Bank of America is creeping into the crypto space and has filed a patent application for a blockchain crypto wallet. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bank of America (BofA) continues its steady creep into the crypto world, filing another blockchain-related patent application. This new one is particularly interesting because it’s for a crypto wallet....Read More
Prixbit, a digital currency exchange in South Korea has now closed down officially. This new development was announced in a website post on the 9th of August where the exchange made it known that it will be halting all operations. The founder of the cryptocurrency exchange said: “Due to negative internal and external influences, management...Read More
Crypto millionaire Erik Finman says bitcoin is being replaced by Facebook’s Libra. But he says his app Metal Pay is the “Libra killer.” | Source: Erik Finman/Twitter (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Crypto millionaire Erik Finman says bitcoin “is being replaced” by Facebook’s Libra. But he insists his cryptocurrency, Metal...Read More
Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump’s secretary of state, invoked 9/11 to explain the gravity of the threat that bitcoin presents to national security. | Source: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster By CCN Markets: When Trump adviser Mike Pompeo addressed crypto regulation during a Tuesday morning interview, he claimed that he didn’t want to start a “viral moment.” However,...Read More
Bitcoin looks short-term bearish and long-term bullish due to a familiar technical structure on the chart. Find out more here. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: In technical analysis, a support area gets weaker every time the prices touches it. That’s because each tap drains the strength or the demand at the support. A good example...Read More
Need another reason to buy bitcoin? Trump just signed a budget agreement that will raise the US national debt by $1.7 trillion. | Source: REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Donald Trump might not like bitcoin, but he’s doing an excellent job creating the economic conditions in...Read More
Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle service that acts as middleware that seeks to link smart contracts across the blockchain. The platform enables smart contracts to access off-chain resources such as data feeds, web APIs, and traditional bank account payments. The Oracle service is vital because it provides external information on the blockchain. Typically, blockchains...Read More
When Bitcoin’s most controversial Twitter account suddenly had an identity crisis, the conspiracy theories began to come out of the woodwork. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bitcoin maximalists feuding with altcoiners is not headline-worthy material. However, when a Twitter handle that boasts 1 million followers and previously pumped Bitcoin Cash suddenly deletes old anti-Bitcoin...Read More
We now know the reason why China’s central bank is rushing to issue its “cryptocurrency” as quickly as possible: Facebook’s Libra. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: We now know the reason why China’s central bank appears to be rushing to issue its “cryptocurrency” as quickly as possible. Beijing, reports suggest, is worried that Facebook’s...Read More
Crypto App, the digital wallet of tZero, has revealed that it now supports Ravencoin (RVN), meaning its users can now store, buy and sell RVN using the app. With this listing, tZero made Ravencoin the 3rd crypto supported on its app, joining Bitcoin and Ethereum. tZero is a branch owned by the Overstock company. Ravencoin...Read More
A voting platform built on Ethereum blockchain – Horizon State – has been shut down indefinitely. As soon as the company winded operations, its native cryptocurrency dubbed Decision Token (HST) faced a significant setback as it plummeted 56%. On their official Facebook page, the blockchain startup based in Australia said they are shutting down operations...Read More
India’s biggest lender is looking to ‘eliminate’ debit cards altogether in a possible effort to cut down on capital flight. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: India’s largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), has announced an initiative yesterday in which the state-owned financial institution seeks to eliminate debit cards to promote digital transactions....Read More
The founders of the Gemini crypto exchange, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, have stated that they are open to join Mark Zuckerberg’s Libra Association. It seems that the twins, which have been in a legal settlement over the ownership of the Facebook website, will not let past disputes interfere with the possibility of a partnership with...Read More
Former rivals may unite to back Facebook’s cryptocurrency’s effort. According to the brothers, the partnership will further their vision of mainstream cryptocurrency adoption. Identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – who are perhaps most famous for accusing their former Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their idea for what has become the world’s largest social...Read More
Bitcoin price is having a volatile week. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Since August 15, in less than five days, the bitcoin price (BTC) has increased from $9,500 to $10,700 by well over 12 percent against the U.S. dollar. The bitcoin price has demonstrated a short term reversal after dipping to as low as...Read More
