Bitcoin volatility and volumes are cooling off post-halving while a break in either direction could open the door to new market cycles. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has been hovering below the psychological barrier of $10,000. The halving didn’t give the market what they expected as the majority was […]
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Bitcoin price plunged 31% the last time the U.S. imposed tariffs on China. Will this time be any different? The trade war between the United States and China began in January 2018. When tariffs were imposed on Chinese goods in July of the same year, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) plunged 31% from $8,487 to […]
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Bitcoin and stocks are now on the menu for Cash App users wanting to minimize the “impact of market swings,” the payment network says. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Square now allows its users to buy Bitcoin (BTC) automatically in the latest push to boost uptake of the largest cryptocurrency. Confirmed by Dorsey on Twitter on […]
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Vitalik Buterin says both blockchain and antitrust laws have the same goal: preventing the creation of monopolies by imposing decentralization. In a recently published paper, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin along with Harvard faculty Thibault Schrepel argued that blockchain is positioned to help antitrust laws in areas where regulations are difficult to apply and enforce. The […]
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The Celo Mainnet is now live, enabling users to transfer Celo Gold tokens they received in the foundation’s recent $10 million auction. After raising $40 million to fund its blockchain platform, The Celo Foundation announced the launch of Mainnet, the next step of allowing transfers of its Celo Gold tokens. In a Medium blog posted […]
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Describing the rush to buy Bitcoin as a “land grab” for institutions, Tuur Demeester sees the cryptocurrency rallying to $50,000-$100,000. Bitcoin investor and research analyst Tuur Demeester doesn’t see the coin going below $6,000 after the rewards halving, with a price of at least $50,000 certainly possible in the future. In a video posted to […]
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Crypto data company The TIE posted data showing the positive tweets about Bitcoin following the rewards halving are at an all-time high. One week after the Bitcoin rewards halving, investors are speaking more positively about the coin than they have at any point over the last 2.5 years according to crypto data company The TIE. […]
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Atsushi Kuwabara from Japan-based exchange bitbank spoke to Cointelegraph regarding the new regulatory changes to the country’s crypto laws. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange bitbank has begun implementing changes to make it compliant with the country’s revised Payment Services Act (PSA), effective May 1. Atsushi Kuwabara from bitbank spoke to Cointelegraph on how local exchanges and regulatory […]
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U.S. berry producer California Giant Berry Farms joined the blockchain-based food tracking solution IBM Food Trust. U.S. berry producer California Giant Berry Farms joined the blockchain-based food tracking solution IBM Food Trust. Fruit and vegetable news outlet The Packer reported on May 17 that California Giant will use a blockchain to share data between all […]
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Filed this morning, the second class action against block.one estimates that U.S. investors made up $200 million of the EOS ICO, in violation of securities law. Per a May 18 complaint, more investors are looking to recoup funds invested in the record-breaking initial coin offering for EOS — which netted a total of $4 billion […]
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