Bitcoin (BTC) Vs US Dollar (USD) $BTCUSD Trading in Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital coins continues to be very volatile, as the cryptocurrency market ramps up once again, running past the 6,000 mark: Bitcoin is the #1 cryptocurrency. Bitcoin remains highly correlated with the other digital coins, known aptly as the altcoins. When bitcoin rises, these […]
Islamic State’s Use of Bitcoin (BTC) May Be Over Very Soon $BTCUSD Like cash, the anonymity of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have attracted criminals and terrorists to the digital coins over recent past. That could soon all be over after the President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Marshall Billingslea, said the group will likely agree […]
Cryptocurrencies are Becoming More Stable $BTC, $ETH Let’s examines Key factors in the growth of the cryptocurrency industry, and what regulators are doing to mitigate the risks It is an encouraging sign that the cryptocurrency community and regulators have been quick to evolve and respond to risks that have been identified in the market. For […]
Suspicious Trading In Bitcoin (BTC) Raises Red Flags $BTCUSD, $GS In the 1st week of September, Bitcoin saw its price fall by about 14%, from 7,380 to 6,410 following news that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) was going to halt its plans to set up a digital currency trading desk. While it turns out that this news […]
Bitcoin Tracker One, Ether Tracker One Trading Suspended $CXBTF, $CETHF Bitcoin is still viewed with a jaundiced eye by Wall Street business titans. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Sunday suspensions in trading of the securities Bitcoin Tracker One CXBTF, -2.38% and Ether Tracker One CETHF. In a statement, the SEC said trading was suspended as of 5:30p. EDT […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Saw 3 Losing Sessions Running as of Friday $BTCUSD Bitcoin cannot regain losses even after ‘Goldie’ denies calls it’s halting plans to open a crypto trading desk Fake News Digital currency markets saw another losing session, with most major coins in the Red late Friday. Currently, Bitcoin is trading at 6,447.89, +36.11, or +0.5632%, as […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Broke Out of its 20 Days Narrow Range $BTCUSD Bitcoin’s (BTC) price surpassed 7,000 early Tuesday after 20 days in a narrow range below 6,800. The worlds largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization first moved past the 7,000 mark early Tuesday after trading sideways for the past 20 days. Bitcoin passing the psychological hurdle […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Bulls Defend Key Support $BTCUSD Bitcoin traded up a bit Thursday, having defended Key support at 6,230 despite bad news. Currently, Bitcoin is trading at 6,530.86, -8.09, or -0.1237%, as of 8:001a BST, the market is open Note: 94 out of the Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are flashing Red, according to CoinMarketCap. The risk-off […]
Bitcoin (BTC): The Technicals, The Outlook $BTCUSD Bitcoin is ranged in here, and the direction of the next breakout is uncertain. Bitcoin was expected to rise toward 7,000 at the weekend, having broken above a Key technical mark Friday. However, contrary to expectations, BTC Bulls failed to take up the supply around 6,600 in the frame. […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Tapping at its 3-Week Lows $BTCUSD Bitcoin prices traded firmly lower Monday, after the digital currency at the weekend fell below 7,000. Currrently, Bitcoin is trading at 6,942.9448, -134.85, or -1.91%, as of 4:12a BST, the market is open. Since Friday’s high, the world’s #1 digital currency has lost $10-M in value, according to data […]
The Whats’ About Blockchain Value $BTC, $IBM Dominant players who can establish their blockchains as the market solutions are making big bets now With all the talk and chatter about blockchain, it is easy to miss the facts about this new technology. Simply put, Blockchain is a distributed ledger, or database, shared across a public […]
China’s Ban on Cryptocurrency ‘Killed’ Bitcoin Trading $BTCUSD China’s central bank has hailed it’s cryptocurrency crackdown a complete success. Declared by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and reported by state media, data apparently shows that the Chinese currency is now involved in less than 1% of all Bitcoin trades worldwide. The Big A: How did this happen? […]
