2017: The Year of Altcoins, Forks, and Five Digit Bitcoin Prices

Finance On December 30th, 2016 the price of bitcoin (BTC) was $960 USD, and since then the price had risen 1,941 percent 350 days later to an all-time high of $19,600 across global exchanges. Now the price rests at roughly $13-14K but a lot more has changed this year besides the significant price rises of bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies. Also read: Tezos Foundation Board Member Quits 2017 the Year Bitcoin’s Price Rose Over 1900% But Lost Read more …

New Website Provides Guide to US Cryptocurrency Law

Taxes Cryptocurrency law can be maddeningly vague. From taxation to commodities, the US constitution is characterized by ill-defined and occasionally contradictory statutes regarding digital currencies. Law reform moves at a glacial pace, leaving the status of cryptocurrencies often unlegislated. For cryptocurrency users trying to navigate murky legal waters, this ambiguity can be frustrating. A new website promises to add some much-needed clarity. Also read: Trump’s New Tax Bill Means Changes Ahead for U.S. Bitcoiners A Hub of Read more …

3Commas – Smart Tools for Intelligent Cryptocurrency Traders

3Commas is a suite of “smart tools” to help cryptocurrency investors minimize risks, limit losses, grow profits, and manage their portfolios across multiple exchanges. Saint Petersburg, Russia-based 3Commas offers experienced and beginning traders alike a suite of “smart tools” designed to help them manage their portfolios across multiple cryptocurrency exchanges while maximizing profits and limiting losses. Before test-driving the platform, Bitcoinist sat down with 3Commas CMO Mike Goryunov to talk about what prompted the team to develop the platform in Read more …

The Exclusivity of OptiTokens Features May Also Impact Traditional Stock Market Model

Many investors find it difficult to make profits while trading cryptocurrencies, which is mainly due to the complicated nature of the industry which is subject to high volatility and manipulation. Beginners tend to follow unrealistic passing trends rather than following the “buy low and sell high” approach or using sophisticated trading tools. OptiToken solves this — one of the industry’s biggest problems. About OptiToken OptiToken is the world’s first “hyper-deflationary cryptocurrency.” It uses algorithmic trading activity to jet-fuel its adoption Read more …

Crypterium Tops the ICO Hit Parade in Fourth Quarter

It looks like Crypterium will be the most popular ICO to have started in the last quarter of 2017. The tokens of the nascent cryptobank, which went on sale on October 31, were an immediate smash hit with buyers, hitting the company’s soft cap in a mere five hours. Even more interesting was the widespread distribution of the sales – buyers flocked in from 143 countries all over the world. The largest purchases came from the United States and Russia, but Read more …

Ring In the New Year for a Bitcoin with Singapore Bar Party Package

Skyline, a bar in Singapore, is offering a party package for celebrating New Year’s Eve that costs a single Bitcoin. We’re getting closer and closer to watching the ball drop in Time’s Square, heralding the end of 2017 and ushering in 2018. Around the world, people will be celebrating with friends and families, probably while singing an off-key version of Auld Lang Syne. Crypto enthusiasts will remember 2017 as the year that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies exploded and became a Read more …

Cloak’s Transaction System Enigma is Open Source – A Milestone for Privacy

After three years of hard work, countless hours of programming, passion and perseverance for a shared vision, CloakCoin has reached a new milestone in building the world’s safest cryptocurrency. ENIGMA, the in-house payment system is open source as of 31st December 2017. Anyone can now take advantage of CloakCoin’s Transaction System. At the heart of CloakCoin is ENIGMA, protecting you from access by third parties, such as hackers, official bodies or any unwanted parties. The blockchain payment system encrypts the Read more …

While Tether Critics Grow More Vocal, Belief in the 1:1 Tightrope Remains

Economics There’s been a lot of recent attention directed at the digital asset Tether (USDT), as the project has received intense scrutiny because there’s been a few hundred million USDT issued over the past few months. Tether’s supply is now over 1 billion USDT in circulation, and while the project’s controversy continues, it is still a perpetual motion claim because it continues to work for a lot of traders and exchanges. Also Read: Bitfinex Slaps a Lawsuit on Read more …

ICOs Raised $4 Bln in 2017, What 2018 Has in Store | News

2017 has definitely been a record-breaking year for ICOs: a fiat equivalent of some $4 bln have been raised, and the number of successful token placements have increased to a couple of hundreds globally. Yet, in the same year, traditional IPOs are estimated to have raised $188.8 bln in total of 1,624 deals, according to E&Y IPO Global trends report. Only in third quarter, 2,645 venture capital deals amounted to $42 bln. ICOs have raised less about two percent of Read more …

PR: Decentralized News Network Kickstarts Private Pre-Sale

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. Blockchain-powered news curation platform opened sale of DNN tokens on Dec. 18 EDISON, New Jersey — News curation platform the Decentralized News Network (DNN) launched the private pre-sale phase of their DNN token on Dec.. Read more …

As Prices Dip, Bitcoin’s Market Dominance Slips Towards New Low–and the Market is Better for It

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. It’s dipping season, folks.  Well, it was dipping season.  Yesterday, assets all across the cryptocurrency market were getting hammered, and the ubiquitous price dent had 89 out of Coin Market Cap’s top 100 turning red at the time of our first draft’s initial coverage. During this latest dip, Bitcoin went sub $13k.  As of press time, crypto’s flagship currency has bounced back up to around $14,200 as Read more …

This Week in Bitcoin: The Bitcoin Fork Tsunami Gives Way to a Ripple

Featured Traditionally, nothing happens in the period between Christmas and New Year. It’s a lull devoid of anything newsworthy whatsoever. Except in the world of bitcoin. Miners never stop mining and exchanges never stop exchanging because bitcoin never sleeps – and it certainly doesn’t call in a week-long vacation just cos it’s the holidays. As a consequence, neither did we. While other media sites posted pre-written reviews of the year, we delivered the freshest news as it Read more …