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Coming in the lead-up to the September 23rd launch of Bakkt’s BTC futures contract, Bitcoin’s explosive Labor Day rally seems to have revived sentiment amongst the bulls. A number of factors suggest the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization could make lower lows before making its much-awaited parabolic advance, however. Monday’s rally, delineated below in red […]

With Bitcoin’s volatility being heavily discussed in the media, a crypto analyst pointed out that the chance of losing money on a Bitcoin investment was so slim, it could almost be considered an anomaly. He calculated that if you’ve bought Bitcoin on any random day in its history, there was a 97.5 percent chance that […]

In 2018, the Dutch Bank ING conducted a survey on which about 15,000 respondents across Europe, North America, and Australia provided insights into their thoughts on cryptocurrencies. In Europe, 66% of respondents have heard about cryptocurrency, 9% of respondents owned some crypto, and 25% of respondents planned to own some crypto on the future. In […]

Tether Ltd. is planning to issue two new stablecoins, one pegged to a basket of commodities and another to the Chinese renminbi, according to Zhao Dong, an over-the-counter (OTC) trader in China and a shareholder of Bitfinex. New stablecoins In 2018, iFinex Inc.—a privately held financial technology company based in the British Virgin Islands that […]

Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital company focused on crypto innovation, brought several Washington regulators together to promote crypto adoption and discuss regulation. The May event includes representatives from the U.S. Treasury, SEC, and CFTC alongside some of the most influential blockchain companies, reported the Wall Street Journal. Behind the scenes, a16z is quietly fighting for […]

Two investment companies whose Bitcoin ETF proposals have been delayed by the SEC have found a way around the tight regulations. In a joint statement, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management said they planned on launching a “limited version” of the BTC ETFs, only available to accredited investors. Securities Act exemption allows VanEck and SolidX […]

Despite the pessimism seen across the crypto community in regards to altcoins, the following technical analysis will evaluate whether Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin are bound for an upswing. At the moment, altcoins continue limping without any significant price movement. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is back above $10,000 and recently reached a 70 percent market dominance. Against the […]

Bitcoin Cash’s claim to fame is scaling via bigger 32MB blocks. Yet, it seems miners are limiting block sizes below 2MB—similar to Bitcoin‘s limit—raising questions about the advantages of BCH. Primer on the block size debate In August 2017, Bitcoin Cash forked from Bitcoin core after a coalition of developers, lead by Roger Ver, disagreed […]

Telegram is publicly testing its much-anticipated blockchain project ‘TON.’ The company’s blockchain will be compatible with Ethereum, allowing developers to port their Ethereum smart contracts, revealed a tech startup working on the project alongside Telegram. Ethereum DApps will be available on Telegram’s new blockchain project Telegram, one of the fastest-growing messaging apps in the world, […]

Binance acquired JEX, a little-known crypto derivatives trading platform. Concurrently, the exchange is publicly testing two Bitcoin futures platforms. These initiatives are part of Binance’s push to capture the crypto derivatives market and usurp incumbents BitMEX and Deribit. Binance’s Bitcoin futures The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange announced that its team is developing two futures platforms, in parallel, […]