Bitcoin Price Analysis – A perfect storm Bitcoin has dropped ~USD$400 in the past 24 hours, contributing to a ~USD$1450 drop in the past seven days. The leading cryptocurrency is down ~US$1150 Since the recent high of ~US$4950 on Sept 2nd, or nearly 30%. The lackluster performance can be attributed to both technical and fundamental […]
John McAfee challenges Jamie Dimon's bitcoin skepticism McAfee challenged Dimon's assertion that bitcoin is a "fraud" that will eventually blow up. Miners invest "massive" amounts of supercomputing power and electricity in creating bitcoins, McAfee on CNBC's "Fast Money." John McAfee on Wednesday challenged JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's skepticism of bitcoin. Dimon on Tuesday called bitcoin […]
Bankers’ mistrust of bitcoin is still the greatest argument for it Earlier on Tuesday, at different conferences around New York, JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon took aim at bitcoin, calling the cryptocurrency “a fraud” and “worse than tulip bulbs.” This skepticism by one of Wall Street’s titans, and its reflection in many offices and […]
Bitcoin Finds Bottom at $4,000 as Price Awaits Post-China Breakout The bitcoin-US dollar exchange rate (BTC/USD) may have climbed back above $4,000, but it might be ready to push higher even though China uncertainty reigns supreme. Following reports the country's regulators may be seeking to shut down domestic bitcoin exchanges, the bitcoin price fell to […]
China Is Said to Ban Bitcoin Exchanges While Allowing OTC Trades Order comes amid a broader clampdown on financial risk China is home to nearly a quarter of world’s bitcoin trades China plans to ban trading of bitcoin and other virtual currencies on domestic exchanges, dealing another blow to the $150 billion cryptocurrency market after […]
Deciphering China’s Central Bank Regulation on ICOs In typical fashion, a Chinese news outlet reported something, no one who could translate it reported on it in the west, and a panic ensued, demonstrating just how much influence governments still have over cryptocurrencies. The Chinese central bank allowed this chaos to reign all week, not issuing […]
Bitcoin Price Sinks Below $4,200 on China Uncertainty Markets for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have fallen over the course of the day, following contested reports that regulators in China are looking to shut down the country's exchange ecosystem. CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) is currently at about $4,184, representing a nearly 10 percent decline since […]
Bitcoin Breakout – Price Action Analysis Hints at Possible Pullback The bitcoin price [BTC to US dollar exchange rate] fell to a two-week low of $3,900 on Tuesday, a market movement that represented the biggest decline for the asset since July. Triggered by the sudden news from China that the country’s financial regulators would ban […]
What you need to know about the latest Bitcoin boom You may have noticed reports about Bitcoin’s value recently – its price is headed into the stratosphere. The crypto-currency’s recent meteoric price rise over the summer has seen one Bitcoin go from being worth $1,500 in early May to more than $5,000 over the […]
Bitcoin's Golden Future Could bitcoin be the next gold?The idea has a lot of intuitive appeal. Gold bugs and bitcoin fetishists tend to share a deep distrust of fiat currency and the nation state, an impregnable bullishness about their favored asset class, and an obsessive attention to details of market movements combined with a blithe […]