2019-2-12 03:05 |
Many expect the launch of the Bakkt platform later this year to boost institutional participation. Let’s consult the charts
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Bitcoin price rallied towards the $3,750 level and later started a downside correction against the US Dollar. There is a key bearish trend line formed with resistance at $3,640 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
2019-2-11 09:45 | |
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The Bitcoin community will be rolling its eyes right about now. Bitcoin Cash developer Amaury Sechet, the self-described “benevolent dictator” of the Bitcoin ABC (primary) implementation of BCH, has claimed he is Satoshi Nakamoto.
2019-2-11 01:50 | |
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CoinSpeaker Bakkt Is Our ‘Moonshot Bet’ Says ICE CEO, Plans to Launch the Platform Later This Year ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher talked about how his team is working diligently for the launch of Bakkt and why he continues to hold utmost faith in Bitcoin.
2019-2-10 12:37 | |
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said that he expects Bakkt – the company’s digital asset platform, to launch at some point later in 2019. Bakkt Launch Later in 2019 The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), as well as of 22 major global exchanges.
2019-2-11 09:40 | |
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Bitfinex Suddenly Shutters Site, Cites “Service Disruption” Not one hour ago, Bitfinex, the Hong Kong-headquartered Bitcoin powerhouse, divulged on Twitter that it was fully aware that its platform wasn’t “accessible to some users.
2019-2-9 12:18 | |
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Brian Kelly, the founder and CEO of BKCM LLC, has bad news for crypto investors which were eager to see the Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) being approved by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so soon.
2019-2-8 03:15 | |
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During the 2017 Bitcoin bull run and meteoric rise to its all-time high price of $20,000, hype and irrational exuberance created a bubble effect, that later popped and led to a the longest bear market on record.
2019-2-6 23:00 | |
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When I decided, maybe against my better judgement, to live on bitcoin for a week, the plan was met by a combination of cautions and jokes from friends and loved ones: “Just don’t starve,” “Well, it’s the New Year, a perfect time to start a new diet,” “Will you be able to eat?”, “Have you really thought about it?”I had “really” thought about it and it seemed not only sensible but necessary.
2019-2-5 23:06 | |
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Monday, February the 4th, 2019, Hong Kong, Crypto exchange trade. io has announced a partnership with payment processor Simplex, enabling clients to purchase a range of popular cryptocurrencies by credit or debit card.
2019-2-4 21:30 | |
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Kraken announced today its acquisition of Crypto Facilities, the first regulated firm in the world to offer futures on crypto assets several years back. The move could put Kraken, currently the 46th largest bitcoin exchange by adjusted volume, on track to the top 10.
2019-2-5 21:12 | |
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A change to the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) protocol has inadvertently led to child exploitation material being posted to its blockchain, forcing apps and block explorers into actively monitoring the network for illegal content.
2019-2-4 19:22 | |
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That didn’t take long. Barely a week after the Chicago Board of Exchange (Cboe) withdrew its application with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list the world’s first bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), the exchange and its partners, VanEck and SolidX, are back at it.
2019-2-1 19:18 | |
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Regulators in Malaysia have released an amended set of rules for businesses engaged in trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This move comes as part of the government’s efforts to regulate the industry with laws for initial coin offerings (ICOs) expected later in the year.
2019-2-1 17:00 | |
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A financial professional paid $10 to his bank for making more than six saving withdrawals. Later, he admitted that using Bitcoin could have been cheaper. Short the Bankers Pat Chirchirillo, a financial advisor at Philadelphia-based McAdam Financial, found a 3,233% different between the cost of withdrawals in banks and Bitcoin.
2019-1-31 03:00 | |
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Litecoin is planning to set itself apart from its Bitcoin origins by moving toward the realm of privacy coins. Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin, has announced that the Litecoin development team is working to add confidential transactions to the coin, adding in later comments that the feature is due sometime this year.
2019-1-31 20:46 | |
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On January 26, 2019, clients of peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins were the targets of a phishing scam which resulted in the theft of a handful of bitcoins.
2019-1-31 18:40 | |
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Bitcoin price traded to a new monthly low towards $3,340 and later recovered against the US Dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted key bearish trend line is intact with resistance at $3,450 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
2019-1-30 09:45 | |
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This article is a direct follow-up from our Taproot explainer. If you haven’t read that article, you should probably do so first. If Taproot is deployed on Bitcoin, many smart contract constructions will look just like regular transactions on the blockchain.
2019-1-26 01:23 | |
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It seems as if the coming weekend will not necessarily yield any profits for the top markets after all. Especially where the XRP price is concerned, things are not looking great, but not terrible either.