Mark Mobius, founding partner of Mobius Capital Partners claims bitcoin’s emergence will further drive investors to gold. | Source: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas By CCN Markets: Mark Mobius, the legendary emerging-markets investor and founder of Mobius Capital Partners, referred to bitcoin as a “psycho-currency” on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg. He claimed the rise of “faith-based”...Read More
The New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and Bitfinex parent company iFinex can continue. The bitcoin price rose 5 percent in response. | Source: Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: The bitcoin price moved higher on new legal developments in the ongoing wranglings involving Bitfinex and Tether....Read More
Bitcoin is not a hedge for anything because its volatility actually adds risk to every single scenario a portfolio manager can create. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: As the bitcoin skeptic here at CCN, my job is to provide counter-arguments to the bitcoin bulls. Today I’m going to debunk the claim that bitcoin is a...Read More
In part two of his ‘Satoshi reveal’, self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Bilal Khalid unveils where all his bitcoins are and much, much more. | Source: (i) Satoshinrh.com (ii) Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: The second part of the Satoshi reveal by the (new) self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin proved to be even more outrageous than the...Read More
Based on a recent report, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group has now been declared a terrorist organization by the Western Government. Due to this declaration, the group is not able to make use of any of the resources provide by the native financial system, as it is now red flaged. Therefore, the group’s military department...Read More
The @Bitcoin Twitter handle appeared to switch allegiances when it deleted old pro-BCH posts, and redirected the Bitcoin whitepaper. But why? | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: The long-running conflict between Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters took another turn on Monday. The @Bitcoin Twitter handle, which previously showed support for the BCH community,...Read More
Many deem Binance’s newly announced Venus stablecoin project as a competitor to Facebook’s Libra crypto. But Binance’s CZ says otherwise. | Source: (i) REUTERS / Darrin Zammit Lupi (ii) Shutterstock: Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: Binance has announced today its Venus stablecoin project that many deem as a competitor to Facebook’s upcoming Libra crypto....Read More
Bakkt is a platform for institutional investors and anyone else to buy bitcoin through its legally compliant system. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been waiting for the launch of bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt. Recently, the crypto community rejoiced as the ICE-operated company announced the official launch date of Sept....Read More
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright was exposed again this week – this time by Microsoft Office. The comedy of errors continues… | Source: YouTube (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright popped up to remind everyone of his existence this week. While yet another ‘Faketoshi’ showed up...Read More
The Litecoin price crashed to ‘bedrock’ support against Bitcoin this month. One trader says it now offers ‘maximum financial opportunity.’ | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Litecoin’s recent halving was unfortunately met by intense selling against Bitcoin. The downward pressure was so intense that the crypto token plunged to a fresh 2019 low of 700,100...Read More
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin says improving blockchain scalability could slash costs “by over 100” for every crypto transaction. | Source: Abra/YouTube By CCN Markets: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says improving scalability could slash crypto transaction costs by a factor of “over 100.” That’s crucial, considering that blockchain has become so much “bigger than bitcoin.” Moreover, Buterin...Read More
Crypto.com has rolled out their Pay Your Friends app today, a social finance app that also allows for direct feeless crypto payments. As there are no fees on crypto payments, the app incentivizes the customers with a reward of $50 to those that add friends that also stake Crypto.com Chain (CRO). Crypto.com decided to provide...Read More
South Korea’s Coinone has decided to shut down its Malta-based crypto exchange CGEX next month after less than a year of operations. The exchange posted on its official website that it will be terminating all services starting with September 18th, 2019 at 2:00 am UTC. After this date, users will not be able to log...Read More
Tokyo-based electronic commerce and Internet company Rakuten has revealed that it has launched its own exchange which supports cryptocurrency spot trading. The Japanese company announced today that its Rakuten Wallet has gone live, and the platform supports trading in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and bitcoin cash (BCH) against the Japanese yen. The app is currently...Read More
Where is the bitcoin price heading? Image from Shutterstock. By CCN Markets: Since the official announcement of Bakkt’s bitcoin futures market launch on August 17, the bitcoin price has surged by well over 6 percent against the U.S. dollar to $10,700. On Saturday, before Bakkt received green light from the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission...Read More
