The number of complaints relating to crypto assets received by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has risen sharply during the 2018 bear market. FCA Currently Investigating 50 Cryptocurrency Firms People rarely call foul play during a bull market. When the charts are all green, who really cares if a project FOMO’d into last November…
Since the introduction of blockchain in 2008, there have been more than 80,000 digital ledger technology projects launched around the world. In 2016, a total of 29 crypto projects raised over $6 billion via tokenized crowdfunding (ICO). The next year, 871 ICOs raised a whopping $6 billion, causing a wave of investment into the blockchain…
On Saturday, after Bitcoin’s days of relative stability at $4,300, a fresh wave of selling pressure washed over crypto investors worldwide, sending Bitcoin well below its purported support levels at $4,000 and $3,800. The move, which came alongside an influx of trading volume, came seemingly unanswered at first. Bitcoin’s market cap shriveled to a mere $62 billion,…
As 2018 bids its last farewells, the crypto market has stuttered, with a majority of crypto assets establishing new year-to-date lows, leading many analysts to express their sentiment that capitulation is officially occurring. However, the peculiar performance of the market hasn’t fazed this industry’s leading constituents. Binance, for one, continued its investment spree, siphoning millions…
When things go south in crypto land it happens fast, a digital avalanche sweeping away everything that stands in its path and blasting most of digital coins into oblivion. This weekend’s exodus has been a third wave of selling which has resulted in the loss of over $90 billion from crypto markets this month alone.…
A third big dump sends crypto markets plunging; No cryptocurrencies escaping the exodus. The third wave of selling that started yesterday has continued unabated this weekend. Total market capitalization has been smashed below $120 billion as a further $23 billion has been dumped from digital currencies over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin is plummeting towards…
Would a state-backed cryptocurrency be better than its decentralized counterpart? International media has already rolled out their opinions on the matter. It’s a YES-IT-CAN. The opinions find their inspirations in comments made by Christine Lagarde last week. The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that a government-backed cryptocurrency would eliminate the issues of trust that…
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) remains bearish on Friday as the vortex adjoining last week’s controversial hard fork continued to inject the market with negative sentiments. The BCH/USD, after aggregating market cap of the original BCH and the forked Bitcoin ABC, is trading at 206.79, down 6.57 percent from its intraday high at 221.34. The pair in…
The lead developer for Monero slammed BAT over its policies and “awful design decisions,” putting Brave founder Brendan Eich on the defensive. Monero Dev Compares BAT to The Mafia Monero frontman Ricardo “fluffypony” Spagni took to Twitter on Thanksgiving not to give thanks, but to give Basic Attention Token (BAT) a verbal beating, comparing the…
Markets are still flat showing no sign of recovery; Monero, Iota and Bitcoin Gold making small gains. The weekend situation on crypto markets remains grim. There has been no recovery from an epic dump down to a new yearly low yesterday as total market capitalization is still around $140 billion. Bitcoin has clawed back a…