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According to Ross Ulbricht, best-known for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road, Bitcoin’s price is headed downward. Using the Elliot Wave Theory for his analysis, Ulbricht believes that there might be more pain ahead, taking the price significantly lower.More Pain For BitcoinIn a detailed blog post, Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous Silk Road dark market, pointed out that Bitcoin’s price may be headed lower.According to the popular Elliot Wave Theory, the...

On our most recent BTC price analysis, following Friday’s plunge to the $6800 area, we mentioned that Bitcoin reached a decision point.Both the price encountered a substantial support area, together with the daily RSI indicator, which reached precisely the 50 level, which is said to be the distinction between a bear and a bull market, or in other words – a neutral market.Since Friday, Bitcoin was trading inside the tight range of $6800 – $6950 (despite a small glitch to $6750). It’s not a...

Peter Schiff, a well-known economist and renowned author, has taken another stab at Bitcoin. As he commonly compares the digital asset with gold, outlining its lack of intrinsic value, the expert now says that the precious metal will outperform Bitcoin as the latter will simply crash.Peter Schiff Back To Bashing BitcoinBitcoin is commonly compared to gold in its property to serve as a store of value. In fact, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, referred to it as a...

Bitcoin’s price went on a rollercoaster during the past week. After surging to its three weeks high at slightly above $7,400, the cryptocurrency saw a sharp decline upwards of 5% over the past 24 hours. This got it to where it currently trades at around $6,880.During the last week, altcoins managed to hold their grounds as Bitcoin’s dominance decreased by about 1%. It’s also worth noting that two of the top 10 cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, saw their halvings take place on...

BitcoinBitcoin is up by a small 2% this week after suffering a major setback when it dropped by 5.5% in today’s trading session. The cryptocurrency had surged from the $6,800 level last Friday to reach as high as $6,400 at the start of this week.However, in today’s trading, Bitcoin fell by over 5% to drop back into the $6,800 support level. It also found added support at the previous rising trend line.If Bitcoin drops back beneath $6,800, additional support lies at $6,600, $6,400, $6,200, and...

Ransomware attacks are certainly not something new, but it appears that hackers are getting more and more challenging to deal with. In fact, a well-known UK-based company paid millions in BTC in an attempt to protect its information after suffering an attack of the kind.$2.3M In Bitcoin Paid For RansomTravelex, a London-based company, has reportedly paid nearly $2.3M in Bitcoin to hackers this January. According to The Wall Street Journal, the UK firm has suffered a network malware...

On our latest price analysis from yesterday, we stated that the Bitcoin price is about to make its next major move. A few hours later, and the anticipated move played out.Unfortunately to the bulls, Bitcoin broke down the 3-day stability between the range of $7200 – $7400. As of writing these lines, the primary cryptocurrency is trading below $7000, recording its current daily low roughly above $6850.Over the past days, Bitcoin couldn’t break above the pink line below, which is the 50-days...

While reviewing the upcoming distribution of digital assets left in Cryptopia storage, Judge David Gendall at the High Court in New Zealand classified Bitcoin and all cryptocurrencies as “properties.” The decision means that users of the exchange are allowed to receive the remaining funds.New Zealand Court: Bitcoin Is PropertyCryptopia was a New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange with a significant number of users. In January 2019, however, the platform suffered two back-to-back hacks. The...

So far, April had been a blessing for Bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency was trading slightly around the $6,000 mark on April 1st, but since then, there was only one way.There is only one disadvantage in this short-term positive trend: Bitcoin price is back to the recent positive correlation with the global stock markets. Satoshi’s plan was different – if Bitcoin wants to succeed in the long-term, it needs to stand by itself, uncorrelated to equity markets.Two days ago, on Tuesday, the...

The Tezos Foundation has collaborated with several Swiss-based cryptocurrency companies to tokenize Bitcoin. Called tzBTC, it gives holders the ability to interact with Tezos smart contracts while pegging to the value of Bitcoin.Tokenized Bitcoin On Tezos BlockchainThe Bitcoin Association Switzerland announced launching the tzBTC digital token in a press release shared with CryptoPotato.It’s entirely backed by the primary cryptocurrency – Bitcoin – and it uses the recently developed FA1.2...