Bitcoin recorded its lowest interest level in 3 months, according to recent data from Google Trends. Interest in the leading cryptocurrency started fading away since the completion of Bitcoin’s third halving. Interest In Bitcoin Lowest Since March Bitcoin started receiving a lot of attention in January when news about the COVID-19 got to the mainstream....Read More
The non-custodial, decentralized exchange, Loopring, has listed pBTC – a token that acts as a fully-backed Bitcoin equivalent on the Ethereum blockchain. The addition of pBTC to Loopring – the fastest decentralized exchange (DEX) based on Ethereum – gives Bitcoin users a quick on-ramp to Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Loopring Lists pBTC Provable Things...Read More
Grayscale Investments asserted that amid the current economic uncertainty prompted by the latest governments’ actions to print lots of money, institutional investors turn to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies looking for a potential hedge against inflation. BTC And Crypto To Serve As Hedge One of the world’s leading digital asset management companies recently posted on Twitter...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the CEO of one of the leading Bitcoin derivative exchanges, BitMEX, has once again slammed a cryptocurrency for being a “shitcoin.” This time it was Bitcoin Cash (BCH) that’s under his radar. BitMEX Listing BCH/USD Perpetual Contract In an announcement from June 01st, 2020, BitMEX revealed that it’s going to launch a BCH/USD...Read More
A recent survey compiled by the cryptocurrency exchange BitMax indicates that the Japanese are quite fond of Ripple (XRP). Having to choose which their favorite digital asset is, most participants placed XRP close to Bitcoin and well above Ethereum. Japan Adores Ripple (XRP) The popular Japanese exchange posted the survey on Twitter to check among...Read More
Quick recap: Bitcoin was trading inside a tight range over the weekend. Once the Monday’s Wall Street futures started trading on Sunday afternoon (U.S timezone) – Bitcoin price followed along. The futures forecasted a 2-3% significant declines. At that time, Bitcoin was fighting to stay on top of the $8900 – $9000 crucial support range,...Read More
YouTube continues to ban cryptocurrency-related channels. The latest victim happens to be Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com official channel. Ver posted a video on Reddit, explaining that there’s no apparent reason for YouTube’s actions. Bitcoin.com’s Official Channel Banned on YouTube The official channel of Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com was banned on YouTube, according to a Reddit video that...Read More
A recent report warns of a scam that clones a legitimate service offering private, encrypted, and self-destructive messages, to alter BTC addresses and ultimately steal funds from unsuspecting victims. Stealing BTC By Altering Addresses According to the report by KrebsonSecurity, a fraudulent website called Privnotes has been impersonating Privnote.com for about a year. Users are...Read More
The average time required to confirm a Bitcoin transaction has plunged significantly in the past month. Simultaneously, the average transaction fees continue to drop after reaching yearly-high following the 2020 halving. BTC Average Transaction Time Plunges Data provided by Blockchain.com shows that the average time needed for a BTC transaction to be included in a...Read More
After dull weekend action, and as we anticipated here yesterday, Bitcoin price waited for the Wall Street Monday futures forecasts in order to execute its next move. In our yesterday’s price analysis, we spoke about the tightening range Bitcoin was going through: “The upper boundary lies around $9500, while the bottom lies at $9350. A...Read More
Popular American economist Nouriel Roubini took it to Twitter to once again bash Bitcoin. This time, his criticism was set off by a phishing scam that saw a podcast owner lose his BTC savings. Nouriel Roubini Bashes Bitcoin… Again According to the popular American economist and well-known nocoiner Nouriel Roubini, also commonly referred to as...Read More
One of Wall Street’s largest banks, JPMorgan Chase, has outlined in a recent analysis that Bitcoin’s 2020 performance demonstrates the asset’s growth and maturation. The paper also notes the compelling correlation the primary cryptocurrency is exhibiting with global equities. JPMorgan: Bitcoin Matures The JPMorgan Chase analysis cited by Bloomberg examined the performance of Bitcoin and...Read More
Quick recap: Last Thursday saw another failed attempt to break the $10,000 mark. Shortly after, followed by the fatal drops of the global markets, Bitcoin found its value recording a daily low near $9K, almost $1000 intraday price move. This is not what the Bitcoin bulls prayed for: Together with the drop, was the idea...Read More
Recent data indicates that the number of Bitcoin whales (containing more than 1,000 BTC) has grown by nearly 9% in the past year. Interestingly, even after the completion of the third halving, whales continue to accumulate, which contradicts with their past performance. BTC Whales On A Shopping Spree Data provided by the monitoring company Glassnode...Read More
