The first week of Lightning Network support at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has seen more than 800 transactions make use the Bitcoin payments layer. The company’s Chief Technical Officer Paolo Ardoino says customers have deposited more than seven Bitcoin (~$52,000) to the exchange since it added Lightning payments.Despite recent Lightning Network vulnerabilities, it appears to be…
Bitcoin price predictions are all over the map, with some expecting the price to reach zero, while others expect beyond a million dollars per BTC.One cryptocurrency analyst has charted the asset using a logarithmic growth curve, that could provide accurate clues as to when Bitcoin price could reach prices of $100,000 or higher.Bitcoin Price to…
Crypto startups are becoming less frequent as interest in the emerging fintech industry cools off, however, there was once a time that cryptocurrency-related startups were a dime-a-dozen, making finding clear winner a difficult and risky process.However, a former Tinder executive has shared his list of the most promising digital asset startups the industry has to…
Blockchain project EOS started this week on a negative note after an independent agency downgraded its rating from B to C-.Weiss Crypto Ratings published a report on December 6 wherein it demoted EOS to lower ranks over its centralization. The agency noted that just 0.01 percent of the EOS token holders control over 68 percent…
Ethereum’s price action has been closely correlated to Bitcoin’s over the past several weeks, leading ETH’s price to dip into the lower-$150 region, which is where it has been able to find some levels of support.Ethereum’s much-anticipated Istanbul hard fork has come about concurrently with ETH’s ongoing downtrend, and it appears that investors are not…
Ethereum and most major altcoins have been closely tracking Bitcoin’s price action as of late, and the aggregated market has been unable to find any decisive momentum over the past few weeks. This lack of momentum has caused ETH to hover around the $150 region as bulls and bears remain deadlocked.Analysts are now noting that…
Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin saw an effectively flat week, gaining 0.08% over the past seven days according to Coin360.com. Altcoins have posted similar results, or rather, a lack of results, with a majority of cryptocurrencies posting gains or losses of a percent or two.Analysts from Bloomberg and other top industry firms are…
Bitcoin (BTC) has been able to incur some decent upwards momentum in the time since its faced a strong and swift rejection around $7,800, as it has since climbed up towards $7,600.Analysts are noting that this recent price action may point to the possibility that Bitcoin is forming a bullish long-term bottom formation, which comes…
Bitcoin price is trading within a tight range as of late. Even the few surges here and there in either direction, have resulted in the leading crypto by market cap falling back into the current range.The crypto asset likely stays within this range, at least until open interest on BitMEX reaches above 100,000 BTC –…
The US Marshals Service and FBI have updated an earlier warning against scammers impersonating law enforcement officers. The agencies say those behind the scams accuse a potential victim of a crime and demand payment via a Bitcoin ATM or another somewhat obscure payment method.It’s unclear how effective such scams are. The requested payment method should…