Bitcoin Facing Decisive Year in 2018, Says Legendary Investor

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Elevation Partners co-founder and tech investing legend Roger McNamee said that he believes 2018 will be a decisive year for bitcoin. Why 2018 is Decisive for Bitcoin Speaking with CNBC, McNamee — an early Facebook investor — explained that next year will be crucial in determining whether bitcoin’s ascent is sustainable over the long-term or whether it will prove to be a short-term asset bubble. Bitcoin is Read more …

Erik Voorhees – CoinDesk

This is an entry in CoinDesk’s Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 series. “You’ve invited a philosopher, and the curse that comes with that, is you have to hear a bit of philosophy.” And as promised, that’s just what Patrick Byrne, CEO of e-commerce giant Overstock.com, proceeds to provide. It may be the depths of January, but Byrne is bringing his own form of heat to the roomful of bitcoin insiders assembled for the annual “Satoshi Roundtable” retreat in Cancun, Mexico. Read more …

Amber Baldet – CoinDesk

This is an entry in CoinDesk’s Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 series. It’s February of 2017 – I’m sharing a standing table at a rooftop bar in Brooklyn with Amber Baldet, the executive director of JP Morgan’s Blockchain Center of Excellence, and I’m suffering from intense cognitive dissonance. Earlier in the day at an event, JP Morgan launched the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, where some major names in the banking industry and the blockchain space announced they would all work together Read more …

Crypto Market Crash – Not The New Year’s Present Every… | News

The cryptocurrency market has experienced a powerful drop this Friday and Saturday. Coins were losing value across the board, with just three of the top twenty by market capitalization displaying growth of over 10 percent: Cardano, Qtum and Neo. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has dropped from a Friday high of $15,266 to as low as $12,350 on Saturday. The past two weeks have been very volatile for the original cryptocurrency, as it has achieved an all-time high of $20,000 Read more …

Global P2P Crypto Markets Experience Record Volume Throughout December

Market Updates The global peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin markets have seen record trading volume as a consequence of last week’s major price retracement. According to data provided by Coindance, numerous national markets saw historically unprecedented trade volume throughout December – suggesting that many investors may have been taking profits following bitcoin’s dramatic bull run up to the $20,000 USD area. Also Read: Markets Update: BTC Value Against the Dollar Continues to Slide  Global P2P Trading Soars According to Coindance, Read more …

Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire Plans on Building ‘World’s Best University’ in Dubai

Erik Finman, the teenage Bitcoin millionaire, plans on creating the ‘world’s best university’ in the city of Dubai to combat outmoded teaching methods. Most of the time when a person decides to head down the path less traveled, it usually ends in disaster. Yet there are times when a person perseveres and then prospers. Such is the case of Erik Finman, the teenage Bitcoin millionaire. He’s only 19, but he’s parlayed his initial Bitcoin investment into millions of dollars. Now Read more …

Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis – BTC/USD Remains at Risk

Key Points Bitcoin price recovered recently, but it failed to move above the $16,400 resistance against the US Dollar. There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with current resistance at $14,200 on the 4-hours chart of BTC/USD (data feed from SimpleFX). The pair recently broke a connecting bullish trend line at $13,500 and made a downside move. Bitcoin price is currently under pressure below $15,000 against the US Dollar. BTC/USD remains at a risk of more declines in the Read more …

BCDiploma: the unique opportunity to take part in the blockchain data certification revolution

BCDiploma is presenting a breakthrough proposition by making the best of Ethereum to offer a world-beating one-click diploma and data certification service. BCDiploma is an innovative framework that allows to certify data and share it through a simple URL link.  10 good reasons to contribute to the BCDiploma’s presale ICO and to not miss the 20% bonus #1 Market fit for diploma authentication Schools and universities face increasing degree falsification and forgery worldwide. All stakeholders in the education field are Read more …

TravelFlex ICO Round Continue Until 12th Jan 2018 Until 12th Jan 2018

Today, the founders of TravelFlex cryptocurrency announced, that the ICO of the project will continue until 12th January 2018 23:59 GMT. TravelFlex is a product for global travelers, based in blockchain technologies, developed by a Hong Kong based company. During this round, the company is offering to sell 95M TravelFlex coins $0.28 each for funding the project. Funds raised by the ICO offering will be used to develop the blockchain further and to establish additional traveller-specific services to facilitate the Read more …

Ethereum Price Weekly Analysis – ETH/USD To Surge Higher?

Key Highlights ETH price is trading in a range below the $715 resistance area against the US Dollar. There is a major contracting triangle forming with current support at $665 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). The pair might soon make the next move and either break $715 or trade below $665. Ethereum price is consolidating in a range against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. ETH/USD may soon attempt the next upside break above $715. Ethereum Read more …

Is the Centralized Ripple Database With the Biggest Pre-Mine Really a Bitcoin Competitor?

Altcoins The rise of ripple (XRP) over the past eight months has been interesting to many digital asset spectators and the network also has its fair share of controversy. At the moment XRPs are trading at an average of $2.20-2.40 per token and ripple’s total market valuation has captured $91Bn this week. Many skeptics are wondering what’s behind the recent XRP price spike and speculate a big correction could be imminent. Also Read: Ripple Gains 1,000% in Read more …

Bitcoin Interest Fork Slated for End of January

There have been a handful of forks from the main Bitcoin Network over the past few months, and that seems to be continuing into the new year. Bitcoin Interest plans to fork at block 505083, on January 22, 2018. Bitcoin Forks Bitcoin Interest is the recently announced fork of the Bitcoin network, including full replay protection. They’re planning on changing a few things, but keeping more of the protocol together. For those of you who don’t know, a fork is Read more …