The Bank of England denied a bid by Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s dictatorial ruler, to withdraw $1.2 billion worth of Gold, reported Bloomberg. The move came after top US officials requested their UK counterparts to disconnect the Maduro’s regime from its assets abroad. The UK accepted the request as it, and many other countries, joined the US’…
Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the user’s Bitcoin being stolen. Forum users were being redirected to a phishing site, which was prompting the users to input two-factor authentication codes that were used to access user accounts and empty…
There may be a drought in the broader retail Bitcoin market, but in the crypto financier space, spirits seem to be as high as ever. Well, that’s what Mike Novogratz, the founder of merchant bank Galaxy Digital, thinks anyway. Just recently, the former Wall Street investor, who held stints at Fortress Financial and Goldman Sachs,…
JP Morgan has doubled down on their criticism of Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto in general in a recent report analyzing the nascent markets. Within this report, analysts at the financial institution made multiple claims regarding the markets, notably saying that Bitcoin may only be a good hedge in a “dystopian scenario.” This bearish report does…
As part of an international effort to wrest power from Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, the Bank of England has denied the nation access to gold deposits stored with the institution. Such instances highlight just why a permissionless store of value like Bitcoin is important on both the global and personal level. Several members of the…
Although the cryptocurrency markets have found some levels of support and stability around their current prices, many investors and analysts alike are looking towards future events that could potentially lead to a Bitcoin (BTC) price surge. Now, analysts are speculating that anticipation for Bitcoin’s upcoming “halving” event could lead its price to surge. Analyst: Bitcoin…
Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee appeared on Fox News earlier today to talk to talk about traditional markets and cryptocurrency. It was not long before his famous “$25,000 by the end of 2018” Bitcoin price prediction was brought into question. Lee blamed the proliferation of the ICO fund-raising technique for the inaccuracy in his…
Bitcoin price stagnant in a $300 range Charles Hoskinson says crypto will retest 2017 peaks in 11 years Transactional volumes low, average 12k thus consolidation According to Hoskinson, the crypto market is far from mature. In that case, he expects assets like Bitcoin to retest 2017 highs in the next 11 years. Even so, there…
Another day, another price prediction. They are coming thick and fast at the moment as analysts and industry observers scramble to predict where the bottom will be. Some are more optimistic than others, but it is to be expected that JP Morgan is firmly on the pessimistic side of the fence. JP Morgan Predicts More…
Bitcoin price traded higher and broke the $3,550 resistance level against the US Dollar. There is a connecting bullish trend line formed with support at $3,545 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is showing positive signs above the $3,545 level, but it must break the $3,585 resistance.…