit Services Now Available According to an official announcement on October 7, KuCoin revealed that it reopened deposit and withdrawal functions for crypto tokens Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and...Read More
Bitcoin has charted minor gains in the past 24 hours by following Wall Street once again. Most large-cap altcoins have remained calm with Ethereum hovering around $340 and Ripple trading at $0.245. Bitcoin Steadily Follows US Stocks The primary cryptocurrency headed south yesterday and dipped to $10,525. Although Bitcoin started recovering rather rapidly, it dropped...Read More
Bitcoin has had a slow last few weeks, that’s for sure. It appears that the cryptocurrency is trading within a narrow range, unable to swing convincingly in either direction. This is reflected in its historic volatility, which has been falling quite a bit. In fact, it’s currently at a point where, usually, a huge move...Read More
Bitcoin price appears to be tracking in another classic whale manipulation pattern right now, after yesterday’s sharp $200 crash during the US trading session. The details of this pattern have already been covered extensively in a previous analysis, but for those of you not familiar, it essentially represents a strategy employed by large BTC traders...Read More
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya doubled-down on his belief that Bitcoin investors should separate themselves from short-term price actions. He asserted that BTC operates in opposite to other financial assets and helps him sleep “soundly” at night. Palihapitiya: Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Different The former Facebook executive has been a long-time Bitcoin proponent. Earlier this year,...Read More
Bitcoin has failed to sustain its recent bullish run and has dropped to approximately $10,600. Most alternative coins have mimicked BTC’s move, resulting in a $10 billion loss from the total market cap. Bitcoin Fails At $10,800 As reported yesterday, Bitcoin had reacted positively on news that US President Donald Trump left the hospital after...Read More
On the back of remarkably fast recovery from the virus which has taken over 210,000 American lives, President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leaders over new economic aid packages. All three major U.S. stock indexes lost solid gains from earlier in the day and fell into negative territory after...Read More
The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority plans to ban cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail customers from January 6th, 2021. The FCA statement described such products as “ill-suited for retail customers due to the harm they pose.” The regulator outlined that retail customers are unable to determine a reliable value because of several...Read More
The world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, could have a $100,000 price tag 5 years from now, Bloomberg senior commodity strategist, Mike McGlone said. BTC has an illustrious history of adding more zeros to its value since 2011. This trend could continue well into the future. Also, the first cryptocurrency could attain a $14,000 price by the...Read More
Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has continued to rise in value gradually and now sits above $10,750. The price increase follows impressive gains registered on Wall Street during yesterday’s trading session, after news that US President Trump has returned to the White House. Bitcoin Follows Stocks Up As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, Bitcoin touched $10,750...Read More
Cryptocurrency investors have withdrawn approximately 45,000 bitcoins from the derivatives exchange BitMEX following the recent charges brought by the US CFTC. A sizeable portion of the massive amount has ended up on two rival exchanges – Gemini and Binance. CFTC Charges Against BitMEX Owners As CryptoPotato reported last week, the US Commodities and Futures Trading...Read More
October 15th is approaching, and that’s the latest deadline for submitting a rehabilitation plan for reimbursing the Mt. Gox creditors. With them claiming over 150,000 bitcoins, which is about 15% of the total value owed to creditors, the community speculates on the potential market impact. October 15th: What You Need to Know The Mt. Gox...Read More
Despite some fears that Bitcoin and the US stock futures could drop following US President Trump’s hospitalization, the markets have remained calm. In fact, BTC and some altcoins have marked minor gains, and the market cap has increased by about $6 billion in a day. Trump Hospital Release And Stimulus Affect Bitcoin? As reported yesterday,...Read More
Trump may not like crypto, but the crypto-verse sure doesn’t miss a chance to mess with him. As proof that anything can be tokenized – no matter how trivial or influential – a derivative has just appeared on Uniswap to track the President’s health: Please welcome the Trump Health Index (THI). Little is known about...Read More
Bitcoin has stayed in a relatively tight range between $10,500 and $10,600. Most large-cap altcoins performed similarly, except for Binance Coin. After a 9% increase for the week, BNB now occupies the 5th spot in terms of total market cap. Bitcoin Remains In A Tight Range Following the recent price declines from Friday and early...Read More
