Within the past hour, Bitcoin has made its move back to tap $12,300 which equals its high for this year made in mid-August. Analysts are flooding crypto social media with their predictions as BTC reaches this crucial juncture. Since that first move above $12k over two months ago, BTC corrected to the high $9k zone...Read More
The story of the legal battle between Kik and the SEC seems to be coming to an end. Today, the SEC filed a motion with the Southern District Court of New York to close the case with a $5 million fine. Kik was being sued for issuing and selling unregistered securities through the ICO of...Read More
A new consultation process on blockchain laws is set to begin in Switzerland. Initiated by the country’s Federal Department of Finance, the operation is focused on initiating a blanket ordinance in the local blockchain and distributed ledger technology environment. For Better Laws In Blockchain Industry A number of parties, individuals, and other interested groups are...Read More
A survey among over 2,000 Russian investors has placed cryptocurrency next to gold in terms of popularity. Moreover, younger investors aged below 30 have displayed significant favoritism towards digital assets. Crypto Ranks Above Gold Among Russian Investors According to the study published by the World Gold Council, investors from the world’s largest country by landmass...Read More
August was a bullish month for altcoin traders as they ranked in profits, forcing Bitcoin dominance to drop below 60% for the first time since the start of the year. However, the altcoin euphoria was shortlived as September brought along the bears. The end of Q3 wasn’t great for Bitcoin traders, but that was expected...Read More
Octavio Marenzi, founder and CEO of capital markets consultancy firm Opimas LLC, recently predicted that the current economic situation will shoot Bitcoin’s price “through the roof.” Simultaneously, he suggested that the traditional financial markets will suffer as the COVID-19 fears grow. Opimas CEO: Bitcoin Will Shoot Through The Roof Appearing on RT’s Boom Bust, Marenzi...Read More
XRP/USD – Bulls Remain Inside Symmetrical Triangle Pattern Key Support Levels: $0.237, $0.23, $0.228. Key Resistance Levels: $0.251, $0.261, $0.271. XRP has not been outperforming over the past seven days, but it remains inside the boundaries of a symmetrical triangle. The coin failed to break the upper boundary last week, which caused it to head...Read More
In what seems to be a case of black hat hackers masquerading as the internet’s self-professed Robin Hoods, two charitable organizations have received mysterious bitcoin donations from a cybercriminal group. The generous gesture is worth 0.88 BTC (around $10,000), with the donating hackers wanting to “make the world a better place.” Hacking Corporations To Give...Read More
Bitcoin price is recovering with yesterday’s surging breakout to $11.8K. The arrival of the new bullish momentum coincided with the US trading markets opening for the week and caused $6 billion to flood back into the crypto space within a few hours. This sharp rise in trading volume has created a third gap on the...Read More
Bitcoin finally made a move in the past 24 hours and surged to a new 7-week high of over $11,800. Interestingly, BTC’s price increase contrasted with the US stock markets as the three most prominent indexes closed yesterday’s trading session with serious losses. Bitcoin Spikes To $11,820 CryptoPotato reported yesterday that Bitcoin had remained relatively...Read More
The primary catalyst could be just around the corner, however, as ETH 2.0 genesis inches ever closer. Since the beginning of this year, Ethereum prices have gained 170% from below $140 on New Year’s Day to current levels of around $380. There is no doubt that the primary driver of demand has been the DeFi...Read More
The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has just struck another low blow to privacy enthusiasts after announcing the first penalty for a Bitcoin mixer. According to an official press release, FinCEN issued a $60 million civil penalty against Larry Dean Harmon, the man responsible for several Bitcoin privacy-focused services. Larry Dean Harmon was the...Read More
It is a well-known fact now, that the Bitcoin blockchain is considerably processing fewer transactions than it’s ‘Ethereum’ counterpart. And this decline in transaction processing has significantly reduced the revenue of miners as well. How much? Well, on-chain analysis firm Glassnode points to numbers that are at a 5-month low. Bitcoin Miner Revenue Touches 5-Month...Read More
They say that to see the future, one should only learn history. Oftentimes, though, we tend to ignore history altogether. Exactly 33 years ago, on this day, October 19th, 1987, Wall Street and global markets tumbled in a massive selloff that saw the S&P 500 lose about 20% and the DJIA about 22%. One might...Read More
Bitcoin’s price finally made a worthwhile move after surging to $11,840 on Bitstamp following days of stagnation. BTC/USD. Source: TradingView The price has since retraced a bit to trade at its current level of around $11,780. Nevertheless, this is a move in the right direction as concerns started crippling up that we might be in...Read More
