Issuing a digital currency or providing financial services is not a straightforward process in this day and age. Especially for tech companies in the US, this uphill battle will become a lot steeper moving forward. A new legislative proposal would bar major companies from exploring these two business models. This […]
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Altcoins Hemorrhage Value as Bitcoin Dips in the Deep red
As this Sunday trucks along, it has become rather apparent the cryptocurrency markets are getting battered once again. Despite a rising Bitcoin Dominance Index, it is fairly obvious to see the prices are being pushed down in violent fashion all across the board. Not the trend traders are looking for, […]
The Curious Case of the 5bn USDT Misprint by Tether
It has been at least a full week since the latest debacle involving Tether and USDT got some attention. This long wait is now over, by the look of things, as the company successfully printed $5bn USDT in quick succession, prior to burning the majority of these tokens shortly after. […]
Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and EOS Price Prediction And Analysis For 11 July: BTC, BCH, and EOS
Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTC/USD) In the last 24hrs, BTC/USD pair exhibited a bearish outlook. BTC began the sell-off after a short-term period of consolidation that consolidated below $12864. The downtrend was supported by the 21 day MA that was seen gravitating above the 7 day MA that indicated a bearish […]
Altcoins Continue to Underperform Despite Bullish Bitcoin Conditions
It has been yet another interesting week for all of the cryptocurrency markets. Despite Bitcoin going in the right direction again, it is rather clear altcoins are not following this trend as of right now. In fact, it seems the divide between Bitcoin and “the rest” is only growing larger, […]
Bitcoin Price Watch: Bull Rally Is Likely to Continue
At press time, bitcoin is trading for about $11,872. While this is not quite as high as where bitcoin has traded over the past few weeks, it’s still in a stronger position when compared with our previous price analysis. Bitcoin Could Be Headed for Bigger Things Bitcoin has been relatively […]
3 Core Reasons why Facebook’s Libra Could Trump Bitcoin
The public perception of Facebook’s digital currency project remains all over the place. Despite a lot of initial excitement regarding Libra, it remains to be seen how well the project will fare when everything is said and done. While there may be some big hurdles ahead, there are a few […]
Should You Buy That New Car or Invest in Bitcoin?
One of the many questions young people ask themselves today is whether to buy a new car or invest in Bitcoin. There are plenty of reasons to defend either option, albeit it is rather evident one could potentially return value, whereas the other will only cost money. Depending on one’s […]
The Historical Price Impact of a Block Reward Halving on Bitcoin and Litecoin
There are many different factors which can influence the price of any cryptocurrency. In most cases, it is a matter of supply and demand across different exchanges. With Bitcoin and Litecoin, that situation is slightly different. Both currencies have seen at least one block reward halving which had some interesting […]
4 Shocking Financial Market Changes Sparked by a Donald Trump Tweet
In the financial world, different markets are correlated more tightly than most people anticipate. It is also evident how one single individual can effectively influence markets to move in certain directions, either knowingly or by accident. When President Trump Tweets weird stuff, the markets do indeed respond in mysterious ways. […]
Coinbase Struggles to Remain Accessible Courtesy of CloudFlare
It is rather evident there are many things going on in the world of Bitcoin and altcoins. Whereas some of the most recent developments focus on the price some key infrastructure seems to be struggling. Coinbase, by many perceived as the major exchange in the world, has been difficult to […]
Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Is Down for the Count
At press time, bitcoin is still up for the most part, but down compared to where it has been over the past week. Currently, bitcoin’s price is just over $10,100, which is down from where it was this morning at $10,300, and it seems to be falling by $100 or […]
Bitcoin Hashrate Records Another All-time High Level
These days are quite interesting for the cryptocurrency industry, even if the prices aren’t necessarily heading where most people would like. That situation can always change without too many problems, but it remains to be seen how things will evolve. As far as the Bitcoin hashrate is concerned, it seems […]
5 Statements Confirming the Media Still Doesn’t Understand Bitcoin
It is a well-known fact mainstream media outlets seemingly have a love-hate relationship with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Some say this is due to ignorance, whereas others see it as blatant fear mongering. Regardless of which explanation fits the narrative, the recent opinions by Jonathan Trugman are quite interesting in […]
Two Former Dream Market Vendors Identified due to Using Online Postage Services
Anyone who has ever heard of the darknet will know most vendors will get arrested sooner or later. This situation will not change either, as more and more law enforcement agencies are focusing their efforts on bringing these criminals to justice. It would appear two former Dream Market vendors finally […]
Top 4 Signs Bitcoin Will Likely Drop to $10,000 Soon
It has become more than apparent the recent Bitcoin bull run has seemingly come to an abrupt end. After surging in value for over a week on end, the dip has kicked in and there is no real sign of recovery as of yet. To add more fuel to the […]
Crucial Price Targets to Overcome for 6 Top Currencies
Based on the current overall cryptocurrency momentum, one would expect most of the alternative markets to reach much higher values. So far, that has not been the case, albeit it remains to be seen how things will evolve exactly. The following coins all have a major value milestone looming around […]
Multiple Individuals Arrested on Suspicion of Bitcoin Typosquatting
In the cryptocurrency world, there have been numerous scams over the past few years. Most of these ventures are shut down pretty quickly, but some tend to linger for quite some time. Typosquatting has been a real problem in the Bitcoin world. A joint collaboration between Europol, police agencies, and […]