Bitcoin (BTC)

A cryptocurrency exchange in Uganda is taking a lot of flak for potentially stealing users’ money.Uganda Is Home to a Crypto ScamThe exchange appears to have set up a phony job search in which several people within the country who may have been looking for jobs either in the cryptocurrency or digital tech fields were asked to apply. As part of the application process, they were required to donate more than 20,000 Uganda Shillings (worth approximately $5 in USD).The trouble is that the...

HODL is such a popular trading strategy in the crypto community that it has transcended into a meme. HODLers are flexing their muscles as they refuse to sell even if they are in profits. Add to that the halving and we have the recipe for bitcoin rocket fuel. Many bitcoin traders laugh at the idea of HODL (holding on for dear life). They think that it is not a sound trading or investing strategy. If you buy and hold on the way down, it’s very likely that you’ll use the same approach on the...

2019 is approaching its end, and while many crypto enthusiasts have marked 2020 as the next Bitcoin bull-run, it is mostly because of the anticipated halving event.While there is a consensus that the halving will propel Bitcoin price to new highs, some analysts see the cryptocurrency visiting lower values before we can even start speaking about any possible bull-run.Bitcoin started 2019 at $3,700, skyrocketed to $13,880 on the 26th of June, retraced, surged back up, and most recently pulled...

For everyone waiting with bated breath for bitcoin to suddenly rise from the ashes and experience a solid price bump, here’s a bit of good news.Bitcoin May Incur a Massive Spike Next YearOne source is reporting that bitcoin futures are doing extraordinarily well. So well, in fact, that their prices are expanding even while the primary asset is falling deeper into the $7,000 range. Yes, it has managed to expand by another $200 over the past few days, but for the most part, bitcoin is still...

Star of “Bachelor in Paradise” Chris Bukowski believes that the price of bitcoin is on the verge of rising.Bukowski Things the World of BitcoinAside from being a hit reality star, Bukowski is very big on crypto, and seems to think that the future of finance will largely be digital. The entrepreneur first got into digital assets in the year 2016, when he says bitcoin was trading for around $450. He had been working a few gigs here and there where people paid him in bitcoin.Not really knowing...

The number of bitcoin addresses with any balance exceeded its January 2018 high. Even though the metric is not perfect, it provides a rough estimate of bitcoin’s adoption rate. The synchronicity in the growth of this metric and the explosion of dormant bitcoin addresses suggests accumulation. Most people only refer to the price of bitcoin to gauge the health of the top cryptocurrency. If there’s a brutal sell-off, critics are quick to assume that the digital asset is dying. A...

Tezos continues to battle the 7-month old descending trend line to climb higher.The cryptocurrency looks ready to surge against Bitcoin as the Stochastic RSI lines up for a bullish crossover.Tezos climbed to the 14th position with a market cap of $935 million.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXTZ/USDSupport:  $1.23, $1.17, $1.12, $1.00.Resistance: $1.34, $1.40, $1.47.XTZ/BTC:Support: 0.0001685 BTC, 0.000158 BTC, 0.000138 BTC, and 0.000127 BTC.Resistance:  0.0001828 BTC, 0.000195 BTC level...

Bitcoin seems to be charging at $7,600 as it marks a slight increase of around 2.1% in the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency seemed stuck in the same confluence price zone between $7,300 and $7,400 but has managed to break above it, and it now trades at around $7,550.As CryptoPotato reported earlier, an important resistance level to watch for is $7,700, which is where the bullish spike reached out. However, to see a real market reversal, we would have to see Bitcoin closing above $8,000. In...

Le Sénat a adopté vendredi 6 décembre 2019, contre l’avis du gouvernement, un amendement au projet de budget pour 2020 visant à remplacer l’impôt sur la fortune immobilière (IFI) par un « impôt sur la fortune improductive » à compter de 2021. Les bitcoins sont inclus dans l’assiette de ce projet de nouvel impôt sur la fortune. [embedded content] Extrait de l’amendement : « Le présent...

In Australia, law enforcement officials have uncovered $1 million in cryptocurrency thanks to an alleged drug bust.Australia; The Home of Crypto Crime?The drugs were hidden inside a child’s toy being sent to a region called Perth. The paraphernalia confiscated by the police included nearly 28 grams in illegal MDMA tablets along with MDMA powder. The package was allegedly sent from somewhere in the United Kingdom.Police officials examined the address the package was destined for. They then...