Bitcoin cash price (BCH) rise spurs Coinbase to investigate potential insider trading December 20, 2017 A major bitcoin exchange is investigating a potential case of insider trading after the price of bitcoin cash rocketed. Coinbase announced its support for the bitcoin offshoot late on Tuesday, but the price of the cryptocurrency rocketed before the news was made public. Read more: Bitcoin plunges below $16,000 “Given the price increase in the [...]
Can you compare tulips to Bitcoins? Central banks think so November 28, 2017 “Bitcoin is a sort of tulip”. So said European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Vitor Constancio in September. For many that might sound like an odd statement to make, but those that know their history – and specifically the history of the stock market – will instantly know what Mr Constancio is talking about. For [...]
Bitcoin price (BTC) tumbles below $12,000 while ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) also sink January 16, 2018 Bitcoin tumbled back towards $11,000 today, falling as much as 20 per cent to a four-week low, as the notoriously volatile digital currency shed nearly $1,000 in just an hour. At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin was down 14.14 per cent at $11,911.5 a coin according to Coinmarketcap. Rival cryptocurrency ethereum also [...]
Crypto giant Bitmain reveals all in prospectus for Hong Kong IPO September 26, 2018 Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain published information about its books for the first time today, in a regulatory filing which also confirmed its intention to pursue a public listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The statements revealed some heady growth for the world's largest mining firm as profits soared to $742.7m (£563.3m) in the first half [...]
Bitcoin price rise makes creator Satoshi Nakamoto one of world’s richest billionaires December 18, 2017 The mysterious unknown creator of bitcoin who goes by the name Satoshi Nakomoto is among the world’s richest people as the cryptocurrency booms. Bitcoin has pulled back from its tear towards $20,000 but is still trading above $19,000, according to the Coindesk bitcoin price index (BPI) at pixel time. Read more: This bank analyst believes [...]
Crypto AM Awards 2020 January 10, 2020 Crypto AM Awards 2020 The inaugural Crypto AM Awards celebrated innovation and excellence, by awarding those recipients working within AI, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Impressions from the day Winners of the Crypto A.M. 2020 Awards Community Enhancement Award – CryptoCompare Service Provider Award – CMS Law Enterprise Blockchain Award – [...]
Bitcoin price has fallen back below $19,000 as CME futures dropped December 18, 2017 Bitcoin fell back below $19,000 in the early hours of this morning after it came tantalisingly close to $20,000 yesterday – as the CME Group’s new bitcoin futures contracts dropped. The cryptocurrency rose as high as $19,694 yesterday, according to Coindesk, which takes into account prices at several exchanges. However, this morning it opened at [...]
Bitcoin price (BTC) is heading for $20k as CME Group futures trading begins December 17, 2017 Bitcoin is heading towards the $20,000 mark as bitcoin futures trading is set to begin on another exchange. Futures contracts on the cryptocurrency with CME Group will begin later on Sunday which is expected to bring a greater volume of trades of a bigger size than those on the Cboe market, on which the futures [...]
Bitcoin and the United States of Europe: “Grey swan” events of 2018 predicted by Nomura bank December 18, 2017 Beloved by WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell and many others in the business world, swans in various hues are employed as metaphors for forecasting the future. A black swan event is completely unpredictable and totally out of the blue. But a grey swan, on the other hand, is more foreseeable. And Japanese bank Nomura has [...]
Bitcoin price charge continues as spot price smashes through the $18,000 barrier December 16, 2017 Cryptocurrency Bitcoin this morning smashed through the $18,000 (£13,500) barrier for the first time. Around 10:20 am (UK time) the controversial currency nudged over the mark. It remained higher than $18,000 for around five minutes before falling back to $17,990 at 11:30 am, according to the Coindesk BPI. (Source: Coindesk) Read more: Andrew Bailey: Bitcoin [...]