Month: January 2018

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. 1st of January 2018 – Leading Canadian gambling affiliate site Bonus.ca has joined the bitcoin community. The company has previously monitored and reviewed traditional gambling sites in order to find the most trustworthy service providers Read more …

When looking across the globe, there were plenty of strong performing equity markets in 2017. Nevertheless, none compare to the massive appreciation seen within the cryptocurrency sector. Warning: If you are primarily an equity investor, you may soon be compelled to enter the world of cryptocurrencies as the relative outperformance of the top cryptocurrencies in 2017, when compared to equity markets, was astronomical. The top-performing stock market last year (excluding Venezuela with a 3,884 percent gain due to rampant inflation) Read more …

Emerging Markets Back in October, we reported on the launch of the peer-to-peer trading platform called Localbitcoincash. Since then the website has seen some updates, more users are exchanging, using the platform, and the developer of the exchange has plans to add a ‘shapeshifting-like’ service to the portal shortly. Also read: 2017: The Year of Altcoins, Forks, and Five Digit Bitcoin Prices  Sending Money to Each Other for Less Than One Cent The LBCH platform’s bitcoin cash sending Read more …

This is an entry in CoinDesk’s Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 series. It turns out the head of one of the cryptocurrency industry’s most innovative exchanges is a bit like the rest of us when it comes to making sense of the new world of digital assets. In an exclusive video with CoinDesk, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees discusses what separates one crypto from another and how they go from idea to a listing on his signature swapping service. How did he go Read more …

  For much of its history, bitcoin had been synonymous with the cryptocurrency market. But 2017 signaled a profound shift in market dynamics, with bitcoin accounting for a smaller share of the pie. This trend could intensify in 2018 as investors discover new use cases for the many altcoins hitting the market. Bitcoin’s Declining Market Share On Jan. 1, bitcoin accounted for nearly 88% of the cryptocurrency market’s total capitalization, according to CoinMarketCap. Twelve months later, that share has fallen Read more …

Markets and Prices Despite being one of the most amazing periods of sustained gains for bitcoin, 2017 ends with the first cryptocurrency losing market share to altcoins. After falling as low as 37.9% in the last two days of 2017, the market dominance of bitcoin now stands at just 38.2% as of this writing on the first day of 2018. Also Read: First Real Bitcoin Lightning Network Payment Completed via Bitrefill BTC Dominance Is Declining Bitcoin’s current Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The dominance index of bitcoin, which measures the dominance of bitcoin over the global cryptocurrency market, has fallen to an all-time low at 37.7 percent, as altcoins surged in value. Bitcoin’s Dominance Index Lowers Throughout 2017, the dominance index of bitcoin has dropped from 90 percent to 37.7 percent, primarily due to the rising popularity and adoption of alternative cryptocurrencies. Some currencies like Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin Read more …

This is an entry in CoinDesk’s Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 series. The creator of the world’s sixth-largest cryptocurrency believes it’s a bit of a draw. While litecoin outperformed in the markets, Lee says not to write off bitcoin’s technical improvements. In this exclusive CoinDesk interview, Lee talks about ICOs, his philosophy toward blockchain technology and how we sees the blockchain industry will look in 2030. Read our feature article or hear Lee in his own words below: Video by Ali Powell Read more …

The first Blockchain system-Bitcoin-saw astronomical returns of over 1,300 percent in 2017. As we progressed through 2017, Blockchain technologies became hard to ignore and more of the corporate world took an interest in Blockchain technologies. In 2017, the NYSE filed for two Bitcoin ETFs with the SEC, the CBOE became the first institutional investor to launch a Bitcoin futures market and CME group followed suit a week later doing the same. But it is not only large exchanges interested in getting some Read more …

Featured The Bank of England might have “its own Bitcoin-style digital currency” by next year, according to the country’s legacy media. The more than three hundred year old bank set up a research unit back in 2015 to investigate linking a state-backed crypto to sterling, and there appears to be a breakthrough. Also read: EU Central Banker: No Plans to Issue State-Backed Cryptocurrency Bank of England Might Go Crypto in 2018 Venezuela has its Petro. Russia is Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The cryptocurrency markets rang in the new year on a high note, with the majority of coins and tokens in the top 100 posting moderate gains against the US dollar. The bitcoin price, though still far from its all-time high, rose above $13,550. Ethereum, meanwhile, took the first step toward reclaiming the second spot in the rankings from ripple, which was one of the few cryptocurrencies to Read more …