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Bitcoin Drops In Official Chinese Ranking, New Winner Announced

China’s Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), an organization affiliated with the Chinese central government, has issued a new official ranking of 30 cryptocurrencies in circulation where EOS ranks as the top cryptocurrency.In the report, EOS, the token of the EOS blockchain...

, by Fredrik Vold

Mt. Gox Creditors One Step Closer To Their Bitcoins

Infamous, and now defunct, cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has begun the process for a civil rehabilitation, as bankruptcy proceedings are put on hold. Announced on Friday by their trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, the exchange has just today been awarded permission for this act by the Tokyo District...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Why Ripple’s CEO Attacks Bitcoin

According to various media reports, Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse stepped up his recent attacks on bitcoin during a speech at the 2018 Stifel Cross Sector Insight Conference in Boston, telling the crowd:“I’ll tell you another story that is underreported, but worth paying...

, by Fredrik Vold

Crypto Hedge Fund Underperformed Bitcoin Last Month

Pantera Capital’s Digital Asset Fund, one of the best-known hedge funds in the crypto space, fell 26% in May, according to an investor letter sent out by the fund on Tuesday.The loss incurred by Pantera compares with Bitcoins drop of about 15% over the same period. According to a report by...

, by Fredrik Vold

Crypto’s Governance Problem

The absence of a democratic governing structure has been increasingly making itself felt. The coins with responsive informal governance structures will tend to gain users.Crypto's 'governance problem' has been increasingly manifesting in recent years. First there was the long-running debate over...

, by Simon Chandler

Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic)

Below is the whole speech by William Hinman, director of corporate finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, made at Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Crypto in San Francisco on Thursday. _____________Remarks at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: CryptoThank you Andy. I am pleased to...

, by William Hinman

Bitcoin Sell-Off Caused by Futures Expiring – Tom Lee

Some of the weakness seen in bitcoin over the past week was likely caused by futures contracts reaching their expiry date, according to Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors.In a report released on Thursday, Lee blames the sell-off on “significant volatility” around...

, by Fredrik Vold

Last Year’s Bitcoin Prices Manipulated, Experts Claim

Remember that amazing crypto price surge that happened last December? Of course you do. Well, a group of researchers are claiming these prices were artificially inflated, and some of their colleagues are saying they actually might be onto something.John Griffin, a finance professor at the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

US Banks Could Face Downgrades for Clearing Bitcoin Futures

Top credit ratings agencies are mulling a plan to downgrade banks that clear bitcoin futures if the volumes of the contracts continues to increase, according to a report by financial news website risk.net on Wednesday.Ratings agencies, including Fitch, S&P and Moody’s, are assessing the...

, by Fredrik Vold

What Would You Do to Recover Lost Bitcoins?

Garbage digging, hypnotherapy and tripled rewards: the things people will do to recover lost bitcoins.Volatility, flash crashes, hacks and scams: life in the crypto demimonde can be tough, but perhaps the worst fear of every trader is the harrowing possibility that, after earning a tidy profit in...

, by Simon Chandler

Bitcoin is Bottoming and May Break Out, Experts Say

Robert Sluymer of Fundstrat Global Advisors spoke for CNBC’s Fast Money on Thursday, saying that he believes Bitcoin is bottoming out at USD 7,000 and that it could start rising again as soon as within the next few days. Bitcoin has previously indeed started rising after hitting the USD 7,000...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Adoption Ideas: Bitcoin Shopping Mall and Russian Crypto Village

No matter what experts might say on crypto adoption, real world examples have looked favorably upon the emerging technology. For example, one of the smallest countries in the EU, Slovenia, has announced that its largest shopping center, already named BTC City, will transform into a complete Bitcoin...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Was Satoshi Nakamoto Pleasant To Work With? No, Says Developer

Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, remains the best-known pseudonym in the cryptoverse, and this mystery is one many people are content to leave unsolved. Still, every time something new about the mysterious creator surfaces, the community wants to know - at least to add some level of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin, ICOs Slowing Down and Looking For New Narrative

Both Bitcoin and initial coin offerings (ICOs) are showing signs of slowing down, experts claim.In the case of Bitcoin, Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, a provider of a market insight newsletter, found the correlation between the growth of the number of wallets and the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Does Seasonality Affect Bitcoin Prices?

“Sell in May and go away” is a well-known saying among stock investors all over the world. The idea behind it is that stocks have a tendency to rally when the new year starts in January, partly due to mutual funds and others positioning themselves for the year ahead, and partly because...

, by Fredrik Vold

Bitcoin May Be at Profit-Taking Stage of a Bubble – Expert

Looking at a chart and calling Bitcoin a bubble is a favorite pastime of crypto skeptics - they may even forego the chart and just call it a bubble off the top of their heads. However, economists understand that bubbles are complex things that can’t be recognized without fail before they pop....

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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