A number of third party infrastructure providers have announced contingency plans for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash upgrade on November 15, 2020. Hitbtc has revealed the exchange’s plans to halt bitcoin cash transactions on that day, and it plans to credit all users with an additional token if a blockchain split happens. Additionally, Kraken has announced plans for the fork as well with airdrop support requirements. The… Source link
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39 Firms Have Applied to Offer Crypto Services Under New Regulation, Says Dutch Central Bank
Thirty-nine companies have applied for registration with the Dutch central bank to provide cryptocurrency services, the regulator told news.Bitcoin.com. They include crypto exchanges and custodial wallet providers. Dutch Central Bank Begins Registering Crypto Service Providers De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB), the Dutch central bank, has started actively registering companies to provide cryptocurrency services. As a… Source link
Read More »4 on-chain metrics suggest Bitcoin price rally may not stop at $16,000
After rejecting at $15,960 on Nov.6 Bitcoin (BTC) price has been defending the $15,000 support level with strength. Based on four on-chain data points, analysts believe the rally might continue beyond $16,000. Analysts have pinpointed lower Bitcoin exchange reserves, unmoved supply, a rise in “stronger hands,” and unrealized profits as factors for the rally to continue. The number of BTC held on exchanges drops Recently, Delphi Digital, an independent cryptocurrency research and consulting… Source link
Read More »Another Mysterious String of 1,000 ‘Satoshi Era’ Bitcoins Mined in 2010 Moved Today
On November 7 at around 12:37 a.m. (EST), another string of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ were moved for the first time since 2010. The peculiar movement stemmed from 20 blocks from 2010 with approximately 1,000 BTC spent ($15.5 million) in a single block. **Update 10:20 a.m. EST: Seven hours prior on Nov. 6, 2020, a 2010 coinbase reward mined on July 29, was transferred. This block reward, if included with the 20… Source link
Read More »Why The Bitcoin Bull Run Could Be Just Getting Started
Bitcoin has exploded over the last month, adding almost 50% to its price and eliciting jubilation from the long-suffering cryptocurrency community. The bitcoin price, still some way off its all-time high of around $20,000 per bitcoin, has climbed through 2020, coming within touching distance of $16,000 this week after falling under $4,000 in March. Despite bitcoin’s mammoth rally, mainstream interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies has failed to return to the same degree as at the height… Source link
Read More »Ethereum, Monero, Dash Price Analysis: 07 November
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index stood at 88, after yesterday’s 90. For context, this index showed 83 and 79 on consecutive days and dropped to 40 in September when BTC dropped from near $12,000 to $9700. Ethereum was strongly bullish both technically and fundamentally and could post further gains after a minor pullback. Monero moved sideways in the last week of October even as many other coins posted significant losses which was a sign of strength for XMR. Dash did not drop below $60 and… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin blazed past $15,500 this week. Here’s why one strategist says it’s the best safe-haven out there. | Currency News | Financial and Business News
George Frey/Getty Images/AFP/File Bitcoin leapt 17% this week to cross the $15,000 mark, nearing a 3-year-high. The digital token’s latest surge came as Joe Biden’s election lead edged up higher. He is projected to defeat incumbent President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. A divided Congress would be great for Bitcoin because the dollar can expect a substantial decline under a gridlocked government, Bill Noble, chief technical analyst at Token Metrics, told Business… Source link
Read More »Most ‘organic’ Bitcoin pump in years — trader explains why a blow-off top is unlikely
Despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) steep rally in November, the price is consolidating above $15,000 as on-chain analyst, Willy Woo says a blow-off top is unlikely for three main reasons. The three factors are the growing outflow of funds from exchanges, increase in “HODLers,” and data showing that investors already took profit. Bitcoin is moving from exchanges to individual wallets According to the data from Glassnode, a large amount of Bitcoin has been moving out of centralized exchanges in late… Source link
Read More »Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple’s XRP – Daily Tech Analysis – November 7th, 2020
Ethereum Ethereum surged by 9.43% on Friday. Following on from a 3.47% rally on Thursday, Ethereum ended the day at $456.65. It was a particularly bullish day. Ethereum rallied from an early morning intraday low $415.57 to a final hour intraday high $458.92. Ethereum broke through the first major resistance level at $426.80 and the second major resistance level at $436.44. It was the first closeout at $450 levels since September. At the time of writing, Ethereum was up by 0.07% to $456.95. A… Source link
Read More »Bull flag breakout will decide whether Bitcoin price goes to $16K or $14K
Bitcoin price (BTC) appears to be taking a short breather after reaching a new 2020 high at $15,960 on Nov. 5. The 1-hour and 4-hour timeframe show the price compressing within a flag and throughout the majority of the trading day, the $15,500 level has held as support. $15,750 is the level Bitcoin needs to break in order to pursue another stab at $16,000. BTC/USDT 4-hr chart. Source: TradingView Within the last hour, a dragonfly doji candle formed as the price swept low to test the lower… Source link
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