Last week, news that Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke in support of blockchain technology, caused crypto markets to surge and Bitcoin to set its third-largest one-day gain percentage-wise in the asset’s ten-year history. Price action has since slowed, however, according to metrics from popular Chinese websites, interest in Bitcoin remains just as high, and could…
Peter Schiff has refuted the notion that the Chinese government endorsement of blockchain is behind Bitcoin’s recent price rally. The price of the leading digital asset surged on Friday to a high above $10,000 on some exchanges before returning to around $9,400 at the time of writing. Schiff instead claims that so-called whales (large holders…
On Friday, China’s leader, President Xi Jinping, absolutely floored the Bitcoin community. Speaking at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, Xi called for the adoption of blockchain “as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies.” State-run outlet Xinhua revealed that Xi lauded the potential benefits of blockchain technologies…
The news has all been China this weekend and its native crypto assets have been on fire. From bully to hero, Beijing has boosted crypto markets by 25% in just two days. Bitcoin led the rally but a slew of Chinese crypto coins are surging today, and Tron is one of them. China Crypto Rankings…
This weekend has been one of the best in recent history in terms of crypto asset performance. Bitcoin’s epic rally to retouch five figures has given its brethren a boost but there appears to be a pattern emerging. Chinese crypto assets are leading the way resulting in speculation that the red dragon may have just…
Bitcoin has been caught in a firm uptrend over the past several days, which has begun spilling over into the aggregated altcoin markets, with multiple smaller cryptocurrencies like NEO posting meteoric gains over the past-24 hours. It does appear that the cryptocurrencies incurring the biggest gains are Chinese altcoins, which may be because they are…
Many wrote off Chinese president Xi Jinping’s recent endorsement of blockchain as non-beneficial for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But this is quickly proving itself to not be true. For those who missed the memo, a quick interlude. On Friday, Chinese state media outlet Xinhua revealed that China’s leader had called for the adoption of blockchain…
Bitcoin has seen an absolute whirlwind of the past 48 hours. As you likely know, the leading cryptocurrency has traded within a massive $3,300 price range as crypto markets have incurred their latest bout of volatility after weeks of lull. At its local peak, Bitcoin was trading for $10,500; now, BTC is changing hands for…
Over the past few months, Bitcoin (BTC) has been lauded by economists, investors, and commentators as an up-and-coming “safe haven” asset. However, it seems that the cryptocurrency is still at least macro and tangentially correlated with traditional equities. In fact, on the day that U.S. stock indices, namely the S&P 500, approached and effectively tapped its…
Just when crypto markets were in danger of falling below the crucial $200 billion market capitalization level a massive surge injected over $50 billion back in. The Bitcoin led rally is one of the largest in recent history and nearly all altcoins are enjoying big double digit gains today. Crypto Markets Surge 25% Bitcoin literally…