Tone Vays: When Bitcoin (BTC) Reverses, Altcoins Won’t Return

Altcoins Won’t Return, Bitcoin Will Reign  CoinTelegraph recently sat down with Tone Vays, a former traditional markets trader turned Bitcoin (BTC) diehard, to talk about what happened to the cryptosphere in 2018, and what he expects will occur heading into 2019. Interestingly, contrary to the bearish sentiment he touted in recent months, the analyst claimed that BTC could perform well during 2019. Vays, when asked about what was crypto’s “most important event in 2018,” drew attention to the decline in the Bitcoin price, and, more importantly, the correlated collapse in…

Tone Vays: When Bitcoin (BTC) Reverses, Altcoins Won’t Return

Altcoins Won’t Return, Bitcoin Will Reign  CoinTelegraph recently sat down with Tone Vays, a former traditional markets trader turned Bitcoin (BTC) diehard, to talk about what happened to the cryptosphere in 2018, and what he expects will occur heading into 2019. Interestingly, contrary to the bearish sentiment he touted in recent months, the analyst claimed that BTC could perform well during 2019. Vays, when asked about what was crypto’s “most important event in 2018,” drew attention to the decline in the Bitcoin price, and, more importantly, the correlated collapse in…

Bitcoin Is The Answer: Paypal Bans Cybersecurity News Outlet

To many, Bitcoin is a censorship-resistant, decentralized, immutable, and borderless transactional tool that transcends centralized boundaries. But for many Westerners, these inherent features aren’t something that’s all too useful in day-to-day life. However, with the rise of Internet censorship and anti-“radical” narratives, some believe that the need for decentralized mediums of value and information cannot come fast enough. Related Reading: Bitcoin Acceptance: The Changing Face of Mainstream Media Coverage Paypal Purges The Hacker News’ Accounts On Saturday morning, reports arose that The Hacker News (THN), a trusted, world-renowned outlet for cybersecurity news,…

Bitcoin Subreddit Grew 61% In 2018, Even Amid Crypto Winter

Booming Bitcoin Subreddit As reported by Ethereum World News in early-December, the /r/Bitcoin subreddit, the de-facto hub of all online discussion regarding BTC, surpassed one million subscribers, joining an exclusive list of online forums that have surpassed such a user count. Upon this occurrence, a number of commentators came out to congratulate the community. Tuur Demeester, an Ethereum critic and diehard Bitcoin proponent, claimed that he the milestone caught him off-guard, before congratulating the forum’s moderators and integral members. And while this milestone was great to surmount, the one million…

Chinese Media Reports Jihan Wu, Jenke Group to Soon Resign as Bitmain CEOs

Jihan Wu and the Jenke Group will be reportedly soon retire as CEOs of leading mining ASIC producer Bitmain. Rumors about their departure were reported by Chinese local media Odaily on Dec. 28. Odaily quotes an unnamed source familiar with the situation that Bitmain is currently in a transition period. Furthermore, the article also reports that employees allegedly weren’t optimistic about the outcomes of the double-CEO system. The Chinese local outlet also notes that their successor is supposedly surnamed Wang, without providing further information. In mid-November, Chinese local media reported…

EOS Exchange Coming Via Huobi Pool in Early 2019

EOS Exchange Coming Via Huobi Pool in Early 2019 December 29, 2018 by William Peaster Huobi Pool, the mining wing of the Huobi Group business group, is reportedly launching an EOS exchange in a few weeks’ time. The subsidiary, which already serves as an EOS super node, is now betting on advancing its position in the EOS ecosystem even further.  Also see: Crypto Mining Theft Snafu: Georgia Politico Jailed on Insurance Fraud Subscribe to the Bitsonline YouTube channel for great videos featuring industry insiders & experts EOS Exchange Expected Early 2019 After Huobi’s…

Bitcoin Price Rally Loses Steam Near $4,000; Will 2019 Wake Bulls?

The Bitcoin price has spent the first day of this weekend struggling to get through the $4,000 mark. The digital currency attempted a bullish reversal on Friday, marking more than $300 worth of gains in just two hours. That hasn’t exactly changed any longer-term sentiments for the market, especially when it has dropped by more than 80% in 2018. But the intraday volatility has served plenty of opportunities to traders who wish to get in and out of the bitcoin market on decent profits. The bitcoin price is now sitting…

Huobi Chain Releases Whitepaper Amid “Crypto Winter”

While 2018 has undoubtedly slowed the crypto industry’s progress, a number of startups have forged ahead in their development efforts. And just weeks after Binance released a sneak peek of its in-house blockchain, which is currently centered around a low fee, near-instant, and scalable decentralized exchange, so has Huobi. Related Reading: Zhao: Binance Chain to Be Ready in “Months,” Enabling Projects to Issue Tokens Huobi Drops Whitepaper For In-House Blockchain On Saturday, the Huobi exchange’s overarching brand released a press release via PRNewswire, which outlined an English whitepaper for Huobi Chain, the company’s first…

Huobi Chain Releases Whitepaper Amid “Crypto Winter”

While 2018 has undoubtedly slowed the crypto industry’s progress, a number of startups have forged ahead in their development efforts. And just weeks after Binance released a sneak peek of its in-house blockchain, which is currently centered around a low fee, near-instant, and scalable decentralized exchange, so has Huobi. Related Reading: Zhao: Binance Chain to Be Ready in “Months,” Enabling Projects to Issue Tokens Huobi Drops Whitepaper For In-House Blockchain On Saturday, the Huobi exchange’s overarching brand released a press release via PRNewswire, which outlined an English whitepaper for Huobi Chain, the company’s first…

Huobi to Launch Company’s First Exchange Dedicated to EOS in Q1 2019

Huobi Group plans to launch the company’s first cryptocurrency exchange — which will be dedicated to EOS — in the first quarter of 2019, according to a press release sent to Cointelegraph on Dec. 29. The exchange will be reportedly launched by Huobi Pool, the group’s cryptocurrency mining arm. Cao Fei, the CEO of Huobi Pool, described the launch of the EOS exchange as “the next logical step in our support” as an EOS Block Producer (BP). The release states that the exchange will allow clients to trade in the…