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The Crypto Refresh June 17th 2018

We are back again with our weekly refresh of all things crypto. The crypto refresh is designed to bring you a weeks’ worth of cryptocurrency news in a bitesize format. We appreciate that you might not always have time to trawl through the headlines so therefore, each weekend we summarise the best bits for you. дальше »

2018-6-18 23:05

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Could Bitcoin prices be influenced by Tether?

Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies. The flow clusters дальше »

2018-6-15 00:48

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‘Really Un-Tethered?’ Bitcoin Price Manipulation Returns With New Research

Days after Tether (USDT) gained a higher market cap than Monero and Dash, new research has reignited suspicions that the altcoin “manipulated” Bitcoin prices.   Cryptocurrency Highs Fuelled By Tether The product of two researchers at the University of Texas, the paper — titled Is Bitcoin Really Un-Tethered? — claims to have identified potential evidence of direct price manipulation since November 2017. дальше »

2018-6-13 20:00

This paper investigates whether Tether, a digital currency pegged to U.S. dollars, influences Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices during the recent boom. Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether

Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies. The flow clusters дальше »

2018-6-13 19:39