After receiving a confirmation that a few employees of the Cebu operations of BPO firm Sykes have engaged in Bitcoin scams, the American tech giant Google has pulled out outsourcing business from the Philippines-based company branch.Google Pulls Out After A BTC-related ScamThe business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sykes confirmed earlier this month that several employees had been involved in illegal activities.“We serve many of the world’s largest brands with the highest levels of...
Read More »Market Watch: Bitcoin Price Seeks To Overcome $11,800, Ethereum Eyes $400 Once Again
After a relatively calm weekend without any major price developments and following a retest of the $11,400 support on Friday, Bitcoin slowly recovers. It is currently trading around $11,700. Large-cap altcoins follow Bitcoin as ETH getting closer to $400 once again.After Friday’s crush, this is the day of the low-caps altcoins.Contrasting Altcoin MovesEthereum and Ripple display somewhat similar performances in the past few days lacking significant fluctuations, slightly up judging by the...
Read More »Grayscale: Bitcoin Investors’ HODL Mentality Similar to Pre-2017 Bull Run
In its latest report regarding Bitcoin, the leading digital asset management firm Grayscale has outlined the growing HODLing mentality from BTC investors, rather than so-called speculators.The company also asserted that store-of-value investment tools such as BTC are becoming more attractive to institutional investors, which could prompt a massive price surge soon.Bitcoin’s Growing MetricsGrayscale, which recently launched a successful commercial campaign highlighting Bitcoin’s merits across...
Read More »PolkaDot (DOT) Adds 40% Daily As Bitcoin Enjoys Calm Weekend (Market Watch)
Bitcoin and most large-cap altcoins have recovered from yesterday’s price dives. However, most altcoins are still far from their last week’s all-time highs.Bitcoin Back To $11,600The largest cryptocurrency by market cap dipped to the $11,400 support following another unsuccessful attempt to reclaim $12,000. The nosedive seemed somewhat steep, and speculations rose that BTC may be aiming to close a CME gap at $9,600.BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewAs CryptoPotato reported, Bitcoin futures...
Read More »Bitcoin Futures Open Interest at ATH Above $5 Billion But Sentiment’s Shaky
Bitcoin futures aggregated open interest hit the $5 billion mark yesterday, but the overall trend seems to be declining.This points to a possibility that BTC derivative traders are quitting the market owing to lackluster price action. Will a gap at the $9700 price level result in a proliferation of short positions?Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Drops Post Topping $5 BillionData from UK based market analytics firm Skew shows that the aggregated open interest in Bitcoin futures trading hit an...
Read More »Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy Dumps Bitcoin After Claiming a $25,000 Loss
The Barstool Sports founder turned stock trader appears to have been prematurely stung by the highly volatile world of Bitcoin trading.Portnoy, who has recently expressed a lack of knowledge on crypto, tweeted a video on August 21, stating that he was ‘getting killed on Bitcoin right now.’$25,000 LossIn a follow-up tweet, the stock trader added that he just lost $25,000 and needed time to ‘figure it out’ just like the stock market.I currently own zero bitcoins. I will wait and watch. I lost...
Read More »Altcoins Bleeding Out As Bitcoin Heads Lower (Market Watch)
Most of the cryptocurrency market is in red today. Bitcoin tanked to $11,400 briefly, but large-cap alts are losing more substantial chunks of value, thus helping BTC to reclaim some ground in terms of market domination.Bitcoin Drops FurtherBTC looked promising yesterday as the asset headed for another face-off with its well-known nemesis at $12,000. It hovered just beneath it for a while, but the bears took control and didn’t allow even to touch that psychological level.In the next few...
Read More »Bitcoin Eyes $10,500 After Losing Crucial Support Line: BTC Price Analysis
Bitcoin’s price had seen a four-day decline of over $1150, while the altcoins suffered even harder.Despite that Bitcoin is currently trading around the consolidation range from a week ago, we cannot ignore this week’s false breakout to $12,500. This turned to be a fake-out, and the bearishness that came out of this is clearly seen on the following days.As can be seen on the 4-hour chart, BTC was forming a bullish triangle ($12K as an upper angle), and even after the above mention false...
Read More »Robert Kiyosaki Advises to Buy Bitcoin Before Major Banking Crisis
Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author, Robert Kiyosaki, has advised investing in precious metals like gold and digital assets like Bitcoin as crisis looms in the banking sector.Earlier this week, headlines on mainstream media revealed that American billionaire investor Warren Buffett dumped US bank stocks to purchase gold mining stocks.Buffett Dumps Bank To Invest In GoldPer the reports, the business tycoon slashed a bulk of Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings in some major Wall Street banks, including JP...
Read More »Report: $107 Billion Worth of Crypto Focused in East Asia
A new report indicated that East Asia remains the most active cryptocurrency market with the most significant number of daily transactions. At the same time, professional traders still account for most of the trading volume, while stablecoins, and especially Tether (USDT), have gained a massive market share.East Asia Dominates Crypto Trading MarketAccording to the recent report compiled by Chainalysis, “East Asia is the world’s largest cryptocurrency market, accounting for 31% of all...
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