Double Top Warning in S&P 500 Pressures Bitcoin Lower

Bitcoin is entering a period of uncertainty amid a growing conflict between its fundamental bullish mood and bearish technical setup.

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Bitcoin's 'usefulness in illicit trade' might undercut its fundamental message

Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency that came to public attention following the crisis that was the 2008-09 recession, has come a long way since. The world's largest decentralized cryptocurrency now has a markeThe post Bitcoin's 'usefulness in illicit trade' might undercut its fundamental message appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Why a Top Research Firm Thinks Bitcoin Will See Over 100% Gains in 2020

Over the past 12 hours, Bitcoin (BTC) has bounced back, retaking $8,000 in a decisive fashion. With this latest move in mind coupled with fundamental developments, analysts are starting to become rather bullish on the cryptocurrency markets.

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3 Fundamental Reasons Bitcoin’s Price Is Crashing

Bitcoin’s outlook went from bullish to extremely bearish real quick. Institutions may…

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Despite Market Turbulence, Bitcoin’s Support Lines Remain Intact

Technical analysis of price trends is a topic ever electrifying the world of crypto investment, with dynamic debate on social media and beyond. While there are no guarantees, there are fundamental methods for looking at data which can provide valuable insights, such as analysis of price support lines and resistance, as well as proposed approaches […] The post Despite Market Turbulence, Bitcoin’s Support Lines Remain Intact appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Bitcoin stable; Altcoins relying on king coin's next ATH

The last two years have been crucial to understanding major crypto-assets from a fundamental perspective, as well as from the perspective of market activity. Bitcoin, the world's largest virtual assetThe post Bitcoin stable; Altcoins relying on king coin's next ATH appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Former Head of ECB dropped Bitcoin (BTC)

The unexpected dropping of Bitcoin by almost 10% put the proponents of technical analysis in a difficult position. And the reason is most likely in fundamental factors, if verbal interventions can be considered as such.

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Bitcoin Mining and Crime Slammed by C++ Creator

Bjarne Stroustrup, the Danish computer scientist who birthed the programming language C++, has lamented the fact that his creation plays such a key role in Bitcoin’s function. Stroustrup, speaking on a podcast with Lex Fridman, said Bitcoin uses too much energy and “mostly serves criminals.

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Bitcoin Macro Bullish After Transferring $11 Trillion in Wealth Over Past Decade

Bitcoin (BTC) has been caught in the throes of a persisting bear market over the past several weeks and months, and it has failed to garner much significant upwards momentum throughout the course of its recent downtrend.

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Bitcoin SV (BSV) Price Analysis ? BSV Skyrockets 20%. Any Technical Reasons for That?

Which reasons influenced the Bitcoin SV price rise: technical or fundamental ones?

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Justin Trudeau’s Social Media Policing Plans Highlight Bitcoin’s Censorship Resistance

Freedom is a fundamental right — but, when it comes to the Internet and social media, some governments have been restrictive. The issue of freedom of speech risen again in Canada as the government reportedly plans to censor its citizens’ social media activities.

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Casa solves fundamental unsolved problem in Bitcoin: Jameson Lopp

The rising crypto custody startup Casa has been making headlines for its efforts into promoting the Bitcoin ecosystem. The company’s CTO, Jameson Lopp featured in an interview to discuss Casa’s roadmap and related business decisions.

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Creating a Reputation Based Global P2P On-Ramp for Ethereum (ETH)

The fundamental ethos of decentralized cryptocurrencies is to give individuals the ability to take back charge of their finances and future. With impending regulatory backlash working against this dream, and many P2P facilitators like LocalBitcoin giving in to the fear, Dether promises a new way of accessing the new age of financial innovation with aRead MoreRead More.

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Bitcoin plunges after underwhelming Bakkt launch

The tight range that Bitcoin has coiled in over the last few weeks suddenly broke down on Tuesday evening as technical and fundamental factors combined to trigger a drop of 15 percent.

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Did US FED Repo Transactions Cause Bitcoin Price Crash?

Whenever Bitcoin prices fall off the cliff industry observers scramble to find a reason beyond the technical indicators. Something fundamental must have caused the crash and one industry executive has fingered the FED’s recent market meddling.

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Bitcoin lending platforms have more fundamental use-cases besides market speculation for the traders

Su Zhu, CEO at Three Arrows Capital recently spoke about the crypto derivatives market in Invest Asia 2019 event held in Singapore and expressed his opinion about market sentiment movement regarding BTC lending platforms.

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High Hash Rate May Bolster Bitcoin Bulls Despite Near-Term Bearishness

After incurring a sudden influx of buying pressure that sent Bitcoin’s price surging to highs of nearly $10,500, BTC has been unable to maintain its upwards momentum and has now retraced back towards its key support level at $10,000.

