Month: January 2020

Yoni Assia is the CEO and founder of multi-asset trading platform Etoro. The brokerage firm, which enjoys a high profile within the cryptosphere, enables digital assets such as BTC and BCH to be traded alongside stocks, ETFs, and commodities. Juxtaposed between the traditional and crypto investment realms, Etoro has a unique insight into the health of the industry. In an interview with news.Bitcoin.com, Yoni Assia shared his thoughts on what traders can expect in 2020. Also read: Bitcoin’s Next Decade Read more …

During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called the outputs “abuse” and “spam.” Also Read: Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High Veriblock Captured a Majority of the BTC-Based OP_Return Outputs in 2019 2019 was an interesting year and a slew of blockchains saw a bunch of Read more …

Advertisment During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called the outputs “abuse” and “spam.” Also Read: Central Bank Gold Hoarding Hits 50-Year High Veriblock Captured a Majority of the BTC-Based OP_Return Outputs in 2019 2019 was an interesting year and a slew of blockchains saw a bunch Read more …

Bitcoin’s recent series of rejection within the mid-to-upper $7,000 region has resulted in BTC’s bears gaining an edge over bulls, as the cryptocurrency is now retreating down to its key $7,000 support level, which appears to be growing increasingly weak. Importantly, one analyst is now noting that Bitcoin could be on the verge of seeing significantly further near-term losses that could send it reeling back towards its multi-month lows, but this drop may be followed by a large upwards movement. Read more …

To prophesize is a natural human tendency. Humanity applauds those who make the right prediction and also love to hate on people when they miss the mark, especially by ridiculously large amounts. For many years, the crypto industry has been prone to high fluctuations and volatility. Nobody can actually predict what will unfold in the upcoming seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months… let alone the years.  Once when everyone predicted that Bitcoin (BTC) would die, its price nearly hit $20,000. Read more …

Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo announced during a Dec. 30 CNBC news segment that “this is the golden decade of banks and technology.” Mayo explained that while the 1990’s had record bank consolidation (banking businesses merge with each other), systems were never integrated. He then explains that in the “aughts” decade – the 2000s – banks saw excessive growth, which unfortunately ended in “tears” due to the financial crisis of 2007-2009. Mayo pointed out that the financial crisis was cleaned up Read more …