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Bitcoin Futures Expiry Date Ahead – What to Expect

With bitcoin futures contracts traded on CME Group’s exchange set to expire on Friday July 27, some traders may be wondering what to expect from the event.The expiry date on a futures contract is the day when the contract is settled. In the traditional commodities markets, for instance the...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin Miners Unload Coins

Bitcoin miners sold off more coins than they mined over the past 24 hours, thus converting part of their holdings to cash, according to blockchain analytics providers, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.Miners historically have held a significant portion of their earnings in bitcoin in anticipation of...

, by Fredrik Vold

Missed The BTC Party? Don’t Let the FOMO Kick In!

At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin sits at USD 8,254.49. That represents roughly a 42% jump, compared to some USD 5,800 where it sat a month ago. If you had bought bitcoin for 100 USD on June 25, 2018, that money would now be worth approximately 142 USD.Is it time to start kicking...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Bitcoin’s Rally May Harm Bitcoin

The recent bitcoin rally may turn out to do more harm than good for the prospects of getting a bitcoin-backed exchange traded fund (ETF) approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this year, a new report suggested.With the bitcoin market soaring again, some worry that the SEC will...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin ETF: It’s Getting Hot in Here

Everyone who is even remotely interested in cryptocurrencies, has its gaze fixed on the SEC (The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) in these past couple of days. For those of you who have been living under a rock lately, the date when the SEC gives its opinion on the proposed bitcoin ETF, or...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Google and Facebook Give Cryptos a Boost

Two of the world’s biggest internet companies, Google and Facebook, are adding features which the crypto community will, most likely, be fond of. Google has added new cryptos to its currency converter, and Facebook, as promised, has started unbanning crypto-related advertisement. Let’s...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Ethereum Struggle to Break Key Resistances

Bitcoin price struggled to break the USD 9,000 resistance and started a fresh decline. Ethereum also faced a lot of offers near USD 850 and moved down. U.CASH is again today’s top performer as it moved 23% higher to USD 0.1639.The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of trend exhaustion since...

, by Aayush Jindal

Surprise! Crypto Is Increasingly Used as Currency

Report Says Crypto Is Only A Store of Value. But Aggregators Also Show Increases in Payment Acceptance.Cryptocurrencies are already acting as a store of value and have the potential to be used as a mainstream form of payment within a decade, according to a recent research published by Imperial...

, by Simon Chandler

To Bottom or Not to Bottom

“Has Bitcoin bottomed yet?” seems to be a favorite question of those frantically trying to predict the price of the most popular cryptocurrency - perhaps all of us. It seems like no expert agrees - some say it has bottomed, others say it hasn’t, while there’s always that...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Hundreds of Millions Pour into Crypto Fund Despite Bear Market

Despite a slump in Bitcoin trading volume of about 45% this year, one cryptocurrency-focused fund is crushing its own record in terms of capital inflow, raising almost USD 250 million during the first half of 2018.Grayscale Cumulative Inflows by Investment Product December 31, 2017 through June 30,...

, by Fredrik Vold

How Quantum Computers Could Steal Your Bitcoin

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have recently captured the public’s imagination because they offer an exciting alternative to traditional monetary systems. Bitcoin transactions are essentially a series of puzzles stored in public on the blockchain. The puzzles used to protect bitcoin are so...

, by Marco Tomamichel

Battle of the Billionaires, Crypto Edition

The world’s richest of the rich are often asked about their opinions on current matters, especially if it pertains to the financial sector. Their opinions on Bitcoin vary wildly, from contemptuous dismissal to bullishness akin to that of Tim Draper. This time, Ken Griffin, Marc Lasry and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ethereum Fees Higher than Bitcoin Fees – For the First Time Since 2015

A reversal of fees happened this month, according to data from monitoring resource Coin Metrics. For the first time since August of 2015, average transaction fees for Ethereum have surpassed those for Bitcoin this July, before dropping again. This is how average fees looked in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain Will Be as Broadly Adopted as The Internet: Circle CEO

Blockchain-based platforms eventually will become “as widely adopted as the Internet is today,” Jeremy Allaire, CEO of fin-tech company Circle, said, speaking on CNBC’s Fast Money show from the Delivering Alpha 2018 investment conference in New York.When asked by the show host...

, by Fredrik Vold

Lizard People and July Bonuses Pushed Bitcoin Up: Community Reactions

Bitcoin breached USD 7,000 within the past 24 hours, even coming close to USD 7,500 several times during this timeframe. Other cryptocurrencies have, perhaps expectedly, followed suit, so the market is an eye-soothing green color. What did the cryptoverse have to say about it?As the community is...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Charlie Lee Urges Buy Bitcoin And It Jumps Above USD 7,000

Charlie Lee, the creator of the Litecoin cryptocurrency, may have raised some eyebrows on Twitter on Tuesday as he told his followers to try to own at least 1 Bitcoin before buying any altcoins, saying “there isn’t even enough BTC to go around for EVERY millionaire to own one,”...

, by Fredrik Vold

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