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Bitcoin hash rate hits new all time-high as mining hardware continues to join the network

Fundamental indicators show strong growth on the Bitcoin network. The two-week average hash rate reached a record high of 99 exahashes per second on Monday, while the mining difficulty jumped to nearly 12 trillion.

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Bitcoin’s PoW is more scalable than hashgraph as minimum data is required for block generation

Blockchain security and scalability are fundamental aspects of an asset’s decentralized network. Major digital currencies, including the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum, received criticism largely because of their scalability issues.

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Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash project bullish long-term sentiment while XRP fails to impress community

In any financial trading space, market sentiment plays a huge role in deciding the outcome or direction of the price over a certain time period. In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, market sentiment is even more evident and sometimes, it is more important than the fundamental properties of the coin itself.

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Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right

Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes of governments in order to free themselves from […] The post Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Mark Your Crypto Calendars, Here Are Bitcoin Dates To Watch

Any good investor, trader, or financial analyst – be it Bitcoin, crypto, or traditional financial markets – conducts due diligence such as fundamental analysis and technical analysis before and while taking a position, to minimize risk and maximize reward.

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Bitcoin Price Leaps As Bakkt And Coinbase Stimulate Institutional Appetite

Friday graced us with a positive fundamental trigger, with Bakkt finally being given the green light to launch Bitcoin derivatives trading on September 23. This follows almost an entire year of delays – and although the crypto market never lost interest in the upcoming platform for institutional investors, it was beginning to lose faith.

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Crypto Tidbits: Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures, Coinbase & Xapo, IRS Cryptocurrency Crackdown

Another week, another of Crypto Tidbits. While this week was crazy bearish for the Bitcoin price, the fundamental developments seen made up for the market collapse. Bakkt revealed that it will be finally launching its Bitcoin futures product; Coinbase made a large acquisition of a facet of Xapo; and Binance revealed that it will be.

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BSHORT – a new token for shorting Bitcoin

Most thought that trader Michael Burry was crazy when he started shorting stocks in 2008. But he felt that the market was overheated and the prices would eventually drop. His intuition was right – and it made him $100 million richer.

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Analyst says bitcoin needs one crucial fundamental factor to act before a big surge

In recent months, due to intensifying currency wars and rising geopolitical risks, high-profile investors in the likes of Michael Novogratz and Travis Kling have emphasized the importance of bitcoin as a potential safe-haven asset in the midst of global market turmoil.

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GXChain Price Analysis GXC / BTC: Baiting The Bulls

GXChain has a bullish short-term bias against Bitcoin, with the GXC / BTC pair breaking above key resistance The four-hour time frame is showing that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern is forming A bearish head and shoulders pattern continues to take shape on the daily time frame Fundamental Analysis GXChain has gained bullish […] The post GXChain Price Analysis GXC / BTC: Baiting The Bulls appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Bitcoin Forks: Cheap Fees and High Throughput May Centralize Networks and Disincentivize Miners

CoinMetrics has released a detailed report about Bitcoin and it’s forks, covering a number of topics from the elimination of OP_RETURN in BSV, to the time taken to rewrite the blocks on a network.

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Lambda Price Analysis LAMB / BTC: Rocketing Up

Lambda has a bullish short-term bias against Bitcoin, with the LAMB / BTC pair attempting to move above key technical resistance The four-hour time frame shows the presence of a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern The daily time frame highlights a major range breakout may be underway Fundamental Analysis LAMB has gained bullish momentum […] The post Lambda Price Analysis LAMB / BTC: Rocketing Up appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Crypto market forecast: 29th July

A challenging trading week for crypto trading ended with Bitcoin prices below $10,000 and down by almost 9% in the last 7 days. Regulators clamping down on the Bitmex platform and Tron figurehead Justin Sun send negative fundamental signals, however a bullish weekly close for BTC/USD and signs that Bitcoin saving has maxed out, potentially raises near term bullish flags.

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Ripple Q2 Market Report: XRP Sales Decline, Partnerships Bolster Market Width

Ripple Inc’s Q2 2019 market insights report shows mixed results from a fundamental growth perspective. The company has relied on the sale of XRP tokens for a major chunk of its revenue, and this number has sunk to a mere $251 million this quarter.

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Crypto.com Chain Price Analysis CRO / BTC: Limited Growth

Crypto. com Chain has an increasingly bullish short-term bias against Bitcoin The four-hour time frame shows that a large head and shoulders pattern is taking shape The daily time frame shows that the CRO / BTC pair is trading within a huge descending wedge pattern Fundamental Analysis CRO price is rallying after the project announced that […] The post Crypto.

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Bitcoin Cash’s Roger Ver slammed on Twitter after claiming BCH dominance over BTC in Japan

Mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies has been one of the fundamental aims of a lot of proponents in the space. Roger Ver, the Chief Executive Officer of Bitcoin. com, is one of the major players pushing this agenda.

