Bitcoin (BTC)

Spark Swap, the new crypto startup that raised nearly $4 million in a recent seed funding round, has announced its support for USD, allowing customers to purchase bitcoin units directly through their Lightning wallets. Spark Swap: Harnessing the Power of LightningThe purpose of the funding round was to build a “non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange” atop the ever-popular Lightning Network, which seems to be growing in popularity as of late. Bitcoin is the oldest and most established...

XRP continues to trade its sideways around the $0.25 price range. The cryptocurrency has seen a 2% price decline over the past 30 and is currently trading at $0.2578.XRP remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $11.32 billion.Looking at the XRP/USD 1-Day Chart:Since our previous XRP/USD analysis, the cryptocurrency has managed to find support at the $0.2518 level. XRP attempted to break above a long term descending trend line but failed to do so. Price is quickly...

Many claim that bitcoin is the "new gold." However, BTC is not correlated with any asset, including gold. Hence, it's a good hedge. | Source: Shutterstock The U.S.-China trade war, the Hong Kong protests, and now the attack on Saudi Arabian oil producer Aramco – these events add more pressure to financial and commodity markets that already look overextended; stocks...

A new blockchain phone is being released by HTC and Bitcoin.com. What’s special about it? It has a bitcoin cash (BCH) wallet built into it to potentially inspire its customers to get into cryptocurrency usage and trade options. Bitcoin Cash Is Taking OverThe fact that it has a bitcoin cash wallet and not one designed for its parent currency bitcoin makes more sense than one might think. Roger Ver, who owns Bitcoin.com, recently did a 360 when it came to cryptocurrency and, despite several...

Comment l’anticiper, le contester et obtenir gain de cause ? Le 2 septembre 2019, l’administration a rappelé, dans ses commentaires administratifs du nouveau régime fiscal des plus-value de cession d’actifs numériques, que les plus-values réalisées en 2018 pouvaient toujours faire l’objet de redressements. Si la fiscalité des cryptos a posé de nombreuses interrogations et connu d’importants rebondissements, le cadre commence...

A $10 billion wealth advisor predicts the next Fed rate cut will launch the bitcoin price to a new yearly high. There's just one problem. | Source: Jim WATSON / AFP (i), Jan von Uxkull-Gyllenband/Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. The Federal Reserve will hold its next policy meeting tomorrow, and analysts predict that the US central bank will adopt its second...

[PRESS RELEASE]B2BinPay, a cryptocurrency payment gateway that enables businesses to accept payments in cryptocurrency, has integrated EOS. Customers can now add and accept EOS as a payment method for business.About EOSEOS.IO is a blockchain protocol powered by the native cryptocurrency EOS. EOS software provides accounts, authentication, databases, asynchronous communication and the scheduling of applications across multiple CPU cores and/or clusters.The technology’s blockchain architecture...

Is Ripple decentralized or not? One expert weighs in. | Image: Shutterstock Ripple fans adamantly preach that the cryptocurrency runs on a decentralized network. A quick search of the term “Ripple Decentralized” on Twitter reveals hordes of accounts claiming that “The Standard” is decentralized in nature. Many are even ganging up in an attempt to prove their point....

Velas AG, the developer of the AI-powered DPoS blockchain of the same name, has announced that its native token is to be listed on a major cryptocurrency exchange. From 15:00 UTC on September 18, VLX will be tradable on BW.com, one of the leading exchanges by trading volume. As a result, cryptocurrency investors across Australasia and the rest of the world will be able to buy and sell VLX tokens, and to use them to access services built upon the highly scalable Velas blockchain.Commenting on...

The cryptocurrency market is purported to be a break from the traditional markets, especially because of its decentralization. There is also the fact that global financial policies or unfavorable financial climate, which heavily affects traditional financial assets, do not have the same effects on the digital currency markets. However, even with all the dissimilarities, popular Wall Street strategist Tom Lee has drawn a parallel between the traditional stock market and the cryptocurrency...