Search Results for: cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency is hot commodity as Bitcoin reaches record-high value
November 20th, 2017
Cryptocurrency is a digital currency with no physical form or intrinsic value, but is an increasingly hot commodity as Bitcoin, its most well-known iteration, flirts with a record high. Bitcoin, the self-proclaimed original decentralized digital currency, is hovering around ...
Cryptos may destabilise fiat
November 17th, 2017
The assumption in some quarters is that crypto-currencies will replace gold as money, or at least challenge it. This is an error borne out of a misunderstanding of catallactics, or the theory of exchange. It also ignores the fact ...
FCA UK Warns About Investing In Cryptocurrency CFDs
November 15th, 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority, the conduct and prudential regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, has issued a warning to inform public and investors in relation to the risks of investing in cryptocurrency CFDs. Contracts ...
Bitcoin’s value rose $10 billion in just 12 hours after a dramatic sell-off
November 14th, 2017
Bitcoin rallied more than 11 percent in just over half a day on Monday, following a dramatic plunge in the cryptocurrency over the weekend. The digital currency started trading at $5,857.32 on Monday and rose nearly 15.6 percent to ...
The man who predicted the 2008 financial crisis is skeptical about bitcoin
November 9th, 2017
The man who predicted the 2008 financial crisis is skeptical about bitcoin. Nouriel Roubini warns the cryptocurrency will become so regulated it will “find its end.” “In my opinion, there is a gigantic speculative bubble related to the bitcoin ...
Bitcoin Price Achieves New All-Time High at $7,598; Why is the Market So Optimistic?
November 6th, 2017
Once again, the bitcoin price has achieved a new all-time high at $7,598 on November 5, as the market continues to be optimistic about the mid-term performance of bitcoin. In Japan and South Korea, two regions in Asia that ...
There are now more than 120 hedge funds focused solely on bitcoin, digital currencies
October 31st, 2017
Data shared exclusively with CNBC from financial research firm Autonomous Next shows the number of funds investing in digital assets like bitcoin has grown rapidly to 124. Autonomous Next also estimates that the “crypto-funds” have about $2.3 billion in ...
Why is bitcoin splitting again and what is bitcoin gold?
October 24th, 2017
Bitcoin is forking for a second time to form a new cryptocurrency called bitcoin gold, but why is this happening so soon after bitcoin cash? The stir caused by the forking of bitcoin into two different cryptocurrencies caused quite ...
Israel bans binary options industry; Operatives have three months to shut down
October 24th, 2017
The Knesset on Monday unanimously passed a law to ban Israel’s binary options industry, a vast, multibillion dollar scam that has defrauded millions of victims worldwide for a decade. The law, which will go into effect three months from ...
Leading Expert Says Bitcoin Will Soar Above $25,000 in 5 Years
October 20th, 2017
More and more experts believe that the value of Bitcoin will only continue to go higher in the next couple of years. One expert finds it’s very likely bitcoin could replace gold as the standard of financial value, for ...