2019-1-26 23:08 | |
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Britain’s financial regulator is seeking to clarify which cryptocurrency activities need to be officially authorized. The regulator is specifically cautioning that it may ban the sale of crypto derivatives such as CFDs later this year.
2019-1-24 19:40 | |
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The total crypto market cap tested the $117. 50B resistance and later corrected lower. EOS price is currently correcting lower and it may test the $2. 40 support level. Bitcoin cash price tested the $130 resistance and it is currently moving lower towards $126.
2019-1-24 09:00 | |
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The CEO of JP Morgan Chase has once again spoken about Bitcoin (BTC). Jamie Dimon, who once called the digital currency a “fraud” and later backtracked on his comments has now said that he takes no pleasure in seeing prices take a short-term crash as he stated they would.
2019-1-24 02:00 | |
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Recently, a report emerged that indicated that Russia intended to invest billions in Bitcoin. The report by an Australian publication cited U. S sanctions as the reason Russia was turning to cryptos.
2019-1-21 19:16 | |
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Back in 2017 when bitcoin hit a high of $3,000, hedge fund billionaire Michael Novogratz, sold much of the cryptocurrencies he owned claiming believing this would be its top. Months later, bitcoin would go on to hit as high as $20,000.
2019-1-19 18:21 | |
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A team of professors from top US universities have come together to create a new globally scalable decentralized payments system. But with Bitcoin already proving to work as intended for ten years running, would a ‘better Bitcoin’ even stand a chance? MIT and Standford Professors Developing Unit-E The professors formed a non-profit foundation based in Switzerland, called Distributed Technologies Research, backed by Credit Suisse and Pantera Capital.
2019-1-19 13:00 | |
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This is the fourth instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 and on Day 3.
2019-1-19 00:10 | |
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According to a press release (Jan. 16, 2018), BitPay saw increased growth in 2018 including a 78 percent increase in workforce and a 7 percent decrease in funds lost to error. Success Story BitPay apparently had a very fruitful 2018 despite the bitcoin price slump in the later part of the year.
2019-1-19 21:00 | |
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Bitcoin is still a young and inefficient market, as evidenced by its many peculiarities. For example, contracts for bitcoin futures on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) have been trading in backwardation, which means contracts with a later expiration are trading consecutively lower.
2019-1-18 19:58 | |
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In May 2018, a teenage boy named Katlego Marite was kidnapped, right in front of a family friend’s home in Emalahleni, South America. His kidnappers, at the time, demanded to be paid 1. 5 million-rand ($100,000) worth of Bitcoin to return the boy safely.
2019-1-17 21:34 | |
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One of the joys of having a futures market is the ability to understand what investors are thinking about the future of the price. For bitcoin, it doesn’t seem so great at the moment. As we can see, the contracts for the bitcoin futures on the CBOE are currently in backwardation, meaning that contracts with a later expiration are trading consecutively lower.
2019-1-17 07:00 | |
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SegWit was activated on the bitcoin network over a year ago. But only an estimated 36 percent of all bitcoin transactions are using it. Why?
2019-1-17 06:05 | |
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Monex Group Company TradeStation Group Inc. will be moving into the cryptocurrency sector this year via a recently created subsidiary called TradeStation Crypto, Inc. The final details of the company’s new product offering will be released later this year, but they have highlighted their intention of creating an online crypto brokerage service.
2019-1-15 17:59 | |
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“The point is to get people to think about bitcoin, not spend it. I don’t think it’s good for that. It’s not meant to be used like cash,” Jeremy Gardner, founder of Ausum Ventures, advised me.
2019-1-15 17:50 | |
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Bitcoin price found support near $3,400 and later recovered above $3,660 against the US Dollar. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $3,560 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
2019-1-15 10:00 | |
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A squad of cybersecurity firms have tracked a ransomware threat spreading across the internet known as Ryuk, which has collected over 705 BTC in just five months, estimated to be worth the equivalent of $3.
2019-1-14 14:13 | |
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It took no more than a week to solve a $1,000 Bitcoin puzzle hidden in a street mural in Paris. The exact solution is yet to be revealed. Paris Puzzle Solved Bitcoinist reported on January 7th that a street artist Pascal Boyart has painted a ‘revolutionary’ street mural in celebration of the 10th birthday of the Genesis block.
2019-1-13 18:00 | |
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Ronnie Moas is known as a finance guru with a 15-year track record of picking stocks. Later in his career, he ventured into cryptocurrency, claiming himself to be “synonymous with Bitcoin. ” That success, however, has taken a turn towards conflict.
