Big gaps and bigger buys: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week

Another $1,000 CME futures gap opens but Bitcoin shows clear strength as it aims to tackle pivotal $20,000 resistance.

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Bitcoin SV Technical Standards Committee opens first proposed standard for public review

Bitcoin Association, the Switzerland-based global industry organisation that works to advance business with the Bitcoin SV blockchain, today announces that the first proposed standard from...

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Bitcoin Nears $18,000 as Trump Opens Iran War Options

Bitcoin reached $17,800 before currently trading at $17,500 with the currency up another $1,000 today. That’s for many reasons, but a new one may well be what lameduck Trump might...

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Hodl Hodl Opens Decentralized Bitcoin Lending to US Users

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All Eligible PayPal Account Holders In The U.S. Can Now Buy And Sell Bitcoin

Payments giant PayPal has effectively lifted the waitlist for users looking to use its crypto service, allowing all eligible US customers to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies. PayPal Opens Its Doors To All US Crypto Customers On Thursday, PayPal announced in a brief update to its original October 21 announcement that its crypto trading service […]

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Only one resistance level above Bitcoin’s rally to $20,000 — Analyst

Bitcoin (BTC) investor suggests BTC above $14,000 opens a clear path to $20,000 Bitcoin’s... The post Only one resistance level above Bitcoin’s rally to $20,000 — Analyst appeared first on Coin Journal.

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One of Asia’s Largest Banks, DBS, Launches Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange; Opens with BTC, BCH, ETH, & XRP

2020 is all about cryptocurrencies as the tide turns. The latest one to jump on the digital currency bandwagon is the largest retail and commercial bank of Singapore, DBS. The bank has soft-launched its cryptocurrency and fiat trading exchange with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as the primary listed crypto assets.

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Bitcoin rises against USD after Mnuchin promises second stimulus check

$1,200 checks for Americans will definitely feature in any deal, says Steven Mnuchin, as DXY weakness opens up opportunities for Bitcoin gains.

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Crucial Weekly Bitcoin Momentum Indicator Opens Red For First Time Since April

Across crypto Twitter, analysts claim that Bitcoin price just had an extremely bullish close, but a crucial momentum measuring indicator says otherwise. In fact, the tool just flipped bearish for the first time on weekly timeframes since April 2020, right after the Black Thursday rebound and pre-halving rally.

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Fidelity President Files Paperwork for New Bitcoin Index Fund

Fidelity Investments? chief strategist Peter Jubber opens a new Bitcoin index fund

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Bitcoin-based Startup Zap Opens Strike for Public Beta And Plans to Release Visa Rewards Card

Jack Mallers, Zap founder, revealed on Thursday that Zap’s Strike product, which enables individuals to receive Bitcoin in US dollar form through direct bank deposits, opens up for the public beta. I just published Announcing Strike Public BETA A new #Bitcoin era is born.

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Bitcoin Finally Breaks Out, Aiming for Range High

On June 21, the Bitcoin (BTC) price broke out from a descending resistance line that had been in place since July 16. This opens the way for an increase that could carry the price upwards of $9,600.

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Top Financial Company CEO Bullish on Bitcoin, Opens Long as BTC Hits $9,359

The CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management is bullish on Bitcoin, opening a long position, as BTC breaks $9,300

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Interest Rate Adjustment Opens Way for Brazil to be New ‘Bitcoin Demand Source’

The economic gloom of Brazil continues amid the coronavirus pandemic. The deteriorated fiscal position and political uncertainties have created fears of a deep economic recession. The Central Bank of Brazil has also cut the interest rate to 3%, which is an all-time low.

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China-Based BTC Miner and Wallet, Bixin, Opens A $66M Crypto Investment ‘Fund Of Funds’

The announcement released on Friday states, Bixin will set aside 6,600 BTC (~66 million dollars) from its proprietary mining capital into the “fund of funds”. The funds will be invested in global quantitative trading funds with a special focus on arbitrage, BTC futures and general technical and trend analysis within the industry. As Bitcoin heads […]

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New Season of 'Billions' Opens With Bitcoin Mining Bust

Crypto fans have been discussing actively on social media about the new Bitcoin-related episode of “Billions” series.

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Market Wrap: May Opens With Equities Lower While Bitcoin Steady at $8.7K

Traditional markets continue to get whalloped on terrible economic numbers while bitcoin holds ground ahead of the halving.

