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Turkey’s financial regulator is ramping up efforts to develop a new framework that allows the federal government to oversee the use of cryptocurrencies throughout the nation. Turkey prepares to regulate cryptos The Capital Markets Board (CMB), Turkey’s financial regulatory and supervisory agency, is planning to develop guidelines to foster the adoption of blockchain technology. The […]

While it posted a 90 percent gain on the year, Bitcoin didn’t fare too well in the second half of 2019, retracing by 50 percent from $14,000 to as low as $6,400 as a majority of mainstream asset classes posted astronomical gains on the back of central bank liquidity injections into the market. Despite this, […]

Despite a strong rebound in both price and sentiment, the Bitcoin market is grappling with the lowest real trade volumes seen since April last year, as reported by Forbes.  Bitcoin posted a convincing bull rally Friday morning, seemingly ending a weeks-long consolidation that had taken BTC down to $6,900. The recovery appears to have been […]

If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter at all over the past 48 hours, you’ve likely realized that “Nakamoto,” the surname of pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, is trending in our quirky corner of the Internet. No, it isn’t what you think; the real-life identity of the cryptocurrency godfather wasn’t revealed. Instead, the heavy usage of […]

Despite an uptrend in the crypto market and major technical breakthroughs, Cardano (ADA) is failing to recover. Down by 97 percent from its record high, the price of ADA is struggling more than any other top cryptocurrency. XRP and Stellar (XLM), which had poor performing years in 2018 and 2019, have outperformed Cardano in terms of […]

The Bitcoin price has increased by more than eight percent from Jan. 3, within a three-day span. Many analysts have attributed the short-term gain to the crisis in the Middle East, but it is likely far-stretched. Prior to the large upside movement last Friday, technical analysts like DonAlt said that a spike in volatility is […]

Thus far, 2020 seems to have brought back volatility into the cryptocurrency market. On Jan. 2, the entire market capitalization dropped nearly 4 percent, but the next day $14 billion were injected into the market. Now, it seems like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP could be preparing for a significant price move. Bitcoin (BTC) On Jan. […]

Due to the fact that it is an illiquid asset, Bitcoin’s day-to-day price movements are unpredictable. Just think back to late-October of last year, when the price of the leading cryptocurrency suddenly surged by 42 percent in a day’s time, or earlier this week, when BTC tanked below $7,000 to only see a surprise recovery […]

According to the latest Coin Metrics report, 2019 has been a record-breaking year when it comes to crypto adoption. Addresses with a balance of at least $10 increased for most of the major cryptocurrencies, as did their prices, showing that the retail market was thriving despite pessimistic predictions. Coin Metrics state of the market report […]

Stephen Ehrlich is a veteran in the capital markets space. He has worked in the industry for more than 25 years, starting out his career at TIR Securities, an institutional brokerage that was sold to E*TRADE Financial. Ehrlich was asked to join E*TRADE Financial and spent seven years at the company, ultimately rising to the […]