At this point, it seems like $10,000 indeed is a coveted level for Bitcoin bulls. Another week passed, and we saw yet one more failed attempt to reclaim this level. Interestingly enough, it happened minutes after the US Federal Reserve concluded its two-day June meeting, confirming near-zero interest rates for the short- and medium-term. In...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a 3% decrease over the last week of trading as it drops into the $9,445 level. The coin started the week battling the $9,815 level as it proceeded higher to reach $10,000. Unfortunately, BTC was unable to capitalize above $10,000 and dropped by a steep 7% yesterday. Luckily, it found support at...Read More
Yesterday was a painful day for both cryptocurrency and stock investors as the prices tumbled in a similar manner. As CryptoPotato reported, the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 lost sizeable chunks of their value of around 5%, and so did Bitcoin. This invalidated the narrative for the decoupling of crypto from traditional stock...Read More
According to recent reports, the Ministry of Finance in India has proposed to ban digital assets. The move comes only three months after the nation’s Supreme Court revoked a two-year-old ban. India Changes Its Mind On Crypto (Again)? A local report from today informed that India’s Ministry of Finance had moved a note for inter-ministerial...Read More
Recap of June 11, 2020: Bitcoin price touched nearly $10K as the daily high, and just a few hours later, the price plunged to almost $9K ($9078 on Bitstamp) as the daily low. In our previous price analysis reports from the past days, we anticipated a huge move. This is from yesterday’s analysis: “Bitcoin’s mid-term...Read More
Brian Brooks, the former chief legal officer of Coinbase, was recently appointed to serve as the interim head at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in the Trump administration. Brooks has shown openness to exploit the merits of blockchain and cryptocurrency at his new position, according to a recent interview. Trump’s Head...Read More
Global stock markets are tumbling today as fears of a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave grow stronger. Reports have it that there’s a rising trend of new cases in the US and across the world, and this has evidently taken its toll on the economy as well. Equities Tumble Amid Fears of Coronavirus Reignition The World...Read More
The American multinational technology company Microsoft Corp. has launched a beta version of its open-source, decentralized identifiers (DIDs) network on Bitcoin’s mainnet. Called ION, it’s designed to bring back the control of personal information from centralized entities to individuals. Microsoft’s DID Employs Bitcoin’s Network The tech giant explained its decentralized identifiers as a technical component...Read More
Quick recap: since May 7, 2020, which was a few days before the recent halving event, Bitcoin had been trying to breach the $10,000 benchmark level for several times. All of those ended up as failed attempts. The most serious attempt took place during the first day of June, as Bitcoin surged to the 2020...Read More
The Bitcoin hash rate appears to be migrating west after the percentage of BTC mining taking place in the United States increased by 78%, leading into 2020. That’s according to the latest data from the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), presented in a report by TokenInsight, which shows the US-based Bitcoin hash rate rose...Read More
A recent cryptocurrency scam running live on YouTube managed to dupe nearly $150,000 in Bitcoin from victims. Interestingly, the scam impersonated Elon Musk’s SpaceX channel and broadcasted recorded videos of the recent successful launch of two astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX And BTC Giveaway Scam Fraudsters are frequently attempting to dupe victims with...Read More
Over the past days, while the equity markets are breaking records, Bitcoin is lagging. The indecisive state of mind the cryptocurrency is going through continues into this week. As can be seen in the following daily chart, the Bitcoin price is forming a symmetrical triangle (the two blue trend-lines), reaching the apex in 2-3 days...Read More
A study compiled by the American multinational financial services corporation Fidelity Investments informed that a third of large institutional investors own a form of cryptocurrency. The highest level of interest came from Europe, followed by the US. Institutional Investors Choose Cryptocurrencies According to the report from Bloomberg citing the survey from Fidelity, 36% of all...Read More
Egypt’s economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of the current fiscal year has displayed a lower number than projected following the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, data shows that the peer-to-peer Bitcoin volume in the country has registered a fresh all-time high. Egyptians Trade Bitcoin According to the information provided by the cryptocurrency...Read More
Institutional investors have been wary of the cryptocurrency field, and one of the main arguments for that falls on the volatility of their price. It’s not unusual for a random altcoin to pop and surge 100% in a day without any evident reasons or based on a seemingly unimportant announcement. However, legacy markets don’t seem...Read More
Recent data indicates that Bitcoin transaction fees have been decreasing after the post-halving peak, while Ethereum fees are on the rise. As such, the total amount in fees spent on the Ethereum network has surpassed Bitcoin’s, and the gap continues to grow. The “Feepening” Ethereum Vs. Bitcoin According to information from the cryptocurrency data company...Read More
