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Experts: Bitcoin at “Crucial Juncture” as 2018 Is Primed to Be Defining Year

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Mohammed A. El-Erian and Roger McNamee are in agreement: as we enter the new year, the Bitcoin market is at a critical point in its development. In separate articles, both financial experts expressed their beliefs that, following a meteoric rise in 2017, the near future will define how history views Bitcoin in hindsight. Time for a … Read more

Bitcoin Dips Below $13K as Market Struggles

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The cryptocurrency markets are treading water right now. Bitcoin has continued its downtrend, slipping even closer to the US$10,000 mark. And with a few exceptions, the other markets are following at its heels, as portfolios the world over are turning red. On the Come-Down Plenty of folks, especially here in the States, went to bed with the unpleasant … Read more

CME Launches Bitcoin Futures Trading Simulator

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has launched a market simulation tool that allows newcomers to practice trading bitcoin futures without risking any capital. The free tool has been added to the company’s ‘CME Institute Suite’. Also Read: Thailand’s Year of Bitcoin Ends With Central Bank Education Push CME Tweeted About the New Simulator on December 27th – … Read more

Global P2P Crypto Markets Experience Record Volume Throughout December

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The global peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin markets have seen record trading volume as a consequence of last week’s major price retracement. According to data provided by Coindance, numerous national markets saw historically unprecedented trade volume throughout December – suggesting that many investors may have been taking profits following bitcoin’s dramatic bull run up to the $20,000 … Read more

Is the Centralized Ripple Database With the Biggest Pre-Mine Really a Bitcoin Competitor?

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The rise of ripple (XRP) over the past eight months has been interesting to many digital asset spectators and the network also has its fair share of controversy. At the moment XRPs are trading at an average of $2.20-2.40 per token and ripple’s total market valuation has captured $91Bn this week. Many skeptics are wondering … Read more

Korean Exchange Youbit May Avert Bankruptcy – Members Have 3 Options

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South Korean exchange Youbit filed bankruptcy last week but has now come up with additional options to pay back its members. The exchange is asking them to vote between three options. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Youbit’s Bankruptcy Filing Youbit exchange’s operator Yaffian filed bankruptcy on December … Read more