According to a report by data resource firm Diar, Bitcoin transaction fees are at their 2014 lows again. “Bitcoin transactions hit a one-year high last month nearing levels seen in the 2017 ramp up to the price boom,” says the report. Moreover, as at press time yesterday, the report finds that Bitcoin median fees had dropped to 2014 levels of USD …
The standard model of price movement continues to operate on the market. After each active movement, the market stops for several days and is traded in consolidation. That’s what happened this time. After a one-day growth from 8 February, the price stopped and traded within a USD 50 range. Buyers stopped their movement in front of the price zone of …
For many of South Korea’s millennials, cryptocurrency has proven the only way to escape the rigors of the country’s social demands. Many of South Korea’s young are now calling themselves “dirt spoons”, a reference in South Korea to economic and social status, with gold and silver spoons being the best off and dirt spoons being the worst. Older Koreans refer …
In a report from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) last week, the number of inquiries about cryptocurrencies received by the Japanese financial regulator during the period of Q4 of 2018 had declined. Could Japan citizens be losing interest in crypto? According to the report published on 8 February, in Q3, the FSA had received as many as 1231 inquiries related …
Argentinians can now pay for the state public transport system Sistema Único de Boleto Electrónico (SUBE) with Bitcoin. Ya podés cargar tu @TarjetaSUBEok con #bitcoin en https://t.co/kS1u1cZ7SJ 🚌🚎#ViajoConBitcoin #BondiConBitcoin #IntegraciónBitex #API #LoImposibleSeVolvióSimple pic.twitter.com/3dkWszeFDh — Bitex (@bitexla) February 6, 2019 This has been made possible by Alto Viaje, the platform that is used to top up commuter SUBE cards, in a …
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange sees the eventual Bakkt launch as a “moonshot bet” according to its CEO and chairman of the NYSE, Jeff Sprecher. Talking over the past few days, Sprecher says that he is optimistic that Bakkt will be worthwhile and sees ICE’s involvement as “different” claiming that the deal has “…been …
A modern-day “Gunfight at the OK Corral” is occurring on TV, but no, it is not a western; it’s a venture capitalist and financial journalist going head to head over the future of Bitcoin. In an episode of NPR’s Planet Money Podcast, American businessman and venture capitalist, and co-founder of investment firm Andreessen Horowitz – Ben Horowitz decided he could win …
The cryptocurrency market has taken a huge bounce since Friday in a 24-hour surge across the board with Litecoin being a real mover – up 30 percent, adding more than half a billion dollars to its valuation. With crypto’s hallmark icon, Bitcoin, also up 8 percent over the same period, analysts are suggesting this may be the long-awaited bull run …
A recent survey shows that 12.7% of Amazon customers would like to see the marketplace selling cryptocurrency products or services. The report conducted by Global financial portal Investing.com had surveyed over 1000 of the multinational e-commerce company’s clients in an attempt to analyze Amazon’s consumption rate, with a view of expanding its services to offer more products. The results revealed …
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in the cryptocurrency headlines again, and this time it’s another one of the regulator’s operatives that has the industry guessing. It is exchange-traded funds once more becoming the point of focus not least because of the SEC’s announcement a few days ago that it was looking for a tool to improve …
