Bitcoin (BTC)

The Tezos Foundation has collaborated with several Swiss-based cryptocurrency companies to tokenize Bitcoin. Called tzBTC, it gives holders the ability to interact with Tezos smart contracts while pegging to the value of Bitcoin.Tokenized Bitcoin On Tezos BlockchainThe Bitcoin Association Switzerland announced launching the tzBTC digital token in a press release shared with CryptoPotato.It’s entirely backed by the primary cryptocurrency – Bitcoin – and it uses the recently developed FA1.2...

Bitcoin is up by nearly ten percent in just the last 24 hours alone, and while there’s still a long road of improvement up ahead, several analysts are intrigued by what they see and by where they think bitcoin will go next.Bitcoin Is Gaining Investor Confidence AgainAccording to some industry experts, the time to invest in crypto may be now. As we all know, bitcoin and other forms of digital currency have fallen heavily over the past few weeks, suggesting that many were the subjects of...

The new tzBTC token from the Tezos Foundation and the Bitcoin Association Switzerland is promised to bring more access to both networks.A few firms including the Bitcoin Association Switzerland (BAS) and the Tezos Foundation have announced that a new token will be launched soon. The new token is called tzBTC, and is backed 1:1 to Bitcoin, on the Tezos blockchain.The partners have also said that tzBTC will be the first vehicle for decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Tezos blockchain.Speaking...

Check out an exclusive interview with CoinMarketCap’s senior leadership about the philosophy behind the project, its history and the acquisition by Binance.When talking about the platforms that are tracking cryptocurrencies movement, first that comes at one’s mind is definitely CoinMarketCap. A platform created to track the capitalization of different cryptocurrencies, the amount of trades that use them and the current price converted into fiat currencies updates the information every five...

Bitcoin has shot up by another $100, and the upsurge for the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap just keeps growing.Bitcoin Is Surging AgainNow, analysts think that if the currency can keep it up and potentially break $8,000, a run to $10,000 may soon follow. This is the sentiment of men like Craig Erlam, a senior analyst at OANDA. He explained in a recent statement that he believes $10K may not be far off for BTC if it can break the present $8,000 resistance level.Granted bitcoin...

Netherlands-based retail brokerage platform BUX has launched a cryptocurrency-oriented product to cope with the increasing demand across young investors in Europe. Dubbed BUX Crypto, it’s a commission-free digital currency trading platform.BUX Crypto For EU InvestorsBack in January this year, BUX acquired the cryptocurrency investment platform, Blockport. Upon completing the transaction, officials at the Dutch company said that they will rebrand Blockport to BUX Crypto and fully integrated it...

Le Cercle du Coin, association francophone sur le Bitcoin, les monnaies décentralisées et les blockchains, vous convie à sa première table ronde virtuelle qui aura le mercredi 8 avril de 17h00 à 19h00. Le format est semi-participatif, les intervenants discuteront d’un sujet et les spectateurs pourront interagir via le chat Youtube. Les modérateurs auront alors le loisir de faire remonter les questions intéressantes.  Au...

Though Ethereum price is falling now, many traders think that a massive rally is underway as ETH 2.0 upgrade is getting closer.Ethereum (ETH) price has fallen by 1.27% in the past 24 hours. This comes as the new upgrade to Eth 2.0 is just around the corner. Current price levels at $168.63 have made everyone believe that Ethereum holds promise and may do even better in the markets this year. The first fundamental thing to change for Ethereum this year would be the shift to proof-of-stake...

A senior analyst at RoboForex shares his insights into the future scenarios for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, EOS and Bitcoin Cash price movement.Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, provides his vision of the possible tendencies in price changes for Bitcoin as well as for other major cryptos.Cryptocurrencies continue their slight growth and bulls have a lot of difficulties with conquering every level. It would seem that a long-awaited aggressive growth is...

Bitcoin’s price is no stranger to volatility and the period between the second half of 2017 and the first half of 2018 is a clear example. The price went from about $2,600 to its all-time high of $20,000 in December 2017 and all the way down to $6,000 in July 2018.At the time, though, no institutions were openly involved in the cryptocurrency market and the launch of institutional-grade Bitcoin futures contracts on both CBOE Global Markets and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in December...