Cryptocurrencies Plus $40-B in 2 Days $BTC, $ETH Cryptocurrency investors continue to hope that the worst days for the industry are behind them. After several months of general decliners of very rough performance, several of the Top digital tokens climbed by a sizable margin in the past few days. Notably, over a 48-hr frame in the 1st […]
Some of the Clouds Above Cryptocurrency Have Started to Blow Over $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD A dark cloud hanging over cryptocurrency investors may have blown over Thursday after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that Ethereum (ETH) is not a security. Currently, Ethereum is trading at 513.42, -6.41, or -1.2331%, as of 4:48a BST, the market is open. Thursday […]
On the Cusp of a Digital Payments Disruption $IBM, $PYPL, $S, $V, $BTC, $USD There is a huge, under-served world market for cryptocurrency, the World Bank (WB) statistics that indicate 2-B or more people worldwide are not banked, as well as by FDIC data that shows more than 23-M Americans are either unbanked or under-banked. […]
The Big Q: Was Bitcoin’s Dive Really Caused By a “Hack”? $BTCUSD At the weekend the price of Bitcoin hit a 2-month low on the Bitfinex exchange and bounced a bit. The Big Q: Was the cause of the dive really a ‘hack’? The Big A: Some think that the hack on a SKorean exchange […]
Bitcoin Trading in Broad Consolidation Range $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD Bitcoin prices continued within a broad consolidation range over the last 24 hrs, as there was not much fundamentals or economic data to rock the crypto market in the frame. The Key development in here has been the decision of the large crypt exchange Coincheck to re-enter […]
ICE (NYSE:ICE) and the Future of Bitcoin Trading $BTCUSD, $ICE, $GS, $CME, $CBOT, $NDAQ It was reported that the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is developing an online trading platform that would allow large investors to trade Bitcoin directly. For a large financial institution such as ICE or […]
Dubai Getting Ahead of “the Cryptocurrency Game” $BTC, $ETH, $CME, $CBOT The Big Qs are: How seriously should we take the rise of cryptocurrency? Is it a serious rival to traditional currency? Should businesses consider using cryptocurrency? What do they need to do to implement it? Is enough being done to educate individuals and businesses […]
President Trump Lifts Millennials Trust and Interest in Buying Stocks $SPY, $BTC, $ETH The Trump Effect US have risen sharply since the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States on 8 November 2016, and Millennials are taking full advantage. The millennial generation is educated and extremely tech savvy and […]
The Crypto Sector Maintained Momentum, Bulls in Charge $BTCUSD, $ETHUSD Thursday, the cryptocurrency sector maintained its Bullish momentum, with most major currencies trading up by more than 3% on the day. Below is a look at what moved the cryptocurrency market Thursday, as follows; Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE:GS) officially announced it’s opening a cryptocurrency trading desk. Despite […]
Coins/Tokens: Security Vs Utility $BTC, $ETH Cryptocurrencies and Coins/Tokens has not been for the feint of heart. What with the volatility, changes on the market, plus some fraudulent projects makes for a lot of things to worry about. And now some coins/tokens are considered as securities and became subject to US federal regulations. In July […]
Crypto To Go: Lattesso Launches Blockchain-based Loyalty Programme Blockchain technology is finding its way into our everyday lives. The Swiss coffee beverage provider Lattesso is today presenting the first crypto token to be made available in the retail sector. From the end of May, Lattesso beverages will be delivered with a virtual coin. The coins […]
Bitcoin Sees Bull Breakout Above Key Resistance at $9000 $BTCUSD Last week having seen a major Bull Breakout at about $8,300, Bitcoin has now broken Key resistance at $9,000. The world’s #1 cryptocurrency crossed the long-term descending trendline convincingly, and closed well above the major resistance at $8,459 Friday, signaling a Key reversal has been […]
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is “all for Blockchain” $BAC, $CME, $CBOE, $BTC Wall Street and financial institutions have been extolling the benefits of “blockchain without Bitcoin” for a a few years. Blockchain is the distributed ledger technology that underpins Bitcoin, but voicing hesitation, or outright dismissal, of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Then, at the end […]
