Bitcoin’s price increased substantially over the past few days, breaking a lot of important resistance levels on its way up. The cryptocurrency touched $9,500 but has since retraced to its current trading price at around $8,900.In any case, this staged it for a full recovery from the mid-March selloff while equity markets are yet to regain their strength.Bitcoin Decoupling From Equities And GoldThe past couple of days have been nothing but interesting for Bitcoin as its price marked yet...
Read More »Waiting For Ethereum 2.0? 77% Of Ethereum In Externally Owned Accounts Dormant For 6 Months
Ethereum investors have been accumulating and holding substantial amounts lately. More than 77% of ETH in externally owned accounts (EOAs) has not moved in the past six months, new data revealed.Ethereum Investors Hodl And AccumulateThe price of Ethereum, similarly to most cryptocurrencies, went through violent turbulence lately. Starting 2020 at about $131, reaching a yearly high of $290, and then succumbing to the mid-March sell-offs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and bottoming at...
Read More »Bitcoin Increased 34% In April: S&P 500 And Gold Are Well Behind
Top global assets closed the month of April in the green, with Bitcoin coming through as the best-performing asset of April. BTC was up roughly 34%, rising from the $6,400 range at the start of the month to just over $8,700 on the last day. The S&P 500 gained 12.7% while gold rallied by $6.7% in April. This marks a recovery from the market crash in March when Bitcoin, S&P 500 and gold dropped 26.7%, 12.51% and 0.5% respectively.COVID-19 Outbreak Caused Markets To Pause in March,...
Read More »Peter Schiff: Bitcoin’s Recent Rally To $9000 Fueled By Speculators, BTC Has Nothing In Common With Gold
Popular gold proponent and well-known Bitcoin critic, Peter Schiff, said that the latest rally of the cryptocurrency was caused by nothing but speculation. Despite the common comparison that a lot of people are drawing between Bitcoin and gold, the economist said that they have nothing in common.Peter Schiff Does It AgainIt’s safe to say that Bitcoin had a fantastic day yesterday as the cryptocurrency touched $9,500 before retracing to its current levels of trading. With this, it managed to...
Read More »Jihan Wu Challenged As Bitmain’s CEO Ahead of Bitcoin’s Halving
Less than two weeks before the third-ever Bitcoin Halving, Micree Ketuan Zhan, the ousted co-founder and chairman of Bitmain, received a partial legal victory in the Beijing Haidian District Bureau of Justice.The Bureau reversed a decision from January 2nd, which allowed current CFO Luyao Liu to replace CEO Jihan Wu as the registered legal representative of the Beijing branch.Zhan Scores One On BitmainThe leading Bitcoin mining firm’s leadership issues have been going on for years now. They...
Read More »COVID Who? Bitcoin Is So Far The Best Performing Asset In 2020 – 23% ROI – Better Than Gold And Equity Markets
The latest positive price developments in the cryptocurrency scene have helped Bitcoin to reclaim its position as the best performing asset in 2020. BTC is currently beating the S&P 500 index, US 10 year treasury bonds, and even gold.BTC’s Recent Price Jump2020 has been nothing but volatile for the cryptocurrency market. Looking at Bitcoin, for instance, it started the year at approximately $7,100, surged to above $10,000 in mid-February, before plunging hard to $3,700 amid the spread of...
Read More »These Are The Only 2 Cryptocurrencies That Beat Bitcoin’s ROI Today
Traders are ecstatic as the cryptocurrency markets finally recover from the recent crash of March 12 amid the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At that time, Bitcoin (BTC) and the altcoins shredded all the profits they have amassed since the start of the year, leaving many in bearish sentiment.Altcoin Crashes Against BTCHowever, with the current surge, the price levels in the market have returned to the same ones in February, when Bitcoin traded above $9,200. BTC is leading the bull run,...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Refuses To Calm Down Following Daily 20% Gains, How Close Is $10,000?
The last day will not surprise those who are following CryptoPotato since 2016, or those of you who had witnessed at least one real Bitcoin bull-run.When the primary currency decides to turn on its engines – it does it faster than any other asset existing on Earth, or on the blockchain. Bitcoin is now fully recovered from the COVID-19 damage, long before the stock markets.This is the advantage of being a free market’s asset. The same advantage that caused Bitcoin to sink over 50% on March 12...
Read More »The Bulls Are Here: Binance Trading Volume Surpassed $12 Billion On Wednesday, A New All-Time High
Binance exchange had seen an all-time high in daily trading volume of more than $12 billion exchanged over the past 24 hours as of April 29th, 2020. The last time the exchange had seen volume at the current levels was in January 2018.According to Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of Binance, the last time the daily volume spiked over $11 billion was during January 2018, which was the peak of the famous 2017 crypto bubble.As per the data from CoinMarketCap, Binance saw over $12 billion of daily...
Read More »Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Implements Blockchain To Track Media Buying
KFC announced its status as the first quick-service restaurant (QSR) in the MENA region to implement an innovative blockchain platform for its digital advertising and media buying. Ads, the backbone of any direct to consumer business, will have greater transparency through the new blockchain-based framework that KFC will implement.KFC’s Foray Into Blockchain-Enabled Ad BuyingThe digital advertising industry is fraught with conflict of interest. Companies can “fake” impressions and clicks...
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