While segregated witness ‘SegWit’ adoption dipped after mid-March, the utilization of the protocol upgrade on the Bitcoin network is on the rise. Some industry pundits say time is running out for the declining set of non-adopters to embrace SegWit.Bitcoin SegWit Utilization Now Above 65%According to data from Transactionfee, about 65% of daily Bitcoin payments utilize SegWit. This figure indicates an almost 200% increase in SegWit utilization since the release of the Bitcoin Core...
Read More »Bitcoin Crushing Altcoins as BTC Price Sets New 2020 High
Bitcoin has responded to the rising altcoins and just pumped to a new yearly high of over $12,400. By doing this, the primary cryptocurrency has increased its dominance over the market after reaching a new yearly low earlier today.Bitcoin To $12,400 and Beyond?As CryptoPotato reported earlier, Bitcoin stood still at $11,800, while many low-cap alts were surging. Thus, BTC’s dominance dropped to its lowest point in over a year at 58.4%. Just a few hours ago, however, the first-ever...
Read More »The New McAfee: Dave Portnoy Forgets About Bitcoin and Starts Shilling Low-Cap Altcoins To His 1.7M Followers
Less than a week ago, the influential legacy markets day trader Dave Portnoy, had a meeting with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – the founders of Gemini and well-known Bitcoin proponents.Even though he supposedly bought Bitcoin during their meeting, his enthusiasm for the primary cryptocurrency was shortlived.Now, Portnoy openly solicits cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes, shilling low-cap altcoin to his 1.7 million followers. Industry experts were quick to observe the similarities between...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Breaks $12K To New 2020 High: New Bull Run Gets Underway?
Bitcoin price had been lingering under the $11,900 mark for the past 48 hours, despite another injection of $6 billion entering the global crypto market at that period.In the last hour, however, a sudden surge in buying pressure finally arrived, which assisted in driving prices over the psychological $12,000 resistance for the first time in over a week. The bulls drove the price higher than $12,125, which was the 2020 high since the beginning of August.This key level has so far succeeded in...
Read More »Ex-Prudential CEO Does a U-Turn: It Is Time to Buy Bitcoin
It’s no secret that as time goes, more and more professionals from the world of traditional finance are making headway into Bitcoin. Or at least, showing support for investing in the New Gold. The latest amongst the growing list of mainstream supporters is George Ball, ex-CEO of the insurance giant Prudential.The Former Hater Is Now Supporting BitcoinIn an interview with Fred Katayama of Reuters, Mr. Ball, who currently serves as the Chairman of the investment firm Sanders Morris Harris...
Read More »Max Keiser: Warren Buffett Will Start Panic-buying Bitcoin at $50,000, Just like Peter Schiff
Although the prominent US investor Warren Buffett has never been a fan of gold in the past, he recently made a sizeable investment in Barrick Gold Corp while reducing his exposure to his favorite sector, banks.Similiar with gold, Buffett has been bashing “the new gold,” Bitcoin, and this raises the question of whether he may change his mind on the primary cryptocurrency at some point in the future.Buffett Sells Banks, Buys Gold InsteadThe soon-to-turn 90-year old chairman and CEO of Berkshire...
Read More »Market Watch: LINK Records $20 ATH While Bitcoin Stuck Below The $12K Resistance
After some minor fluctuations from $11,750 to nearly $12,000, Bitcoin lowered its volatility level and trading around $11,900. Is BTC getting ready to conquer $12K? We will see.At the same time, most altcoins continue to be volatile again with some massive gains from EOS, Yearn Finance (YFI), and Kava and another all-time high from Chainlink.Chainlink (LINK) At ATH AgainThe altcoin market hasn’t been boring for a long time now, and the past 24 hours reaffirmed it. No words can describe...
Read More »Is Bitcoin Still Considered Cheap In 2020?
Bitcoin went through a significant price surge in the past month, jumping from $9,000 to about $12,000. By heading into five-digit price territory, this 33% increase has many people speculating that the primary cryptocurrency may be too expensive, and the train has left the station.However, looking at Bitcoin’s pre-programmed deflationary mechanism and several macroeconomic factors, the asset’s price may actually be (still) cheap.Before we begin, let’s face some sizing facts. As of writing...
Read More »$217M Invested In Crypto As Grayscale Marks Its Best Week Following Nationwide Commercial Launch
The leading cryptocurrency asset management company – Grayscale Investments – has recorded its most significant fundraising week in its 7-year history.Interestingly, the massive spike followed a nationwide advertising campaign the company ran in the U.S.Grayscale Commercial WorkedAs CryptoPotato reported a week ago, the digital asset manager planned to run a widespread advertising campaign in the United States to promote its Investment Trust and highlight the merits of investing in Bitcoin...
Read More »Bitcoin Challenges $12K As Binance Coin (BNB) Skyrockets 9% (Market Watch)
Bitcoin took yet another swing at $12,000 but to no avail so far, while Ethereum continues climbing to $440.Macrodata reaffirms the ongoing bull trend as almost all top 100 digital assets have been in the green in the past three months.Bitcoin Not Yet Conquering $12kAbout three days ago, the primary cryptocurrency was in a bit of a jam as it dipped to $11,100. It began losing its dominance over the market, but the bulls have since regained possession and drove Bitcoin upwards.Their attempt...
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