The $413k Bitcoin question: What happens to BTC when Washington reopens?

Bitcoin rose 290% in the five months after the end of the last major US government shutdown. That 2019 move, from roughly $3,500 in late January to nearly $14,000 by June, now circulates as a template for what comes next.

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Bitcoin Critical Zone Revealed Amid Market Sell-off: Details

Bitcoin has dipped nearly 5% in last 24 hours

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Bitcoin Approaching $100K on Christmas Eve

The Bitcoin price has sured by nearly 6% over the past 24 hours

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Bitcoin ETFs Attract Nearly $1 Billion in Just 24 Hours

Nearly $1 billion floods Bitcoin ETFs as BTC price hits new highs

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MicroStrategy Announces Enormous Bitcoin (BTC) Purchase: Details

Business intelligence firm has now purchased nearly $10 billion in its Bitcoin buys

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Bitcoin’s Frenzy of Activity Pushes Average Transaction Fee Over $7, Nearly 2-Year High

The average transaction fee on Bitcoin has shot above $7, pushing total fees up nearly five-fold in two weeks– thanks to a surge in Ethereum-style “BRC-20” tokens and NFT-like “inscriptions” on the increasingly popular Ordinals project.

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On-chain data shows ‘whales’ are accumulating Bitcoin despite fearful markets

Bitcoin (BTC) recently went through one of the steepest corrections seen since the beginning of the year.   After rising to a new all-time high of nearly $65,000 on April 14, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap took a 7.

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$1.2 Billion Liquidated on Binance, Taking the Lead like Always, on Bitcoin’s Drop to Nearly $50k

Binance, which leads in Bitcoin futures volume is accounting for nearly 50% of all the liquidations. The exchange has a default setting of 20x leverage and offers up to 125x, which has been used by 20% of traders in the past.

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Bitcoin Price Briefly Revisits $40,000 as Bulls Pare Week’s Losses

Bitcoin has rallied nearly 15% in the past 24 hours. Ether hits $1,200.

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Bitcoin hits a new ATH against 7 of the world’s currencies

Bitcoin (BTC) is rapidly approaching its former ATH of $20,000 per coin, sitting just above $18,000 at the time of writing. The coin surged by nearly 18% in the last 7 days, and nearly 10% in the past 24 hours.

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Nearly 14% of total Bitcoin supply held by retail investors

Bitcoin wallets holding 10 or fewer coins have surged to account for nearly 14%...

The post Nearly 14% of total Bitcoin supply held by retail investors appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Last Time This Technical Sign Flashed, Bitcoin Dumped 60%. It’s Nearly Back

After a more than 150% rally from March’s lows, Bitcoin’s upward momentum has petered out over recent weeks. For nearly two months, the cryptocurrency has been caught in a tight range between $8,500-10,000.

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Bitcoin Just Slid Under $8,500: Price Must Hold This Level to Satisfy Bulls

Since the day started (PST), Bitcoin has plunged, collapsing from the daily high just above $8,700 to $8,460 as of the time of writing this — a drop of just around 3%. Right now, prices are the lowest they have been in days, nearly a week with BTC failing to maintain the bullish momentum seen... The post appeared first on NewsBTC.

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April’s Bitcoin Price Surge Results in Direct Increase for BTC Blockchain Transaction Fees

The transaction fees of Bitcoin is on the rise again, after successfully hovering around the $0.50 mark over the last six months. Data obtained from Bitinfocharts on April 18, 2019, shows that average fees hit their highest levels in nearly a year in early April, and ever since then, average fees have swelled to around […]

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Bitcoin Fees Jump to Nearly 1-Year Highs – But Why?

The average fees required to send a bitcoin transaction are on the rise again, hitting their highest level in nearly a year in early April.

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Report: Cryptocurrency ransomware payments up 90%, thanks to Ryuk

Ransomware attacks are still doing the rounds and one in particular appears to be gaining pace. Cryptocurrency payments made to ransomware attackers increased nearly 90 percent in Q1 2019 over the previous quarter, according to ransomware support firm Coveware’s latest report.

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Argentina Central Bank’s Inability to Stop Inflation is Forcing People to Bitcoin

As Argentina’s inflation rate skyrockets to its highest level since 1992, people are increasingly turning to Bitcoin as an alternative. Inflation in Argentina Surpasses 54 Percent Argentina’s central bank already tightened monetary policy three times in the last month, and inflation is still accelerating at a rate of nearly 55 percent.

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Winklevoss Twins Reach Settlement With Charlie Shrem

The Winklevoss twins reached a settlement with Charlie Shrem on April 16, 2019, declaring that their case against him has been dismissed with prejudice and will not be reopened.

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Takes a Cue from Binance, Delists Bitcoin SV

By CCN: Add Jesse Powell to the chorus of crypto exchange CEOS who are done with Craig Wright’s games. San Francisco-based crypto exchange Kraken has announced that it will be delisting Bitcoin SV (BSV), following in the trend-setting footsteps of Binance and later ShapeShift.

