Darrel “Bubba” Wallace, who is the only African American to win one of NASCAR’s top three national touring series, is apparently going for victory carrying the Bitcoin logo on his car. The New Look Consists Of BTC and Cash App Logos In a recent post, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey brought the spotlights to the NASCAR...Read More
BitMEX’s parent company, HDR Global Trading Limited, has established a new holding company structure – 100x. As BitMEX will fall under the new structure, the organization noted that it would enable the platform more freedom to develop new features and opportunities for clients. A New Structure Above BitMEX HDR Global Trading Limited is the company...Read More
Ethereum is currently undervalued and is poised to increase in the long-term, potentially reaching market cap parity with Bitcoin, some analysts claim. Ethereum Might Be Bullish In the Long-Term As Ethereum is getting closer to its 5th anniversary, some market onlookers are waiting for its revival, especially amid the context of the awakening altcoin season....Read More
The first signs of decoupling became evident during yesterday’s trading session as the most prominent US indexes market 1-2% gains, while Bitcoin refused to follow and remained firmly in its $9,100 – $9,300 range. On the other hand, the altcoin market sees lots of double-digit price increases and has reduced BTC’s dominance to 62.3%. News...Read More
If you’ve been paying attention to Bitcoin’s chart against the US Dollar lately, you will have probably noticed how low BTC/USD trading volatility has been over the last three months. In fact, the leading cryptocurrency has been trading in a tight range of 3±% since June 2. This, coupled with the fact that the Bollinger...Read More
There has been very little action on crypto markets over the past 24 hours. The majority of high cap coins are cooling off again following minor movements over the weekend. Bitcoin is no exception, remaining range-bound as the tedium continues. BTC managed to top $9,300 again a few hours ago but has since declined back...Read More
Despite speculations that miners may abandon ship following the 2020 Bitcoin halving, the network’s security has been primarily increasing, and the hash rate reached a new ATH days ago. In response, the network increased the mining difficulty earlier today by almost 10%, reaching a fresh all-time high as well. Bitcoin’s 10% Difficulty Enhancement Upon creating...Read More
Middle East’s Lebanon is a country with well-known economic issues, deepening for years and peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the nation’s unfavorable situation, numerous prominent economists have offered widely-ranging solutions to the depreciating local currency and USD dependence. Nevertheless, a recent report explored the possibility of a more untraditional solution – Bitcoin. Lebanon: How...Read More
Cryptocurrency markets have remained in consolidation over the weekend with little movement from the high cap coins. Total market capitalization has increased slightly to $274 billion, but in general, things have remained in consolidation. Bitcoin prices dipped to a weekend low of $9,150 (Bitstamp), but things had recovered slightly during Monday’s first hours of trading....Read More
Without any shred of doubt, today’s spotlight in the cryptocurrency market is entirely on Chainlink (LINK). The price for the token surged with about 40% to reach $8.480 on Binance and shatter all perceived resistances on the way up. Chainlink (LINK) Price Explodes All eyes are focused on Chainlink (LINK) as its price increased by...Read More
Ethereum has seen its active addresses count explode by nearly 150% since the start of the year. Its addresses are also massively outperforming Bitcoin’s despite being up by 50% YTD. Ethereum Outperforms BTC In New Active Addresses According to data provided by the blockchain monitoring company Messari, the number of Ethereum active addresses year-to-date has...Read More
Trading in financial markets can be a profitable but also dangerous endeavor. It requires knowledge, skills, and experience no matter the market traders are employing. Of course, gaining experience could be related to actually registering losses but it could also help to learn from traders with a long history in the field. CryptoPotato recently had...Read More
Poloniex, one of the veteran cryptocurrency exchanges, will be joining the derivatives party. The venue has launched Poloniex Futures – a platform that allows traders to use BTC perpetual swaps with USDT as collateral and up to 100x leverage. Poloniex Joins the Bitcoin Futures Party According to an official release dated July 11th, Poloniex has...Read More
Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, says Bitcoin is not and was never intended to be, censorship-resistant. According to Wright, who wrote in a blog post from July 10 titled What is Censorship Resistance, the common assumption that Bitcoin holders are protected from economic censorship is nothing but a...Read More
The lack of substantial price movements from Bitcoin during the past 24 hours, while simultaneously altcoins and, DeFi tokens, in particular, rise, means that BTC’s dominance over the market continues to decline to its yearly low. Altcoins And DeFi On The Rise The altcoin market indicates several impressive gainers throughout the past 24 hours. Above...Read More
