The head of Bitspark, George Harrap, expressed the opinion that Bitcoin is better suited for cross-border payments than the Ripple XRP token specifically designed for this purpose, reports Crypto Briefing. In particular, Harrap is sure that the first cryptocurrency is much more practical because it accepts much more companies to pay. At the same time, various services use XRP rarely because of its insufficient liquidity […]
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analyst After reaching the annual maximum, the price of the first cryptocurrency is likely to soon test the psychological mark of $ 10,000, says analyst at CoinDesk Markets Omkar Godboul. According to the expert, the pressure from buyers is so great that any correction will be fleeting. At the same time, a pullback below $ 8000 and a radical change of mood in the near future seem extremely unlikely. On this timeframe, there is a breakdown of the upper boundary of the Vimpel pattern, indicating a continuation of the trend. The goal of the upward movement may be the mark…
The San Francisco-based blockchain-start-up 0x has partnered with the Israeli company StarkWare to develop a StarkDEX solution, with which decentralized exchanges can process about 500 transactions per second. It is reported by CoinDesk. The StarkDEX technology is based on a zero-knowledge proofs system of evidence. According to representatives of the Israeli startup, their development will contribute to the development of “scalable non-custodial […]
Today, the flagship cryptocurrency rate reached a new maximum for 2019 – the price of Bitcoin exceeded $ 8,900, although before that fluctuations in the range of 10% -20% were observed. The BTC movement to new highs started after May 17, the cryptocurrency exchange rate sank to $ 6,600, after which it rose to $ 7,300 on the same day. Since then, the value of BTC has increased by 22% – last night the price rose above the level of $ 8,500, after which it grew by more than $ 300. It is worth noting that the Bitcoin price movement…
The manufacturer of hardware wallets Ledger has released a new version of the desktop application Ledger Live. Welcome / Bienvenue / Bienvenida / 환영 / 欢迎 / Welcome / / う こ そ to the new version (1.9.1) of Ledger Live! Experimental Features: Spanish LedgerLive pic.twitter.com/X6Vy0Y5h1m […]
The Novosibirsk Institute of Software Systems (NIPS, part of Rostec) presented a roadmap for the development of the blockchain in Russia. The document allows the use of distributed registry technologies in financial activities, industry, transport and public administration, Kommersant reports . For example, it is proposed to use the blockchain in all state information systems, including when voting at the municipal level and in controlling budget spending. The program NIPS was presented at the conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia", which was held on May 23. According to the presentation, the implementation of the reform will require an investment of…
Anthony Pompiano in his tweets and a recent interview for CNBC has demonstrated his dedication to the most popular and expensive cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin. Pompiano is a bitcoin evangelist who, in early 2019, even advised Warren Buffet to buy bitcoins . The cryptocurrency community also believes that in the past it has done a lot to popularize Bitcoin, and that its current contribution to the cause is simply invaluable. "Now I am even more optimistic about bitcoins – more than ever." Pompiano explains the reasons for the current growth of Bitcoin Explaining a lot of attention to Bitcoin…
During yesterday's rapid growth of Bitcoin on the BitMEX derivatives exchange, in just a few hours, short positions of $ 131.4 million were eliminated, Chepicap reports. So, against the background of a jump to the marks near $ 9000, almost 40 million short positions and only 287 thousand long positions were placed on BitMEX: However, at the time of writing the material, longs prevail over shorts – […]
After several weeks of bovine traffic, a bearish retreat, and an even larger bullish race, it seems that Bitcoin hid a bit during the weekend before another jerk. Now it rushes back up to $ 9000, while traders and analysts are wondering, in the meantime, how long it will last. On the night of May 26-27, the bitcoin rate made another leap upward, exceeding $ 8,700 on most cryptocurrency exchanges , which was a continuation of the bullish trend that began this spring. Over the past day Bitcoin has risen in price by almost 9%, and over the past seven…
Josh Rager, a crypto trader and a popular analyst, believes that Binance Coin (BNB), the native token of the Binance Crypto Exchange, is waiting for a “bloody correction” if something goes wrong with the margin trading proposal – the company’s intention to provide its users of this tool became known recently. Despite the fact that over the past year, the crypto community has watched the incredible growth of the BNB rate – the token managed to break from the 49th position in terms of market capitalization on the 7th, and its rate recently exceeded $ 30, there is an assumption…