Bitcoin Whales Snap Up Over 40,000 BTC as Asset Flirts with $100,000

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Bitcoin Saw Heavy Profit Taking in May: Goldman Sachs

The amount of bitcoin held on exchanges fell 12%, while ether supply saw a slight gain, the report said.

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3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Is at $20,000 and What Happens Next

Bitcoin reached July's level once again despite positivity we saw on market only few weeks ago

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Bitcoin Price May Consolidate From Here And Resume Powerful Uptrend In Q4, Says Billionaire Mike Novogratz

Bitcoin’s 32% rally over the past month seems to be a bit exhausted. BTC was abruptly rejected after its attempt to conquer the $51,000 zone a few days ago. The rejection from the critical resistance level saw the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap pause for thought, initiating what some pundits had predicted would be […]

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Weekend Roundup: Bitcoin Holds Firm at $56,000

Bitcoin managed to hold above $56,000 heading into the new week. Last week saw increased volatility for Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency saw major swings, leading up to $2. 4 billion in liquidations on Thursday alone.

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Market Roundup: Bitcoin Strength Could See New All-Time High This Week

Bitcoin saw another positive day after a weekend of little activity. Monday saw the market’s bullish momentum push all cryptocurrencies upwards. Tuesday saw much of the same as Bitcoin touched $54,787.

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Bitcoin Dips Below $8K in First Since June

Bitcoin has once again shocked investors after a sharp sell-off yesterday saw it strip over $1000 in value in quick succession.

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Bitcoin’s Catalyst for Next Bull Run: Institutional Interest Gaining Speed, Hitting New Highs

The surge of 2017 in Bitcoin prices saw the first major step from institutions when CME and Cboe launched Bitcoin futures. Throughout 2018 despite being a bear market we saw numerous developments in the form of Bakkt and Fidelity announcing their plans to enter the space among other projects undergoing the process. The year 2019 […]

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Bitcoin’s Price Revival Boosts Sees Crypto Stocks Experience A Bounce Back

The use of buzzwords to increase profits is not a novel strategy. In the 19th century, railway companies began to use the term “airline” although they did not operate aircraft. During the technology bubble, dozens of companies saw their values skyrocket and then plummet after adding'.com' to their names. At the end of last year, […]

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Bitcoin Breaks The $7,500 Barrier Heading to $8000 Despite The 3% Price Fall Over The Weekend

The past week has been every bitcoin enthusiast’s dream, bitcoin holding up strongly above $7,300 and maintaining it all along the week, the crypto community was enthusiastically pushing for a break of the $7,500 barrier.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Breaks $8,000 as Crypto Market Dominance Hits 47%

Bitcoin (BTC) Price breaks $8,000 for the first time in over 60 days as well as boasting a crypto market dominance share of over 47% according to CoinMarketCap. The last time we saw Bitcoin's price above the $8,000 USD mark was back on May 21, 2018 in which it dropped all the way down to […]

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Will Bitcoin Follow Gold And SkyRocket With EFT Approval?

Gold is a tangible precious metal whereas Bitcoin is digital. The similarities between them run deep; they are both mined, one physically, the other digitally. Yet if we look closely at the history of gold, Bitcoin is displaying the same behaviour pattern as we’ve seen for gold.

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For the first time in 2018 the future for bitcoin looks bright says bitcoinist!

A Bright Future Ahead Catalysts can lead any currency higher. This week saw Bitcoin hover in the low $6,000 range before mysteriously popping to above $7,500. This would allow institutional money to purchase BTC for the general public and anyone interested in investing in their fund. Recently it was announced that more than 50% of

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Bitcoin [BTC]’s institutional adoption depends on built ‘infrastructure’, says Blockchain CEO

The CEO of Blockchain Inc. , Peter Smith, recently stated in an interview that the cryptocurrency market will see consolidation in the next few months. He quoted his reasons for saying so as the increased entry of institutional investors into the market.

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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way.

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American Congressman Says Bitcoin Mining Should Be Made Illegal

Yesterday (18th July 2018), saw two separate House Committees discuss cryptocurrency in general, as well as specifically talking about Bitcoin. While the debates reached no clear conclusion, it has shown the general ignorance of the US’s elected officials on these topics.

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Bitcoin [BTC]’s price hike results in the loss of $180 million for short sellers

Recently, Bitcoin [BTC] breached the $7000 mark after being in the bear market for a long time. The resulting bull run saw the coin rise by more than 10%, with the total market cap increasing by $20 million.

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Stellar surpasses Litecoin by market cap to obtain the 6th position

As Bitcoin shot past its sluggish month by breaking the $7000 USD barrier, many other coins too saw their prices go up. Being the first and largest cryptocurrency in the market, what happens to bitcoin has a sway on what happens to the other coins.

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In less than a month, a 30% rally in bitcoin has some people looking at $10000 and beyond.