Unlike Bitcoin’s stability, the altcoins are celebrating in their own party. Bitcoin dominance recently reached its yearly-low areas after dropping below 62.5% over the past few hours. Wild Move Upcoming? From a technical point of view, Bitcoin’s stability period like this usually ends with a wild move. The indicator we mainly use to measure volatility...Read More
Bitcoin prices followed stock markets down on Friday, sliding to an intraday low of $9,050; however, the primary cryptocurrency was able to recover in order to reclaim $9,300 over the past day but failed to break resistance there, sliding again to around $9,200 during most of Saturday. BTC/USD, Bitstamp. Source: TradingView The move has kept...Read More
One out of four men, alleged in a $722 million Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty on his charges before а U.S. District Judge. The Romanian programmer Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, faces a penalty of prison and a fine for a long-running cryptomining fraud with partners. Defrauding Investors Of More Than $722M Balaci was arrested earlier...Read More
In a recent interview with Real Vision boss Raoul Pal, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell said some startling things. According to him, Bitcoin’s anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have foreseen a bigger financial crisis than 2008’s Great Recession. Jesse Powell: ‘Satoshi Saw a Bigger Bubble Coming’ The second to last talk of Real Vision’s exclusive ‘The...Read More
Bitcoin remains in its quite familiar range between $9,000 and $9,300 after a 2% increase from yesterday’s low. The most prominent US-based indexes registered similar increases yesterday, confirming the high correlation levels between the two asset groups. Bitcoin And Altcoins Recover As reported yesterday, the price for the primary cryptocurrency decreased to $9,050 on some...Read More
It’s safe to say that July has been relatively dull for Bitcoin when it comes to price action. The major cryptocurrency spent the last week trading in a range between $9,100 and $9,400 without any major fluctuations. It’s also worth noting that legacy markets and Bitcoin’s price remain aggressively correlated. In fact, a lot of...Read More
Max Kaiser is a well-known American broadcaster and filmmaker. His previous experience includes anchoring an analysis program called On The Edge and producing a TV series on the Al-Jazeera English network. Currently, he’s the host of his own widely-popular financial program called the Keiser Report. Apart from his TV and online appearances, Keiser is also...Read More
Bitcoin and most altcoins have retraced slightly in the past 24 hours, after a few days of gains. Interestingly, similar price fallbacks are visible in the traditional stock markets, as the Dow Jones is down by 1.4%. Bitcoin’s False Breakout After the unsuccessful attempt to conquer $9,500, Bitcoin hovered above the significant 50-MA level at...Read More
US privacy advocates are worried that the 4th amendment does not protect Bitcoin transactions after a court ruled that the FBI agents hadn’t violated the law when they accessed data of Coinbase clients. Bitcoin Transactions Reveal Deeply Personal Information A week ago, CryptoPotato reported that a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the...Read More
Bitcoin was looking promising to take on the $9,500 level yesterday after finally breaking above a critical down-trending resistance. Unfortunately, the breakout was nothing more than an orchestrated trading strategy used commonly by Bitcoin whales to shake out retail traders and likely accumulate more BTC. And it worked. The Bitcoin-Bashing Bart Simpson Pattern Whenever there’s...Read More
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz believes that Bitcoin will outperform gold in the upcoming months. However, he advised people to allocate more funds into the precious metal instead of the primary cryptocurrency because of the high fluctuations in its price. Buy More Gold Than BTC, Says Novogratz The former Wall Street hedge fund manager Novogratz...Read More
Binance Futures traders held more open positions in June compared to May, even though trading volumes declined month-on-month. Open interest on Binance Futures rose 180% in June compared to May, from 220 million USDT to 580 million USDT. Binance concluded that this might anticipate an increase in Bitcoin volatility. Traders Held More Open Positions in...Read More
Following days of stagnant price actions, Bitcoin finally made a move and tested the $9,500 level where it got rejected. At the same time, most alternative coins are still in the green after yesterday’s impressive gains, hinting that an altcoin season may be in the making. BTC Tests $9,500 As CryptoPotato reported previously, the primary...Read More
Despite world economies still feeling the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, most stock markets have recovered from the March losses, and some are even charting new highs. This has raised speculations that Bitcoin’s price may head south, and OKEx CEO Jay Hao recently offered his answer on the matter. Jay Hao Examines The Stock...Read More
As mentioned in the last analysis, we anticipated the down-trending level (blue line) would create some resistance for bullish traders, and after five failed attempts, they finally succeeded in breaking through it. Right now (as of writing these lines), BTC prices have jumped $175 in the last hour, and for the first time since January...Read More
