May 2020

Analysts: Why Bitcoin Breaking $10,500 Is So Crucial to the Long-Term Bull Case

May 31, 2020 boss

After days of stagnation and consolidation, Bitcoin started to mount a strong comeback earlier this week. The leading cryptocurrency now trades for $9,650 — the highest price in over a week and more than 13% higher than the ~$8,550 lows seen during a retracement earlier this month. But Bitcoin remains below a crucial region of resistance that analysts say could unlock upside not seen since 2019 if BTC manages to reclaim the zone as support. The Importance of $10,500 to Bitcoin As arbitrary as this number may sound, $10,500 is…

Ransomware Attack Kidnaps Austrian City

May 31, 2020 boss

Malware team, NetWalker, launched a ransomware attack against the Austrian village of Weiz. This attack affected the public service system and leaked some of the stolen data from building applications and inspections. According to the cybersecurity firm, Panda Security, hackers managed to penetrate the village’s public network through phishing emails related to the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19 as bait to deploy the ransomware The subject of the emails — “information about the coronavirus,” — was used to bait employees of Weiz’s public infrastructure into clicking on malicious links, thus triggering the…

It’s “Decision Time” for Ethereum, and Analysts Bet ETH Surges to the Upside

May 31, 2020 boss

It’s been an explosive past few days for Ethereum. In the past 24 hours alone, the second-largest cryptocurrency is up 10%. As reported by NewsBTC previously, the asset is currently pushing $244, the highest price since early March. This surge is important as it comes at a critical time for cryptocurrency bulls. One prominent trader shared the ETH/BTC chart seen below a few days ago, writing that it’s “decision time” for Ethereum. The chart indicates that ETH is soon about to see a massive breakout past a crucial downtrend that…

Custodian With 100k Users Plans to Tokenize $13 Billion in Assets

May 31, 2020 boss

Kingdom Trust, a South Dakota-based custodian managing more than $13 billion assets, is closely eying the tokenization sector. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Kingdom Trust chief executive, Ryan Radloff, revealed that the firm wants to tokenize the more than 20,000 alternative, crypto, and legacy assets that it currently offers custody services for. He said: “If you look beyond just Bitcoin, at the clash of alternative assets like [real estate investment trusts] REITs, gold, land, and other things that Kingdom custodies, this is a prime environment for the clash between blockchain technology, tokenization…

$10 Million Burned on BitMEX Shorts as Bitcoin Surges to $9,700

May 31, 2020 boss

Just hours after Ethereum rocketed higher, so too has Bitcoin. The leading cryptocurrency recently reached $9,750, the highest price BTC has traded at in over a week. $9,750 is just over 13% higher than last week’s lows of $8,600, established as miners were seemingly dumping their coins in response to the May 11th block reward halving. Bitcoin price chart from Tradingview.com Due to the timing of the move, it seems that Bitcoin is being dragged up by Ethereum. As shared in a previous market update, the prominent altcoin is up…