Day: July 19, 2019

Major Crypto Markets Report Mixed Signals, Gold Slightly Fell

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Friday, July 19 — Cryptocurrency markets are reporting mixed signals, with most of the top-20 coins by market capitalization are down over the last 24 hours. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) has stayed above the $10,000 threshold during the day and is trading at around $10,412 at press time. The leading cryptocurrency has lost 2.14% on the day, while its weekly losses amount to nearly 10%.  As reported earlier today, U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry, who represents North Carolina’s 10th District, told fellow lawmakers directly that attempts to stop Bitcoin…

‘Samsung Coin’ Trademark Filing Unaffiliated With Samsung

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On July 10, Kim Nam-jin applied for a Trademark 5 (TM5) on the name “Samsung Coin” with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). As per the filing, it appears that Nam-jin is seeking to trademark the name in both its Korean spelling in Hangul as well as in English. However, per a July 19 report, a Samsung representative told CoinDesk that Kim Nam-jin is not affiliated with the Korean tech giant Samsung. “We don’t work this way,” the representative apparently said. Additionally, the report says that the trademark was listed…

Bitcoin (BTC) Is Up 6% Even As Sellers Eye $7,500

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Bitcoin (BTC) resurgence, up 6 percent Altcoins dominance fall Superior, Bitcoin is generally in an uptrend despite early July losses. Presently, resistance lies at $14,000, and if buyers overcome this level, then BTC could soar to $18,000 by close of the year. Bitcoin Price Analysis Fundamentals The altcoin world is turbulent. Even if the general notion is that Bitcoin and altcoin prices are in sync, correlating directly with the former acting as a base in most exchanges, thus far, there is a divergence in performance. Contributing to this difference is…

Buying Bitcoin (BTC) at $8,500 is Best, Says Analyst

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Why Buy Bitcoin at $8,500? After falling to $9,100, Bitcoin (BTC) has managed to pick itself up from its bootstraps, rallying to $10,800. As of the time of writing this, the rally has paused, with the cryptocurrency falling back to $10,400. Despite this strong bounce, a Bloomberg guest recently suggested that Bitcoin may have further to fall. In a segment recorded prior to the out-of-left-field resurgence, John Kolovos, Macro Risk Advisors chief technical strategist, gave his reasoning as to why BTC may move lower in the coming days. Kolovos notes…

3 Battered Cryptos Are Flashing Bullish Signals

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The crypto market’s steep selloff over the last few days has driven the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies from a high of $294.9 billion to lows of $249.1 billion this week. That’s a drop of over 15 percent in less than five days. As a result, many coins – including large-caps – plummeted close to crucial support areas before enjoying a moderate recovery on Thursday. The silver lining from the downturn is that it demonstrated that bulls are willing to defend their territory, even in battered cryptocurrencies like Ripple…

Ripple (XRP) Poised For More Gains, Prices Rebound From Q1 Support

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Ripple (XRP) is up 2.6 percent Footprints in the Middle East and Southeast Asia highlight Ripple’s advantages SWIFT is dominant, but Ripple’s progress is noticeable. Even though most of their partners use xCurrent, clarity in the future will ease their transition to xRapid. That will drive demand for XRP and therefore prices above the current 20 cents consolidation. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals Blockchain companies cannot flourish in isolation. It is even more challenging when the startup is ambitious. As per their statement, Ripple is one such company. Cementing its position…

Privacy-Focused Coin Zcash Forks Into New Blockchain Network Ycash

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Privacy-focused digital currency Zcash (ZEC) has forked into a new blockchain network dubbed Ycash, whose total supply amounts to 21 million coins. According to a tweet by the Ycash Foundation, the first block of Ycash was mined today, July 19, at 7:36:51 PM PDT. Ycash forked off Zcash blockchain at block height 570,000 and is independent from both the Electric Coin Company, the firm behind Zcash, and the Zcash Foundation. The Ycash project was initially announced in April, when the Ycash team member Howard Loo revealed in a forum post…

Ex-CEO of BTC-e Exchange’s Spin-Off WEX Is Arrested in Italy

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Former CEO of now-defunct crypto exchange WEX, a spin-off of controversial BTC-e exchange, was arrested in Italy. No official statement to date Dmitri Vasilyev, who reopened BTC-e exchange as WEX.nz in September 2017, was detained by Italian prosecutors. While no official statement has been disclosed to date, BBC Russia reported the arrest on July 19. In the report, the publication cited an unnamed friend of Vasilev and two anonymous WEX investors. The reason for detention remains unclear. In April 2019, Vasilyev became the subject of a criminal investigation by the…

Ethereum (ETH) Adds 5% But Are Whales Manipulating Prices?

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Ethereum (ETH) price is up 5.1 percent Institutions driving demand for Grayscale Investment’s Large Cap Fund According to Grayscale Investments, institutional demand for cryptocurrencies, including ETH is high. Last quarter, their Large Cap Fund rose 178.8 percent. Currently, ETH is stable but vulnerable in a bear breakout pattern. Ethereum Price Analysis Fundamentals Cryptocurrency “detectives” report that this week’s Bitcoin’s drop below the $10,000 round number was because of whales’ rapid accumulation of Ethereum (ETH). As per observers, a single 15,000 ETH buy order did cause a demand shock with the…

Tether’s Trouble With New York Attorney General — Will Crypto Cope?

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Are Bitfinex and Tether in trouble? Maybe, but the thing is, we don’t know just how much trouble, because the stablecoin issuer has challenged the New York State Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) case against them. In claims filed in April, Attorney General Letitia James asserted that Bitfinex defrauded its customers, having lost $850 million in client and corporate funds, and then having attempted to cover up this loss by secretly helping itself to around $900 million of Tether’s cash reserves.  Serious charges, but they’re denied by Bitfinex and…