The number of bitcoin traders going long on BTC is approaching an all-time high. That sounds bullish, but it’s actually an extremely bearish signal. Is the bitcoin price on the verge of another plunge? Bitcoin longs are nearing record highs on margin trading platforms like Bitfinex. The last time the number of long positions to...Read More
New cryptocurrency “Designed for 10,000x Returns” draws crypto community ire. Critics say the coin’s creator will hold 45% of the entire coin supply after the first year. Not a Ponzi, not a pyramid – a new breed of scam coin. A new cryptocurrency is attempting to pick up where BitConnect and OneCoin left off –...Read More
Ethereum’s search decline is slightly worse than Bitcoin’s. Roughly 96% of search interest originating from the United States has disappeared. A glance at ETH’s developer count reveals a silver lining for Ethereum. Nearly two years on from Ethereum’s all-time high, Google search interest for the No.1 altcoin has plunged 96%. Ethereum Popularity Nosedives Along with...Read More
Mark Cuban attacks bitcoin and says that the cryptocurrency has zero chance to become a reliable currency. Cuban made his billions by investing early in the internet. It would seem that the billionaire has the wrong idea on the security and value of the top cryptocurrency. Mark Cuban caught the attention of the cryptocurrency community...Read More
Danish regulators are targeting crypto traders in a tax avoider crackdown. Skattestyrelsen, or Skat, Denmark’s tax agency, has issued warning letters to “20,000 cryptocurrency tax avoiders,” according to European crypto tracking and tax reporting startup Koinly. The move comes months after regulators were sniffing around at a trio of local exchanges for information on crypto...Read More
The altcoin market sheds more than $2 billion in value on Tuesday. Bitcoin price approaches $7,200 on major exchanges. Volatile trading conditions follow a surprise announcement by Huobi Group that its U.S. operations are closing. Bitcoin’s gravitational pull on the wider cryptocurrency market was evident on Tuesday, as altcoins lost billions in collective value. There...Read More
Matic drops 70% in an hour after weeks of positive gains. The cryptocurrency was up nearly 200% in two weeks before the plunge. Was it an inside job? Matic — one of the first tokens to originate upon Binance Launchpad has witnessed one of the harshest dumps in crypto history, falling a massive 66% in...Read More
Another Wall Street executive is calling for the collapse of bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies. The wealth manager believes that bitcoin will follow the footsteps of Blackberry and Lycos. He fails to understand that bitcoin is the best performing asset of the decade and its function has evolved from simple payment settlement into a global...Read More
Bitcoin has succumbed to selling pressure as of late. However, many analysts are predicting that the top cryptocurrency will likely come back to life next year. The possibility of a financial meltdown plus the halving could trigger a strong bitcoin bull market in 2020. It’s quite difficult to see the long-term bullish picture of bitcoin...Read More
Smashboard is a blockchain-enabled app that plans to help sexual abuse victims in India. The app plans to reduce the trauma that’s associated with reporting incidents. Smashboard plans to add more features to help victims in the future. The Me Too movement in India gained steam last year when popular figures decided to come out...Read More
HODL is such a popular trading strategy in the crypto community that it has transcended into a meme. HODLers are flexing their muscles as they refuse to sell even if they are in profits. Add to that the halving and we have the recipe for bitcoin rocket fuel. Many bitcoin traders laugh at the idea...Read More
The number of bitcoin addresses with any balance exceeded its January 2018 high. Even though the metric is not perfect, it provides a rough estimate of bitcoin’s adoption rate. The synchronicity in the growth of this metric and the explosion of dormant bitcoin addresses suggests accumulation. Most people only refer to the price of bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin processed $8.9 billion in a single hour, highest in its history. It shows how BTC can grow as an established store of value. VC investors foresee BTC evolving into a major asset due to its ability to transfer value. In a single hour, the Bitcoin network processed $8.9 billion in transactions. While most of...Read More
The bitcoin price dropped by 31% since October 26, in just over a month. Yet, Blockchain Capital partner Spencer Bogart sees strengthening fundamentals pushing BTC up in the medium-term. The cryptocurrency market showed signs of stagnation throughout November following China’s crackdown on small exchanges and the sell-off of bitcoin on spot exchanges like Huobi and...Read More
The FBI arrested an Ethereum developer in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving for teaching North Korea about cryptocurrency. The Manhattan US Attorney’s office says the 36-year old Virgil Griffith helped North Korea to evade international sanctions. The former hacker and tech idealist has been flirting with disaster for years. The New York Times did an eerily...Read More
