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Bakkt’s monthly futures volume surged to $10 million, the second-largest on record. The steady growth of Bakkt’s monthly futures volume may reflect the growing interest of institutional investors. In addition, the rise in volume is giving analysts more reason to be bullish on bitcoin. Bakkt’s monthly futures volume on Tuesday skyrocketed to 1,061 contracts. That number is 112 contracts short of ICE-operated platform’s all-time high of 1,183 contracts. The sudden volume surge came to the...

Facebook Libra lead David Marcus doesn’t believe bitcoin is a currency. Its volatility keeps it from becoming a currency, he explained. Bitcoin is more aking to ‘digital gold’, according to the Facebook executive. Facebook’s crypto frontman David Marcus, provided bitcoin with a backhanded compliment on Wednesday. According to the Libra lead, bitcoin is a dead ringer for digital gold, but not an appropriate currency. Speaking at the New York Times DealBook Conference, Marcus praised...

So-called “bitcoin whales” appear to have a considerable influence on the cryptocurrency market, according to a new report. At the same time, whales are a dying breed. The founder of crypto watchdog Whale Alert explains why. It’s fair to say that bitcoin whales have a reputation for running the show when it comes to the crypto markets. Whether this is an accurate account of the role whales actually play within the ecosystem remains an open question. With his eyes trained on every major...

Ray Dalio is making many friends in the crypto community after sounding the alarm about the perilous conditions in the financial system. In a post entitled “The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken,” the billionaire hedge fund manager outlines why something has to give amid unsustainable circumstances comprised of free money, government deficits,  underfunded pension and healthcare systems, and a rising wealth gap. Dalio mentions bitcoin zero times. But he strikes the right...

Stellar (XLM) explodes amid news that the company burned more than half of its coins in circulation. Tuesday’s gains were quickly wiped out as the smart money took the chance to dump their positions. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency looks attractive in the long-term time frame. In technical analysis, there’s an adage that goes, “buy the rumor; sell the news.” We’re seeing this nugget of wisdom in play out in Stellar (XLM). On Monday, the Stellar Development Foundation announced that...

It’s being reported that bitcoin cash had a very rough third quarter in 2019. The price was never quite able to get off the ground, and as a result, bitcoin cash (BCH) arguably performed worse than any other coin.Is It Fair to Single Out Bitcoin Cash?But is it fair to lay this judgement on the little brother of bitcoin? Sure, BCH may not have been at its best, but it can be argued that this applies to virtually every major cryptocurrency during this period.As we all remember, the second...

Crypto scams are an everyday thing, it seems. If you dabble in crypto, you are putting yourself at risk to one extent or another. For people in Brazil, however, it’s being reported that this danger is somehow considerably larger than one might expect.Are Crypto Scams in Brazil the New Norm?Brazil is the largest country in South America, and one of the largest countries in the world. It’s also a huge cryptocurrency haven. This has both positives and its negatives. On one hand, it exposes a lot...

A question is ringing through the minds of both the general public and regulators: Should the Fed develop a national cryptocurrency?What Could the Fed Do to Improve Things?We’ve discussed China’s plans to develop a state-issued cryptocurrency – likely a digital yuan – as a means of stabilizing its economy, monitoring people’s transaction histories and competing with the likes of Facebook’s Libra. Recently, Live Bitcoin News covered a new law passed in China that permits the digital yuan to...

According to Ripple, XRP is 1/10th as volatile as fiat for cross-border payments. The current SWIFT system is so slow it exacerbates international payment risk. XRP payments clear so fast that the exchange rate risk is negligible. The math busters over at Ripple have crunched the numbers and conducted a study that concludes that XRP is 10 times safer for making international payments – or as Team Ripple explains, one-tenth as volatile as fiat for cross-border transactions. Ripple’s...

Nearly one-third of Americans falsely believe that the US dollar is backed by gold, and 70% don’t know what is backing it. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to US financial illiteracy, however. A new study reveals just how little Americans know about how their money works. An eye-opening new study into financial literacy reveals just how little Americans know about the US dollar – or how the monetary system works at all. The study, sponsored by cryptocurrency firm...