July was yet another strong month for the stock markets despite looming threat of a coming economic recession, with the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 all close to beating out their average monthly gains for the calendar month. Bitcoin, however, has spent much of July locked in a downtrend. This morning as the Fed monetary…
Bitcoin (BTC) and the aggregated crypto markets incurred a sudden influx of buying pressure yesterday that allowed them to climb significantly higher. This upwards momentum came about after a long period of downwards pressure that had jeopardized the upwards momentum that the markets had incurred throughout the first half of 2019. Analysts are now noting…
Although the crypto industry has been closely watching to see when the highly anticipated physically settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt officially launches, they have now been beaten by their competitor – LedgerX – who officially launched today. The platform is open to all US-based investors with a government issued ID and is not limited…
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned the public that is should beware of investing in crypto assets. The regulator states that digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have no intrinsic value and therefore offer a high level of risk. The comments come as part of the FCA’s newly-published guidelines for companies operating…
This morning, July 31, 2019 Bitcoin price soared from lows around $9,500 to a local high of $10K before the leading crypto asset by market cap took a short pause. Bears have been in control ever since Bitcoin price was rejected from $13,800, and has struggled to maintain the bullish momentum it has had behind…
Well then. Bitcoin (BTC) has just reclaimed $10,000 in a sudden surge to the upside. As of the time of writing, the cryptocurrency sits just shy of $10,000, finding itself up 4% in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: Bitcoin and Crypto Shouldn’t & Can’t Be Banned, Say Politicians: Why? Interestingly, altcoins have underperformed the…
Bitcoin price formed a solid support near the $9,200 level and recently recovered against the US Dollar. The price is trading nicely above $9,500 and it recently tested the $9,770 level. There is a short term contracting triangle forming with resistance near $9,750 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).…
Famous gold bug and Bitcoin naysayer Peter Schiff has provided comment about what he plans to do with the cache of Bitcoin recently donated to him by the Bitcoin Twitter community. The staunch anti-Bitcoiner said that just because he has been gifted some Bitcoin does not mean that he is suddenly a convert to crypto…
Following the announcement of Facebook Libra – a crypto project aimed to replace the US dollar and other fiat currencies, the United States has been up in arms regarding Libra, Bitcoin, and the rest of the cryptocurrency landscape. The US is finally ready to begin regulating this portion of the financial sector and has begun…
Countries that embrace bitcoin would be frontrunners in the financial technology space, according to Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano of Morgan Creek Digital Assets. The co-founder & partner told CNBC Squawk Box during a panel discussion that some nation would one day decide to adopt bitcoin. He cited Game Theory, a study of strategic interactions between rational…