Bitcoin futures start
As promised by CBOE, it launches its Bitcoin futures platform. See below how it affected the market, first reactions and what’s happening with Bitcoin price dynamics after launch
10 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Tom Peterffy, Interactive Brokerage: Bitcoin is a bubble and will collapse, but only after reaching $100,000
The market analyst and asset manager warns that the traders’ incompetence is going to lead to dire consequences, but unlike many other skeptics, believes that Bitcoin still has a room to grow
10 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Dave Chapman from Octagon Strategy: Bitcoin can reach $100,000
We’ve got another supporter of the theory that Bitcoin is actually able to reach 100,000 USD for just one digital coin. But he doesn’t think it’s a bubble, like Mr. Thomas Peterffy from our previous reports
10 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Enough about CryptoKitties, sci-fi filmmakers want to use Ethereum too
Several cinema pieces will be funded with Ethereum on the blockchain-based platform. Why the need? It seems like an untypical marketing strategy, unclear if it’s actually going to pay off
10 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Governments’ view on cryptocurrency economy
Bitnewstoday has prepared a review of statements and resonant claims of authorities and regulators regarding the world’s cryptocurrency economy
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Coinbase down due to high traffic
The high traffic might be due to the large number of people who are trying to invest in Bitcoin after they heard about it in the traditional media outlets
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Australian securities exchange to use blockchain
The technology that is used as the basis of every typical cryptocurrency is trusted much more than Bitcoin itself
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
“Bitchain”: Michael Bloomberg makes a newbie’s mistake in an interview
Also, the CEO of Goldman Sachs confirms his corporation will consider clearing of Bitcoin futures when they go online and once again rejects to directly support or oppose Bitcoin
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Saxo Bank: Bitcoin’s gonna fall
The Danish financial organization tells the current growth of the most expensive cryptocurrency will end in shocking, and long fall, the opinion currently unpopular among common investors
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
German Klimenko, Russian President’s high-tech adviser: crypto market is volatile due to its size
In an interview to a local TV channel, the Chairman of the Review Board of the Russian Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency told what he thinks about the current rise of Bitcoin
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
SEC’s Cyber Unit to have more resources thanks to the cryptocurrency growth
CME and CBOE announce Bitcoin futures - more people buy Bitcoin ahead of trades - more scammers get to the market - SEC’s cyber unit receives more funds
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Drug merchants who tried to launder profits with Bitcoin caught in the Russian town of Kirov
Cryptocurrency was used in a buy-and-sell scheme – illegally received funds were changed for bitcoins, and then bitcoins were changed back to Russian rubles
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Motherboard: Ethereum mining rigs are becoming obsolete
The increasing difficulty of the Ethereum algorithm is soon going to leave some miners only with good memories about how it was good back when their apparatus were profitable
07 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Everipedia, new blockchain encyclopedia announced
New project made by the Wikipedia co-founder will use smart contracts, nodes and distributed ledger, which all are key components of any blockchain technology
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
While sounding like a gimmick, this blockchain-based diamond supply can help fight crime
De Beers wants to establish diamond supply lines based on the blockchain which, if proven viable, could greatly help law enforcement
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
What platform to choose for tokens issue?
ICO is becoming more popular every day. It has led to emergence of new projects that offer their services of tokens issue for startups. Bitnewstoday.com figures out what platforms exist nowadays on the market and which are most trusted by startups
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
You can buy a part of island in Bloody Beach Bay for Bitcoin
The owners of the island in the Caribbean sea where pirates once roamed decides to sell a part of it for what can be called a pirate currency
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
NiceHash hacked, $60 million stolen, news amidst new BTC all-time high
NiceHash is a cryptocurrency marketplace and mining pool. It posted an official message confirming reports on its hack and promising to do everything in their power to get the money back
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Steam cancels Bitcoin payments due to high volatility
The popular gaming platform and marketplace tells it does not understand the current growth of Bitcoin and that it’s becoming hard to buy games for it without high transaction fees
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Alan Greenspan, former Fed Chairman: Bitcoin (that just reached $15,000) is not a rational currency
Bitcoin’s growth speed increases so dramatically that our predictions about it reaching 15K by the end of the day confirm just half an hour later
06 December 2017 21:00, UTC