An interview with a representative from imToken, a Chinese digital currency wallet provider, has given rare insight into the cryptocurrency habits of the nation’s population. It appears that Chinese crypto asset enthusiasts have a tendency to prefer non-custodial storage solutions and that mobile-accessed wallets are by far the most popular over their desktop counterparts. Chinese…
On Sunday night/Monday, Bitcoin (BTC) spiked. Within a matter of an hour or two, the crypto asset gained a few hundred points, breaking past key resistances like they were nothing more than soggy sheets of parchment paper. Related Reading: Report: Institutional Investors Are Behind Latest Bitcoin Rally; But Will BTC Keep Climbing? As normal, analysts,…
Weekend trading for Bitcoin has been bullish but things really started to take off during Asian trading this morning. As BTC tapped a twenty four day high, it is now only $2k away from its 2019 peak and reaching it this week is not out of the question. BTC Taps $11,800 Bitcoin has not looked…
The past few weeks have been an absolute flurry for the crypto space. Facebook’s launch of Libra awoke something in the public, forcing anyone and everyone to take note of this budding industry. Related Reading: Fresh Bitcoin Uptrend May Start in September, But Drop to $7,000 Could Precede Bull Run Case in point, the chief…
Contrary to the beliefs of many crypto critics, Facebook’s Libra will not be a Bitcoin killer. In fact the new digital coin from billionaire Zuckerberg et al may not even be available to some of the world’s largest markets. India Still Hates Crypto, Libra Included The world’s largest social media company has no plans to…
Facebook certainly rattled some cages when it announced its own cryptocurrency last month. A number of nations including Russia and China have expressed concern over the rising dominance of US tech and internet giants, especially if they’re aiming to manipulate finances as they currently do with data. Crypto Community Unfazed, China Is The crypto community…
Chinese messaging giant WeChat has banned users from conducting cryptocurrency-related activities. But that could be bullish for the industry, at least according to Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. The Binance CEO said WeChat’s decision to ax crypto-based OTC trading activities was “a classic example of short-term pain, long-term gain,” adding that censorship will eventually attract more people towards the…
There is no doubting that mood in surrounding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies has lightened this month as markets finally moved off the bottom. Many analysts predicted a final capitulation down to $2,500 or lower but that seems like a distant memory now. Price predictions now are of a more positive nature and some see Bitcoin getting…
If you visit just about any crypto news publication today, you will see at least one story detailing the recent news that the Chinese government is considering a blanket ban on Bitcoin mining. Perhaps testament to the world superpower’s repeated clampdowns on various aspects of digital currencies (exchanges and ICOs, in recent memory), the price…
China is home to the vast majority of cryptocurrency miners, as the country is privy to extremely low energy costs compared to the rest of the world. But as Bitcoin price finds new life, lawmakers in the country are considering banning crypto mining among 450 other activities that are deemed to be unsafe, wasteful of…