Crypto Markets Bloody day, Bitcoin dropped 15%, markets lost 20B

Bitcoin tumbled below $6,000 for the first time since August and reached its lowest level in over a year, breaking the recent stretch of tranquility exhibited by the notoriously volatile digital alternative to cash. The world’s largest cryptocurrency tumbled as much as 15 percent, with most of the initial loss coming within a half hour window. It’s the biggest drop since February. Other digital coins slumped, with smaller rivals Ether, Litecoin and XRP dropping more than 17 percent. Bitcoin Cash tumbled as much as 21 percent as the Bitcoin offshoot…

Spanish Telecoms Operator Partners With IBM to Manage International Calls With Blockchain

IBM and major Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica have partnered to apply blockchain technology to managing international mobile phone call traffic, per a press release shred with Cointelegraph Nov. 14. Telefónica is the seventh largest telecom company in the world by market capitalization, valued at $51 billion according to Forbes. The company carries out communications business in 17 countries, with 343 million customers. The collaboration with IBM aims to streamline certain Telefónica business processes and address various challenges in the field, including the reliability and transparency of information registered from different…

The Crypto Market Just Fell to a New 2018 Low

Bitcoin sank to its lowest price in over a year on Wednesday, with the prices of other major cryptocurrencies falling alongside it. As of press time, bitcoin is trading at $5,525.92 – a more than 12 percent decline on the day – in the latest sign that volatility around the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has returned with a vengeance. Indeed, bitcoin’s collective market cap dropped below the $100 billion level for the first time since November 12 of last year, according to CoinDesk’s Crypto-Economics Explorer (CEX). In the past 12-hours…

Here is why crypto investors should consider buying the dip immediately

The crypto market seems to be sinking faster than the Titanic. In a few hours, the market has lost over $20 billion in market capitalization. It is hard to find a single crypto coin that isn’t experiencing a double-digit loss. Bitcoin has already lost over $800 in a few hours. It’s currently trading at $5,589, which represents a -12 percent loss. The same applies to the rest of the altcoins with many averaging losses of between 10 to 20 percent in the past few hours. Even though the situation doesn’t…

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Bitcoin Price Sinks to New Yearly Low as Sell-Off Batters Crypto Markets

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn The crypto market’s extended stable action took its last breath on Wednesday as the bitcoin price dipped to a new yearly low at 5280-fiat. The BTC/USD index fell more than 12 percent ahead of the US trading session, now trading at 5439-fiat on Coinbase. The pair was trading comfortably inside a narrow trading range since September, leading many to believe that it had established a bottom around 6000-fiat. The latest selling action brought BTC/USD to its weakest mark since October 2017. The bitcoin flash-crash cannot be fit…

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Stellar, Litecoin, Cardano, Monero, TRON: Price Analysis, Nov. 14

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. After months of stability, cryptocurrencies are under a renewed bear attack, as total market capitalization has again dipped below $188 billion. The current sell-off comes after months of range bound trading on markets. This is a negative sign because it shows that, after a…

Humans vs Uber: Will Blockchain Help?

Uber managed to gain a remarkable market share in the transport industry by implementing a simple but powerful idea. The company didn’t invest in a technology from scratch, but selected an industry with great demand and built an ecosystem with a broader supply chain. Uber realized that the difference of quality and cost expectation assurance to be competitive depending on the market dynamics.   Many believe that Uber’s surge-price algorithm which adjusts fare price according to demand is a brilliant example of supply and demand at work. It could possibly…

Bitcoin (BTC) Crash! Price Plummets to One-Year Low as Cryptocurrency Market Sees Red

Bitcoin (BTC) fell by more than 11 percent on Wednesday to reach its lowest level since October 2017. This sudden fall comes after months of contracting volatility leading to a prolonged period of sideways trading and stability. Presently, numerous theories are circulating as to why the top-ranked cryptocurrency has taken such a nosedive. Bitcoin “Death Candle” Looking at the chart below, one can easily make out the massive “death candle” that took the price of Bitcoin all the way down to $5,600. This is the second time that the top-ranked…

Markets See Massive Sell-Off, Bitcoin Dips Below $5,600 for the First Time in 2018

Nov. 14: Crypto markets have suffered sharp losses over the past several hours. The major market drop off took place between 10:30 a.m. (UTC -5) and 12:00 p.m., with some of the top 20 cryptocurrencies dropping by as much as 18 percent at press time, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Market visualization from Coin360 According to data from Bitcointicker, after 11:00 a.m. (UTC -5) Bitcoin dropped below the $5,600  price point for the first time in 2018, sinking further to as low as $5,506 at around 2:00PM. Bitcoin is now…