In darkness or in light? Either way, Baldet seems right at home whether she’s onstage at a banking conference or somewhere in the islands, posing for pictures at an "ethereum unicorn party." Will she emerge as a real deal innovator? Or is she the ultimate imposter banking infiltrator? While Baldet’s story is yet to be told, her association with one of the largest banks in the world, and power position on its so far compelling blockchain efforts are more than Read more …
Year: 2018
CoinLion CEO on Building a New Kind of Crypto Exchange
Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Blockchain Insider is a new column dedicated to interviewing leaders in the blockchain world. These include founders, traditional industry veterans turned ICO participants and everything in-between. The weekly interviews will cover a wide range of questions and try to explore the motivation behind blockchain-based ideas and the problems blockchain technology is being used to solve. In 2017, cryptocurrency exchanges saw more users than some of the world’s Read more …
PR: Promising ICOs and How to Spot Them – ICOtoInvest.com
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. 2017 Initial Coin Offerings The ICO market has exploded in 2017. Once a relatively unknown funding method, the total number of ICOs in the first half of 2017 surpasses the whole number of funds raised Read more …
Erik Voorhees
Erik Voorhees always seems slightly out of step. An early evangelist for the tech, Voorhees may be a rarity in that he has not only maintained but grown his relevance on the industry stage, all the while fighting for an unpopular block size increase and launching projects that seem years ahead of their time. Still, controversy seems not to catch this sly fox, as 2017 saw a victory lap for Voorhees, who emerged as one of the few early advocates Read more …
NiceHash CEO Steps Down After $63 Million in Bitcoin Stolen in Cyber Attack
Marko Kobal, co-founder of NiceHash, the Slovenian startup that serves as a marketplace for matching spare computing power to miners, stepped down from his role as CEO last week. This comes just weeks after NiceHash lost over $60 million to a high profile cyber attack. Christmas came early for many Bitcoin enthusiasts this year, reaping huge gains from Bitcoin’s meteoric price surge in the first half of December. For NiceHash, however, the month of December was anything but merry as Read more …
Bitcoin 2018: Prepare for Major Value Crashes
From vending machines to sophisticated algorithms that have driven human beings off the trading floor of NASDAQ, business logic coded as software has been automating and revolutionizing the world around us, long before the materialization of virtual currencies. In essence, smart contracts are here to stay. Blockchain has a substantial promise of application in executing contractual obligations and undeniably multiple organizations are exploring different use cases for smart contracts. Applying blockchain technology enables the production of smart contracts with full Read more …
Bitcoin Gold Price Technical Analysis – BTG/USD Preparing for Next Break
Key Points Bitcoin gold price has recovered well from the $205 support zone against the US Dollar. There is a contracting triangle forming with current resistance at $255 on the hourly chart of BTG/USD (data feed from Bitfinex). The pair might make the next move soon either above $255 or below $235 in the near term. Bitcoin gold price is moving nicely above $200 against the US Dollar. BTG/USD is now preparing for the next break with resistance at $255. Read more …
Bitcoin Outperformed All Bonds, Stocks, Gold, and Assets in 2017 as Usual
Bitcoin has started a new year, after defeating all bonds, stocks, gold, and assets in terms of price growth and profitability in 2017. 1,300% Annual Return According to StockTwits, S&P 500, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Long 20+ Year Treasuries, Gold, Emerging Markets, and Junk Bonds have all recorded yearly gains below the 35 percent mark, despite the strong performance of the US stock markets. On the contrary, as it did in 2015 and 2016, bitcoin has surpassed the growth rate of Read more …
ALT COIN ANALYSIS: DASH EVENING STAR PATTERN
Interesting price formation as we usher in the New Year. To begin with, a DASH Evening Star pattern is clear in the weekly chart and even though we expect short term buy pressure, the higher time frame pattern shall take precedence in our analysis. Besides DASH, we can see buy pressure building up in LTC–where there’s a bull divergence pattern, Monero and to some degree IOTA. AFTER CLEARING $1.1, WHAT’S NEXT FOR NEM? XEMUSD 4HR Chart for January 1, 2018 Read more …
As We Say Goodbye to 2017, What Does 2018 Hold for Bitcoin?
2017 is finally over. The value of Bitcoin has multiplied by 14, and this is the first year that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies made it into mainstream media. What’s next for Bitcoin in 2018? Price Explosion: A Brief Overview This year did not start out as a promising year for bitcoin. Right after returning to the $1000 mark on the first day of the year, China cracked down on multiple bitcoin exchanges; margin trading was banned, which caused the price Read more …
Naval Ravikant
If crypto assets really are the "Craziest Bubble Ever," then Naval Ravikant is the movement’s elder statesman. The founder of AngelList, Ravikant didn’t talk much about startups in 2017, instead preaching the gospel of the ICO on Twitter in 140-character bursts that were part roadmap and part prophecy for a burgeoning industry. In the process, he helped open doors for a new wave of innovative cryptocurrency projects, giving a vital boost to an industry that had all but been locked Read more …
Bitcoin Cash Price Technical Analysis – BCH/USD Preparing for Break
Key Points Bitcoin cash price is preparing for the next move with support on the downside at $2300 against the US Dollar. There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with current resistance at $2400 on the hourly chart of BCH/USD (data feed from Kraken). The pair might soon make the next move either above $2400 or below $2300 in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is consolidating above $2200-2300 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD may soon break higher above Read more …