For the past month, BTC’s volatility had decreased compared to the previous months. The primary cryptocurrency had mainly traded inside a $1K range between $10,000 and $11,000. Over the past week, Bitcoin reached the upper boundary of that range at $11K; however, the news coming from BitMEX charged by CFTC, along with President Trump’s hospitalization,...Read More
Despite numerous reports indicating that Bitcoin HODLers are on the rise, a recent survey revealed the opposite. About 70% of participants that own digital assets answered that they had used them to make purchases such as food, clothing, and even education. Crypto Users Actually Spend Their Holdings BlockCard partnered with Bitcoin Market Journal to survey...Read More
After losing more than $250 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a security incident on September 26, KuCoin may have found new evidence to identify those responsible for the hack. It’s been exactly one week since Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin suffered what would be the third-largest hack in the history of crypto. And now, the exchange...Read More
According to a recent poll by the creator of the popular Bitcoin stock-to-flow model, the majority of participants believe that BTC’s price will either hit $55,000 or stay below it by the end of 2021. Backstory: Bitcoin Stock-To-Flow Model(s) A cryptocurrency analyst going by the Twitter handle PlanB revealed the first version of the BTC...Read More
Bitcoin worth roughly $500,000 was moved to one of Bitfinex’s hot wallets a couple of days back. This might seem like nothing but an ordinary transaction if it wasn’t for the fact that the BTC in question was mined back in May 2010, and it hasn’t been touched since. At the time, Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s...Read More
Following the recent price decreases after the BitMEX and Donald Trump COVID19 news, Bitcoin has calmed and trades above $10,500. The situation with the altcoins is somewhat different as most continue struggling. Bitcoin Stays Calm After The Drops As reported yesterday, Bitcoin tumbled from $10,900 to about $10,450 in a matter of hours. The drop...Read More
To say that a lot has happened over the past seven days would be an understatement. Starting off with Bitcoin’s price, it’s currently trading at around $10,500, down $150 over the week. Everything was going relatively well for BTC. It peaked above $10,900, giving many people hopes that we will finally see a breach above...Read More
It pays to be a miner and process cryptocurrency transactions on a proof-of-work blockchain. The Ethereum miners know this especially well as they made a record $166 million last month from transaction fees. Bitcoin miners, however, could barely manage to scoop up $26 million. Ethereum Miners Made 6X More Money Than Bitcoin Miners in Sept...Read More
Bitcoin’s price continues to tumble in response to yesterday’s breaking news that the United States Commodity and Futures Commission (CTFC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have both decided to take legal action against leading Bitcoin derivatives exchange, BitMEX. $18 billion has been wiped out from the global crypto market since the announcement, and over...Read More
Recent data revealed that cryptocurrency traders had withdrawn the first batch of 23,200 BTC (worth over $240 million) from BitMEX in the initial hours following yesterday’s developments. This substantial amount represented about 13% of all bitcoins held on the popular Bitcoin derivatives exchange. The Glassnode data indicated that this is the “largest hourly BTC outflow...Read More
The principal of a cryptocurrency escrow company, Jon Barry Thompson, has pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to commodities fraud. In 2018, he took over $3 million from one company and failed to deliver bitcoins worth that amount. Crypto Fraudster Pleads Guilty Thompson served as the director of Volantis Escrow Platform LLC and Volantis Market...Read More
Yesterday, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) filed charges against BitMEX and its executive team, pressing both criminal and civil allegations. Its CTO, Samuel Reed, was arrested. The platform’s CEO, Arthur Hayes, and its cofounder Ben Melo are still under the radar. The news spread quickly throughout Crypto Twitter, and of course, the...Read More
Following a positive Covid-19 test result from one of Donald Trump’s closest aides, the POTUS himself took the test which produced the same result for him and the First Lady. He tweeted the news a couple of hours ago. Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process...Read More
Bitcoin was riding high around $10,900 before dumping below $10,500 following the controversial BitMEX news from yesterday. Most alts have copied the move downwards, resulting in a $15 billion loss for the market cap. Bitcoin Tumbles On BitMEX News As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission charged the owners of one...Read More
In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, the United States Commodities and Futures Trading Commission has pressed charges against the owner-operators of BitMEX for illegally running a cryptocurrency exchange and failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations. As CryptoPotato reported earlier today, this had an immediate impact on Bitcoin’s price, which dropped by as much...Read More
