Have users lost trust in BitMex since Black Thursday’s outage? Since Black Thursday, BitMex users have been withdrawing Bitcoins (BTC) from the exchange in droves. On March 13, BitMex held 306,814 Bitcoins (BTC), by April 9, this number had dropped to 222,025 — this represents a 38% decrease in Bitcoin holdings. Source: TokenAnalyst Although it […]
Continue ReadingCould 11 class-action lawsuits filed against major players from the crypto space do damage to the industry, or will they help it mature? Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, working with Selendy & Gay PLLC, filed 11 class-action lawsuits on April 3 in the Southern District of New York against seven token issuers and four of the […]
Continue ReadingAs the global coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, quarantined gamers are increasingly looking towards blockchain games. As more people self-isolate due to the coronavirus pandemic, gaming platforms all over the world have seen a spike in traffic. One report notes that cell network company Verizon claimed that online gaming platforms have seen a 75% […]
Continue ReadingSamourai Wallet’s Bitcoin mixing CoinJoin service saw its monthly volume triple to over $10 million during March. Volume for Samourai Wallet’s non-custodial Bitcoin mixer, Whirlpool, tripled last month, with the service processing more than $10 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC). According to data published to Twitter by Whirlpoolstats’ Matt Odell, March activity comprised 40% of […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin price is currently holding above $6,800 but a bearish scenario is looking increasingly likely with a retest of sub-$6K levels. As the weekend kicked off Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below $6,900 and at the time of writing the cryptocurrency is struggling to keep hold of $6,800. Earlier in the week, Cointelegraph contributor Michael van […]
Continue ReadingHedge fund manager, Ray Dalio, described the reasons cash is a poor investment, but failed to mention Bitcoin as a viable alternative. In a recent TED interview, Bridgewater Associates co-chairman and co-CIO, Ray Dalio, labeled cash as a risky place to park wealth, although he failed to mention Bitcoin (BTC) as an alternative. “Do not […]
Continue ReadingCheck out this week’s Bad Crypto News. Bitcoin is still floating comfortably around $7,000 after a week in which it’s risen more than ten percent. Over at Bitcoin.com, the news is not so good. Candor, a site that lists jobs lost to the coronavirus, has reported that Roger Ver is planning to lay off half […]
Continue ReadingData shows Bitcoin’s trading volume increases and decreases most on Saturday and Monday, while returns move similarly amid different price cycles. Recent reporting by Cointelegraph shows that Bitcoin (BTC) spending has retraced since March 9 amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic. Data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis also shows that even the amount of Bitcoin spent […]
Continue ReadingGiven the economic losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, can we expect governments to be more vigilant in taxing cryptocurrency this year? Could this be the year the world gets serious about cryptocurrency taxation? The coronavirus pandemic, after all, could cost the global economy as much as $4.1 trillion — or almost 5% of global […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin is starting to look shaky as it’s now testing a key support level, which stands in the way of lower lows. All markets have been showing a strong surge in the past weeks, including Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies. The price of Bitcoin has seen a 100% surge in a matter of three weeks since […]
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