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On the recent Bitcoin price analysis, we had mentioned how critical is the 200-days moving average line for Bitcoin.Bitcoin couldn’t break-out to finally close above the line, which is seen by many traders as the boundary between Bear and Bull market conditions. Two days ago, we got another proof for this, as the breakout candle reaching $8,800 quickly turned back into a false one. Bitcoin Bears pushed the coin down to $8200 in what seems like another well planned price move.Since then, and...

It’s safe to say that Bitcoin has come a long way since it was first introduced to the public. Interestingly enough, exactly 10 years ago on this same day, the first market transaction took place. Let’s have a look at how it went and where we are today. Bitcoin 10 Years AgoExactly 10 years ago, on this very date, the first market transaction for bitcoin took place. Back at the time, 5,050 BTC were sold at a price of $5.02. As pointed out by Saifedean Ammous, author of the Bitcoin Standard,...

Huobi, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, and Harmony, a throughput scalable blockchain consensus platform have announced a partnership to list Harmony’s native token and work together with a focus on Asian markets.Harmony will be the first Binance IEO project to be launching on the Huobi exchange.According to the Huobi announcement, Harmony’s token, under the ticker ONE, is now available for trading in three pairs: ONE/BTC, ONE/USDT & ONE/HT.In anticipation of the listing on Huobi...

Binance Coin saw a slight increase of around 1% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $16.88. This followed a larger surge in which BNB gained 9.7% over the past week. Binance Coin is the eighth-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $2.66 billion. Despite the recent price hikes, it still has a long road to recovery after dropping by 43% over the past 3 months.Since our previous BNB analysis, the cryptocurrency climbed to as high as $18 before meeting resistance and rolling...

Two days ago, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in terms of trading volume, Binance announced it’s launching its new P2P trading facility for trading cryptocurrencies against the Chinese Yuan. Currently, this facility is only available for Android users. However, it has promised to roll-out this facility on iOS and web interface as well.That seems like a huge deal because in June this year, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central regulatory authority that regulates...

The chief among other cryptocurrency exchanges by volume, Binance, released a statement on Thursday to notify all and sundry that a new trading pair has been included in its decentralized exchange (DEX), and this will be the second cryptocurrency to be accorded such privilege.The trading pair XRP-BNB is listed as XRP-BF2, and Binance has already minted 10 million of the pair for its decentralized exchange. Before XRP-BF2 came along, Binance had added a Bitcoin pegged variant, BTCB, in June...

The first three quarters of 2019 have been remarkably exciting and the industry continues to grow in numerous ways.  One commendable progress is the open-mindedness received from banking institutions, government regulators as well as lawmakers. Commercial and investment banks such as JPMorgan are developing their private digital assets. New products like physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts are exposing the crypto market to a wider audience, and advancements in blockchain technology...

Ethereum saw a small decline of around 1.5% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $186. Over the past week, the cryptocurrency increased by over 7.5% before the recent price fall. Despite the small decrease, Ethereum is still up by a total of 4.5% over the last 30 days as it continues to make higher highs and higher lows during October.Ethereum remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $20.17 billion.Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our last ETH/USD...

For a long time now, FAANG stocks have been the unofficial standard by which the S&P 500 is measured. FAANG which is an acronym for five of the biggest tech and internet companies – including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet Inc., – were regarded by investors, traders and even analysts alike, as the stocks that account for a large percentage of the general returns gotten from the index.For the better part of 2018, FAANG pulled in amazing returns for investors...

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in conjunction with their Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is reportedly seeking to jump ahead of the CME group to release a Bitcoin options contract. This suggests that it wants to beat its CME rival that is considering a Q1 2020 launch for its Bitcoin option contract.Amsterdam-based Deribit already sells Bitcoin options but they have no standing compared to ICE or CME. Reportedly, BTC options will attract more institutional investors and enhance the...