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Bitcoin (BTC) was first created by independent programmers back in 2008. In the last few years, the market cap reached more than $138 billion and became the most popular digital currency to date.Purchasing and selling of this currency are possible through different online exchange platforms and even ATMs. Since the development of this currency more than a decade ago, the value of one bitcoin showed highly volatile behaviors. For instance, if you started to be a Bitcoin trader in 2017, you...

From euphoria to depression: The recent volatility in the price of Bitcoin had burned many shorts and longs. Heaven for traders, hard times for the HODLers.On Friday, just two days ago, everyone was bullish, following a breakout of a decent inverse head and shoulders pattern (at $7400). Following our recent analysis, the huge bullish move had indeed arrived, but couldn’t resist beyond $7870.Then, Bitcoin encountered a long-term descending trend-line, shown both on the following 4-hour and the...

Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson believes that bitcoin is about to achieve big things.Hoskinson: BTC Will Reach $100,000Via Twitter, Hoskinson posted his beliefs that bitcoin could easily reach $100,000 in the coming years. This arguably puts him up there with the likes of venture capitalist Tim Draper, who has stated that bitcoin is likely to hit the six-figure mark by the time 2023 rolls in.Hoskinson’s words are intriguing in that he is the co-builder of arguably bitcoin’s biggest...

It has been an exciting week for Bitcoin. Volatility is back as the price went on a rollercoaster throughout the past seven days. The cryptocurrency started the week trading at around $7,150, dropped to a low of about $6,600 only to recover get up to $7,800. However, throughout the volatile month of November, Bitcoin lost upwards of $1,500 of its value.At the same time, despite Bitcoin’s violent price action, its dominance index remained flat around 66%. This means that altcoins managed to...

This week, Bitcoin saw a small correction from the previously seen bearish trend in November. The cryptocurrency managed to rise by a total of 7.67% to reach the current trading level of $7,768. Bitcoin has a long way to recover, and for this market to be considered bullish again, we would need to see the coin break above the November highs at $9,600. If Bitcoin was to drop back beneath $7,000, we could then consider the market as bearish. Bitcoin now faces initial resistance at $7,915. Above...

Update: Though it was informed by media that Coinbase which is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading exchanges had acquired one of the most innovative digital assets brokerage firms Tagomi for the sum of $150 million, the exchange has denied this information.As Coinbase VP of communications Rachael Horwitz noted, all this news is “100% false.”Earlier sources indicated that a deal had already been in the works and it is only recently that both parties decided to finalize the...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded one of the most prominent crypto exchanges in the country, Coinbase, a patent that portrays a mechanized framework that identifies and detects non-compliant client accounts on the platform.Filed on Nov. 19, the patent describes the significant improvement made to improve the level of security as regards customer account authorization, thereby explicitly identify the ones associated with dealing in criminal behavior.Coinbase has been...

Featured The Ethereum Express project is set to launch two pilot projects for a user base exceeding 48,000. Proof-of-Authority will be used in the Ethereum Express blockchain as the main algorithm and will serve to drastically increase the efficiency of internal processes for both pilot projects.Vlad Miller, CEO of Ethereum Express, together with the teamThe community-driven Ethereum Express is undertaking the launch of two pilot projects after the successful completion of tests showing 1,000...

New data demonstrates that Mexican XRP/peso trading volume on Mexico’s Bitso-based digital money exchange hit a record high this month.This expansion is because of the association between Ripple and MoneyGram, which shows that it is as of now moving around 10% of its Mexican peso currency exchange volume through Ripple’s XRP-based installment arrangement, known as ODL.Ripple’s dedication of $ 50 million in value financing for MoneyGram was at long last finished and a second $20 million...

Swedish fintech firm Klarna has become the undisputed champion in the fintech space. Sources indicate that the gains made his year alone has put the firm light years ahead of its peers and competitors. The e-payments firm has indicated that about 60,000 merchants have been added to its network and that it has created linkages with about 190,000 retail partners in addition to 16 million new users of the service as well.Moreover, it has emerged that the fintech firm is now worth about $5.5...