National banks and federal saving associations can now offer crypto custody services to customers following approval from regulators in the country. OCC Okays Crypto Custody Operations for US Federal Banks According to a letter issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Wednesday, U.S. Federal banks can now offer crypto custody...Read More
The latest data from on-chain analytics firm, Glassnode shows that the dollar value of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has been steadily increasing. Also, crypto research firm Messari has dispelled misconceptions regarding the failure of public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment channels. Median BTC Transfer Volume up 100 Percent Since 2020 Beginning As...Read More
The well-known economist and gold proponent, Peter Schiff, commented on the recent increase in the price of silver, saying that the metal has essentially become “the new Bitcoin.” The latter, on the other hand, has been particularly stable. Yesterday, the price gained just shy of two percent, which was the most action Bitcoin saw in...Read More
Owing to its decade long correlation with the S&P 500 stock market index, Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model propounder Plan B thinks that BTC should have surpassed it’s previous ATH and hit the $25,000 price mark. ‘S&P Implied BTC Price: $25K .. Interesting Times Ahead!’ Plan B takes an interesting place amongst numerous other ‘Bitcoin analysts’...Read More
After weeks of sitting in a tight range, Bitcoin finally made a move yesterday and conquered the $9,300 resistance. The majority of large-cap altcoins also followed the upward tick, and, as usual, there are some notable fluctuations among low-cap alts. Bitcoin Is Alive The last time the primary cryptocurrency stood above $9,300 for more than...Read More
After June 2020 had won the title for the least volatile month for Bitcoin since October 2019, then came July. So far, this month, Bitcoin had been trading in even a tighter range. The primary cryptocurrency had been adequately following the $9200 price, surrounding it, refusing to leave it, despite the ongoing craziness of the...Read More
The leading digital asset management company Grayscale Investments has received approval from FINRA for public quotations for two more of its cryptocurrency products. Consequently, shares of both Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG) and Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTCN) have become the first publicly-quoted securities in the US deriving value from Bitcoin Cash (BCH) And Litecoin (LTC)....Read More
Recent research has indicated that Ethereum has ‘blown past Bitcoin’ in terms of daily settlement value, which is a testament to how much economic activity has increased on the network. Ethereum Beats Bitcoin on Economic Activity Messari researcher, Ryan Watkins, recently posted his findings stating that a quarter ago, Ethereum had just about reached parity...Read More
Although the altcoin market remains highly volatile, most price movements in the past 24 hours have been sharp retraces with a few exceptions. Bitcoin, on the other hand, remains stable and hasn’t left its familiar trading territory of about $9,150-$9,200. In the traditional financial markets, the three largest US indexes are in the green as...Read More
Chanpeng Zhao, CEO of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, believes that there’s an ongoing altcoin season in the digital asset market. In a recent interview, he also emphasized on Bitcoin’s increased stability, joking that it has become a stablecoin now. CZ Suggests An Altcoin Season During the past several weeks, the altcoin market has boomed...Read More
Today, BTC/USD price appears to have reached maximum consolidation between two long-standing trend lines (see daily chart below). Volatility has also continued to diminish further over the weekend, with the Bollinger bandwidth now at 0.1 on the 4-Hour chart. These two factors suggest that a major move could take place over the course of today’s...Read More
Altcoins continue gaining traction, while Bitcoin remains calm. This decreases BTC’s dominance over the cryptocurrency market down to 62%, which is the lowest point in five months. Altcoin Market Rises To The Occasion The past 24 hours come as another example that the altcoin market is fluctuating massively lately. This is especially evident among lower-cap...Read More
Clark Moody, the creator of the first real-time Bitcoin market data website, recently recollected the BTC market’s history over the last ten years. He pointed out that if the first BTC buyer held onto their holdings, they would have made a humongous 18.4 million percent return on his investment. It’s also worth pointing out, though,...Read More
The weekend turns out to be a rather boring one again for Bitcoin’s price as the asset continues hovering at about $9,150. However, the fluctuations within the altcoin market attract attention, with numerous double-digit gainers, led by Binance’s most recent acquisition – Swipe. Twitter Hack And Bitcoin After the blatant Twitter hack earlier this week,...Read More
Australia-based Jiu-Jitsu champion Craig Jones said he was one of the many who missed their chance to cash in their purchased Bitcoin after the 2017 ATH. The professional fighter had bought his crypto assets in 2015 but apparently lost the advantage of the all-time high value after mislaying his coins. Losing His Bitcoin In a...Read More