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Safer Transactions with New TronLink Extension

Bitcoin, the leader in the cryptocurrency world, and Bitcasino. io, the first Bitcoin-only online casino, introduced the TronLink browser extension. The Tron Foundation developed this new extension that opens doors for many new opportunities when it comes to TRX transactions.

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Bitcoin Traders Can Now Stack Sats By Shorting Gold Price

Phemex, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has added a gold/USD trading pair. This move opens the door for Bitcoin traders to take advantage of declining gold prices. It is also a further step in the maturation of the crypto market.

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Italian Bank Opens Bitcoin Trading Platform, Coronavirus Death Toll in Italy Tops China

Coinspeaker Italian Bank Opens Bitcoin Trading Platform, Coronavirus Death Toll in Italy Tops ChinaItalian bank Banca Sella is now offering its 1. 2 million customers the ability to trade Bitcoin through their accounts, using a platform called Hype platform.

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Italian Bank Opens Bitcoin Trading to 1.2 Million During Lockdown

Growing crypto adoption and the COVID-19 outbreak encouraged Italy’s Banco Sella to launch a Bitcoin trading service

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'Ominous' Bitcoin (BTC) Price Pattern Spotted by Top Market Analyst Jim Wyckoff

The Bitcoin (BTC) price remains in limbo while the U.S. stock market opens in the red

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Crypto Exchange OKCoin Opens Shop in Singapore, Adds SGD Onramp

OKCoin traders in Singapore can now buy Bitcoin and Ether using Singapore dollars (SGD). The move is followed by the exchange opening offices in one of the most crypto-friendly jurisdictions...The post Crypto Exchange OKCoin Opens Shop in Singapore, Adds SGD Onramp appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Human Rights Foundations Opens Door to Bitcoin (BTC) Donations

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is now accepting donations in the form of Bitcoin (BTC). Using their own self-hosted BTCPayServer, the HRF will now be able to tap into the niche market to accept donations in a currency that has an ethos broadly in-line with their own, March 11, 2020.

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Layer1 opens Texas Bitcoin Mining Operation

While China has long dominated Bitcoin mining, new operations in the U.S. are poised to pull the industry further West.

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Bitcoin's crash opens door to a tussle between sentiments

Bitcoin suffered an unexpected drop of 8.44 percent in the past 24 hours. The valuation dropped from $10167 to under $9312, which also resulted in a $10 billion reduction from its market cap. At pressThe post Bitcoin's crash opens door to a tussle between sentiments appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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PayPal’s Peter Thiel-backed Layer1 Opens Renewable Energy-Focused Bitcoin Mining Facility

PayPal founder and early Facebook investor, Peter Thiel is the latest one to join the bitcoin mining business. As the crypto market gets back on the bull track with 85% increase in prices in 2019 after the crypto winter of 2018, investors are also jumping the bitcoin train.

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First Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Facility Opened by Peter Thiel-Backed Layer1

Layer1, the Bitcoin (BTC) mining startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, opens its very first mining farm in West Texas

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Layer1 opens its first Bitcoin mining factory in Texas

Layer1 Technologies, the first U. S. based vertically-integrated and renewable energy Bitcoin mining and factory development company, announced today that it has started mining at its Bitcoin factory in West Texas.

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Elon Musk Opens Up on Bitcoin, Finally

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, recently attended a podcast in which he briefly discussed his views on Bitcoin, stating that he is “neither here nor there” on the digital currency.

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SegWit Adoption Opens New Year with All-Time High Transactions

Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions on the Bitcoin network kicked off the new year by hitting an all-time high, accounting for 62% of all network transactions. Following its introduction in 2017, SegWit has steadily been increasing in terms of adoption, showing a dramatic increase in early 2018 and late 2019.

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Bitcoin Post-Holiday Consolidation Opens Up New Opportunities for Altcoins

Coinspeaker Bitcoin Post-Holiday Consolidation Opens Up New Opportunities for AltcoinsAt current levels, Bitcoin price fell 46% from its annual maximum. As the year 2019 draws to a close in less than 48 hours, many experts have taken the bullish stance on pricing for the new year.

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Op Ed: Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin Opens Up New Frontiers

Bringing bitcoin to DeFi could have a profound impact on the growth of DeFi tools, users and mainstream acceptance. The post Op Ed: Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin Opens Up New Frontiers appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Bakkt opens Bitcoin options market as boon-or-bane debate catches fire

"Coming out of the 2008 financial crisis, the legit criticism of regulators was along the lines of: where were they during the expansion of the real estate mortgage bubble, why didn't they take steps The post Bakkt opens Bitcoin options market as boon-or-bane debate catches fire appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Binance US Eyes 30 Potential Cryptocurrencies

With the forthcoming launch of the US-based Binance subsidiary Binance US, the crypto exchange has announced it is considering up to 30 cryptocurrencies that will be supported when the platform opens.