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Player Scores 161 BTC Single Spin Jackpot in Cloudbet’s Bitcoin Casino

Cloudbet, the leading bitcoin casino, and sportsbook, has reported another huge casino winner. The lucky player walked away with an eye-watering 45 BTC in profits (nearly €210,000 in today’s exchange rates) from a session in their Multifruit 81 bitcoin slot.

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Bitcoin Price Weekly Candle Could Be Omen Of Painful Drop Incoming

At the start of April, Bitcoin price rallied through resistance at $4,200 and rocketed nearly $1,000 in the matter of an hour toward over $5,000. Since the massive green candle that many believe “confirmed” a bear market bottom was in, the Bitcoin price has been consolidating between $4,800 and $5,200.

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$1 Billion Crypto Hedge Fund Crashed 40% – But Still Beat Bitcoin

Crypto hedge fund traders were not immune to bitcoin’s downright frigid bear market. Just look at Polychain Capital, whose assets under management (AUM) fell to $591. 5 million at year-end 2018, according to a regulatory filing cited in the Wall Street Journal.

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Accusations Against Tether Suggest Nearly $400 Million USDT Minted to Push Value of Bitcoin

When people think of the stablecoin in the crypto market, the most popular name that comes to mind is Tether, for both its high capitalization and also the immense drama that has surrounded it. In the last week, the platform ended up issuing over $300 million in USDT in the last week. However, based on […]

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2019 Tax Deadline: File Your Bitcoin Tax Return – or Else

It’s tax season, so sharpen your pencils for the annual ritual of labyrinthian-maze running through the IRS’s nearly 1,000 forms. “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” said Benjamin Franklin.

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Julian Assange Receives Nearly $30K in Bitcoin Donations Since Arrest

The arrest of Julian Assange has caused an uproar around the world resulting in donations pouring in. The WikiLeaks defense fund has already received roughly $20,000 dollars in bitcoin donation in just 24 hours.

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Wikileaks Bitcoin Donations Soar Following Assange Arrest

Wikileaks’ bitcoin address has received a deluge of support following founding editor Julian Assange’s arrest. Donations have reached nearly $32,000 on Friday, 60% more than was raised the day before, when Assange was taken into custody.

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Bitcoin Holding $4,600 Could See Bears Finally Bite The Dust

After nearly 10 days of almost non-stop bullish price action, Bitcoin (BTC) finally slammed down on the brakes on Thursday. The cryptocurrency fell from its $5,450 high to a weekly low of $4,950 in a few hours’ time.

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When Tether Goes Up, Bitcoin and Altcoins Must Come Down: BTC Drops 6%, Expect $4K Fall?

Bitcoin Drops Nearly 6% as Crypto Analyst says, Don’t Expect BTC Pullback to $4,000 USD Pricing Range Bitcoin is playing the game of what goes up, must come down and Tether is the lever in control of the action.

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Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading Volume Reaches Crypto Bull Run Peak Levels

At the start of April, Bitcoin rallied nearly $1,000 in a matter of a little more than an hour. The powerful movement was enough to drag the entire crypto market with it, including the likes of Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin.

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Crypto Markets Shed Nearly 20 Billion as Bitcoin and Major Altcoins Plunge

The crypto markets have followed Bitcoin’s lead and spiraled downwards over the past day, with many major altcoins facing significant levels of selling pressure that have sent most of them down 5% or more.

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Crypto.com Chain (CRO) Surges Nearly 40%, Prompting Traders To Abandon Bitcoin

CRO Surges By 37%, Prompting Traders To Abandon Bitcoin Moments before the opening of European markets, the value of Crypto. com Chain (CRO) soared by 37. 33%. Precisely, the CRO was trading at $0. 085, a record high price.

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To the Moon! Crypto Evangelist Brian Kelly’s Jaw-Dropping Bitcoin Price Prediction

Pay no attention to today’s pullback in the crypto markets. With the bitcoin price expanding as much as 30% in April so far to hover above the $5,000 level, it’s brought out the perma-bulls.

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Bitcoin Price Abruptly Drops 4%, 12 Hours after Fresh 2019 High at $5,450 – Here’s Why

On April 10, the bitcoin price achieved a new 2019 high at $5,450 in major markets including the U. S. , accompanied by an increase in demand for bitcoin from accredited investors. Consequently, the premium of the Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), a regulated bitcoin investment vehicle overseen by Grayscale, a cryptocurrency investment company with $1.

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Prominent Crypto CEO: Bitcoin (BTC) Passing $6,200 To Spark “Major Bull Run”

Crypto Winter Might Not Be Over Just Yet The brutal, nearly 16-month long “crypto winter” might not be done just yet, according to Vinny Lingham anyway. Lingham, the chief executive of blockchain startup Civic and.

