The crypto markets have surged to reclaim much of their recent losses, as the prophesized end-of-year rally materializes. Although the market surge is certainly welcome to investors who have been hit with seemingly constant losses over the past several weeks and months, the markets still have a long way to go before they are anywhere…
Key Points Bitcoin price traded higher and broke the $4,150 and $4,200 resistance levels against the US Dollar. There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance at $4,040 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is currently trading with a bullish bias and it…
Many analysts, including former Bitcoin (BTC) short seller Mark Dow, look at the price of cryptocurrencies to determine the health of their underlying fundamentals. However, a prominent cryptocurrency proponent has claimed that in spite of the market, 2018 was Bitcoin’s “most successful year” yet, specifically in terms of network performance. Bitcoin Segwit Usage Holds 40%…
While many poke fun at the performance of crypto in 2018, global macro markets have begun to falter. Since reaching a year-to-date high in early-September, the Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange, has seen its index collapse by 22%. Nasdaq’s index, which houses the publicly-traded stocks of tech powerhouses, namely Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Apple,…
While 2017’s narrative in the crypto industry was undoubtedly the initial coin offering (ICO) craze, 2018’s was evidently the advent of Wall Street participants. And while strides were made with institutional involvement, with Nasdaq and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) both openly backing crypto assets, Bloomberg has claimed that efforts to bring Bitcoin to Wall Street remain…
Key Points Bitcoin price gained pace recently and broke the $3,580 and $3,780 resistances against the US Dollar. There is a major symmetrical triangle forming with resistance at $4,080 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is likely to break the $4,080 and $4,150 resistance levels to rally…
Pundits argue that crypto and charity don’t mix. Yet, with a number of efforts from this nascent industry’s foremost participants, it has been made apparent that Bitcoiners (and altcoiners) are far from anti-alms. Case in point, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, recently committed to donating a majority of his crypto wealth in due time. Brian…
Since Bitcoin’s earliest blocks, the network’s lead developers have been hard at work attempting to scale the world’s first blockchain. And while 2018’s “crypto winter” has deterred a multitude of startups, developers, and key industry participants, the Bitcoin Lightning Network, the first viable second-layer scaling solution, has continued to see monumental growth. Bitcoin Lightning Network…
Latest Bitcoin News The 2018 bear market has been punishing, and despite falling prices, adoption is picking up. The number of Bitcoin-related transactions is on the rise and even rivaling those of MasterCard. Add that to the increasing number of Bitcoin ATMs, and it couldn’t be better. According to Data Light, Bitcoin teller machines are…
2018 has been a rough year for the crypto markets, with Bitcoin, the market’s largest digital asset by market cap, falling from highs of nearly $20,000 one year ago to recently established lows of just over $3,000. The tumultuous market conditions throughout 2018 have disheartened many investors and has led the industry as a whole to…