The Chinese PlusToken scam may have influenced Bitcoin’s price, Chainalysis hypothesizes in a blog post. Though it’s unlikely to be the main factor, movements of stolen funds correlate very well with market downturns. What is PlusToken? PlusToken was a classic Ponzi scheme similar to BitConnect or countless others. The founders promised monthly returns from 9...Read More
Chainlink has a bearish short-term and medium-term trading outlook The four-hour time frame shows that a bearish head and shoulders pattern has formed The daily time frame continues to show the price trapped within a wedge pattern Chainlink is under increasing downside pressure, with the popular cryptocurrency on the cusp of a short-term bearish breakout...Read More
No major movements were observed through the weekend, though the cryptocurrency market lost a few points and remains under pressure on Monday. The bearish trend sweeping through the digital currency market shows few signs of abating so far. Bitcoin fell to a fresh monthly trading low over the weekend, with the BTC/USD pair testing the...Read More
If you bought synthetix (SNX) this time last year, you don’t need to read these words. You’re already rich after your moon bag lived up to its billing and pulled a 50x. Despite the era of undiscovered gems tapering off in 2018, there’s still a handful of tokens that achieve the impossible each year, making...Read More
VeChain has a bearish short-term and bullish medium-term trading outlook The four-hour time frame shows that an inverted head and shoulders pattern has formed The daily time frame continues to show a bullish triangle breakout underway. VeChain is attempting to stage a recovery higher after reversing sharply from the 0.008 support level earlier this month....Read More
The cryptocurrency market remains mixed in early Friday trade, while the number of BTC/USD long positions continued to surge. Bitfinex long futures surged to a fresh record high at 41,300 contracts, breaking past the previous all-time high set on March 2018. Tezos is the best performer inside the top 20 — now breaking into the...Read More
Little changed in the cryptocurrency market since Wednesday, though a number of top cryptocurrencies briefly tested below under critical technical support level. Bitcoin moved toward the psychological $7,000 level as a bearish triangle breakout continues to weigh on the BTC/USD pair’s short-term technicals. It posted a short recovery since. Litecoin moved within touching distance of...Read More
The broader cryptocurrency market appears vulnerable to further losses on Wednesday, as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies slipped back into negative territory for the month. Bitcoin fell back to its lowest trading level since Dec. 4, after the BTC/USD pair broke through the $7,300 support barrier. Binance Coin was worst performer inside the top 10...Read More
The broader cryptocurrency market came back under downside pressure on Tuesday, as Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies gave back early week trading gains. Matic Network is under heavy bearish pressure, following a flash crash late-Monday night. Matic had rallied by over 190 percent since November 22nd before the sudden reversal occurred. Chainlink is the top...Read More
Bitcoin continues to consolidate around the $7,500 level in early Monday trading, as traders and investors await the launch of Bakkt’s Bitcoin options trading offering. The broader cryptocurrency market is trading sideways as the top 10 cryptocurrencies struggled to find a strong directional bias in early-week trading. Tezos continues its recent move to the upside,...Read More
Utilizing stranded gas to power bitcoin mining rigs at oil and gas wells is a promising business opportunity. It is profitable for all participating parties and beneficial for the environment. Not without challenges, this young industry is growing in energy-rich North America. Several companies are working to expand the niche and U.S.-based EZ Blockchain shared...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
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
Some crypto assets have had a worse 2019 that others and XRP is one of them. At the moment the Ripple token is still down 15% this year but that could be about to change as XRP finally starts to move in the lead up to the company Swell event next month. XRP Surges 20%...Read More
It may be the official end of summer, but this week has been a bumper one for the Bitcoin price. Spot markets appear to be reacting to bullish news that institutional involvement is increasing. A SIMETRI Research analysis (below) highlights that if Bitcoin successfully passes $11,000, the market might see a retest of $15,000. Following...Read More
Friday is turning into the greenest day of the week for most of the crypto market. After successfully holding its gains yesterday, Bitcoin is now continuing its run towards $11,000. The altcoin landscape is even more interesting, with several strong outliers in a fairly green sea. And then there’s the rogue wave from Augur –...Read More