In less than a month, bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.12%  has roared back, rising more than 30% since June 24, highlighted by Tuesday’s 10% rally that saw bitcoin break a number of psychological and technical

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Bitcoin Price has Reached Low, Says Barry Silbert

Bitcoin price has found its bottom, according to early Bitcoin investor and Founder & CEO of Digital Currency Group, Barry Silbert. Bitcoin price 00 saw an unprecedented rise July 17, spiking with more than 10 percent in around 45 minutes.

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Bitcoin Price Has Bottomed, According to Barry Silbert

Bitcoin price has found its bottom, according to early Bitcoin investor and Founder & CEO of Digital Currency Group, Barry Silbert. What Caused the Spike? Bitcoin price saw an unprecedented rise July 17, spiking with more than 10 percent in around 45 minutes.

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Bitcoin [BTC] breaches $7000: Analysts call potential bull run

Bitcoin [BTC] has just breached the $7000 mark. After an extended period of sideways movement, the coin raced past the $7000 resistance. The reduced amount of volatility seen in the market meant that a bull run or a bear run was coming, say analysts.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Daily Price Forecast – July 18

BCH/USD Medium-term Trend: Bullish Supply zones: $1000, $1100, $1200 Demand zones: $600, $500, $400 Bitcoin Cash continues in a bullish trend in the medium term outlook. The strong bullish pressure broke the critical support zone at $816.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Suddenly Spikes 10% on Coinbase Exchange as Markets Boom

Everybody who believed Bitcoin was not dead can be happy right now. In a totally unexpected move, the Bitcoin value increased 10% quickly. In a sudden move around 2 p. m. on New York time, Coinbase saw the value of the token emerge 10% and start to be traded at $7,395. Why Has The Price […]

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SBI Virtual Currencies (SBIVC) Platform Opens For New Crypto Traders & Investors

SBI Virtual Currencies Now Accepts New Users: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) & Ripple (XRP) Offered Last month in June of 2018, Japan saw a new premier of a massive banking consortium, SBI Group that revealed the launch of a virtual currency platform.

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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers.

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Future Analysts Will Be Tested on Cryptocurrencies in New CFA Curriculum

As the crypto market continues to meld into the realm of traditional finance, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute is taking notice — so much so that the organization is adding cryptocurrency and blockchain sections to its 2019 certification exams.

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Russian Spies Charged For Their Involvement In Donald Trump Elections With Bitcoin Involvement

According to reports out today, Robert Mueller, the United States Special Counsel has charged 12 Russian spies for their involvement in the 2016 US Presidential Election, interestingly, their involvement is said to have been funded via Bitcoin.

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BitCoin And Hot Contributing – Looking for Alpha

Since we last wrote about bitcoin two weeks ago, it rallied 14% and we saw a subsequent rally in equity markets here in the US. As speculators gain confidence in bitcoin and join the rally, speculators in equity markets gain confidence as well. Equity markets have had two very good weeks back to back, and

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Worried About Bitcoin’s Future? Hear These 4 Crypto Experts Insight

Bitcoin has had a very rough year in 2018. The cryptocurrency was skyrocketing when the year began and it saw its price plummet from almost $20,000 USD to under $6,000 in only six months. Even with the price drop, some specialists are still very enthusiastic about Bitcoin, though. Here are five experts that believe in […]

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Brave: The First Blockchain-based Browser with 3 Million Users

Brave Browser, a project by the co-founder of Mozilla, which saw its BAT ICO sell out in seconds, announced they have surpassed 3 million monthly active users. Brave Browser, more than a simple ad-blocker, allows users to surf the web, while still allowing webmasters to make revenue. By integrating Bitcoin payments directly on the browser,

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Last Friday The 13th Meant Good Luck For The Markets, Will We See A Bull Run Today?

Friday the 13th of April is the day known for kickstarting the mid-April market surge that saw EOS to it’s all time high, allowed Bitcoin to almost touch $10,000. 00 and helped XRP reach just shy of $1.

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The 3 Best-Performing Cryptocurrencies in 2018

As Bitcoin saw 70% losses and altcoins across the board took a nosedive, 2018 has been very difficult for cryptocurrency markets. Most traders and holders have likely amassed significant losses during this time frame.

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The Genesis Files: With Bit Gold, Szabo Was Inches Away From Inventing Bitcoin

As his Hungarian parents had fled post-war Soviet regime to settle in the United States, Nick Szabo came to call the Californian Bay area of the 1990s his home. Here, he was among the first to frequent the in-person “Cypherpunk” meetings organized by Timothy May, Eric Hughes and other founding members of the collective of cryptographers, programmers and privacy activists centered around the ’90s mailing list of the same name.

