Bitcoin’s 5% Drop in Value Puts Pressure on BTC Mining Operations and Older ASIC Rigs

During the last seven days, the price of bitcoin has dropped 4.8% from a high of $9,700 on June 24, to a low of $8,965 on June 27. Since then the price has increased and the price per bitcoin is back above the $9k zone but much lower than before. The lower price has affected … Read more

Yield Farming Pool Concept May Solidify Ethereum’s Role as BTC’s Main Sidechain

Decentralized finance (defi) applications on the Ethereum chain have been growing wildly during the last two years. Now a number of synthetic versions of bitcoin, that leverage the Ethereum chain, has outpaced offchain solutions like Blockstream’s Liquid and the Lightning Network. Just recently, the platform Synthetix revealed a partnership with Bitgo and the Ren Project … Read more

Australians Can Now Pay for Bitcoin at 3,500 Australia Post Offices

Australian residents can now pay for bitcoin at more than 3,500 national post offices. The new service launched by Bitcoin.com.au is aimed at promoting cryptocurrencies to mainstream audiences, alongside established businesses and organizations. On June 24, 2020, the firm Bitcoin.com.au announced a partnership with the local Australia Post. The collaboration makes it so Australian residents … Read more

Holders Gather 233K BTC This Year, While Bitcoin Cash Savers Outshine Composition by Time Held

Market data from Glassnode shows that bitcoin holders have increased their positions by 233,000 BTC since January 1, 2020. However, when it comes to holders making money at the current price, bitcoin cash and bitcoinsv have performed better and the concentration of large holders is larger too. As far as “holders’ composition by time held” … Read more

Poloniex, Bittrex Named in Lawsuit Involving the Alleged Tether-Fueled Crypto Pump

On April 3, the cryptocurrency community learned about 11 class-action lawsuits against various executives and digital asset companies. The law firm that filed the lawsuits is also involved with a class-action against Tether and Bitfinex for allegedly manipulating the price of bitcoin. On June 4, the plaintiffs and the litigation firm, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman added … Read more

A Number of Hong Kong Vending Machines Support Bitcoin Cash Payments Over BTC

Just recently, cryptocurrency evangelist Roger Ver shared a video on Twitter that shows a number of vending machines in Hong Kong that accept bitcoin cash and ethereum, but not bitcoin. A bunch of people got upset at the Tweet, including the crypto-pundit Tone Vays because they couldn’t deal with the fact that onchain bitcoin transactions … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for May 29th – BTC Going to Grow

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Friday, May 29th, the BTC has grown steeply and is aiming upwards. It is generally trading at 9632.50 USD. On D1, the picture has hardly changed since last week. The pair keeps trading the upper border of the descending channel, trading between 50.0% and 61.8% Fibo. After yet … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for May, 12th – BTC Volatility Sweeping Off Scale

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Tuesday, May 12th, the BTC rate remains volatile but investors are ready to buy. The cryptocurrency is generally trading at 9000.00 USD. As for the BTC dynamics on D1, during the last week, the quotations of the leading cryptocurrency reached the psychologically important level of 10000.00 USD and … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for April, 14th – BTC Risks To Drop

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog. On Tuesday, April 14th, the leading cryptocurrency is declining, trading at 6850 USD. On D1, the support line of the correctional uptrend is broken away. These dynamics might be interpreted as a reversal aimed at forming a new declining wave with the goal of 3925.70 USD. Note that it … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for December, 27th – BTC Slightly Declining at the End of the Year

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Friday, December 27th, the activity shrunk to a minimum. The leading cryptocurrency is trading at $7181.00 and declining slightly. Judging by the dynamics on D1, market participants are aimed at 76.0% ($5700.00) but stopped yet near 61.8% Fibo. At the decline, there is a convergence on the … Read more