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It seems China finally decided to cut some ties to the world’s largest reserve currency – United States dollar, at least if it’s to believe the analysts’ prognoses.The biggest and most obvious reason is the ongoing trade war between the two countries said ANZ Research in their recent report. US delisting Chinese companies’ stocks from its market – surely hasn’t helped as well. That is why, ANZ predicts, Beijing decided to diversify its foreign exchange reserves into other currencies as...

After a poor drag down last week, the overall cryptocurrency market is showing signs of mild recovery today. While the crypto markets are eyeing a northward journey, Bitcoin still looks hesitant to take the lead.Last week, Bitcoin took a hit as the BTC price first slipped below $9000 and later even below its crucial support at $8700. Now, at press time, Bitcoin is trading at $8641.61 with a market cap of $156 billion. While Bitcoin has been showing a mild response to the market recovery, some...

On 15 November, during an interview for CNBC journalists, Tom Lee gives price prediction to set some fire. Cryptocurrency will show its potential as a “network value asset”, according to Tom. He said Bitcoin is similar to FAANG stocks that represent the top companies of the U.S. economy: Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google. By referring to the shares of the companies above, Tom inkles that cryptocurrencies are gaining their value from supportive crowds:“Cryptocurrencies are network...

Bitcoin comes first, ahead of blockchain, for speculators who look towards the year 2020 cryptocurrency situation. Its apparent several platforms have received support funds to create enterprise blockchains which mostly have launched out in 2019. However, the interest of speculators for such projects has waned out as they look towards fresh ideas on tokenization and cryptocurrency. This is a result of the shift in focus to the development of native cryptocurrency given rise to advancement in...

Growth in the crypto market is almost always measured by price trajectories and the likelihood that an asset would find adoption, consequently increasing its price. With Bitcoin being the asset with the largest market cap and consequently the highest priced and strongest market dominance, the cryptosphere is almost always waiting for a Bitcoin price surge.In the midst of all the bullish predictions that usually trail Bitcoin, Changpeng Zhao who is the CEO of the world’s largest crypto...

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...

In a not-too-surprising turn off events, the SEC has rejected the Bitcoin ETF application filed by Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca and stated that there were still too many unresolved issues regarding improper activity such as market manipulation, that could easily take place in the sector.The SEC’s publication is a 112-page document, which goes into specific details of the ETF and why it had chosen not to approve at this time. According to the Commission, the Bitwise and NYSE Arca...

Ripple‘s XRP token has been one of the poorest performers in the top ten cryptocurrencies in the market. XRP has shed more than 60% of its market cap year-to-date. However, XRP price’s sudden surge over the last few days has drawn investor attention back to the third-largest cryptocurrency.If we look at the weekly chart of CoinMarketCap, we can see that XRP has jumped by over 10% in just the last three days. At press time, XRP is trading at $0.27 with a market cap of just above $12...

In what seems to be a return to bearish tendencies, Bitcoin price has dipped below $8,000 overnight, fortunately, major altcoins haven’t followed suit this time. At the time of writing, BTC was down 0.83% to $7,967.00.The altcoins, on the other hand, have fared differently with each altcoin seeming to find its ground. Ethereum (ETH) is down 0.51% to $174.16, XRP is up 5.44% to $0.27, EOS is up 1.27%, Tether down 0.71% to $1 while Litecoin is down by 0.97% to $55.68. Several factors may be...

Cryptocurrency investment fund Galaxy Digital and over-the-counter (OTC) trading firm XBTO announced they have managed to organize the first block trade ever of Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures contract.In the announcement, Bakkt’s parent company, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), said the deal is done but hasn’t disclosed any further details (as price or size). Trabue Bland, President of ICE Futures U.S said that since it launched last week, the Bakkt Bitcoin Futures has achieved several milestones,...