The entire bitcoin trading community is holding its breath for a crucial bullish signal known as the Golden Cross. It started on April 2 when the bitcoin price – at last – broke above a stringent resistance area and surged 23 percent in a day. This upside swing changed the market’s entire dynamics. Almost all…
Mainstream media isn’t known for its accurate, in-depth, or optimistic coverage of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies at large. Earlier this month, as BTC popped above $5,000 for the first time since November 2018, respected business news outlets falsely covered this industry en-masse. Some publications, like CNBC, attributed the move to an April Fools’ joke, in…
The world’s dominant crypto exchange, Binance, has been in the headlines for most of the week following its decision to delist a major cryptocurrency. The debate as to whether this was the righteous thing to do to rid the ecosystem of a bad actor, or it was a kick in the teeth for decentralization by…
It only took a day for the Bitcoin bashers to emerge from their caves and start spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt again. After four months of inactivity crypto markets came alive again this week and headed upwards to reach new 2019 highs. This was enough it seems for the mainstream media dogs to start spewing…
Although the Lightning Network is most often touted as a way to reduce transaction burden on the main Bitcoin blockchain, various other use cases are becoming apparent as more people experiment with it. One of the most potentially revolutionary is the ability to make incredibly small payments for online content. This could have a massive…
Tezos proof-of-stake project’s market capitalization was up 8% since the session’s open this Friday. As of 1109 UTC, the Tezos blockchain attracted $43 million via the sale of its native token XTZ. The coin’s valuation against the US dollar surged from 0.781 to 0.848, its best since November 20 last year. The market volume, in the…
Facebook could be on the path to replace the US Dollar with its own crypto asset as a global currency, claims Ted Livingston. The founder and chief executive of the Kik messaging app projected the upcoming stablecoin project as a WeChat aspirant. The 32 years old Canadian entrepreneur wrote that, like the Chinese messenger app, Facebook was…
In his recent interview with CNBC, America’s most successful capitalist Warren Buffett reiterated his negative stance on bitcoin. The legendary investor told Becky Quick that bitcoin was a delusional asset which “attracts charlatans,” adding: “If you do something phony by going out and selling yo-yos or something, there’s no money in it — but when you…
When the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) warned its citizens about the risks of trading and holding cryptocurrencies in December 2013, it was a reformist move. Cryptocurrencies, or should we say bitcoin, was a new phenomenon back then. Every country out there had its share of doubts about it. And correspondingly, they all, like India,…
An advocate practicing in the Supreme Court of India wants the government and regulators to treat bitcoin like a shiny new toy. Abraham C Mathews said in an opinion column published Monday that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had no structure in place to enforce crypto regulations – even if it wanted to. The lawyer…