US Fed Chair Powell believes that the United States should focus on getting right the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), rather than attempt to be first. While speaking on a panel hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Powell reassured that the US is “committed to carefully and thoughtfully evaluating the potential...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price hovering around $11,500, recent data indicated that the asset had spent only about three months of its existence above that particular level. BTC: Only Three Months Above $11.5K The official launch of the first-ever cryptocurrency came in early January 2009. Born during the last massive financial crisis, Bitcoin was this “magical money”...Read More
ETH/USD – Bulls Defend Support at 2019 Highs Key Support Levels: $364, $355, $346.Key Resistance Levels: $380, $396, $400. Last week, Etheruem had surged as high as $396 as it hit the resistance provided by a bearish .5 Fib Retracement level. Over the week, Ethereum started to head lower from here as it broke beneath...Read More
After a week of utilizing the $1.5 million worth of digital yuan sent to 50,000 Shenzhen citizens, those who used the funds to make regular everyday purchases weren’t impressed. However, analysts claimed that the trials are a significant step towards a real-life practical usage for China’s digital currency. Digital Yuan Doesn’t Impress Shoppers Numerous world...Read More
Bitcoin has continued to overcome the recent adverse news and jumped to an intraday high of $11,550 a few hours ago. Ethereum has also increased in value to about $375, while most other large-cap altcoins remain relatively still. Bitcoin Sees A $11,550 High As reported yesterday, the weekend was fairly bullish for the cryptocurrency market....Read More
A release candidate has been published for Phase 0, though Medalla still needs more participation. ETH 2.0 developer Ben Edgington recently posted an update to highlight the latest news from Beacon Chain testing and development. The primary update was the publishing of version 1.0.0 release candidate 0 for Beacon Chain which contains a number of...Read More
Peter Schiff may hate Bitcoin for having no value and being the money of criminals. Still, his bank Euro Pacific Capital is not without its sins either. A joint investigation by the tax authorities of Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States has Peter Schiff’s bank targeted for allegedly facilitating tax...Read More
Filecoin’s history has been turbulent since its creation in the early days of the crypto-verse. But investors can probably agree that nothing resembles what happened last week. Filecoin Traders Had a Hard Week… Speculators are having a rough time. The token initially had a brief and sudden rise of more than 100% immediately after its...Read More
Cryptocurrency trades have steered clear from Bitcoin trading during Q3 2020, said eToro’s quarterly report. In contrast, the multi-asset brokerage platform revealed that some larger-cap altcoins, such as TRON, EOS, BNB, and Tezos, had experienced double- and even triple-digit trading volume surges. Cryptocurrency Trading Changes On eToro In Q3 The popular platform published its latest...Read More
A recent report indicated that the number of Bitcoin whales has started to decrease following months of increased accumulation. Contrary to most expectations, history shows that retail investors are typically taking advantage of similar conditions, which could signify the beginning of a new run-up. Bitcoin Whales Accumulation Slows Down Bitcoin whales are considered addresses that...Read More
In the latest report summarizing the Q3 2020 developments in the cryptocurrency field, CoinGecko has classified the outcome as the “summer of decentralized finance (DeFi).” The popular data aggregator noted that the top-performing decentralized exchanges saw (DEX) massive growth in terms of trading volume resulting in reducing the market share of centralized exchanges (CEX). DEX...Read More
Bitcoin has overcome the recent price dip beneath $11,300 and currently hovers around $11,400. Most alternative coins have displayed relatively strong performances and the total market cap increased over the weekend. Bitcoin Back To $11,400 Bitcoin traded around $11,350 yesterday after a calm 24-hour period despite potentially impactful news coming from the popular cryptocurrency exchange...Read More
The Central Bank of Spain published its Strategic Plan for 2020-2024, describing the objectives and strategies it will follow to boost its economy and adapt the country’s finances to the requirements of the modern era, and a CBDC is one of its priorities. The digital world is stealing the attention of the Spaniards. In its...Read More
Popular TV host and long-time Bitcoin proponent Max Keiser believes that futures traders suppress Bitcoin’s price at current levels. However, once the asset explodes to Keiser’s intermediate target at $28,000, BTC’s amount for sale will evaporate as governments and institutions will purchase directly from miners. Keiser: Governments And Institutions Will Rush To Buy BTC Keiser...Read More
The drama around OKEx started on Friday when news broke that the popular exchange had suspended all withdrawals from the platform. Almost immediately, the cryptocurrency market reacted with price drops. Bitcoin lost about $350 in a few hours. Shortly after, reports emerged that OKEx co-founder Xu Mingxing was taken by police officers over a week...Read More
