Category: Cryptocurrency News

Bitcoin price took a surprising tumble after some inexplicable kerfluffle at BitMEX and traders are now wondering if the current rally has been compromised. Strong Correction Breaks Bitcoin’s Parabolic Advance Yesterday’s massive liquidation at BitMEX has the entire crypto-world up in arms and concerns about broken parabolas, fat fingers, wonky algos, and outright manipulation are setting every chatroom and journal on fire. Despite all the chaos, one veteran trader isn’t the least bit worried, in fact, in an indirect way Read more …

Titan, a new product from Bloq Labs, aims to make it easier to set up and run new blockchain miners in global farms. The software is essentially a web-based mining manager for owners of large setups. You install it onto your machines and then launch a server that will collect and analyse all of the miners on your network. Once it has everything sorted, it will show their output, allow you to manage security and uptime, and generally makes it Read more …

The early April Bitcoin price rally that transformed into a mini-parabola, was fueled by a powerful short squeeze and was strategically orchestrated by a single actor. The powerful move did indeed incite much FOMO and bullish sentiment throughout the market, but such a rise in value over such a short period of time rarely feels organic. Smart and cautious investors often look to a variety of data points to understand the underlying value of an asset, as part of their Read more …

By CCN: CoinMetrics, a firm that analyzes blockchain data for crypto investors, published a bombshell report this week which tells the story of how Ripple Labs has allegedly misrepresented its escrow system. Ripple has effectively misrepresented the amount of XRP transferred back to escrow at least twice. More importantly, the bank-friendly cryptocurrency’s escrow process diverges significantly from the way it was presented initially. Ripple Escrow System: Not Working As Advertised Ripple is supposed to take 1 billion XRP out of Read more …

Social media giant Facebook has apparently formed a new financial tech firm, Libra Networks LLC, according to a filing on the Geneva Commercial Register. Libra Networks was registered in Geneva on May 2 by Facebook Global Holdings II LLC. Per the official filing the firm provides: “…services in the fields of finance and technology, as well as the development and production of software and related infrastructure, in particular in connection with investment activities, the operation of payments, financing, identity management, data Read more …

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has unveiled its exchange utility token UNUS SED LEO, in a press release on May 17. The token will be useable for a variety of exchange-based activities and will begin trading on Bitfinex on May 20 against tether (USDT), bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), U.S. dollars and EOS pairs. The whitepaper for the project, published on May 10, describes LEO as “a utility token at the heart of the iFinex ecosystem.” iFinex is the parent company of Bitfinex. Read more …

By CCN: The Dow and broader U.S. stock market diverged on Friday, as investors weighed a myriad of macro risks against an apparent surge in consumer confidence. Those betting on a consumer-driven recovery may be in for a rude awakening amid record debt levels and the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Dow Reverses Brutal Drop After a brutal pre-market for U.S. stock futures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed losses on Friday to trade slightly higher. The blue-chip index was last Read more …

By CCN: The Dow and broader U.S. stock market finished lower on Friday, as investors weighed a myriad of macro risks against an apparent surge in consumer confidence. Those betting on a consumer-driven recovery may be in for a rude awakening amid record debt levels and the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Dow Reverses Brutal Drop After a brutal pre-market for U.S. stock futures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reversed losses to trade slightly higher during the afternoon session. But the Read more …

In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants. But Bitfinex may not withdraw any further funds from the Tether reserve and must comply with Read more …

By CCN: Kraken is not pleased with the way Canadian regulators propose to go about governing crypto trading platforms. In a sternly written paper to the Canadian Securities Administrators and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, the crypto exchange explained its gripes. The two regulatory bodies have proposed a security law framework that all exchanges would have to abide by whether they like it or not. Kraken strongly recommends against Canada imposing a security law framework on crypto currency Read more …

International electrical engineering company ABB has rolled out a blockchain pilot to explore how the technology could promote the role of solar energy in peer-to-peer (p2p) energy trading, technology-focused media outlet PV Tech reported on May 16. To implement the project, ABB collaborated with Italian energy aggregator Evolvere to deploy a blockchain it jointly developed with blockchain-based platform Prosume. The pilot will purportedly enable transparent and secure p2p energy transactions, as well research blockchain’s role in the smart grids market. Read more …

By CCN: Baidu, China’s largest search engine and that country’s equivalent of Google, suffered a 16 percent stock price haircut after reporting a poor earnings quarter that stunned shareholders. Baidu Stock in Freefall After Q1 Losses Shock Investors Baidu stock endured a brutal crash at Friday’s opening bell, and it failed to recover along with the wider market. | Source: Yahoo Finance As China’s economic growth continues to slide, one of its largest tech companies, Baidu, has taken a hit Read more …