As BTC capitulated on Thursday evening, falling under a handful of purported key support levels, a number of bearish commentators, including Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini and Bloomberg’s Mike McGlone, doubled down on their sentiment that cryptocurrencies would continue to disintegrate. A number of cynics, who are often berated for their improper insight, pointed to the expected collapse…
Key Points Bitcoin price declined further and broke the $3,550 and $3,420 support levels against the US Dollar. There is a major bearish trend line formed with resistance at $3,700 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is likely to decline further and it may even test the…
Crypto markets plunging perilously low; Bitcoin Cash and EOS collapsing, Bitcoin SV climbing the chart. The slow selloff that has been happening all week has accelerated today as crypto markets crash to their lowest levels of 2018. Over 12% has been dumped resulting in a $15 billion plunge to below $110 billion market capitalization, a…
The National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan has estimated that there were around 6,000 cases of suspected money laundering relating to crypto in the nation in the first three quarters of 2018. This figure is more than eight times that of the final nine months of the previous year. Japan’s Crypto Exchange Required to Report…
The current state of the cryptocurrency markets is leading investors to place a significant amount of their hope into future products and events, including the potential approval of the VanEck/SolidX Bitcoin ETF that is currently awaiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) approval. Despite this, one SEC commissioner who is notably bullish on cryptocurrencies,…
Bitcoin has long been at the forefront of the crypto market, dominating this 10-year old industry with an iron fist and no holds barred. While it maintained its unquestioned hegemony over the cryptosphere for nearly a decade, as 2017 began, it became clear that something was amok. More specifically, in an industry first, altcoins began…
After MarketWatch got lambasted for publishing a questionable op-ed regarding a Bitcoin mining “death spiral,” the financial media continued their bearish cryptocurrency coverage on Wednesday. More specifically, Bloomberg News, which covers the crypto industry round the clock, recently had its in-house analysts tout a $1,500 per BTC prediction — far below what many traders deem…
After being unable to stabilize above the important psychological price level of $4,000, Bitcoin has continued to sell-off and is now approaching its 2018 lows. Bitcoin’s latest leg down has led to a widespread market drop that has seen many altcoins drop 3% or more over a 24-hour trading period. At the time of writing,…
Binance, the biggest crypto exchange by volume, yesterday released a new video demonstration of its decentralized exchange ahead of its launch in Q1 2019. The broadcast exhibited the trading interface of Binance DEX – as the platform is called – along with its web crypto wallet feature and Binance Chain, Binance’s native public blockchain explorer…
As Bitcoin continues its chaotic price action, ceaselessly falling and ascending through key levels, some paranoid traders have feared that institutional investors have been alienated from the crypto market. Yet, reports indicate that Grayscale’s growing war chest has continued to swell, while institutional players continue to express interest in crypto assets. This, of course, makes…