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The Human Rights Foundation Awards Grants to Three More Bitcoin Projects

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is issuing grants to three more Bitcoin developers. JoinInbox creator Openoms, Zeus creator Evan Kaloudis and Fully Noded creator Fontaine will be gifted 1 bitcoin each, worth over $11,000 at the time of writing, making for a total of over $33,000. This marks the second round of grants from the Bitcoin Development Fund, HRF’s new fund to support Bitcoin projects. “HRF decided to acknowledge and support these three developers and their projects because they are all focusing on making Bitcoin technology more accessible. Usability is

UBS Expects Gold to Hit $2,000; What Does It Mean for Bitcoin?

UBS Global predicts that gold would climb to $2,000, at least by September, just as the metal’s correlation with Bitcoin reaches a new high. Wayne Gordan, executive director of Commodities and Forex at UBS, projected negative US real yields as the core reason behind the increasing bids for gold. The other key point, Mr. Gordon stated, is the ongoing plunge in the US dollar. Bitcoin traders should brace for a decent upside momentum led by the gold market. It is because of the increasing realized correlation between the two assets.

XRP Posts Classic “Bearish Retest” Pattern as Analysts Eye Lower Lows

XRP has been able to post some notable gains throughout the past couple of days Its recent upswing has even come about as Bitcoin and Ethereum both reel lower as a result of their latest rejections Despite being laggard throughout the early phases of this rally, the embattled crypto is now looking strong Analysts are still cautious about its mid-term outlook, however, as this latest upswing could simply mark a “bearish retest” of the upper boundary of a long-held trading range If this is the case, then it may still see

XRP Successfully Breaks Through $0.30

The XRP price increased by 50% in July, reaching a significant long-term resistance level above which it has not traded in a year. While a short-term retracement could occur, XRP should eventually move above this resistance level. Long-Term Levels of Importance The weekly chart for XRP shows that the price is trading inside a crucial resistance area at $0.295. The price has not reached × BeInCrypto Premium - Register for FREE now. Want to know more? Join our Telegram Group and get trading signals, a free trading course and daily

MCO Price Spikes After Crypto.com Announces Token Merging

The Hong-Kong-based company Crypto.com announced a token swap program on Monday. All MCO token holders have until the 2nd of November 2020 to swap their MCO for CRO. The announcement catalyzed MCO trading volume and caused the price to surge. However, several users note some red flags around the whole merging process. Is this operation legit? Is it possible that there’s been insider trading? The Year of Crypto.com 2020 is proving to be very profitable for Crypto.com. As BeInCrypto reported not long ago, the CRO token has been one of

Weekend Market Action Signals DeFi-Driven Bull Market Has Arrived

This weekend’s epic crypto market momentum has been a remnant of the volatile action witnessed in late 2017. Ethereum has been in the driver’s seat, but instead of the ICO-saturated market of yesteryear, DeFi platforms are now dominating the sector in 2020. Cryptocurrency markets have reached their highest levels this year in terms of total market capitalization. Trouncing February’s highs of $300 billion, the total market cap surged to $360 billion this past Sunday. The figure has yet to top the 2019 peak in mid-June when the total cap exceeded

What Are Analysts Saying After Ethereum Crashed 26% in Under Ten Minutes?

After a nearly unstoppable rally, Bitcoin and Ethereum faced an extreme correction just an hour ago. After moving above $12,000 for the first time in a year, BTC slipped by about $1,500 in five minutes while Ethereum crashed upwards of 26%, per some reports. Chart of ETH's recent price action from TradingView.com This extreme move — which was arguably one of the fastest drops in the history of this market — sent ripples throughout the market. According to one trader, $1 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum futures positions were

Why Bitcoin’s 3-Day Candle Close Could Lead to a “Parabolic Advance”

Bitcoin is currently expressing intense signs of strength as its price pushes up towards the $12,000 region. Although it has yet to breach this key level successfully, its strong overnight upswing does seem to indicate that a move higher is imminent in the near-term. This strength is likely rooted in the bullish monthly close that the benchmark cryptocurrency was able to post yesterday. This was the first time in three years that Bitcoin was able to close its monthly candle above $10,700. Many analysts are now noting that this may

Bitcoin Reddit Roundup – July 2020

Welcome to the second edition of Reddit Roundup by Nik and Flip of Bitcoin Magazine! This roundup contains 45 links to the best quality content that was uploaded to Bitcoin Reddit this month. Most links come from the popular r/bitcoin, but we also retrieved posts from other forums as well, such as r/BitcoinMining. In this roundup there are 10 different categories of links: Privacy, Adoption, Development, Security, Mining, Business, Education, Regulation & Politics, Archaeology (Financial Incumbents) and, last but not least, Memes, Fun, And Other. Big shoutout to Sam Wouter,

VET Geared For New Highs As VeChain Readies Latest Innovations

VeChain has seen a recent four-month rally, which only recently managed to die down. However, depending on the metrics you trust on the matter, a massive breakout event could happen, once more, which could see massive new highs for the currency. VeChain Getting The Best Of Things Of all the various cryptocurrencies the world has to offer thus far, VeChain stands as one that’s had a very good year of 2020. The pandemic may have caused a massive amount of chaos for the crypto industry at large, especially during Black

Apple gained the same value on Friday as Bitcoin’s entire market cap

While Bitcoin has rallied millions of percent since its launch in 2008, the asset remains relatively small on a macro scale. This much was made clear on Friday, Jul. 31, when the shares of Apple (AAPL) surged on the back of extremely strong revenue numbers.Apple stock surges 11% on Friday to gain more value than BTC’s market capAt a market capitalization of just over $200 billion, Bitcoin has reached a size where it is being noticed by Wall Street and Main Street alike. JPMorgan is now servicing cryptocurrency companies, blockchain is