The Block reported that Binance’s Shanghai office was raided by the police. Changpeng Zhao (CZ) quickly responded and went into the offensive to refute The Block’s claims. CZ knows that he can file a lawsuit against the crypto news site but says that that’s “too much trouble for now.” On Thursday, The Block published an...Read More
A widely-followed economist says suppressing bitcoin price can kill the cryptocurrency. Research supports this assessment as retail traders still dominate the market share. The strong correlation between bitcoin and Google searches point to the vulnerability of retail traders to price manipulation. Alex Kruger, an economist and trader, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on...Read More
Pemex is required to pay the Bitcoin ransom within two weeks or face paying double after. About 5% of the computers have been affected by the DoppelPaymer software. The oil giant’s billing systems are the most impacted and could lead to delays in paying salaries. The hackers who hit Mexico’s state oil giant Pemex earlier...Read More
NEO has surged 100% over the past few weeks. The bullish sentiment behind this cryptocurrency rally seems to be related to China’s decision to embrace blockchain technology. One trader says NEO may have a bright forecast. NEO, one of China’s most prominent blockchain projects, has been on a roll since Chinese President Xi Jinping announced...Read More
Chinese State Media Praise Bitcoin as a “Successful Application of Blockchain” Blockchain fever overruns the people’s republic Bitcoin propaganda comes as China preps to launch digital currency in 2020 China has taken yet another step towards fully embracing Bitcoin, calling it “The First successful application of blockchain technology.” The entirety of the people’s republic has...Read More
Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate starts trading on NYSE after IPO approval. SI cites a 6% increase on the initial offering price of $12. SEN network continues to grow. Silvergate Capital (NYSE: SI), a cryptocurrency-focused commercial bank, made its official listing on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov 7, commanding a 6% increase on the day....Read More
What has been a fairly bad few weeks for cryptocurrency exchanges, just got a little worse? A Vancouver-based crypto trading platform, Einstein Exchange, has been closed by Candian authorities; while still owing $16 million in outstanding obligations. What Happened to Einstein? On Monday, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), provided a statement noting the “action...Read More
DX.Exchange is suspending its services. The company’s board is looking for an acquisition or merger. DX.Exchange has been linked to a scam. DX.Exchange announced that it would be halting operations due to economic reasons. DX.Exchange Shuts Down In a blog post, DX.Exchange informed its users that the operational costs of running the cryptocurrency exchange led...Read More
Bitfinex, which shares co-founders with the Tether stablecoin, is once again attracting controversy over the manipulation of the Bitcoin price. Per a paper published by the University of Texas Professor John Griffin and Ohio State University’s Amin Shams, Bitcoin’s run to a record high near $20,000 in 2017 was caused by a single market whale....Read More
Bitcoin, also known as “digital gold,” has outperformed gold every year since 2011. Given the large discrepancy in the market capitalization between bitcoin and gold, bitcoin has more potential to grow over the short to medium term than gold. So far into 2019, contrary to popular belief, bitcoin has failed to demonstrate the characteristics of...Read More
Bitmain, a leading bitcoin miner, has secretly filed for an IPO that is sponsored by Deutsche Bank, a German multinational company, as reported by Tencent News. The company has been struggling to bounce back since crypto winter. The black swan event dampened demand for cryptocurrency mining machines, causing profitability to plummet. The reported secret filing...Read More
According to Ripple, XRP is 1/10th as volatile as fiat for cross-border payments. The current SWIFT system is so slow it exacerbates international payment risk. XRP payments clear so fast that the exchange rate risk is negligible. The math busters over at Ripple have crunched the numbers and conducted a study that concludes that XRP...Read More
Nearly one-third of Americans falsely believe that the US dollar is backed by gold, and 70% don’t know what is backing it. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to US financial illiteracy, however. A new study reveals just how little Americans know about how their money works. An eye-opening new study...Read More
Hackers have breached the computer network of South Africa’s commercial capital Johannesburg in an attempt to ransom the city for Bitcoin. Consequently, the city has shut down its website and suspended all e-services as a ‘precautionary measure’. At the time of writing the city’s website was still inaccessible. The city of Johannesburg’s official web portal...Read More
The bitcoin price has plunged by nearly 10% on Wednesday to fall near a 5-month low. After flirting with a move to the upside above $8,000, the leading cryptocurrency dropped sharply below to just under $7,500. Bitcoin price chart | Source: TradingView Other major-cap cryptocurrencies also followed Bitcoin’s spiraling crash by falling between 4% and...Read More