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Investor: If bitcoin breaks $6,200, it may mark the start of a major bull run

In the past week, the bitcoin price has increased by nearly 6 percent from around $5,000 to $5,300, following an initial 20 percent gain from $4,200 to $5,000. The short-term rally of the dominant cryptocurrency led to a swift change in the sentiment around the cryptocurrency market as it pushed other crypto assets like Ethereum and […] The post Investor: If bitcoin breaks $6,200, it may mark the start of a major bull run appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Chinese Bitcoin Miners Suffer in Iran Despite Cheap Power

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Many Chinese cryptominers have migrated to places with cheap electricity and favorable policies as a result of the escalated government crackdown on cryptocurrency and its production process.

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Crypto Analyst: Break of Current Bitcoin Resistance Will Commence Bull Run

The recent Bitcoin rally through months-long resistance at $4,200 has re-ignited the crypto market’s bullish fervor. After nearly a year and a half of bear market, a potential bottom may be in and it’s causing bulls to become more confident that the worst is behind us and a new bull run is close to starting.

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Ethereum Price Stalls as DApp Users Flirt with Other Crypto Platforms

The ethereum price has ballooned by nearly one-third so far in April, but without bitcoin’s bullish tailwind, ETH might be stuck in a rut. According to Dapp. com, the second-largest cryptocurrency’s network suffered defections in Q1 2019 as users fled the network for rival platforms.

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Tor or VPN – Which is Best for Security, Privacy & Anonymity? [2019]

When it comes to protecting your privacy online, VPNs are the most commonly-used weapon. According to an August 27, 2018 report by GO-Globe. com nearly 25% of Internet users had used a VPN at least once in the preceding 30 days.

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Analyst: Bitcoin (BTC) Likely to Pump Once More Before Significantly Retracing

Bitcoin has been able to maintain nearly all of its recent gains it has incurred over the past week and has been able to maintain stability around its monthly highs of $5,300. This positive BTC price action has led to an influx of capital into other cryptocurrencies, generating gains that have led many analysts to.

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Coinmama Exchange Review 2019 – Is it 100% Legit and Safe?

Coinmama is a bitcoin broker that specializes in selling Bitcoins for credit card to nearly anyone in the world. This website also allowed you to buy Bitcoins with Western Union. However, it is no longer working with Western Union and it now offers direct sales of Bitcoin through the use of a credit card/debit card […] The post Coinmama Exchange Review 2019 – Is it 100% Legit and Safe? appeared first on CaptainAltcoin.

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Bitmain’s New Antminer Specs Show Devices Process Over 50 Terahash

On April 8, the Chinese mining rig manufacturer Bitmain Technologies unveiled the specifications for the company’s latest Antminer 17 series. The firm claims the three new bitcoin miners command a hashrate of over 50 trillion hashes per second (TH/s) which outpaces nearly all top machines today.

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Billionaire Tim Draper Slams ‘Paranoid’ Jamie Dimon, Doubles Down $250,000 Bitcoin Price

Cryptocurrency bull Tim Draper has fired a shot at the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, nearly two months after the big four U. S. bank announced the creation of a digital currency known as JPM Coin.

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Bitcoin Price’s 200-Day Median Flipped to Bullish, Next Accumulation Cycle Building Up

Bitcoin is yet again up nearly 3 percent at $5,156, as per Coinmarketcap. After getting corrected lower to around $4,890, BTC price has started surging and going well above $5k. However, according to experts, this is the zone where Bitcoin will start its next accumulation.

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Analyst Says Over $3 Billion Is About to Pump Into The Crypto Market

A senior crypto market analyst with social trading platform eToro Mati Greenspan has indicated that at least $3 billion is on the verge of being pumped into Bitcoin (BTC), and other cryptocurrencies.

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Is Over $3 Billion Is Sidelined Waiting to Enter Bitcoin and Altcoins?

This week, Bitcoin broke through key overhead resistance at $4,200 and rallied nearly $1,000 in a matter of an hour to over $5,000. The powerful rally may have signaled the end of the bear market that has been plaguing Bitcoin and altcoins for over a year, setting a higher high and capturing the attention of.

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Bitcoin Whales Have Started Splashing – This Rally’s Just Getting Started

On Squawk Box, Fundstrat Global Advisors head of research Thomas Lee said that despite the 16-month correction, bitcoin is en route to a steady accumulation phase throughout 2019. In the past 24 hours, the bitcoin price experienced a roughly 2.

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Auditor Exposes ‘Weakness’ in Nasdaq-Listed Crypto Stock

Being a crypto company isn’t as easy as it looks. Just ask Riot Blockchain, a Nasdaq-listed company that was previously known as Bioptix. Riot is the subject of an audit in which “material weakness” was discovered in their financial reporting, according to a U.

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XRP Swells 13.06% in a Sharp Recovery as Ripple ETPs Take Off

Ripple was a big mover this Friday as the company saw its XRP price rise nearly 13-percent ahead of the European market open. The XRP-to-dollar rate today established an intraday high towards $0.

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