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An analyst found that major downturns tend to be healthy for the overall bitcoin price trend. Another analyst explains that 2019 may be a good year for BTC. | Source: Shutterstock Many armchair traders are so focused on the short-term price movement of bitcoin that they forget to look at the big picture. For instance, the widely-followed analyst cryptoamd is expecting the dominant cryptocurrency to dump below $10,000 and then be tapping resistance of $10,500. That’s the trader’s short-term view Read more …

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey stated that there are no plans for a platform-specific “Twitcoin” cryptocurrency, noting that he will instead focus on promoting Bitcoin (BTC). Open standards are better According to Australian news outlet The Sydney Morning Herald’s article published on Sept. 5, Dorsey is confident that Bitcoin is still the most likely candidate to beсome the internet’s native currency. Twitter CEO noted: “I think open internet standards serve every person better than ones controlled or started by Read more …

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents were introduced to a new project called the Cashweb protocol on Friday. The blockchain file sharing scheme allows people to store and load arbitrary data to the BCH chain. While the new protocol still has “a long way to go,” the developer decided to share his creation with the BCH community and show off the protocol’s possibilities. Even though a few people thought the project was “awesome,” the Cashweb conversation turned into a debate about whether Read more …

French hardware wallets manufacturer Ledger announced that its cryptocurrency management software Ledger Live now supports Ethereum (ETH) ERC-20 tokens. In a blog post published on Sept. 5, Ledger announced the version 1.14.0 of its Ledger Live software that now supports over 1,250 Ethereum-based ERC-20 tokens. The update has already been released for both mobile and desktop versions of the software. More assets to be supported in the future The Ledger Live application allows users of the company’s hardware wallets such Read more …

Huobi University, the research and education arm of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi, announced its collaboration with the University of Gibraltar on various blockchain initiatives. On Sept. 5, Houbi Group, the parent company of both Huobi University and Huobi exchange, announced what the firm describes as its “first formal collaboration with a Western university.”  As Cointelegraph reported in October 2018, the Government of Gibraltar in collaboration with the University of Gibraltar have created an advisory group focused on the development of blockchain-related Read more …

The Ethereum Foundation has delayed the testnet launch of the Istanbul update until the start of October. But some are raising concerns about one of the Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) which will break certain smart contracts. So should technology be backward compatible ad infinitum?… or is a little disruption necessary in the name of progress? Too Many EIPs Delay The Upgrade The testnet activation of the latest update was originally due to happen on September 4th. However, the date has Read more …

Bitcoin (BTC) has been on an absolute tear in 2019 so far. The cryptocurrency has gained hundreds of percent on its bottom of $3,150, as have a majority of altcoins. However, this market’s rally might not be done yet. According to a pioneer of Bitcoin, Adam Back, BTC surging by another 400% is “not far off”. And here’s why. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Will Surge to $11,500 According to this Fractal; Here’s Why Why Bitcoin Could Hit $50,000 Back, the Read more …

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and Ripple, the blockchain startup behind XRP, have fallen out of the top 10 of this year’s business and employment-oriented service Linkedln’s “The 50 hottest U.S. companies to work for” list. According to the new LinkedIn’s list published on Sept. 4, Ripple moved to the 28th place (was seventh in 2018) while Coinbase’s position was downgraded to 29th (was third in 2018). Stock and crypto trading startup Robinhood mostly retained its position, moving from the sixth place Read more …

Bitcoin price fell sharply on Saturday after failing to break beyond $11,000. | Source: Shutterstock The bitcoin price abruptly dropped by more than five percent $10,949 to $10,204 in the past 24 hours at a point which technical analysts described as a critical moment for bitcoin. The bitcoin price has dropped by more than $500 overnight against the USD (source: coinmarketcap.com) As the bitcoin price initially made its way to $10,900, traders anticipated the dominant cryptocurrency to break out of Read more …

Bakkt Warehouse custody opened yesterday, as clients were able to deposit Bitcoin funds into the accounts. However, minutes after the tweet announcing the opening, the price of Bitcoin dropped by $700 — a classic example of buying the rumor, selling the news. Let’s take a look at the charts to see where the market is standing.  Bitcoin price performance BTC/USD chart. Source: Tradingview According to the last article, Bitcoin reclaimed the $9,800 level as support and started to rally upwards Read more …

The Takeaway: Crypto lending startup Celsius raised $50 million in a token sale in 2018. Lending volume has surged since then, with 10,415 Celsius users taking out fiat loans after locking in crypto collateral. BitGo confirmed to CoinDesk that it held $1 billion worth of crypto deposits from Celsius over the past year. CEL tokens are trading for roughly the same price today as they were last autumn, shortly after the token sale. So far, Celsius says it has not Read more …

As bitcoin price remains in its range-bound channel, other indicators are slowly turning bullish for the king of crypto. BTC has held on to five figures as we begin the weekend and bigger things could be in store as open interest mounts up. Binance and BitMEX Building Up Bitcoin Looking at on-chain flows for the past 24 hours shows positive action going on at a number of the world’s largest exchanges. The inflow has exceeded the outflow of bitcoin on Read more …