It has been coming for quite some time now, but Japan is poised to be one of the first few countries issuing their own digital currency. With the Bitcoin value soaring as of late, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi will launch the currency as soon as Q3 2017. For several weeks now, the … | Continue reading
The day is about to draw to a close out of Europe in the bitcoin price, and the US afternoon is about to get underway. Beyond that, the Asian market will kick off sometime later on this evening, while Europe sleeps. With so much happening in the bitcoin space right now, there is … | Continue reading
We have all been keeping an eye on the bitcoin price in the recent days. The drastic increase in the value of Bitcoin in the past three weeks has been attributed to various factors. One of the predominant factors among all these is the increase in demand for digital currency in t … | Continue reading
Amidst all of the Bitcoin craze, people would almost forget Ethereum is doing extremely well at the same time. Unlike most alternative currencies, the price of Ethereum is not linked to the Bitcoin price it seems. Both cryptocurrencies are reaching an impressive market cap, and o … | Continue reading
Yesterday evening, we published the second of our twice-daily bitcoin price analyses. Our primary concern in the piece, was that bitcoin had gained so much throughout the day, but that as a result, expected a pretty wide scale correction on these gains. The only problem was that … | Continue reading
Technologists, bankers and startups to explore the challenges and opportunities of distributed ledgers at American Banker’s third annual Blockchains + Digital Currencies conference in New York July 28. NEW YORK – Some of the most exciting innovations in financial technology are l … | Continue reading
Gambling is one of the most ancient ways of entertainment. Since the early days of Human History, groups of Humans already gathered to gamble. The earliest evidence of gambling comes from Mesopotamia, northern Iraq 3000 BC, where it seems the first six-sided dice gambling have be … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price showed no mercy to the sellers’ vs the US Dollar, as it continued to rocket higher. A new high was formed in ETH/USD, as the price surged above the $17.00 level. Looking at 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, the technical indicators are … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price looks ready to make a correction from its recent rally, giving buyers a chance to hop in the uptrend at better levels.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/14/2016 – Potential Uptrend Correction appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
With the Bitcoin price swinging rather wildly in the upward direction for the time being, it was only a matter of time until mainstream media started paying attention again. The Wall Street Journal is the first one to do so, and their article was rather positive. That being said, … | Continue reading
What happens to be the whole ecosystem’s pain point can be the pleasure center for few. At least that’s the impression Bitcoin Industry has of Circle, the payments company which started off as just another Bitcoin product. Circle has recently called for broader regulations for th … | Continue reading
The White House hosted stakeholders from the fintech sector to discuss ways to promote innovation and development. Read more... | Continue reading
MGT Capital Investments, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MGT) has announced it has appointed angel investor Roger Ver as the chairman of the company’s “Cryptocurrency Advisory Board.” MGT Capital Investments is a cyber security portfolio firm dedicated to this growing industry and led by antivir … | Continue reading
So we are coming to the end of what has been a pretty eventful day in the bitcoin price. In this morning’s analysis, we noted that price over the weekend had gained to fresh highs, and that today, we would likely see a correction of these highs, or a continuation if price could b … | Continue reading
Two of Australia’s leading bitcoin exchanges, CoinTree and CoinLoft, have announced this week new services allowing users to purchase a variety of altcoins including ether, the cryptocurrency that powers the Ethereum network. Alongside their established services which have primar … | Continue reading
Fintech is a booming industry all over the world, and those signs are becoming apparent in India as well. With most of the startups in the region focusing on payments, and over US$1.3bn invested over the past three years, things are looking good. A recent study by Zinnov, a leadi … | Continue reading
There are a lot of eyeballs on the Bitcoin price right now, as the value continues to climb up on a daily basis. However, a lot of people are well aware this trend is not likely to continue forever, and there are some signs of resistance along the way. Moreover, no one is certain … | Continue reading
Over the last few months, we have repeatedly noted the big moves in the bitcoin price, during the weekend. Primarily, this is a result of volume out of Asia, but also it seems to be a time at which markets unwind in a particular direction, and this unwinding translates to sustain … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price continued to trade higher and finally my much awaited target of $15.00 was hit vs the US Dollar. A critical bearish trend line formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD was broken to clear the way for more gains. The price settled … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has shown strong upside momentum over the past few weeks and might be eyeing a test of these next ceilings.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/13/2016 – How High Can It Go? appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Digix has released a new “company update“, a series of blog posts to keep its customers and the general community informed of any new developments regarding DigixGlobal and DigixDAO. The main announcement is the release of a new front-end design for the company’s website. The goa … | Continue reading
The week has now drawn to a close out of Europe, and it’s time to put together our final analysis of the week. Action throughout today’s session has been pretty much as it has been across the entire week – that is, flat wit ha little bit of intrarange movement, but far from anyth … | Continue reading
Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld, in his recent comment, has mentioned that the bitcoin blockchain may not be the ideal system to be implemented for the automated trade settlement system. In an interview given to the Wall Street Journal, Robert expressed his concerns with Bitcoin’s ina … | Continue reading
Malaysia seems to be warming up to the concept of Bitcoin and Fintech as of late. Thanks to a new partnership between Bitspark and Vitaxel Group, Bitcoin remittance will be coming to the Malaysian market very soon. Most people active in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency wil … | Continue reading
