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The bitcoin price (BTC) has dropped by more than 25 percent in the past two weeks as the cryptocurrency market struggled to see a relief rally. The bitcoin price (BTC) fell below $7,700 as it failed to secure momentum above $8,000 (source: coinmarketcap.com)When the bitcoin price initially dropped to $7,700 on September 27, it rebounded fairly quickly with strength, surging to $8,400 in merely 48 hours. However, as BTC failed to test important resistance levels near $9,000, the dominant...

The bitcoin price (BTC) has dropped from $10,050 to $8,000 in the past week by nearly $2,000 against the US dollar, leading traders to anticipate a larger pullback to lower support levels. According to traders and technical analysts like Josh Rager, the bitcoin price could drop to as low as $6,300 in the short term if the pullback intensifies to a region where large buy demand exists. The bitcoin price (BTC) has been struggling to recover after dropping to $7,700 (source:...

Some say that Silicon Valley is the new Wall Street, but could there be deeper reasons why tech companies like Facebook compete with banks like Goldman Sachs for engineers? It used to be banks that attracted the brightest. Before the financial crisis of 2008, Wall Street loved to hire mathematicians, physicists, and even rocket scientists to create innovative – and often very complex – financial products. They would design new derivatives and investment strategies and run quantitative risk...

The market for alternative cryptocurrencies is on life support this weekend after crashing to six-month lows on Thursday, the casualty of a sudden correction in the price of bitcoin (BTC). Altcoins have since recovered from their lows but remain at the precipice of another violent drop – a move that could usher in a new ‘crypto winter’ with devastating consequences. Crypto Markets Recover Slightly The combined altcoin capitalization fell to $66.1 billion on Thursday, the lowest since March,...

In a recent interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Anthony Pompliano, the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital, has argued that the United States must tokenize the dollar to remain competitive in the shifting global financial landscape. Pompliano urged lawmakers to “tokenize the dollar immediately,” asserting that China is in the process of developing a digital yuan, with other countries aiming to soon follow suit. He argues that the status of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency is...

The bitcoin price (BTC) fell by more than 23 percent against the U.S. dollar in the past week, triggering a fierce correction in the cryptocurrency market. Since falling to $7,700, the bitcoin price has recovered to $8,200, critically avoiding a steep drop to the low $7,000 region to test low-level supports in the short term. The bitcoin price (BTC) has historically risen after CME bitcoin futures expiration, which could trigger a cryptocurrency market recovery. | Source: Luke MartinLuke...

Amid a volatile week for bitcoin, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee has come out urging against anyone considering trading BTC in the foreseeable future. Tuesday marked a three-month low for bitcoin as a 17% freefall weakened underlying support significantly, leading BTC to breach well into $8,000 territory. As if to pour salt in the wound, yesterday saw another critical level of support cave in, as BTC fell into the $7,000 region. BTC’s three-month low following this week’s dreary performance. | Source:...

Facebook will get yet another chance to try to win over the support of US lawmakers with regards to its Libra cryptocurrency project and other matters next month. According to Bloomberg, the social media giant’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives possibly in late October. Sandberg’s visit to Capitol Hill will be coming weeks after the co-creator of Libra David Marcus met with lawmakers to shed more light on tech company’s...

On July 26th, CCN reported that Crypto Twitter’s (CT) biggest bull,  Majin, has turned bearish and called for a bitcoin plunge to $7,000. Two months later, the call of the liquidity game theorist is coming to pass. As of this writing, the most dominant cryptocurrency is rapidly descending to support of $7,000. Majin was right to say that demand at $8,000 is so weak that it won’t ignite a bounce. Majin predicting the breach of $8,000 months ago. | Source: TwitterNow that we’re headed to...

Travis Kling is the founder and chief investment officer of crypto asset management firm Ikigai. He recently went on air on CNN and gave the best description of what bitcoin is. In the interview, Mr. Kling said, Bitcoin is a non-sovereign, hard-capped supply, global, immutable, decentralized, digital store of value. The on-point definition made Kling an instant celebrity in the Crypto Twitter community. Now, the crypto asset management firm CIO has dropped another bombshell. In a recent...