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Many traders have turned bearish on Ethereum way too soon, according to a leading technical strategist. | Source: Shutterstock Ethereum (ETH/USD) has gone through a corrective period over the last two months. Since posting a 2019 high of $363.30 on June 26th, the cryptocurrency lost more than 50% of its value. The sentiment has become so bearish that some traders...

Cryptocurrencies and other digital tokens have always been opposed to fiat money for their inherent volatility. The reason for these constant fluctuations in prices lays in the fact that cryptocurrencies have no tangible backing. Despite fiat currencies are not backed by gold any more, their prices are still calculated against reserves and assets their government owns, while decentralized assets’ value is purely market based.During the whole history of mankind, there has not been anything...

Le deuxième Forum mondial de l’OCDE sur les politiques en matière de « technologie des chaînes de blocs » réunit hier et aujourd’hui « des décideurs de haut niveau issus des secteurs public et privé, des experts, des universitaires et d’autres parties prenantes ». Hier matin, après le discours d’ouverture du Secrétaire général, Bruno Le Maire, ministre français de l’Économie et des Finances, a jeté...

The need and desire for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) is growing stronger every day, and while the ETF may not be out yet, VanEck Solid X has, as it announced just over a week ago, released a product to satisfy that need somewhat while we all wait for a final decision from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That product has already made serious headway in the crypto community.VanEck Solid X Just Keeps Moving ForwardThe product is a fund designed to allow institutional...

In the world of business, you’ve either got it or you don’t. You either have what it takes to keep going and start more enterprises, or you’re a one-hit wonder (or not a hit at all). In the case of Bobby Lee, crypto entrepreneurism appears to be what he’s destined to do. Bobby Lee: Coming Back BiggerLee is famous for having created China’s first bitcoin exchange. China has had a very mixed relationship with cryptocurrencies, having banned foreign exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs) in...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance set to launch U.S. operations imminently. | Source: REUTERS / Darrin Zammit Lupi Binance.US has announced that it will begin processing account registration applications and accepting cryptocurrency deposits from Sep. 18 at 8 am EDT. After users have signed up and selected their desired tier of verification, they will be able to deposit bitcoin (BTC), ethereum, (ETH), ripple (XRP), bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin (LTC), and tether (USDT) to their wallets. The...

Was Jeffrey Epstein into cryptocurrency? The alleged criminal made headlines several weeks ago when it was discovered he had committed suicide in his jail cell, but news is emerging that he may have contributed funds to MIT’s Media Lab and its Digital Currency Initiative (DCI). As a result, the Lab’s director Joichi Ito has resigned his position. Ito Out at MITThe DCI was developed roughly four years ago. Following the fall of Mt. Gox in Japan, bitcoin was incurring the worst bear period of...

Another day, another case of extortion involving bitcoin. | Source: Shutterstock The website of a Florida-based car parts dealer is currently out of service after a hacker hijacked the domain name and shuttered its hosting provider’s account to ransom it for Bitcoin. Per legal documents and a ransom note that was produced in court where the victim obtained a temporary order preventing the domain name from being transferred from its current host, the domain name of XPort Auto Parts Inc,...

Watford FC, a major English football club that finished 11th in the Premier League in the 2018-19 season, will be featuring the bitcoin logo every week for millions of football fans. Watford FC Chairman and CEO Scott Duxbury stated: Placing the Bitcoin logo on a Premier League shirt is something that challenges the accepted norm. Mainstream exposure for bitcoin Watford is said to be placing the bitcoin logo on the shirt sleeve of the official Watford FC football jersey as a part of its...

After months of regulatory scrutiny, VanEck-SolidX launched a limited version of its Bitcoin ETF last week. Not having the SEC approval to launch a full-fledged Bitcoin ETF, VanEck planned the limited ETF launch to prove that there’s actually some demand for this investment product in the market.However, it looks like VanEck hasn’t succeeded enough to make an impact in the market. Popular crypto analyst and commentator Alex Krüger recently released some data showing that the VanEck Limited...