Bitcoin was attempting to hold $8,000 as support on Thursday after it slipped briefly below the said level yesterday. The benchmark cryptocurrency surged by 0.83 percent, or $66.14, to trade at $8,059.68. The move uphill came after a depressive price action on Wednesday that took the bitcoin price below the $8,000 support level. At its…
Bitcoin was inching higher on Monday in the UK markets as Pound gave up some part of its last week’s sharp gains. Bitcoin shows upside sentiment as the Pound drops to 1-month low | Image credits: TradingView.com The cryptocurrency surged by 0.76 percent against the sterling as of 1005 UTC to trade at £6,627.90. The…
Bitcoin struggled to maintain gains on Friday as investors processed the possibility of an optimistic trade deal and Brexit. The benchmark cryptocurrency was trading at $8,373.96, down 2.49 percent as of 11:03 UTC. Its downside sentiment came on the back of an unbiased Thursday, wherein its opening and closing price was almost the same. The…
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) has fired BitPay, a US-based bitcoin payment processing service, over non-service. The independent media firm announced today that it is going to replace BitPay with its rival BTCPay, an open-source alternative to pay merchants online via bitcoin. HKFP projected BTCPay as better service, stating that it would allow donators to…
Binance Coin (BNB) was trading in an extremely positive zone on Wednesday as its top rival bitcoin kept underplaying investors’ bullish expectations. The eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap surged by up to 11.73 percent to establish a session high of 2,289 sats. It attracted a similar capital from the fiat market, rising by 11.12 percent…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is right about their decision to reject bitcoin exchange-traded funds, believes Jake Chervinsky of San Francisco-based Compound Finance. The general counsel on Thursday said the US securities regulator has valid concerns about bitcoin’s price volatility. He referred to the cryptocurrency’s latest price drop, wherein it plunged by as…
Bitcoin was trading in the negative zone on Thursday as US President Donald Trump raised hopes for a potential trade deal with China. The benchmark cryptocurrency plunged another 0.34 percent to $8,408.01 on San Francisco-based Coinbase exchange. Earlier this week, it had experienced a massive sell-off that sent the price down by more than $1,500…
Bitcoin coincidentally formed a positive correlation with the US stock market on Tuesday, observed Mati Greenspan of eToro. The senior market analyst noted that the benchmark cryptocurrency plunged by more than $1,500 right after the S&P 500 index made a similar move. He recognized the zero correlation between the two extremely polarized markets but added…
Gold outperformed Bitcoin on Wednesday as an impeachment inquiry into US President Donald Trump triggered demand for safe-haven assets. The yellow metal came near its three-week peak, with its spot trading at $1,530.29 per ounce as of 10:00 UTC. At the same time, US gold futures surged 0.1 percent to $1,538.30. Bitcoin, unlike Gold, trended…
Data from blockchain.com shows Bitcoin’s hash rate is at all-time-high. Last week, it peaked at 98.5 quintillion hashes per second. In addition, according to the mining pool, BTC.com, mining difficulty is also at its highest ever level at 11.9 T. All in all, miner’s confidence, in Bitcoin, has never been higher, which is indicative of…