The global entity responsible for setting international money laundering guidelines is finally ready to lay the foundation for its first crypto-specific set of rules by June 2018. FATF Readies Global Crypto Regulation on Money Laundering Paris, France-based money laundering watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has seen increasing pressure from global governments to unify regulation…
The CEO of the Russian state-owned financial service provider Sberbank has stated that cryptocurrency and blockchain technology will fundamentally transform business and finance. That said, Herman Gref is looking at a time span of decades rather than months or years. Herman Gref with Refreshing Take on Cryptocurrency According to a report in local news, the…
Bitcoin so far has been able to find support above the so-called bottom area below $6,000. But it is not enough to beat the long-term bearish bias, according to a famous cryptocurrency analyst. Crypto Thoreau, in one of its latest tweets, predicted that Bitcoin price is in for a drop towards $3,500. The analyst backed his…
Key Points Bitcoin price extended losses and declined below the $6,450 support level against the US Dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted key bullish trend line was broken with support at $6,435 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price declined below the $6,400 support and the 100 hourly simple moving average.…
A meeting place that could have been about a common peer-to-peer Bitcoin trade turned into a scene of a brutal killing. A 24-year old Norwegian man was reportedly stabbed to death in his Majorstuen apartment shortly after completing a cash-to-Bitcoin trade with his alleged killer. The local police believe there was a large pile of Krone kept…
Key Points Bitcoin price is still struggling to clear the key $6,520 resistance zone against the US Dollar. There is an important bullish trend line in place with support at $6,430 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price is currently at a risk of a bearish reaction towards…
A new report reveals that the majority of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects are centralized. Majority of Cryptocurrencies Can Be Classified as Centralized, Securities Cryptocurrency research firm CryptoCompare released its annual Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report, and their findings reveal that only 16% of cryptocurrencies are fully decentralized. The remaining cryptocurrencies reviewed are either centralized, or only semi-decentralized,…
The discussion of an existing correlation between stocks and Bitcoin continues. Having been found to move in tandem during short periods, both asset classes have experienced gains in 2017 and losses in early 2018. Their common ground, however, may boil down to sentiment. Correlation Between Stocks and Crypto Only Found over Short-Term Traditional assets, such as stocks,…
An oversold market makes the best time to enter. And experts believe it is happening with crypto industry as it retains a yearly bearish bias. The significant dip seen in 2018, followed by consecutive strong rebounds from a specific bottom area has upped medium-term bullish sentiments in the crypto market. Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency with the highest dominance,…
Key Points Bitcoin price revered yesterday’s gains and traded below the $6,500 support against the US Dollar. There is a short-term ascending channel in place with support at $6,400 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The price could dip towards the $6,340 or $6,320 support before moving back higher.…