A newly-detected scam has been luring users into a Bitcoin scam, Abnormal Security reports. The cybersecurity firm informs that cybercriminals have been impersonating the popular Bitcoin Era trading platform to attract investors, while actually infecting their online devices with malware.Emails, Mimicking BTC Era PlatformThe automated scam emails, which many users have reportedly received, were intended to deceive them through a visual similarity to the leading cryptocurrency platform BTC...
Read More »Analysis: The Current Bitcoin Bullish Cycle Could Last Until 2022
A brief glimpse at the Bitcoin price chart over the past decade clearly shows that we are in what appears to be the early days of the fourth bull market cycle. The asset has experienced multiple boom-and-bust cycles in its brief history, and three can be clearly identified with tops and bottoms.600 Days Into Current CycleIn a recent report by CoinMetrics, these cycles have been overlaid in an effort to attempt estimation at the length of the current cycle.The current cycle began when Bitcoin...
Read More »Market Watch: Polkadot (DOT) Enters Top 7 After 80% Explosion, Bitcoin’s Bottom In?
The cryptocurrency market has lost $20 billion from its market capitalization, as the majority of cryptos in the red over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin’s current weekly low is at $11,100, while Ethereum reached the target of $370 as predicted by CryptoPotato.The giant blockchain, Polkadot, is trading around $5.40 after the DOT token was added to major exchanges earlier this week at a price of $3. DOT is recording a fantastic ROI of more than 80% over the past four days of trading. Polkadot is...
Read More »Bitcoin CME Shorts At All-Time High: Institutional Investors Know Something Or Short Squeeze Coming?
Data from popular cryptocurrency monitoring firm reveals that institutional investors had a record-breaking number of leveraged short positions in Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).While this might imply a lot of things, it appears that smart money is leaning toward bearish developments in the market. Of course, there’s always the possibility of a short squeeze.Institutional Bitcoin Shorts on the RiseBitcoin’s price lost about $1,200 in the last seven days....
Read More »Bitcoin Price Lost $1200 In a Week: Is The $10,500 Target Incoming?
The crypto space is experiencing another red day today as a further $13 billion disappears from the market. This exodus of investment has caused Bitcoin to unravel $300 in the last 4 hours or about $1,200 in the last week.While there are no apparent catalysts for the current decline, Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, is scheduled to give an update on Thursday regarding new steps the United State’s central bank plans to take to keep the struggling economy afloat.With rising pessimism...
Read More »BTC Bandwagon: 2 Canadian Firms are Now ‘Holding Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset’
MicroStrategy publicly announced its adoption of Bitcoin as a primary reserve asset earlier during the month. The trend has now caught up on more firms.Canadian businesses Snappa, and Middle-Eastern food joint chain, Tahinis announced the allocation of their cash reserves to BTC.Canadian Firms Snappa Allocate ‘Significant’ Cash Reserves to BitcoinIn a blog post published yesterday, Christopher Gimmer, founder and CEO of graphics solution provider firm, Snappa announced that his company has a...
Read More »Ryanair CEO Advises People To Avoid Bitcoin As The Plague
After having his name involved in a Bitcoin impersonation scam, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said that he never has and never will invest in the cryptocurrency. He went even further by referring to BTC as a Ponzi scheme, which he avoids like “the plague.”Ryanair CEO Involved In BTC ScamThe CEO of the low-budget European airline is the latest popular individual to have his name exploited in a Bitcoin impersonating scam after the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Harry...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls Battle Against Huge Resistance, Here’s the Key Levels to Watch
Bitcoin price is attempting to re-enter the bullish ascending triangle pattern that it exited out of last Friday, August 21, when the asset unraveled $500 in 24 hours.This previous key support, which had helped prop up Bitcoin over eight times since July 28, 2020, is now acting as a strong resistance on the 4-hour chart and is preventing bulls from surpassing the $11,800 level.Looking at the total crypto market cap, it appears that we have just set a new lower high at $369 billion, according...
Read More »Google Relocates Business From A BPO After Employees Caught In A BTC Scam
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...
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