Bitcoin

Economists find it increasingly likely that the US will soon experience a recession. Many Bitcoin speculators believe that the price of Bitcoin will rise in a recession, but that may be wishful thinking. Cryptocurrency behavior depends on…

Ten years ago, on October 31, 2008 an unknown person or entity called Satoshi Nakamoto published the revolutionary whitepaper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" which birthed a $200 billion crypto industry and game-changing…

Blockchain and cryptocurrency advocate Ricardo Reis has unveiled a vending machine that can accept Bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network. This is potentially a big deal: if transactions can be reduced to milliseconds then…

You can short bitcoin by borrowing BTC on Bitmex, Bitfinex or Poloniex with the intention of paying it back at a later date. Investors and traders can short other cryptocurrencies on these sites as well, such as Tron, XRP, Litecoin,…

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced it will tentatively begin trading daily Bitcoin futures on December 12th, 2018. Bitcoin (BTC) is to be paired with the US Dollar, via the Bakkt platform, and held in ICE’s Digital Asset…

A gulf separates the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) networks. Although many investors hold both assets, they have so far been unable to use them together in any meaningful way. A new initiative now wants to enable traders to get as close…

It’s been a rocky week for Bitcoin. After a sudden crash last Thursday, Bitcoin’s market capitalization fell by around 3 percent, where it languished until a sudden jump of over 7 percent yesterday. Prices have since slipped somewhat,…

The Liquid Network is now live, allowing fast, secure transactions without the encumbrances of the main Bitcoin blockchain. In a blog post announcing the launch, Blockstream, one of Bitcoin’s leading development companies, declared that the…

Last week was quiet for crypto. The market's total value ranged between $16bn and $22bn over the past seven days; that's positively peaceful for this asset class. Excluding the stablecoins, nothing had been quite as sedate as Bitcoin…

The Lightning Network is supposed to fix Bitcoin’s slow transactions and high fees, but so far it's caused as many problems as it solved. Luckily,  there’s another cryptocurrency waiting to take up the slack.  The idea of using Litecoin…

On Monday, while most of the cryptocurrency world nervously watched as markets sank, an even bigger disaster was unfurling in the Mediterranean: the debate between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, on the CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise. Thousands of…

Bitcoin (BTC) is becoming the cryptocurrency of choice among investors. A report published by the investment advisory firm SharesPost found 68% of investors thought bitcoin had the most potential; an increase in sentiment since January,…

Bitcoin shorts positions have increased significantly since the start of the week, suggesting investors are adopting bearish outlooks for the crypto market. Data collected by TradingView shows the volume of Bitcoin shorts, taken out from…

Bitcoin volatility is at one of its lowest ebbs in the past 12 months, although it is expected to be more a temporary blip rather than a permanent trend. Data collected from CryptoCompare shows bitcoin volatility is well below other…

The market has dipped in the past 24 hours after soaring for the skies on the 29th, but don't panic just yet as this looks like the normal ebb and flow of a recovering market, and we're already starting to see an upward curve in market cap…

A decrease in bear activity in the Bitcoin market could be a harbinger of the first green shoots of the BTC bull market predicted by many analysts. The Commodites Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released data on Friday that showed that…