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Refreshed Model: Bitcoin (BTC) to See $100,000 After 2020’s Halving

For a while now, Bitcoin (BTC) has seemingly moved with rhyme nor reason. Today, the crypto asset is down 7%, falling off of no clear fundamental event. And just four days, it was rallying by over 10%, pushing ever closer to near its year-to-date high of $14,000.

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South Africa’s Payfast Payment Company Stops Accepting Bitcoin (BTC) Due to Fees and Speed

In an unfortunate turn of events, PayFast, the first-ever online payment gateway accepting Bitcoin (BTC) in South Africa, called time on BTC payments citing fundamental technical issues in the blockchain and a hitch in user-friendliness.

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Bitcoin playing catch up as coin remains undervalued when compared to gold

Bitcoin’s relationship with the mainstream financial market has been strained because of differences in opinion between the two camps. One of Bitcoin’s biggest rivals in the financial ecosystem has been gold, with campaigns like Grayscale’s #DropGold being a major example.

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Here's Why Bitcoin Price Cratered After Smashing Beyond $13,000

Bitcoin was about to break out to a new high on Wednesday at $13,200, but then suddenly sold off 10 percent in about 90 minutes. What was behind this sudden sell-off? What Goes Up Must Come Down There is a fundamental rule in physics known as gravity.

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Crypto Tidbits: ErisX Bitcoin Futures, Blockchain on Jeopardy, Proposed BitMEX Ban

Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin (BTC) may have shed a good portion of its year-to-date gains over the past week, but the underlying industry saw an array of positive fundamental developments.

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Bitcoin Price Surges Toward $11,500 as Trump Eyes USD Manipulation

Don’t look now, but the bitcoin price is already surging back from its early July lows to trade comfortably above $11,000. And one fundamental catalyst might have come from an unlikely ally: US President Donald Trump.

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Ren Price Analysis REN / BTC: Testnet Excitement

Ren has a bullish short-term trading outlook against Bitcoin, with the REN / BTC pair trading at a new all-time high The four-hour time frame shows a series of invalidated head and shoulders patterns The daily time frame shows a newly created bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern Fundamental Analysis Ren is gaining momentum prior […] The post Ren Price Analysis REN / BTC: Testnet Excitement appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Still, Bitcoin (BTC) = $ 11K

Expectations of the Corn falling to $ 6-7 K are not justified, despite the poor effect of G20 Summit. So maybe it’s time to go ahead? Fundamental and technical analysis for the current day Fundamental analysis is a direct consequence of common sense.

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Ethereum Transactions Surge as Analysts Predict an Imminent “52-Day Bull Run”

Ethereum and the aggregated crypto markets surged yesterday just prior to Bitcoin incurring a sudden influx of selling pressure that sent the markets reeling down. Despite this, ETH is still in a clear uptrend, and improving fundamental conditions could help it surge higher.

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Crypto Scarcity Drives Price: A Concept Even Nouriel Roubini Should Understand

As the Bitcoin bull market surges on, other projects are ever more aware of the fundamental appeal that BTC has: scarcity. There will only ever be 21 million coins in circulation, and Bitcoin’s inflation is set to become lower than the US Federal Reserve after the halving.

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Tron, Bitcoin SV witness major surges of over 3% in an hour as Bitcoin rallies over $11,000

The volatility aspect is perhaps fundamental to the operations of the cryptocurrency market, as a result of which the prices of major coins recorded significant hikes within a short period of time.

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Bitcoin Price at $10,000: Now vs 2017

The last time Bitcoin was at $10k in a bull market was a year and a half ago in late November 2017. The scene was very different back then but the FOMO was real. This time around, there are several significant fundamental differences that could be a huge factor for where BTC goes next.

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Experts Shill Rally of Bitcoin (BTC)

Numerous predictions that the next level of support for the Corn will be $ 10K – are justified. Although yesterday, dozens of experts talked about flat. Not we. Ahead, to the Million! Technical analysts draw charts with varying success (probability of technical analysis is 50%), because, they say, there are no fundamental reasons for Bitcoin […]

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Bitcoin Pre-Paid Cards with a Conversion Option for 10 Fiat Currencies by The White Company & Paxful Launches

Partnerships have continued to be a fundamental indicator of growth and stability for projects within the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. One recent collaboration by Paxful, a digital coin exchange, with The White Company (TWC) is expected to tap more unbanked individuals into crypto.

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Is the scarcity principle a factor in Bitcoin’s valuation or is it just crypto white noise?

The aspect of scarcity is fundamental to the Bitcoin community, with its limited availability often seen as a virtue in a world where governments have unlimited power to print fiat currencies. With the value of Bitcoin increasing day by day, the virtual asset is getting close to its saturation point.

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Sidechains vs Plasma vs Sharding

Special thanks to Jinglan Wang for review and feedback One question that often comes up is: how exactly is sharding different from sidechains or Plasma? All three architectures seem to involve a hub-and-spoke architecture with a central “main chain” that serves as the consensus backbone of the system, and a set of “child” chains containing actual user-level transactions.

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