Elon Musk tweeted about Porsche’s Taycan Turbo-electric sports car appearing to poke fun at the ‘turbo’ in the name. Twitter users pointed out that the Tesla CEO has his own history of using loose definitions. Yesterday we wrote of how four years after Porsche showed us the original Mission E concept, the 2020 Taycan is...Read More
Look up “hyperinflation” in the dictionary, and you’ll probably find a picture of Zimbabwe’s 100 trillion dollar bill. The country has become an unfortunate poster for economic mismanagement, but one project, Zimbocash, is seeking to heal Zimbabwe’s economic woes with a token on the TRON blockchain. Zimbocash is not the only cryptocurrency attempting to make...Read More
Bitcoin continues to set new records for dominance, as altcoins fall behind. On Thursday, BTC eked out a slight 0.37% price gain over the day before. But most altcoins continued the trend of two-to-three percent daily losses – which means that Bitcoin is now at 71% dominance. Cryptocurrency market dynamics since September 4. Source: Coin360...Read More
While there is no concrete plan to make any specific crypto moves, an Apple Pay executive has just confirmed that the company is paying attention to the sector. Hopefully and at some point, Apple Pay will support cryptocurrency. Apple has not been very forward regarding cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in general. A recent report from...Read More
A database with personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users has been found online by a security researcher. Facebook has since taken it down, declaring that no accounts were breached. Facebook is in the middle of another serious problem of a security breach involving a feature that the company had disabled more than...Read More
Four years after Porsche showed us the original Mission E concept, the 2020 Taycan is finally here showing that there is a real alternative to the Tesla Model S that has ruled the large luxury electric sedan roost. It seems Tesla (TSLA) is getting some real competition and it just might help it. If this...Read More
Apple plans to borrow in the bond market for the first time since November 2017. The proceeds will go towards share buybacks, dividends, and other general corporate purposes. One of the most cash-rich companies in the world, Apple Inc. (AAPL) is getting ready to offer bonds for the first time in almost two years. As...Read More
The cryptocurrency market reined in its excitement today, with a noticeable correction from yesterday’s market-wide rally. Bitcoin lost 200 points but is continuing to maintain its strong market dominance at 70.50%. Altcoins are suffering, with notable losers including BNB(-4%), LINK(-4.84%) and ATOM(-6.66%), while the rest of the top-50 show losses between one and three percent....Read More
Hopes for an upcoming altcoin rally are getting fainter by the day. Institutions are continuing to drive the cryptocurrency market, according to new data, and they’re almost entirely focused on Bitcoin (BTC). Even prominent altcoins, such as Ether (ETH) and XRP, may fall by the wayside. That’s the takeaway from a new metric by sentiment...Read More
The Zao app which is capable of swapping faces from video clips shot to the top of the app store shortly after it was released, pulling in millions of downloads. Now, concerns have been raised about possible use of the app for negative propaganda. A new Chinese mobile deepfake application that allows users very easily...Read More
Android 10 is now rolling out to Pixel phones and it introduces dark mode, new accessibility features, battery saving features and improved notifications. However, it can’t be expected to be seen on non-Pixel phone soon. In the sea of the newly released gadgets and their announcements, one thing is sure – if you have Google...Read More
As the trade war between the U.S. and China continues to rage, US stocks including the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 are currently taking a hit affecting retail stocks with no current hope for recuperation. The fires heating up the trade war between U.S. and China which has been going on for quite...Read More
California’s state Senate is set to vote on Assembly Bill 5 that, if passed, could be financially ruinous for Uber and Lyft, which stock is already experiencing hard times. Stocks of Uber and Lyft fell to their new lows yesterday what seems to be their lowest point since their IPO. The thing is, each day...Read More
Oil-rich economies of the Middle East and North Africa are looking for ways to diversify, and the Jibrel Network (JNT) is leveraging blockchain technology to make it happen. Private financing has a new avenue for building wealth, according to the development company, with “young and tech-savvy entrepreneurs” in the region moving into new industries and...Read More
