Search Results for: Bitcoin prices
Bitcoin mining company declares itself largest miner by capacity
July 20th, 2018
The virtual currency’s price grew 16% to $7,400 in a week, as the US Congress prepares to examine whether cryptocurrencies constitute money. Hut 8, a Bitcoin mining company out of Toronto, Canada, announced this week that it has finished ...
Bitcoin is down 66%. But it still may be the future of money
July 11th, 2018
The price of one bitcoin (XBT) is now hovering around $6,400. That’s a more than 50% drop in 2018 and a 66% plunge from the all-time high of just under $20,000 that bitcoin hit in late December. Other cryptocurrencies, ...
Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk
June 27th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks ...
5 Tips For Getting Started with Bitcoin
May 24th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies are increasingly gaining popularity among consumers, investors, and traders as a legal tender. Bitcoin, being the pioneer cryptocurrency, is not only the most popular among the crypto community but also the most reliable way to get one’s feet ...
Goldman Sachs plans to trade bitcoin futures contracts
May 4th, 2018
Goldman Sachs, one of the most well-known investment banking and financial services providers in the world, announced plans to trade bitcoin futures contracts – a Wall Street first. Goldman’s competitors like JP Morgan have so far shunned the risks ...
Bitcoin makes a comeback
April 13th, 2018
Tax selling was the culprit behind this year’s massive bitcoin sell-offs, Spencer Bogart, a partner at Blockchain Capital, told CNBC. “People realized way more tax gains in 2017 than they expected to,” Bogart said Thursday on “Fast Money.” “And ...
Cryptocurrency Prices Begin to Sink Once Again
March 29th, 2018
Cryptocurrency prices have dropped considerably over the past 48 hours. Currently, the entire digital asset ecosystem has lost more than $32 billion, compared to our last markets update. BTC/USD values have once again dipped under the $8K range. BTC ...
Bitcoin rallies above $9,000 after positive G-20 cryptocurrency meeting
March 21st, 2018
Bitcoin prices recovered above $9,000 after regulators had “productive” discussions on cryptocurrency at a G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday. Bitcoin prices topped $9,000 after finance ministers took a more ...
How to choose the best bitcoin or cryptocurrency exchange
March 1st, 2018
During the bitcoin frenzy at the end of December, Coinbase, one of the premier exchanges, halted trading briefly due to crushing volume as prices plunged. Many of Coinbase’s competitors also have suffered growing pains as digital money grows ever ...
Bitcoin is jumping — but the entire crypto market is still ‘trading sideways’
February 12th, 2018
Bitcoin is rallying on Monday morning but is still largely unchanged from where it was on Friday. Bitcoin is up 8% to $8,732.34 at 8.15 a.m. GMT (3.15 a.m. ET) amid a wider bounce for cryptocurrencies. Here’s how the ...
