Turkey interest in bitcoin remains robust as the economy struggles to recover from the collapse of the lira from 2018. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Turkey likes bitcoin more than any of the other 14 nations polled in a recent survey by Dutch banking group ING. Sixty-two percent of Turks were crypto positive, while...Read More
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with more than $7 billion under custody. Also Read: Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to...Read More
More than half the world’s economies have inverted yield curves, which is a dire signal that a global recession may be on its way. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Fifty-three percent of countries that offer sovereign debt currently have inverted yield curves, according to one economist. If the percentage gets much higher, there is...Read More
The long-awaited Bakkt platform has finally been given an official launch date. The regulated Bitcoin futures platform will go live on September 23, 2019.Naturally, the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency community has greeted the news with optimism. The price of Bitcoin has responded favourably in the short time since Bakkt made the announcement too.Wait, Weren’t There...Read More
Over the past couple of days, investors have grown fearful regarding the possibility of a massive Chinese Ponzi scam dumping the significant amount of Bitcoin (BTC) that they hold in wallets onto the markets, which may have contributed to the recent downwards pressure experienced by the entire crypto markets.Now, new data suggests that a small...Read More
Bakkt has won approval from US regulators to trade physically-settled bitcoin futures, a move many believe would legitimize the cryptocurrency industry before institutional investors. The Intercontinental Exchange’s subsidiary announced on Friday that the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) had given them clearance to acquire a New York state trust charter. That would provide...Read More
Popular digital currency industry analysis Twitter account @Rhythmtrader states that almost 3,500 non-crypto companies have had their security breached so far this year. Well over a billion user accounts have been impacted by hackers.Although difficult to verify (RhythmTrader rarely cites where the figures quoted are from), some of the biggest examples have impacted hundreds of...Read More
Bitcoin broke our hopes again. We’ve watched it rise to almost $20 000 and drop back to $3k. In July with Bitcoin growing to $14k everyone expected it would skyrocket to $1 M. Unfortunately, anew, we see the falling star. So, what’s wrong about Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, which means that no authority...Read More
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, reiterated his calls to “nuke Mars” to prepare it for human colonization. | Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP By CCN Markets: Billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, reiterated his calls to “nuke Mars!” on Twitter. It’s part of Musk’s previously announced proposal...Read More
Nevermind the double-digit price swings. Despite the day-to-day roller coaster ride of crypto markets, spiking demand in China and Argentina point to a pivot point for the largest digital currency – from risky bet to safe store of value. Demand in China and Argentina Soars as the Yuan and Peso Plummet According to Hong Kong-based...Read More
The IRS doesn’t take kindly to people purposefully evading taxes. This is especially true when those users are also cryptocurrency holders or traders. Despite sending out thousands of letters in recent weeks, the agency is already stepping up its game. A new version is making the rounds which is a lot more straightforward and firm. It...Read More
The Cardano Foundation, an organization responsible for driving adoption of Cardano (ADA), has joined forces with Konfidio, a Berlin-based blockchain venture studio, to promote the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) by governments, large corporations and startups alike, according to a press release on August 15, 2019. Cardano Fostering Blockchain Adoption In a bid to...Read More
Bank of America Merrill Lynch recently surveyed fund managers and found that investors are the most bullish they’ve been on bonds since the end of 2008. But that popularity comes as long-term risks are developing for traditional asset classes. For these reasons, Morgan Creek Capital Founder & CIO, Mark Yusko thinks new types of protective...Read More
Major crypto platform Coinbase has emailed 3,420 Coinbase customers to disclose an accident with customer registration. Some registration details were apparently stored in clear text on the logs of Coinbase’s internal server, with affected customers now required to change their passwords. Coinbase announced the news in an official blog post on Aug. 16. According to...Read More
Summa co-founder James Prestwich wants to bridge the great divide: bitcoin vs. ethereum. Now his firm is teaming up with fellow blockchain startup Keep to launch the Cross-Chain Working Group, which aims to create a protocol for using bitcoin on ethereum-based systems. The group hosted its first meeting on Thursday with more than 40 participants,...Read More
Popular Fortnite player Yelo tells CCN what is behind his latest move to Enthusiast-owned Luminosity Gaming. | Source: Enthusiast Gaming By CCN Markets: You may never have heard of Enthusiast Gaming, but chances are you soon will. With sights set on consolidating one of the largest gaming networks in North America, Enthusiast is making more...Read More
Photo: Unsplash Last time we wrote of how Bitcoin futures contracts platform Bakkt was going to launch its services in the third quarter of this year. And now it will become possible thanks to gaining the approval from the NYDFS that would enable it to operate as a limited-purpose firm. CEO of Bakkt, Kelly Loeffler,...Read More
A recently concluded Nobl Insurance study reveals that the crypto market grew by a spectacular 48 percent in the period 2018 – 2019. Moreover, the study forecast that the American cryptocurrency market will continue to expand in the next 12 months. 25 Million Americans Are Considering Buying Crypto in the Next 12 Months Nobl Insurance...Read More
Those who are involved in or invested in Bitcoin, likely know full well the crypto asset’s long-term price potential and its potential to become the single global currency across the internet and beyond. They also know that Bitcoin has out-performed every asset in history, including anything the stock market has to offer, even including the...Read More
A Florida federal judge has denied self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit concerning the alleged theft of a huge amount in Bitcoins from a former business partner, Dave Kleiman. According to a court filing from August 15, Florida judge denied a request made by Craig Wright to scamper a lawsuit filed...Read More
The Ripple price is a screaming buy, according to market analyst Naeem Aslam. But should investors tread with caution when it comes to XRP? | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Since late June when the Ripple (XRP) price reached its 2019 high near $0.50, the cryptocurrency has plummeted nearly 50 percent. Currently, XRP is trading...Read More
The bitcoin price spiked after regulated futures platform Bakkt announced it had received approval to launch in September. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bakkt, a bitcoin futures trading platform operated by ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), finally received approval from the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to...Read More
Bitcoin price has been trapped in a symmetrical triangle for weeks now, bouncing back and forth between the top and bottom resistance and supports, making increasingly lower peaks and higher troughs, but breaking news surrounding Bakkt may have just ended any bearish pressure for the time being.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The Australian Tax Office has issued warning letters to 18,000 Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) for concentrating too much investment in one asset class. Under Australian law it is illegal to use more than 90% of retirement funds on a single class, such as property or cryptocurrency, as reported by local news outlet, Micky, Aug....Read More
After a long wait, the highly anticipated Bakkt physically settled Bitcoin (BTC) futures product is almost a reality, as the company announced today that they are cleared to launch their platform and product in the coming weeks.This news has since spread like wildfire across the crypto industry and even led Bitcoin to spike nearly 4%...Read More
More than a decade into its existence, Bitcoin is finally maturing into a full-blown stock market hedge. That’s the conclusion of new research from crypto prime dealer SFOX, which indicates that Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies like Ethereum have developed a negative correlation with the S&P 500. This means that as the stock market bellwether...Read More
July wasn’t exactly a banner month for crypto investors, but it turns out it was even worse for one of the world’s largest bitcoin trading platforms: BitMEX. BitMEX Just Had Its Worst Month Ever by One Key Metric Data curated by TokenAnalyst reveals that BitMEX, a cryptocurrency exchange that offers up to 100x leverage, suffered...Read More
