Internet searches for what appears to be the Bitcoin price ticker “BTC” have spiked to unprecedented highs, fresh Google Trends data reveals. Internet searches for what appears to be the Bitcoin price ticker “BTC” have spiked to unprecedented highs, fresh Google Trends data reveals. Between Aug. 29 and Aug. 31, BTC searches worldwide catapulted from […]
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2019 has seen a new way of fundraising, IEOs, become the go-to way to raise capital while ICOs lose steam. The crypto community has seen a tectonic shift in fundraising trends: from the decline of initial coin offerings (ICOs) to the hype around security token offerings (STOs) and then the rise of initial exchange offerings […]
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Financial analysts say a growing number of retail investors are betting on Bitcoin as a hedge against macroeconomic turbulence and U.S.-China trade war. Financial analysts say a growing number of retail investors are betting on Bitcoin (BTC) as a hedge against macroeconomic turbulence during the protracted United States-China trade war. The London Economic reported the […]
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$9,100 is the last line in the sand for Bitcoin price after a rough week and with future movements uncertain. Well, Bitcoin (BTC) decided to take the bearish path, or maybe larger players that shape the market made the choice for it. The ascension from the narrowing pennant proved to be a fakeout and a […]
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Only Binance Coin has provided meaningful gains against Bitcoin since 2018, while attention remains on BTC performance. The Bitcoin (BTC) network passed a new milestone this week, as new data reveals the extent of altcoins’ losses. According to data aggregator Coinmetrics.io on Aug. 25, so-called realized market cap has become the latest indicator flashing bullish […]
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Ethereum is still in a bear market even as Bitcoin continues to post amazing gains. When will the tables turn for the largest altcoin by market cap? Nowadays, it seems everyone is bearish on Ethereum and its Ether token (ETH) except for Placeholder VC partner Chris Burniske, who, earlier this week, made the case […]
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Binance launched its own stablecoin project, but faces stiff competition from Libra and the Chinese government in its quest… Within the past 12 months, stablecoins have transformed from a niche idea to tackle the issues of a volatile market into methods of payment championed by some of the world’s biggest and most powerful tech companies. […]
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Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko dismisses daily price tracking of Bitcoin, calling the currency a “chaos hedge, or schmuck insurance.” Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko called Bitcoin (BTC) a “chaos hedge, or schmuck insurance,” in an interview with CNBC Fast Money on Aug. 14. Yusko made the comment while explaining the folly in […]
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Binance allegedly fell victim to security breach recently that saw the miscreant make off with a lot of the firm’s sensitive KYC data… On Aug. 7, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange (by daily trade volume), fell victim to a hacking scandal that saw the miscreant allegedly gain possession of a huge chunk of the […]
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Venture capitalists continue to fund cryptocurrency startups even as ICO fundraising remains significantly low. In late July 2019, Sony Financial Ventures joined a $14.5 million funding round for Bitcoin (BTC) bank Bitwala. Back in 2017 and 2018, such a figure might not have made many headlines, as crypto startups were raking in hundreds of millions […]
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