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CNBC ‘Fast Money’ Sees Bitcoin Bulls And Bears All In One Segment

In today’s segment of CNBC ‘Fast Money’, the hosts took a look at the current state of Bitcoin, pointing out signals and what they mean for the market going forward. Bitcoin Sees Interest Decline, Is That A Problem? The cryptocurrency market saw an astonishing 2017, with the industry quickly becoming the talk of the town […] The post CNBC ‘Fast Money’ Sees Bitcoin Bulls And Bears All In One Segment appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Bitcoin Price Spikes to Nearly $9K on Little-Known Crypto Exchange

Crypto exchange WEX – formerly known as BTC-e – saw its BTC/USD market spike to nearly $9,000 on Wednesday.

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Bitcoin Cash [BCH] to launch new hard fork this November

This November, Bitcoin Cash [BCH] will have another hard fork that will include changes to the protocol. BCH, last in November and May, saw two successful hard forks. While the former advanced the network’s Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm [DAA], the latter had a block size increase of 32 MB along with some re-enabled Satoshi OP_Codes. The default […]

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PR: DECOIN.IO Crosses Soft Cap with Exciting Developments on the Horizon

The high growth rates seen in the crypto space over the first half of 2018 have been exceeded in June, a month that saw a spike and tremendous rise in investor interest towards ICO that could offer real potential value to investors.

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Experts: Bitcoin Is A Failed Experiment And The Bubble Is Bursting

The introduction of Bitcoin as the pioneer of cryptocurrencies happened rather quietly way back in 2009, with a single bitcoin trading at around 10p. By the start of 2011, the crypto had risen to $1, a significant upscale from the cents of 2010.

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Daily Price Forecast – July 4

BCH/USD Medium-term Trend: Bullish Supply zones: $1000, $1050, $1100 Demand zones: $600, $550, $500 Bitcoin Cash remains in bullish trend in the medium term. The bears' pressure was relatively strong as we saw price pushed to $737.

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Bitcoin [BTC]’s price increase was a ‘relief rally’, says expert

June 2018 was a brutal bear market for cryptocurrencies, where the price of Bitcoin [BTC] took a heavy hit. The month also saw a 7-month low for BTC, reaching as low as $5815 on June 29th. The coin took the biggest hits on June 10th and June 22nd. The first drop chipped away 11.3% of […]

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Voorhees Vs Schiff: Bull Encounters Bear at NY Bitcoin Conversation

A debate between an infamous bitcoin detractor and one of the cryptocurrency’s most well-known entrepreneurs made sparks fly in New York City Monday. Hosted by the Soho Forum, a monthly Manhattan debate series, the event saw Erik Voorhees, the CEO of exchange service ShapeShift, argue that government-backed monies will eventually be replaced by bitcoin and

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Cryptocurrency Upswing Continues: Bitcoin Breaks $6500

The cryptocurrency markets appear to be on an upswing today, July 2, after recovering slightly after last week saw Bitcoin (BTC) dip below $6,000, twice. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin is above $6,500, trading for around $6,599 by press time and up around 4 percent over a 24 hour period. Bitcoin price chart. Source: Cointelegraph

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Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS and Monero Technical Analysis July 2

There were hopes of the crypto market bottoming out after weekend’s injection of bull pressure. Then we saw liquid coins registering double digit gains but that seems to be fading out if we refer to current prices.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: New Low on Low Volume Breeds Potential Bullish Set-up

Bitcoin sits precariously perched at the bottom of the annual market low and many bitcoin investors aren’t sure what to make of it. Although the market seems to be continuing its drift to new lows with greater and greater ease, there are a couple of bullish signals worth considering while the market continues to consolidate: Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, New Market LowOn Friday, June 29, 2018, for the first time this year, the daily candles closed below the annual low of $6,000s.

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A Glimpse into Bitcoin’s Struggle this Year- Tech Trends

This, in turn, saw GPUs rise to absurdly high prices though Nvidia largely downplayed Bitcoin’s role in the company’s fortunes. This year, however, has seen the cryptocurrency’s fortune’s take a turn for the worst.

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BitMEX CEO: Bitcoin Will Move to $50,000 by the End of 2018

Bitcoin has recently hit weekly highs after a quick bounce off a $5,800 low, BitMEX’s CEO calls for further moves upwards. Bitcoin See Volume Pump, Moving $600 Upwards Within 5 Hours. On Friday night, Bitcoin saw an unexpected surge in exchange volume, quickly bouncing from the $5,800 price level.

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Cryptocurrency Firm Circle Sees Institutional Interest Spike 30%

This week the cryptocurrency firm Circle revealed it has seen a significant uptick in institutional interest. According to Circle CEO and co-founder, Jeremy Allaire says even though cryptocurrency markets were down in during the month of May the company saw a 30 percent spike from institutional clients last month.

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An Interview with the Founders of Bitcoin Origin – The World’s First Multi-Fork Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies have certainly gained ground with the mainstream adoption of the technology while making huge strides in the financial and technological spheres of the world. 2017 alone was a year of events where the popularity of cryptocurrencies soared and the world saw the niche industry transforming into a major global industry. Nonetheless, cryptocurrencies and the […]

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