2019-1-10 08:41 | |
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Litecoin led the market on Sunday when it increased over 10% against the USD with other major cryptocurrencies following suit later that day. The same may be taking place today as Litecoin continues its surge despite other major cryptocurrencies not following.
2019-1-8 17:49 | |
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After forming an inverse head and shoulders on the daily chart, Litecoin led a surge across the cryptocurrency market yesterday. Litecoin initially increased over 10% while other major cryptocurrencies failed to follow suit.
2019-1-7 18:39 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) isn’t the world’s first stab at digital money. In fact, the idea of running society with digital cash has been around for three decades, if not more. David Chaum, an American cryptographer, founded DigiCash in 1990, but it failed not one decade later.
2019-1-5 03:00 | |
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Key Points Bitcoin price recently traded as high as $3,919 and later started a downside correction against the US Dollar. There is a major bearish trend line formed with resistance at $3,800 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
2019-1-4 08:00 | |
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October 31, 2008, and January 3, 2009. The two dates have cemented themselves with Promethean significance into Bitcoin’s lore. On the October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper, a constitution of sorts for his revolutionary monetary system and its intrinsic currency.
2019-1-3 07:14 | |
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In May 2012, the first print copy of Bitcoin Magazine — the original publication devoted exclusively to Bitcoin — made its debut. Founded by Vitalik Buterin and Mihai Alisie, that first edition with its iconic Anonymous mask on the cover has become one of the most sought-after collectibles in the Bitcoin space.
2019-1-3 07:01 | |
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This time last year, altcoiners were jubilant at the soaring value of their respective cryptos, while gloating at BTC’s diminishing dominance. “Penny coins” such as Ripple, Iota, and Verge were rocketing, with fanboys decrying any media outlets that dared to “FUD” them.
2019-1-3 07:00 | |
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Key Points Bitcoin price formed a support base near $3,625 and later moved higher against the US Dollar. There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance at $3,710 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
2019-1-2 08:00 | |
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Latest Bitcoin News Even if there are regulatory questions about the legitimacy of digital assets and other blockchain derivatives as cryptocurrencies, these solutions are finding use cases. Bitcoin is especially an innovation borne out of necessity, and ten years later, the asset has been disrupting thanks to its inherent properties as privacy, speed, and general.
2018-12-27 17:00 | |
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Ripple price climbed sharply this past week above 0. 00010BTC against bitcoin. XRP topped near 0. 000107BTC and later started a downside correction. Key Talking Points Ripple price started a downside correction below the 0.
2018-12-27 05:41 | |
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In August 2017, the controversy over Bitcoin’s scalability issues led to its blockchain being split for the first time in history, resulting in its first hard fork — Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Bitcoin Cash was a cryptocurrency with a purpose.
2018-12-24 13:19 | |
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Most cryptocurrency traders, even the ones who have been in the scene for a very long time are only cryptocurrency traders for the sole reason that they can put in money and get double sometime later.
2018-12-22 23:19 | |
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Ethereum price continued its strong downward trend against the US dollar and Bitcoin as its linear weekly futures moved into backwardation. Ethereum (ETH) crashed to 0.023 against Bitcoin (BTC), its lowest level since May 2020 and 74% below its highest…
Pi Network remains in a deep bear market and is facing significant risks ahead of the much-anticipated Pi Day. Pi Coin (PI) dropped by over 45% from its highest level in February, bringing its market cap to over $11.7 billion…
Solv Protocol token was one of the best-performing tokens in the crypto industry after the developers raised $10 million in the first Bitcoin Offering. Solv Protocol (SOLV) price rose for the second consecutive day, reaching a high of $0.0527, marking…
Wall Street analysts have raised their recession predictions, a move that may affect Bitcoin and other popular altcoins like Shiba Inu, Dogecoin, Ripple, and Cardano. PIMCO analysts have boosted their recession odds to 35%, while JPMorgan economists see a 40%…
Wall Street analysts have raised their recession predictions, a move that may affect Bitcoin and other popular altcoins like Shiba Inu, Dogecoin, Ripple, and Cardano. PIMCO analysts have boosted their recession odds to 35%, while JPMorgan economists see a 40%…
Polkadot price is hovering near its all-time low as the crypto sell-off accelerates and the fear and greed index remains in the extreme fear zone. Polkadot (DOT) coin has crashed to a low of $3.60, where it has failed to…
Pepe, the third-biggest meme coin, has been in freefall since December, but two chart patterns point to a strong rebound soon. Pepe (PEPE) jumped to a record high of $0.00002833 in December before crashing by over 80% this month. This…