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Litecoin price is currently declining and trading below the $62.00 and $60.00 support levels against the US Dollar.LTC price is testing the $57.00 support zone and it is well below the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break below a major connecting bullish trend line with support near $61.45 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair must break the $60.00 and $60.50 resistance levels to move into a positive zone.Litecoin price is currently...

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) holders look certain to be in for some free coins come this November, when the ongoing confrontation between disparate groups in the coin’s community will reach its climax in a hash war and subsequent chain split.The conflict in the BCH camp arose when lead developer, Amaury Séchet, announced the inclusion of a code in the next upgrade which would see 8% of the Bitcoin Cash block reward siphoned directly to him.Bitcoin Cash Miner’s Tax To Trigger Chain SplitSéchet maintains...

Ethereum – the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the primary competitor to bitcoin – has surged overnight by more than ten percent and is currently trading for well over $477. This is a spike of more than $30 over the past 24 hours.Ethereum Has Jumped Beyond $470On Monday August 31, the currency was trading for around $443, having broken $400 just two days prior. The entire week before, Ethereum had encountered a period of relative stagnation, hanging about the high $300...

The coronavirus pandemic has proven rather devastating to the bitcoin mining community. Many have had to shut themselves down given that they are not considered essential businesses. However, some of these companies – like Layer1 – are finding new ways to make a profit while the virus continues to meander across the globe, and these ways are proving to be quite innovative.Layer1 Is Staying Innovative – and ProfitableSeveral cryptocurrency mining firms – such as Digital Farms in California –...

The popular Bitcoin exchange Bithumb in South Korea has reportedly been raided by the authorities. This happened because of fraud allegations.Bithumb Accused of Fraud by South Korean PoliceAccording to a report by a local news outlet, the Intelligent Crime Investigation Unit of the Seoul Police authorities raided South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. The authorities raided the company’s headquarters on Wednesday (September 2, 2020), under allegations of fraud.Bithumb earlier...

After all the worry and concern that has been meandering throughout the space, bitcoin has again crossed the $12,000 threshold for the second time in just weeks.It’s $12K All Over Again for BitcoinThe last time bitcoin hit this figure was in the middle of August. Sadly, the price switch didn’t last. It rose all the way to $12,400, but bitcoin was not able to keep up the momentum and fell back into the low $11,000 range a few days later. It’s relatively impossible to assume what will happen...

Launched back in 2007 in Montreal, Canada, Pornhub is undoubtedly one of the largest, if not the largest adult websites out there.Pornhub Premium is the company’s source for HD adult videos, where users have to pay a fee to watch, and now they can do so using Bitcoin and Litecoin.Pornhub Premium Accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin PaymentsPornhub Premium, the HD arm of the popular adult website Pornhub, has announced that it now accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin as payment methods.To further expand our...

One of the moderators running the giant darknet marketplace AlphaBay has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Bryan Connor Herrell received payments in Bitcoin for his moderator position, which he used to settle disputes between buyers and sellers.AlphaBay’s Moderator Sentenced To 11 Years In PrisonThe statement from the US Department of Justice said that Herrell operated under two nicknames on AlphaBay – “Penissmith” and “Botah.” One of his primary responsibilities as the marketplace’s...

Bitcoin bulls were met with another wave of intense selling pressure at the psychological $12,000 yesterday, which sent prices reeling $900 all the way back to the $11,160 level.This is the third time in under a month that BTC has experienced a strong rejection at this critical level of around $11,100.In the previous analysis from yesterday, we anticipated that Bitcoin breaking into the overbought region on the 4-Hour RSI would create some intense selling pressure against the uptrend. This...

Ethereum dropped from a daily high of $488 to a low of $420, marking a 15% decline.ETH has since recovered a bit and it currently trades at around $445.Against Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency found solid support at a steeply rising trend line and quickly rebounded during today’s price drop.ETH/USD – Ethereum Rolls Over From $475 ResistanceKey Support Levels: $438, $427, $400.Key Resistance Levels: $475, $490, $500.Ethereum bounced from the support at $382 (downside 1.272 Fib Extension) toward the...