Ethereum has seen its active addresses count explode by nearly 150% since the start of the year. Its addresses are also massively outperforming Bitcoin’s despite being up by 50% YTD.Ethereum Outperforms BTC In New Active AddressesAccording to data provided by the blockchain monitoring company Messari, the number of Ethereum active addresses year-to-date has surged by 145%.New Active Addresses Ethereum And Bitcoin. Source: MessariThe chart illustrates a couple of significant surges. The first...
Read More »6 Must-Read Tips For Better Bitcoin and Crypto Trading and Investing in 2020
Trading in financial markets can be a profitable but also dangerous endeavor. It requires knowledge, skills, and experience no matter the market traders are employing.Of course, gaining experience could be related to actually registering losses but it could also help to learn from traders with a long history in the field. CryptoPotato recently had the chance to interview one such trader – Chris Dunn.Dunn is among the first YouTubers specialized in the field of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency...
Read More »Poloniex Joins the Party: Launching 100x Leverage Bitcoin Futures Platform
Poloniex, one of the veteran cryptocurrency exchanges, will be joining the derivatives party. The venue has launched Poloniex Futures – a platform that allows traders to use BTC perpetual swaps with USDT as collateral and up to 100x leverage.Poloniex Joins the Bitcoin Futures PartyAccording to an official release dated July 11th, Poloniex has announced the launch of its Futures trading platform.Following the launch, traders will be able to adequately long or short Bitcoin using a leverage...
Read More »Bitcoin is Not Censorship Resistant: Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright (Op-Ed)
Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto, says Bitcoin is not and was never intended to be, censorship-resistant.According to Wright, who wrote in a blog post from July 10 titled What is Censorship Resistance, the common assumption that Bitcoin holders are protected from economic censorship is nothing but a myth.And the scary thing is, Wright might be right.Craig Wright: No Censorship Resistance on BitcoinWright’s latest blog post drew analogies between Bitcoin...
Read More »DeFi On Top: Ampleforth (AMPL) 30% and Aave (LEND) Lead Today’s Altcoin Boom as Bitcoin Stagnates
The lack of substantial price movements from Bitcoin during the past 24 hours, while simultaneously altcoins and, DeFi tokens, in particular, rise, means that BTC’s dominance over the market continues to decline to its yearly low.Altcoins And DeFi On The RiseThe altcoin market indicates several impressive gainers throughout the past 24 hours. Above all now stands Ampleforth (AMPL), with a significant increase of over 30% to $4.This surge comes merely weeks after the company announced the...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: 3 Reasons Why A Wild BTC Move Is Anticipated Very Soon
Unlike Bitcoin’s stability, the altcoins are celebrating in their own party. Bitcoin dominance recently reached its yearly-low areas after dropping below 62.5% over the past few hours.Wild Move Upcoming?From a technical point of view, Bitcoin’s stability period like this usually ends with a wild move. The indicator we mainly use to measure volatility is the Bollinger Bands.Those are the three lines following the price action’s candlesticks on the following daily chart. Whenever the upper and...
Read More »Bitcoin Dominance Records Yearly Low: A Critical Point as DeFi Drives The 2020 Alt-Season
Bitcoin prices followed stock markets down on Friday, sliding to an intraday low of $9,050; however, the primary cryptocurrency was able to recover in order to reclaim $9,300 over the past day but failed to break resistance there, sliding again to around $9,200 during most of Saturday.BTC/USD, Bitstamp. Source: TradingViewThe move has kept BTC within its range-bound channel as the consolidation, which began in early May, resumes. Trading volumes and volatility is dwindling, which could signal...
Read More »Study: Almost 90% Of Cryptocurrency Investors Worry About Their Funds If They Die
Nearly 90% of cryptocurrency investors worry about what will happen to their funds in case they pass away, a new study revealed. However, less than 25% of participants noted that they organized a comprehensive plan regarding their digital asset will.Cryptocurrency Funds After DeathThe digital asset field differs from traditional finance in various forms. Apart from the decentralized nature which attracts numerous proponents and investors, leaving a detailed will is not as simple.Due to...
Read More »Partner in an Alleged $722 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Pleads Guilty on Fraud Charges
One out of four men, alleged in a $722 million Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty on his charges before а U.S. District Judge. The Romanian programmer Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, faces a penalty of prison and a fine for a long-running cryptomining fraud with partners.Defrauding Investors Of More Than $722MBalaci was arrested earlier in Germany in December 2019. The charges against him allege that he participated in a well-maintained conspiracy to commit wire fraud and a conspiracy to offer and...
Read More »Kraken CEO: Satoshi Nakamoto Supposedly Foresaw a Bigger Financial Bubble Than 2008
In a recent interview with Real Vision boss Raoul Pal, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell said some startling things.According to him, Bitcoin’s anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have foreseen a bigger financial crisis than 2008’s Great Recession.Jesse Powell: ‘Satoshi Saw a Bigger Bubble Coming’The second to last talk of Real Vision’s exclusive ‘The Crypto Gathering Webinar’ saw Bitcoin and crypto exchange Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell talk about a lot of insightful stuff.However, things took an...
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