Tag Archives: Cryptocurrency News

Bitcoin’s epic surge has lifted the entire crypto market, with one notable exception: ripple (XRP) Ripple is barely treading water, while most of its peers are enjoying meteoric gains. Crypto analysts say there are three reasons XRP is struggling. It’s been quite a while since most cryptocurrencies posted tremendous gains. Major coins such as bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and bitcoin sv are up by over 15 percent. Other coins in the top ten were not far behind, with litecoin and ethereum...

Bitcoin has had an extremely volatile week, a throwback to the frenzied trading the asset was previously associated with. The world’s largest cryptocurrency hit a 5-month low earlier this week. A massive rebound has seen nearly 30% gains overnight, pushing closer to $10,000. There’s a reason why HODL (hold on for dear life) is a popular trading strategy in cryptocurrency. Battle-tested crypto enthusiasts understand that the big money investors are out to get their bitcoin at dirt...

The bitcoin price zoomed higher on Friday, reversing its punishing losses from earlier in the week. Following a 14% rally, BTC now boasts a market cap of more than $150 billion. Some observers have connected the move to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent comments on blockchain. Despite a wave of bearish calls on social media in recent weeks, the bitcoin price is bucking the trend on Friday. The flagship cryptocurrency has skyrocketed back above $8,000 to set a two-week high at...

Although China has introduced an absolute ban on cryptocurrencies in 2017, the country has been making major developments in the blockchain space. Currently, China holds the most number of patents in the blockchain sector, leading its rival U.S. by a considerable margin.In a move to dominate the blockchain industry, Chinese president Xi Jinping has urged the country to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technologies. In the future, the country with higher technological superiority will...

Photo: Anchorage / MediumIn what seems to be forward-thinking move, the premier cryptocurrency and digital asset custodian Anchorage backed by Visa has introduced a governance platform that has on-chain voting rights. The first cryptocurrency token to be supported in this regard is the Maker DAO’s Maker (MKR) token.The platform referred to as Anchorage Governance will enable all the custodian’s clients which hold the MKR token to be able to vote at the Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) vote which...

On October 23, a severe crypto crash struck leaving Bitcoin hovering around the $7,500 level. Many of the investors said that they never thought this kind of buying opportunity would come again. Now, market leaders believe that the Bitcoin price may slide further before regaining its upward momentum.The fundamentals also have a lot to improve on and if the commentators are right, a further drop may happen before the end of the year. Notably, the latest Bitcoin drop has taken a huge toll on...

The fall of the Bitcoin price to June lows on Wednesday may just be a harbinger of more pain to come for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and hodlers. According to the CEO of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital Mike Novogratz, Bitcoin could drop to below $6,500, a level last recorded in May. Bitcoin price in sideways movement with no direction yet Given that the Bitcoin price was at around $8,000 before the midweek drop, this would represent a decline of nearly 20% from Wednesday....

During the testing times for messaging giant Telegram, the investors of Gram tokens have decided to stand behind the company. As per the earlier plan, Telegram was all set to launch its Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain along with its native cryptocurrency.Telegram announced that soon after the launch, its investors who participated in Gram token sale year can sell them in open markets. However, in the last-minute restraining order, the U.S. SEC decided not to allow Telegram its Gram...

Financial services and mobile payment company Square has just announced a new investment feature that allows users to make even the smallest investments through its Cash App. According to the San Francisco-based company, people will now be able to invest in the stock market, taking part in full shares trading for as little as $1.Via the Cash App Investing, users will have easy access to fractional investing and buy whatever fraction of any supported shares that $1 dollar (or any desired...

The president of the crypto services company, Crypto Capital, has been arrested by authorities in Poland for his alleged involvement in the crime. Ivan Manuel Molina Lee was recently picked up by Polish police under the accusation that he is deeply involved in several illegal activities including being a member of an international drug dealing cartel as well as money laundering accusations which were allegedly done by him using Bitfinex.According to local Polish media platform RMF24, Molina...