Well, we have come to the end of the week in the bitcoin price, and it’s time for our penultimate price watch analysis. It’s Friday morning, and a look back at action across the week so far shows a pretty flat few days, with intermittent spikes of volatility, but nothing to write … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price stayed elevated against the US Dollar, but I think one should trade carefully moving ahead. There is a monster resistance area formed near $15.00, which acted as a barrier on many occasions. There is likely a Triple top pattern forming on the daily c … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price might be in for a larger drop based on the short-term reversal formation but technical indicators are giving a different signal.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/10/2016 – Head and Shoulders in the Making? appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
This is quite surprising news, considering it had been very quiet around the Canaan company for quite some time now, ever since their Avalon6 was unveiled. | Continue reading
The leading Bitcoin and financial technology company in the Philippines has just received a decent amount of funding from one of leading South Korean company. K Venture Group, the investment arm of Kakao Corporation (KOSDAQ: 035720) has invested an undisclosed amount in Satoshi C … | Continue reading
June 9, 2016 – Bitcoin sportsbook operator Sportsbet.io is inviting lucky punters to pit their wits against one another for the chance to be at this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament. The month-long tournament, which kicks off in France tomorrow, is the biggest betting event since th … | Continue reading
Decentral released yesterday an initial concept design to integrate Jaxx with Coinbase’s “Buy Widget“, a small piece of software that is easily embeddable into existing websites and programs. This feature will use Coinbase’s platform to allow users to instantly purchase and recei … | Continue reading
Action in the bitcoin price has matured across the European session, and hasn’t quite played out in our favor. That is, at least, from a long term holding perspective. Shorter term, we saw a decent amount of volatility, and managed to get in to a trade according to our predefined … | Continue reading
The University of Calgary is the most recent victim of ransomware attacks, and the school paid CND$20,000 in Bitcoin to get rid of the malware. Despite paying the fee, not all systems are back online, as the provided decryption keys do not restore all systems automatically. Troub … | Continue reading
CoinFest, the decentralized convention for alternative currency, has been announced for April 3-9 in 2017. As decided by popular vote, CoinFest will now begin on the first Monday of April each year and last one week, further cementing the tradition of the annual event. CoinFest s … | Continue reading
Bitcoin and Bitcoin technology are like two sides of the same coin. While Bitcoin is clearly not a favorite among banks and financial institutions, its underlying Blockchain technology receives a much favorable treatment. According to the regulators in Hong Kong and other places, … | Continue reading
After last week’s volatility, we expected that – this week – we might see some level of action in the bitcoin price. We are now closing in on the close of the week, with the start of the early morning session out of Europe on Thursday, and the week hasn’t quite played out as we’d … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Press Release: XMLGold is the place for Bitcoin and electronic currency users to exchange money. They can even choose to convert their digital currency into plastic money in no time with the XMLGold debit card. June 8, 2016, Belize City, Belize – XMLGold, the leading elec … | Continue reading
Fortunejack.com is leading the online Bitcoin gambling industry and claiming to lead the way and revolutionize crypto-currency gambling. | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price after trading as high as $14.75 found sellers vs the US dollar, and currently trading down. There is a bullish trend line formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, which can be seen as a support zone if the price moves down. $14.0 … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is on a short-term uptrend and is still deciding whether to make a bounce or a break from support.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/09/2016 – Hovering Near Channel Support appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
One of the possible use cases for blockchain technology is decentralized voting. If it is up to Australian startup Veri.vote, that concept will soon become a reality. The company is currently developing the world’s first anonymous and transparent electronic voting system. Using t … | Continue reading
There is something special about science fiction. What can be imagined today can eventually be turned into reality in the near future. Some of the classic examples include robots, envisioned by Isaac Asimov and the tricorder from Star Trek, both are a reality now. The progression … | Continue reading
WAVES, the crypto-platform for asset/custom token issuance, has announced their plans to release today a test-net client, and a limited main-net version for tomorrow. The team encouraged the users to try the test-net software to experience the user interface and to get a hold of … | Continue reading
Apple Integrates Bitcoin Into Apple Pay The Chinese Incentive China in many ways (not least through mining), is home to bitcoin and Chinese investment has been widely recognized as the leading factor in many of the recent price rallies. And if there is one market in the world whe … | Continue reading
So it’s time for the second of our twice daily bitcoin price analyses, and things aren’t going to be all that different from this morning. Action throughout the day has been relatively flat, although we did get a bit of a breakout, and managed to get into a long entry earlier in … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Foundation’s long term director Bruce Fenton recently announced that he is leaving the organization, stamping yet another controversy on the Bitcoin lobbying group. How did the bitcoin get where it is today? Bitcoin was not really popular when it was first introduced. Dur … | Continue reading
France is a country of conflicts and odd decisions at times. Albeit the Front National wants to ban Bitcoin altogether, yet Fintech startup Stripe is now available in the country. Among the many supported payment options for Stripe, customers are Apple Pay, Alipay, and Bitcoin. T … | Continue reading
We’re heading into the middle of the week, and action so far has given us plenty to go at. Having traded relatively flat over the weekend, the bitcoin price entered the week with a bang, rushing through the 550 flat mark and sustaining some upside momentum towards what now looks … | Continue reading