Poloniex, Bittrex Named in Lawsuit Involving the Alleged Tether-Fueled Crypto Pump

On April 3, the cryptocurrency community learned about 11 class-action lawsuits against various executives and digital asset companies. The law firm that filed the lawsuits is also involved with a class-action against Tether and Bitfinex for allegedly manipulating the price of bitcoin. On June 4, the plaintiffs and the litigation firm, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman added … Read more

A Number of Hong Kong Vending Machines Support Bitcoin Cash Payments Over BTC

Just recently, cryptocurrency evangelist Roger Ver shared a video on Twitter that shows a number of vending machines in Hong Kong that accept bitcoin cash and ethereum, but not bitcoin. A bunch of people got upset at the Tweet, including the crypto-pundit Tone Vays because they couldn’t deal with the fact that onchain bitcoin transactions … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for May 29th – BTC Going to Grow

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Friday, May 29th, the BTC has grown steeply and is aiming upwards. It is generally trading at 9632.50 USD. On D1, the picture has hardly changed since last week. The pair keeps trading the upper border of the descending channel, trading between 50.0% and 61.8% Fibo. After yet … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for May, 12th – BTC Volatility Sweeping Off Scale

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Tuesday, May 12th, the BTC rate remains volatile but investors are ready to buy. The cryptocurrency is generally trading at 9000.00 USD. As for the BTC dynamics on D1, during the last week, the quotations of the leading cryptocurrency reached the psychologically important level of 10000.00 USD and … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for April, 14th – BTC Risks To Drop

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog. On Tuesday, April 14th, the leading cryptocurrency is declining, trading at 6850 USD. On D1, the support line of the correctional uptrend is broken away. These dynamics might be interpreted as a reversal aimed at forming a new declining wave with the goal of 3925.70 USD. Note that it … Read more

Bitcoin Price Analysis for December, 27th – BTC Slightly Declining at the End of the Year

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Friday, December 27th, the activity shrunk to a minimum. The leading cryptocurrency is trading at $7181.00 and declining slightly. Judging by the dynamics on D1, market participants are aimed at 76.0% ($5700.00) but stopped yet near 61.8% Fibo. At the decline, there is a convergence on the … Read more

Economics Professor on Ripple Board Misrepresents Bitcoin During Stanford Lecture

A Stanford student has submitted a letter of complaint to the Graduate School Board stating that a resident economics professor grossly misrepresented Bitcoin during a guest lecture on blockchain and the future of finance, while openly promoting Ripple as a better alternative. Also read: Warren Buffett Calls Bitcoin a Delusion – But an Ingenious One … Read more

Wirex Introduces Global Crypto Accounts for Businesses

With the beta launch of crypto and fiat-enabled business accounts, crypto payments platform Wirex has taken a major step toward mainstream business acceptance. Using a cryptocurrency business account will eliminate the need to convert to fiat unnecessarily during inter-company fund transfers, validate crypto businesses in the wider marketplace, and offer some of the benefits traditional … Read more

Crypto Price Watch: Good Day For the Market Sees EOS, Stellar (XLM) and IOTA Surge by Over 10% Each

The past 24-hours have been extremely positive for the crypto sector, with all of the top-20 alt-coins in the market today gaining considerable financial traction. It is especially worth noting that of the lot, EOS, XLM and IOTA witnessed the largest gains (of around 21%, 11%, and 12% respectively). As a result of yesterday’s economic … Read more

Ethereum Price Watch: Currency Crosses $120 Threshold Despite Existing Market Pressure

Even though many market experts had predicted Ether to slide below the $100 threshold over the course of the past 24-48 hours, the premier digital asset has, in fact, made a mini-recovery of sorts— with the currency currently sitting at a somewhat respectable price point of $121.28 (at press time). Additionally, as can also be … Read more