Crypto analysts and investors have established the $8,800 resistance level as a short-term target for Bitcoin, based on the optimistic technical indicators of the dominant cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Rally Ahead? Most of the predictions on the short-term rally of Bitcoin originated from data provided by RIG trend lines — an indicator that combines the Relative Strength…
A federal judge stated yesterday that digital currencies should be viewed in a legal capacity as commodities. This will continue to give the U.S.’s CFTC the right to police accusations of fraud in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin’s Futures Contracts Make All Virtual Currencies Commodities in the US The decision was made on Wednesday in a…
Key Points Bitcoin price recovered recently, but it failed to break the $6,540-50 resistance zone against the US Dollar. There is a crucial hurdle formed near $6,540 and two bearish trend lines on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair needs to break the $6,540 resistance and the 100…
With the recent increase in popularity of the blockchain technology, many believe that it is only a matter of time before this tech enters the mainstream. However, to do that, it will first need a catalyst, and many have been wondering for a while just what that might be. According to Loom Network’s recent Medium…
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies making huge sums of money for those adept at timing the market, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is keen to make sure it receives its cut of the profits. However, a lawyer from Morgan Lewis & Bockius states that many users do not realise that even when they have…
It doesn’t matter if you are a Grammy Award-winning musician or a video producer with less than a hundred followers. The moment you publish your work – it starts getting segregated. Content creators have been silently siphoning off a huge part of their earnings to several sets of hands. When an individual watches or purchases their…
A Queensland Univerity professor has attempted to debunk the theory which accused stablecoin Tether issuance model of manipulating the Bitcoin value. Tether Not Responsible In his report, Dr. Wang Chun, Ph.D., Finance, discussed how he constructed a Vector Autoregression, or VAR, model to prove that Tether never played a catalyst to Bitcoin’s super-normal rally towards…
One of the largest internet technology firms on the planet, Mountain View, California-based Google is reversing its stance on cryptocurrencies, removing a ban on crypto-related advertising that went into effect in early 2018. Google Reverses Cryptocurrency Ad Ban Back in March of 2018, the search-engine powerhouse Google followed the lead of Facebook, Twitter, and others…
Key Points Bitcoin price failed to hold the key support at $6,590 and declined below $6,500 against the US Dollar. There was a break below a bearish pattern with support at $6,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is under pressure and it seems like it could…
SBI Remit, a Japanese money transfer company, is teaming up with a venture-backed firm to use its new treasury management service that uses the blockchain for increased transparency and liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses operating between Japan and Africa. SBI Remit and BitPesa The service is provided by BitPesa, which has raised $10 million to…