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Quontic Bank Opens Its Doors To Crypto Firms

Quontic Bank, a small New York City bank, began working with crypto firms when it opened a checking account for a bitcoin ATM company a few weeks back and has since been on the lookout for companies in need of a crypto-friendly bank.

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Bitcoin Takes a New Course, BTC Bulls Rave and Rocket Past $11,700 USD as SP 500 Opens Up Rocky

Money and power tie. Often, the control of the former means an express gain of the latter. That’s could explain the fragility of the market when the US Federal Reserve are about to decide on the new “route” as far as monetary policy and fund rates are concerned. Interpreted as having a political hand, the […]

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Russian Customs Service Opens Investigation into Illegally Imported ASIC Miners

The Russian Federal Customs Service has initiated a probe into DTPK, an importer of Bitmain miners, for submitting falsified documents to customs officials and evading $1. 2 million in duties. The false documents had listed a much lower price for the miners and their power elements relative to their market price, as reported by CoinDesk, JulyRead MoreRead More.

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LedgerX Officially Opens Physically Delivered BTC Options and Custody Ahead of Bakkt’s Launch

US-regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, LedgerX has officially launched its physically delivered bitcoin [BTC] options and custody ever since it got the Designated Contract Marketing License (DCM) from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reports The Block.

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Bitcoin Futures: BitMEX investigation opens door for other exchanges to offer derivatives trading

Bitcoin and Futures: development for some, speculation for others. There are few things in this world that pose a greater degree of risk than investing in the cryptocurrency industry, throw a controversial investment product like derivatives into the mix, and you have a raging ball of fire, just sitting in your portfolio.

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Lightning Network Bitcoin Capacity Approaches $10 Million While Nodes Hits Above 9k

The nodes on the second layer on Bitcoin network reaches 9,091 Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp opens its own LN node while some nodes claimed 2.2 BTC in “justice transactions” Network capacity takes a drop, in inverse correlation with the BTC price The second layer on the biggest cryptocurrency Bitcoin, Lightning Network (LN) continues to grow as […]

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Nouriel Roubini Opens Fire on Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMex and Arthur Hayes

After a scathing attack on Arthur Hayes at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Roubini has once again hit out at BitMex in a blog post that covers his opinion on the cryptocurrency market, as reported by Bloomberg.

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A Bursting Bubble? Bitcoin Still has its Share of Detractors

A recent article from The Motley Fool cites several of the ugly aspects of the cryptocurrency industry of “proof” the tech is ‘worthless’. The article opens up with the tale of Long Island Iced Tea Corp.

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Bitcoin (BTC) At $20,000 By Year End Then Opens Up $40,000 Says Novogratz

Mike Novogratz, founder and chief executive of Galaxy Digital, the crypto-focused merchant bank, says bitcoin will be trading at $20,000 before the year is out. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg he also rode back.

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Leading Restaurant Chain in Singapore Debuts Bitcoin Payments

Kopitiam has announced plans to accept bitcoin payments as part of the company’s efforts to adopt digital payment means, The Business Times reports, July 01, 2019. The move forms part of a growing wave of cryptocurrency adoption sweeping across Singapore and Southeast Asia as a whole.

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Bitcoin exchange Gemini opens Chicago office to meet institutional demand

Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, today announced the opening of a Chicago office. This news comes as Bitcoin surpasses its 17-month high and investors are increasingly seeking safe and reliable platforms to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies in a regulated manner.

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US SEC Opens Commentary Period on Combined Bitcoin (BTC) ETF

The idea of a Bitcoin ETF has been in the proposition stage for years, but a new discussion period opens new hope.

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Bitcoin IRA Opens Retirement Accounts In Crypto As Retirement Portfolios Reach Record Highs

Bitcoin IRA, the largest Bitcoin retirement platform in the world, informed that investors are currently adding virtual currencies to their retirement portfolios as Bitcoin moves above $11,300. AT the same time, the company mentioned that they have seen more interest in the activity in the last six weeks than in over a year. Bitcoin IRA […]

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Belated ICE-backed Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Beta-Testing Launches in Less than a Month

Coinspeaker Belated ICE-backed Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Beta-Testing Launches in Less than a MonthAs ICE Futures Exchange opens its Bitcoin Futures interest, CME concurrently soars in what appears to be a four day all-time high in a row.

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