Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitcoin’s recent plunge to below $7,000 pretty much shell-shocked much of the crypto community, leaving some market participants scrambling and others to speculate about why it happened. The months leading up to the next bitcoin halving event are supposed to be exciting, but bitcoin has once again proven its unpredictable not to mention highly volatile nature. Source: TwitterNo crypto investors have been unscathed by the fallout, billionaire trader Mike Novogratz included. The...

Could India be on the verge of making a real name for itself in the crypto space?India: The New Big Crypto Haven?The country has often had a very mixed relationship with digital currency, being rather hostile towards the likes of Libra and even threatening jail time for crypto users, but a new crypto merger may be what is needed to ensure digital money’s future within the country’s borders.Crypto exchange Wazir X is now a part of arguably the world’s largest and most popular digital trading...

Some sources are asking the big question, “Is now the time to buy bitcoin?”Bitcoin: Where Will It Go From Here?The currency is trading for just over $7,000 at press time, meaning the fall is continuing. Right now, it’s not understood why the currency is dropping so drastically. What could be occurring behind closed doors that’s potentially making the world’s number one cryptocurrency dive to record lows? It’s now the lowest it’s been in roughly six months.While answers aren’t necessarily...

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, divided the problems into three major categories. The first one is the cryptography related stuff that hasn’t been solved. Despite the industry’s rush to achieve new levels of privacy and scalability, the most important goals are still in progress. The second one is consensus theory, which makes it easy to change and upgrade mining (Proof of Work) and staking (Proof of Stake) algorithms. And finally, Vitalik explains how incentives are essential in...

One of the biggest datacenters in Russia, Bit River, is open for business, and is already making a name for itself within the cryptocurrency mining community.Bit River Is About to Hit the TopBitcoin mining is one of the most controversial maneuvers in the world. On the one hand, if you find yourself getting into it, there’s a lot of money to be made. At the same time, there are a lot of arguments that the effects of bitcoin mining could be hazardous to the environment.One such country that...

Transaction volume is an important metric often considered to determine the growth and popularity of a blockchain ecosystem. This is a go-to metric that often determines user activity and interest for a particular blockchain system. Well, XRP is the show stealer at this moment as it has surpassed both Bitcoin and Ethereum in daily transaction volumes.Last Saturday, November 23, the XRP ledger daily transaction volume hit a massive figure of 4 million. This is the highest recorded volume for...

Social media influencers made people believe that quantitative easing is bullish for bitcoin. The recent selloff obliterated this narrative. HODLers now rely on the halving and the stock to flow ratio to ignite a bull market. Over the last few months, social media influencers on Twitter peddled that quantitative easing (QE) is bitcoin’s rocket fuel. The rationale is simple. If governments can print billions of dollars, some of it will eventually find its way to bitcoin. Additionally, QE may...

It seems like everyone wants to know a bit more about Bitcoin after prices of the cryptocurrency token have dropped significantly to new six-month lows. According to Google Trends, the recent spike in Bitcoin searches seems to have been originating from African countries with Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa taking the lead while Austria and Switzerland are the other two countries that make up the top five sources of Bitcoin searches.The search terms have gone beyond just Bitcoin prices as...

The past week was one of the worst for Bitcoin. The coin’s price had seen a $2000 decline over the past seven days.This morning Bitcoin recorded another new low since May 17 – at $6513 (Bitstamp). However, the cryptocurrency didn’t spend much time at those price levels, and over the past hours, we are witnessing a decent comeback in green:As of writing this, Bitcoin is trading $700 above the daily low, whereas the current daily high almost touches $7300 (~$800 intra-day price increase).The...

Bitcoin’s outlook went from bullish to extremely bearish real quick. Institutions may be playing a huge role in the current selloff. Miners and retail traders add to the supply of bitcoin in the market. Bitcoin is down over 21% in eight days. It has taken out key support of $7,400. Even worse, it is dangerously close to breaching psychological support of $6,000. With bears enjoying total dominance, the cryptocurrency market reeks with extreme fear. The bullish steam that drove bitcoin to a...