It’s no secret that 2018 has been a rough year for cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin falling over 80% from its 2017 highs, and most major altcoins dropping 90% or more. Despite the market’s poor performance, one venture capitalist laid out his case for why Bitcoin and Ethereum are currently oversold from a fundamental standpoint. The past…
It is no secret that Nouriel Roubini hates cryptocurrency. For most of 2018, the American economist has been smugly congratulating himself for denouncing the entire space as toxic and stating that prices were heading to zero. The problem is, Bitcoin is still up more than 60x since he first took up his anti-crypto offensive in…
The cryptocurrency markets posted slight gains over the weekend and have recovered slightly from last week’s dip that sent most cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, to fresh yearly lows. Despite the current price action being seen as capitulation by some investors, one analyst claims that the crypto bear market is still far from over. At the time…
Nine-year-old Bitcoin must be going through one of the worst phases of its technological life, but that hasn’t deterred its core believers. The community, which has been in roughs for most of this year, witnessing Bitcoin crashing from the highs of $19,500 to the lows near $3,200, took a break from speculation to discuss the…
The World Bank in its latest report revealed that India has received the largest amount in remittance in 2o18 with $80 billion being sent from abroad. At the same time, users paid $4 billion in cuts to payment services. Middlemen-Friendly Models Remittance in its current format has one-too-many checkpoints. If a person wants to send…
In a bear market-induced sense of panic, the crypto market at large has stopped responding to industry developments altogether, with the news of the past week coming in one ear, and out the other. Regardless, startups still seem hell-bent on bolstering this industry’s infrastructure. And, frankly, this unrelenting drive for innovation doesn’t come unwarranted. As once…
Key Points Bitcoin price extended losses below the $4,000 and $3,600 supports against the US Dollar. There is a significant bearish trend line formed with resistance at $3,630 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is currently consolidating losses above $3,200, with resistances near $3,500 and $3,600. Bitcoin…
The creator of the world’s first cryptocurrency index fund has launched two liquid beta funds holding bitcoin and ether exclusively to address market demand. The Bitwise Bitcoin Fund and the Bitwise Ethereum Fund are available in two share classes, Institutional Shares and Investor Shares. Bitwise Funds Open to Minimum Investment of $25,000 for Retail Investors…
When optimists thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did. In the past 24 hours, after ranging between $3,800 and $4,200 for a week, Bitcoin (BTC) was suddenly subject to another spell of bear market fever, as the asset fell under $3,700, $3,600, and $3,500 in quick succession. BTC even established a new year-to-date low…
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…