Day: June 12, 2018

Bitcoin’s Price Slides Below $6.5K to Hit 70-Day Low

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The price of bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to its lowest point since April 1 on Tuesday. Bitcoin’s value slid to $6,455.92 during the afternoon trading session, dropping more than $280 in the span of two hours, according to data from CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index. This represents the lowest figure since the start of April when the BPI registered a low of $6,443. The charts suggest a support of $6,436 – if current levels are broken, the next major support is $6,000, borne from the lows from…

Dead Cat Bounce? Bitcoin Price Recovery Could be Short-Lived

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Bitcoin (BTC) is looking to regain poise after its drop to two-month lows on Sunday, but the recovery will likely be short-lived, the technical charts indicate. At press time, BTC is changing hands at $6,825 on Bitfinex – up 3 percent from the two-month low of $6,619. The recovery could be associated with extreme oversold conditions highlighted by the relative strength index (RSI) yesterday and could be extended further in the next 24 hours. However, crossing $7,000 in a convincing manner will be easier said than done, as the area…

EOS Is Launched But Not Yet Live – Why?

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Visit any EOS Telegram channel and some version of this question will pop up again and again: Is the mainnet live yet? While the EOS blockchain technically launched on June 10 at 13:00 UTC, the answer to that question is effectively no. That’s because the crypto tokens created by Block.one’s $4 billion EOS initial coin offering (ICO) are locked up until the network elects 21 “block producers” (the equivalent of miners for the new network), and as that still hasn’t happened, currently no one can start using EOS just yet.…

Mystery Startup Tells the SEC It’s Raising a $180 Million ICO

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A little-known company in Estonia is looking to raise as much as $180 million in a SAFT sale, public records show. A Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities published on June 4 through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR document system shows that a firm called NewTech Myning OU is looking to raise the funds by selling what are effective promises the distribution of tokens at a future time. To date, a number of blockchain startups and projects have raised money using the SAFT model. Per the form, the offering is…