Category: Cryptocurrency News

This year brought a climax in the prolonged Bitcoin block size debate. Heated disputes over scaling that have become toxic in the ecosystem have overshadowed the technology. The cancelation of SegWit2x, the most controversial proposal in this cryptocurrency’s history, averted a potential catastrophe. Innovation moves on and the community is finding some time for reflection. What did this latest crisis teach us? The political battle that came to the forefront in the last several months challenges all to examine a Read more …

Get Trading Recommendations and Read Analysis on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. European online bank Swissquote is wading deeper into the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Swissquote Adds Four Altcoins to Trading Platform On Monday, the Swiss banking group announced that it had added four altcoins to its online trading platform. In addition to bitcoin, Swissquote clients can now trade ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin, and ripple against EUR and USD trading pairs. The bank said that it selected these four altcoins based Read more …

Cointelegraph continues publishing interviews with prominent guests of BlockShow Asia 2017, that took place in Singapore in November 2017. David Orban is an advisor to the Singularity University and founder of Network Society Ventures, a seed stage global investment firm focused on innovative startups at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralized networks. His entrepreneurial accomplishments span several companies founded and grown over more than twenty years. Investor, entrepreneur, writer, blogger, speaker and thought leader, David has an ability to Read more …

Bitcoin is about to be put under scrutiny by legislators in Iran. Majlis Economic Commission are set to discuss the planet’s most popular cryptocurrency and how they will treat it moving forward. The meeting will comprise of representatives from different sectors of government and banking. The Financial Tribune, a domestic newspaper, reported earlier that the head of the commission told ICANA, the Iranian news portal for parliament: It has been decided to hold a meeting with the officials of the Central Read more …

UPDATE (18th December 11:56 BST): Subsequent to publication, Overstock published a press release at 11:31 BST, which announced that tZERO’s sale of Simple Agreements for Future Equity had opened. The release confirmed a hard cap of $250 million, and a presale for “strategic purchasers” through January 18. A subsequent sale period may run through February 18. Either sale period may be changed at any time by the company. Both are limited to accredited investors. The sale’s white paper is only being Read more …

Investor Bill Miller said last week that his MVP1 hedge fund has half of its investments in bitcoin. Miller, the chairman and chief investment officer at Miller Valued Partners, made the disclosure on Dec. 13 when speaking to WealthTrack podcast with Consuelo Mack. “It’s just about 50 percent right now,” the legendary hedge fund manager was quoted as saying, who added that the fund also holds bitcoin cash. Miller’s involvement in bitcoin dates back several years when he bought stakes in 2013 Read more …

As expected Bitcoin went on a bit of a roll up the chart leading up to the launch of CME Group’s futures contracts on Sunday. Being a much larger exchange it was predicted that this would have a bigger effect on the market than last week’s CBOE offerings. The king of crypto inched up to just over $20k just before the trading doors were opened at CME. According to Coinmarketcap.com BTC reached $20,089 at 12.19 UTC on December 17.  It Read more …

This year brought a climax in the prolonged Bitcoin block size debate. Heated disputes over scaling that have become toxic in the ecosystem have overshadowed the technology. The cancelation of SegWit2x, the most controversial proposal in this cryptocurrency’s history, averted a potential catastrophe. Innovation moves on and the community is finding some time for reflection. What did this latest crisis teach us? The political battle that came to the forefront in the last several months challenges all to examine a Read more …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of authors/contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Now, with Bitcoin futures trading on both the CBOE and the CME, Bitcoin has become available to the larger players with big pockets, which includes short sellers. It will be interesting to see what will happen with the cryptocurrency when the first bear Read more …

On December 18, 2017, HashChain Technology, a cryptocurrency mining company, went public for the first time on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol KASH, joining at least eight other crypto-related startups including HIVE Blockchain Technologies (Genesis Mining). At least 50 more blockchain and cryptocurrencies firms are preparing to list on the TSX in the coming year, including Hut 8 Mining Corp., according to Harris Fricker, CEO of GMP Capital Inc., noting that the TSX Venture Exchange tends to Read more …