Data shows that Bitcoin-related tweets have a positive influence on the next days’ trading volume but what about investment returns in 2019? Bitcoin (BTC) price has been testing the $10,000 mark this month as online metrics like the number of tweets and Google searches mentioning Bitcoin show a two year-high. Cryptocurrency market weekly overview. Source:…
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Blockchain is becoming a hot topic, but is it being effectively implemented around the world? Blockchain usage is exploding around the world. But despite the technology’s many vocal advocates, the spread of technology is never even. Adoption is limited by a number of factors, including infrastructure development, local resources and regulation. As happens with the…
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The top performers of this week are a mixed bag as many altcoins are overbought but traders will be keeping an eye out for those that appear to be picking up momentum. After numerous big companies exited Facebook’s Libra project and several regulators voiced their concerns, news about the project had taken a back seat.…
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Alex Tapscott discusses his recently released book Financial Services Revolution with Cointelegraph. When the United States Treasury said on Feb. 13 that it would seek to enact new regulations governing cryptocurrencies, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell by almost 2% within an hour. But Alex Tapscott, for one, thinks it unlikely that the U.S. government…
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Bitcoin is battling to resume its bullish trend, and Vitalik Buterin reveals the details of the Ethereum 2.0 roadmap to Cointelegraph. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more —…
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A scene from The Magnificent Seven, a classic Western movie (1960). Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin advocates claim that the real beauty of cryptocurrencies is their ability to allow ordinary folk to do away with bank-centered finance. Perhaps that is why many banks have maintained a very conservative stance on everything crypto-related – and why they…
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Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and has been a lead crypto-tech analyst for Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings since shortly after their launch. ____ People now live a good portion of their lives online. But in this digital, over-connected age, we’ve hit some bumps in the road. Among…
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JP Morgan report says that current blockchain developments are lying down the foundation for digital money, but more centralization is needed. A recent report by a Major United States bank JP Morgan Chase suggested that current blockchain developments are lying down the foundation for digital money, but adoption is still years away. A report published…
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Former Chairman of CFTC says it’s time for Federal government to create digital Dollar that is equivalent to the digital gold Bitcoin. Christopher Giancarlo, the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believes it’s time for the Federal Reserve to issue a fully digital currency on Feb. 21. Giancarlo told Yahoo Finance’s On…
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As Bitcoin holders are still reeling in the 10% dump last week, but it’s not actually that bad. Bitcoin (BTC) bears took their pound of flesh last Wednesday. However, was this simply a long-overdue correction that was needed for Bitcoin to continue to rally to fresh highs? Today I’m going to look at the two…
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