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A Bitcoin Christmas Present: New All-Time High!

Bitcoin hit $24,680 in a brief leap around 12.00 UTC. At the time of this writing, BTC remains just a touch above $24,000. The BTC all-time high (ATH) made for a nice holiday greeting. Gemini Exchange co-founder and crypto bull Cameron Winklevoss tweeted his regards after the peak hit: Rollercoaster Week Just days after hitting new ATH’s, bitcoin reached a new peak on Dec. 25. While not the $25,000 present some were asking for under their tree on Christmas Day, the $24,600 handle at least probably puts that figure psychologically

US Treasury Proposal Applies Travel Rule to Crypto

On Dec. 18, an office within the US Treasury Department released a set of proposals regarding cross-border transfers of digital assets. The US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposal that aims to close loopholes regarding the movement of digital assets. In the announcement on the release, FinCEN also requested input from the public. The measure, called the Travel Rule, affects cross-border transfers. Know thyself The major thrust of the proposal is a change regarding privately owned digital wallets. Virtual Asset Service Providers will now have to require

Uncomfortable Truths of Trading And What to Watch Out For

There are some uncomfortable truths about trading crypto, which many people refuse to acknowledge. For instance, everybody — no matter how they play the market — is part of an emotional scheme. That means you, too. Thierry Gilgen, CEO of MachinaTrader, takes a deeper look into how social media channels dominate information about cryptocurrencies. The market is not purely mathematics. Raw human emotions play a big role, and that includes you potentially getting played. It is easy to be carried away while trading and make an emotional-based decision that results

Alt Season Reigns as Big Money Exits the U.S. Dollar

Open up the keg of powder, it’s time to lock and load. It’s alt season. In July, I predicted a bump of BTC followed by an open alt season. I was right. A perfect storm is bringing back memories of December 2017, and this time big money is looking to exit the U.S. dollar. Duck Season? Rabbit Season? No, Alt Season. It’s official. Alt season is here, and non-bitcoin cryptos are doing what they do best: pump. Total crypto markets have seen a surge from $165 billion in March to

$600M Crypto Ad Ban Class Action Filed in Australian Courts

Law firm JPB Liberty filed a class-action lawsuit in the Federal Court of New South Wales earlier today, targeting Facebook and Google for anti-competitive behavior for banning cryptocurrency advertising in 2018.JPB argues the ban, which was loosened in 2019, killed the initial coin offering (ICO) market and caused severe financial damage to the wider cryptocurrency industry.JPB Liberty CEO Andrew Hamilton said the tech giants had acted as a cartel in launching the crypto ad ban, in order to crush competition from the blockchain sector.The suit has garnered more than $600

XRP (Ripple) vs XLM (Steller) vs ADA (Cardano): Which Altcoin Reigns Supreme?

Some of the best cryptocurrencies to prospect on are also some of the best values. What if we were to tell you three altcoins — currently priced in the low cents — are all potential sleepers? [embedded content] In the case of XRP (Ripple), XLM (Stellar), and ADA (Cardano), all three altcoins have unique growth potential on the crypto market.  Ripple, for example, has a rich history in e-payments dating back to the days of ripplepay.com, as an early competitor to PayPal.  In 2011, crypto-mogul Jed McCaleb (more on him

Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical

Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same category as a number of bonafide scams, which he considers to have been orchestrated as “premines”.We interviewed Back in order to clarify his position on the matter, starting with questions of how he feels about Satoshi Nakamoto essentially premining over one million Bitcoin. Back responded that “Bitcoin has no premine”, adding that he considers

A befektetők az altcoinok felé mozdultak el júliusban

Az eToro kereskedési platform most közzétett jelentése szerint júliusban az altcoinok népszerűsége rendkívül megnőtt. Habár még mindig a bitcoin a legnépszerűbb kriptovaluta, az eToro trading felület legfrissebb jelentése szerint a vezető kriptovaluta kereskedési volumene csak 7%-kal emelkedett. Az altcoinokról viszont már nem mondható el ugyanez. Júliusban valósággal szárnyaltak a kevesebb piaci kapitalizációval bíró kriptovaluták. A legjelentősebb emelkedést a binance coin érte el 521%-os növekedéssel. Júniusban még a 15. helyen állt, júliusban már a 6. helyen. A zcash is jelentős ugrást tett a 13. helyről, a 7. helyre jutott, köszönhetően annak,

XRP Forms Crushing Textbook Reversal Sign After 30% Explosion

XRP has seen an extremely strong rally over the past few days, outperforming Bitcoin and even Ethereum on some days. Since July 22nd, the asset has gained in excess of 50%, reaching highs not seen since the February blow-off top. Some analysts see this price action as a precursor to a macro bull run for XRP. While this may be true, the leading altcoin is printing some signs that it will reverse for a few days or weeks, then potentially it may head higher. XRP Could Soon See Reversal: TD

Crypto Price Analysis & Overview July 31st: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Chainlink & VeChain

BitcoinBitcoin saw a massive 17.7% price surge over the past week. During the past fortnight, Bitcoin managed to break above a symmetrical triangle pattern as it started to push higher to reach $9,815 by the start of this week.Bitcoin then went on to explode above $10,000 as it reached as high as $11,400 on some exchanges. The coin has struggled to break this resistance over the past 4-days and must overcome it for the bullish run to continue.Looking ahead, if the bulls can break resistance at $11,275, the ext target