Gold and Silver are Going Digital $GLD, $SLV, $BTC Blockchain technology may help keep track of the roughly $200-B of the precious Yellow metal dug from remote mines, traded by middlemen and melted down by recycler’s that is sold each year to buyers scattered around the world. The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), which oversees […]
Marijuana Sector Outlook for 2018 $GWPH, $BTC Medical Marijuana Approvals Should Increase It is expected the US Food and Drug Administration will approve the cannabis-based epilepsy drug Epidiolex from GW Pharmaceuticals Plc. (NASDAQ:GWPH) by the end of Summer 2018. GW Pharmaceuticals Plc is trading at: 132.00, +0.21, or +0.16% after hours: 7:37p EST on 10 January. Vs a […]
Gold Beat ‘The Street” Since the Fed Raised Rates $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $GLD, $VXX, $USD Gold’s outperformed most major assets since the Fed last month raised interest rates last month, it even is beating Bitcoin. Since the December Fed rate hike, Gold is beating stocks, the USD and Bitcoin, Unless USD weakness reverses, Gold should […]
Bitcoin Technical’s: Bear Flag Forming $BTCUSD Bitcoin failed to hold above $17,000 at the weekend, opened weak Monday. Bitcoin is currently trading at: 15,238.9346, -689.03, -4.33%, as of 3:57a GMT, the market open. According to HeffX–LTN’s data source, Bitcoin (BTC) has depreciated by 8.85% in the last 24 hours, as fears of China’s crackdown on cryptographer trading […]
Why GBIT for 2018? $BTC, $ETH The cryptocurrency world is very similar to the stock market and a black hole in space. It’s getting to the point to where you have to start paying attention to the cryptocurrency market because wealth is being obtained daily with some of the trades being made and more and […]
Bitcoin ‘Pauses to Refresh’ After Running Up 55% in November $BTCUSD$CME, $CBOE Bitcoin was last down around 6.72% at $9,69.1934 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, from a record high of $11,395 set Wednesday. Thursday, it went as low as $9,000. The latest profit taking pullback is a ‘Pause to Refresh’ after a 54.7% rise in […]
Hollywood Looking for Bitcoin Film Financing $BTCUSD Hollywood feature film may soon be financed with cryptocurrencies. Christopher Woodrow, who has helped produce or finance movies for the past decade, says the distributed-ledger technology known as blockchain is about to disrupt the film industry and he wants to be a part of it. The producer the Oscar-winning […]
Bitcoin Surges Past $5,000 $BTCUSD $JPM, $GS, $GOOGL Bitcoin’s surge has divided the financial community between those convinced it is a bubble on the verge of popping. Questions being asked on Wall Street and Main Street about speculation on Bitcoin after the digital currency breached 5,000 for the 1st time, pushing this year’s gains to more […]
Magical Internet Money Hits $5k The decentralized currency Bitcoin has rallied hard this year, climbing from $1,000 per BTC on January 1st to $5,000 per BTC on the first of September. The digital asset had a substantial market capitalization of approx. $82.6B with only 16.5 million bitcoins currently in circulation. Further, bitcoin trade volume has […]
TechCo’s Ignore SEC Warnings on ICOs Some technology companies looking to raise money by issuing digital coins are moving ahead with plans despite an SEC decision that their offerings may well be subject to toughen US securities laws. Such ICos (initial coin offerings) have helped startups to raise $1-B YTD, but until last week it […]
SEC Set to Crackdown on Digital Currency Operators $ETHUSD, $BTCUSD Tuesday, Wall Street’s main regulator said that ICO’s (initial coin offerings), a means of crowdfunding for blockchain technology companies, should be subject to the same safeguards required in traditional securities sales. ICOs have become a bonanza for digital currency entrepreneurs, allowing them to raise millions […]
Bitcoin (cryptocurrencies) Emerges as a New Asset Class $GLD, $USD, $BTC No asset has evolved from concept to storing billions of dollars as fast as Bitcoin. In the 7 years since inception, a robust ecosystem has developed. Retail traders have the infrastructure to drive over $1-B in daily liquidity while professionals can access tailored financial […]