Tuesday, Aug. 13 — Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP continue to bleed amid a crypto market turning red. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading at $11,005 at press time, with a 3.83% loss on the day. Bitcoin broke $12,000 three days in a row, from Aug. 6 to Aug. 8., but never managed to hold these highs for a significant period of time. Then on Saturday, Aug.10, BTC price fell by about $400 in just an hour. Price has continued downward since then, and has even dipped below $10,900 today. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 The number …
XRP investor Bradley Sostack has amended a class action suit against Ripple, in which he alleges that the company misled investors and sold XRP as an unregistered security in violation of federal law. Sostack submitted his latest filing on Aug. 5 to a United States district court in California. According to a report by CoinDesk on Aug. 13, the original class action suit was filed about a year ago, but had yet to gain traction as a class action suit. However, Ripple now must reportedly respond to this latest action by some time in mid-September. Appeal to SEC guidelines Crucially, …
Saturday, Aug. 10 — the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting largely reddish movement on the day, as Bitcoin (BTC) price saw a sudden dip earlier today. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin’s price is currently down 4.62% on the day, trading at around $11,370 at press time, according to Coin360 after slipping from around $11,800 to $11,400 in a matter of minutes between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time. Looking at its weekly chart, BTC is up by about 5.5%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 Ether (ETH) is holding onto its position as the largest altcoin by …
Friday, Aug. 9 — Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP are slumping along with the rest of a largely red cryptocurrency market. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading at $11,910 at press time, with approximately a 1.16% loss on the day. Bicoin has broken $12,000 three times this week, but has lost traction at or above that price point. Nonetheless, some BTC bulls are saying that the current market conditions indicate only a temporary setback for its inevitable surge beyond the previous all-time high. Serial VC investor Tim Draper commented: “I thought there would be many more competitors at …
Tuesday, July 30 — The number one cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), appears to have stabilized shy of $12,000 after quickly retaking $11,000 in a rally this weekend. Ether (ETH) and XRP are seeing slight gains at press time. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is trading around $11,700 at press time, with a 3.3% gain on the day. Bitcoin shot up quickly to over $11,500 within about four hours on Sunday, Aug. 4, subsequently reaching $11,800 on Aug. 5, but has subsequently settled a little lower at press time. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 The number two cryptocurrency, Ether, has seen …
Malta-based digital asset exchange OKEx has launched a new comprehensive data insights platform that covers trading trends for derivatives. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph, this platform will reportedly allow OKEx users to see real-time data on the exchange’s futures and perpetual swap markets for nine major tokens, including the top cryptocurrencies BTC, ETH and XRP. The platform provides six indicators of market trends as follows: long/short positions ratio, basis, open interest and trading volume, buy/sell taker volume, top trader sentiment index, and top trader average margin used. As per the announcement, the goal of this platform — …
Ripple, whose business is built on providing financial institutions with an infrastructure to facilitate international payments and currency trades, has always been a more likely ally to governments and regulators than most other major blockchain projects and cryptocurrencies. Seeking to enhance rather than disrupt the operations of the legacy financial industry, the company has been long stressing the importance of a clear-cut policy framework for the banks to fully reap the fruits of blockchain-powered innovation. The regulatory pushback against Libra, Facebook’s recently announced cryptocurrency, has apparently spurred Ripple’s determination to publicly take an even more pro-market-regulation stance. Late July saw …
Tuesday, July 30 — Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP are all trading slightly up at press time. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin has been trading between $9,000 and $10,000 this week, and was showing little action on the day. At press time the coin is up 2.37% to trade at $9,652. Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen predicted on July 29 that Bitcoin could hit $55,000 by the next halving of its mining rewards, which is projected to occur in May 2020. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 Top altcoin Ether has had a steady week and is …
Wednesday, July 17— The number one cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing slight gains on the day as major altcoins (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) rally. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin has been trending down this week. Bitcoin retook $13,000 on July 9 before sinking all the way down to under $10,000 by July 16. At press time, BTC is trading just over $9,800 with a 2.64% gain on the day. On July 4, analysts at SFOX conjectured that Bitcoin could rally in light of the American national holiday Independence Day, arguing that holidays in the midst of a bull market tend …
Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint has suspended all services after losing $32 million in a hack involving XRP, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. In an official announcement on July 12, Bitpoint revealed that it had lost around 3.5 billion yen (~$32 million) — 2.5 billion yen (~$23 million) of which belonged to customers and 1 billion (~$9.2 million) to the exchange. Bloomberg reports that shares of Bitpoint’s parent firm Remixpoint Inc. shed 19% following news of the incident, and were untraded in Tokyo as of 1:44 p.m. “on a glut of sell orders.” Alongside XRP and Bitcoin, a total five different …
The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The current hot debate is whether bitcoin will continue to rally while altcoins languish. Many have been outspoken in support of the largest cryptocurrency as it maintains its market dominance above 62%. Though bitcoin is the undisputed leader, it is unlikely that it will remain the only cryptocurrency that will see a sharp …
Friday, June 28 — Top cryptocurrencies bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and ripple (XRP) are all in the green, a total turnaround from the sea of deep red on Thursday. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin is currently trading at $12,316 again, around the levels it sank to following the sudden $1,400 flash crash on Wednesday. Bitcoin had continued to sink all the way to $10,380 on Thursday, but is now seeing strong recovery on the day, trending up by around 14%. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360 The top altcoin and second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, ether, is seeing moderate …