Although the Twitter hack had some delayed effects on Bitcoin, the downward move was quickly disbanded, and BTC remained relatively calm. The altcoin market is again showing signs of volatility with numerous examples of double-digit gainers and losers, including Elon Musk’s favorite Dogecoin. Bitcoin Chills On Friday The largest cryptocurrency by market cap has been...Read More
During the past seven days, Bitcoin failed to surprise us with anything in terms of price action. It appears that the cryptocurrency continues with its somewhat dormant state as it remained stagnant and rangebound between $9,000 and $9,200. Yesterday, BTC’s price dropped from slightly above $9,200 to around $9,040, sparking worries that things might take...Read More
Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a small 1% price decline this week, but it managed to remain within the confines of a symmetrical triangle pattern. Throughout the week, BTC attempted to break above the upper boundary of the triangle on numerous occasions but failed each time. The coin recently found support at the lower edge of the...Read More
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020, will forever be remembered as the day Twiter became a puppet in the hands of a mischievous hacker. Twitter was hacked. And the accounts of some of the most prominent people in crypto and the world were compromised and used to steal Bitcoin in giveaway scams. Experts Share Their Opinions Although...Read More
Bitcoin is looking a bit worse for wear right now. Bearish traders have finally succeeded in overcoming the long-standing up-trending support (yellow line) that was first established on May 11, and we now have three red candles in a row on the daily BTC/USD chart for the first time since late June. During today’s trading...Read More
While the perpetrators of the infamous Twitter hack from a few days ago remain unknown, popular cryptocurrency proponent Cameron Winklevoss believes that “we do know who continually hacks the US dollar – the Fed.” The Fed Hacks The USD? During the past few days, the world’s attention is focused on the bold Twitter hack, which...Read More
With a bit of delay following the Twitter hack, Bitcoin finally sees a slight movement downwards to $9,100. Interestingly, this time the three major US stock market indexes decrease in value with a similar percentage. The situation appears much more favorable in the low-cap altcoin market, as massive gainers include Aurora, Ampleforth, and Algorand. Bitcoin...Read More
In an effort to find a temp solution to deal with yesterday’s attack, Twitter has apparently made it impossible for users to post Tweets containing strings of letters and numbers in order to avoid any scam “giveaway” from sharing their cryptocurrency wallet addresses. Something Went Wrong: Twitter Blocks Wallet Addresses Indeed, when I tried to...Read More
Yesterday’s fake Bitcoin giveaway scam on Twitter unleashed a series of events and comments from prominent figures. While some spoke against the popular social media platform, others against BTC, a US Congressman stood behind the primary cryptocurrency and blamed it on “centralized control.” US Congressman: Bitcoin Isn’t The Problem As yesterday’s Twitter hack, which unfolded...Read More
It’s not often the tech, crypto, political, and celebrity worlds converge, but that’s exactly what happened on July 15 after a bitcoin giveaway scam replicated across dozens of major Twitter accounts. From billionaires to entrepreneurs, and from crypto traders to exchanges, high-profile accounts of all kinds were targeted in an audacious hack that’s left Twitter...Read More
The news broke yesterday on the Twitter scam that targeted some of the biggest accounts in the cryptocurrency industry. It turns out that the crypto field was not the target, but Bitcoin was the preferred means of payment for the hackers. As CryptoPotato reported, multiple accounts were hacked with a message promising that if users sent...Read More
Although Bitcoin received massive attention yesterday while hackers exploited almost every world leader’s Twitter accounts, the asset price refuses to move outside of its comfort zone of approximately $9,200. The altcoin market, though, remains volatile – Chainlink reached a new all-time high yesterday, Tezos next? Twitter Hack Can’t Shake Bitcoin All eyes were on the...Read More
An ongoing scam is being promoted on Twitter through some of the biggest accounts of major cryptocurrency companies and proponents. These include the world’s leading exchange, Binance, the US-based exchange Coinbase, as well as the account of one of the best-known Bitcoin proponents, AngeloBTC, and even Winklevoss’ Gemini. Ongoing Crypto Scam In the past few...Read More
The continuous rise of institutional interest towards the cryptocurrency industry is exemplified by Grayscale Investments’ record Q2 2020 earnings report. The large digital asset management company announced today that it had received total investments in Q2 of over $900 million – $400 million more than its previous record. Grayscale’s Best Quarter To date The company,...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has been trading in a very tight range for a while now. The cryptocurrency seems unable to break out in any directions, while in the meantime, altcoins are popping massively. This has led to a 3% decrease in Bitcoin’s dominance, which measures the share of BTC relative to the entire market capitalization. However,...Read More
