Image of The Day, 14 of September: Forbes, Market Watch, Zdnet and Others
We're presenting "the image of the day". Bitnewstoday.com has chosen the most important news about the digital economy and virtual currencies. Only the most valuable stories from only the trusted sources. Each and every event from this list will change the world of the digital economy either way. The most important stories of this day in the most indicative quotes are below!
1.GOING DOWN (Forbes)
Bitcoin At $7000, Undervalued Or Overvalued?
At $7,000, Bitcoin can be both undervalued or overvalued, depending on how the “intrinsic” value of the digital currency is calculated. After testing the $6000 mark for a while, Bitcoin has staged a big comeback lately. In the last seven days the digital currency has rallied 6.15%, trading close to the $7,000 mark. Other cryptocurrencies have rallied in sympathy.
But because of the different premises behind each model there is a big discrepancy in the values. The Hayes’ and the Market Model place more emphasis on the supply side of the bitcoin market, which is expected to grow at an ever slower pace, as it gets closer to the limit. While Wheatley model focuses on bitcoin use, that is on the demand side of the bitcoin market. At any rate investors should take estimates of Bitcoin’s intrinsic value with extreme caution.
2. VIVA LA FRANCE! (The Next Web)
France introduces ICO regulations to protect investors
Despite calls for the EU to unify its regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain, France has taken the initiative and introduced its own regulations for initial coin offerings (ICOs). In a tweet yesterday French Minster of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire announced the approval of a legislative framework, which would require ICOs floated in France to provide safeguards and guarantees to investors.
3. RUN, BITGO, RUN! (News.Bitcoin)
Bitgo Attains Regulatory Approval in the United States
The South Dakota Division of Banking has approved Bitgo Trust Company as a public South Dakota Trust Company – allowing the company to offer its cryptocurrency custody services to institutional investors in the United States.
Mike Belshe, the chief executive officer of Bitgo, stated: “Custody has been the missing piece of cryptocurrency market infrastructure and this gap has kept institutional investors out of the market. Traditional custodians don’t have experience handling cryptocurrency.”
4. STABLE POINT (Market Watch)
After a wild week cryptocurrency stabilizes
Cryptocurrency prices were little changed Friday, looking to end a wild week for digital asset owners on a quiet note.
The total value of all digital currencies slumped to a 10-month low Wednesday of $186 billion, however, Thursday’s swift turnaround added as much as $20 billion, buoyed by a report that Morgan Stanley is on the cusp of offering clients a product to get exposure to bitcoin, joining a number of other banks reportedly heading down the bitcoin route. “Though it might be taking longer than some were expecting, adoption of cryptotrading on Wall Street is going ahead as planned,” wrote Mati Greenspan, senior market analyst.
5. DO NO HARM (CNBC)
Cryptocurrency regulation requires government to “tread lightly”, US regulator says
When it comes to the oversight of cryptocurrencies, regulators need to avoid inhibiting innovation, yet be vigilant against manipulation, said U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo.
Speaking to CNBC at the annual Singapore Summit on Friday, he said that the internet flourished because the government did not step in too heavily, and applied a "do no harm" approach, same principle applies to the question of digital assets.
6. ROUGE NSA TOOL (Tech Crunch)
Attacks using leaked NSA hacking tools are still highly active a year later
It’s been over a year since highly classified exploits built by the National Security Agency were stolen and published online.One of the tools, dubbed EternalBlue, can covertly break into almost any Windows machine around the world. It didn’t take long for hackers to start using the exploits to run ransomware on thousands of computers, grinding hospitals and businesses to a halt.
Two separate attacks in as many months used WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware, which spread like wildfire. Once a single computer in a network was infected, the malware would also target other devices on the network. The recovery was slow and cost companies hundreds of millions in damages.
7. MIKE SEES THE BOTTOM (CNBC)
Michael Novogratz calls a bottom in cryptocurrencies
"I think we put in a low yesterday," Novogratz said in a tweet. He also noted the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto index, which measures the performance of the largest digital currencies traded in dollars, "retouched the highs of late last year and the point of acceleration that led to the massive rally/bubble."
Popular cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash, have fallen sharply this year and are trading well below the highs seen late last year. In 2018, Bitcoin has dropped about 51 percent, while Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash are down 73 percent and 82 percent, respectively.
8. AGE OF BEAR (Forbes)
According to the prediction of Erik Voorhees, bear market is here to stay
A lot of people pay attention to Erik Voorhees when he talks about Bitcoin, he is a crypto pioneer. Following the popping of the first bitcoin bubble in July 2011, where the price fell from $31 to close at $2 on 31st of December that year, Erik predicted that the future bitcoin price would hit thousands of dollars, like a stalwart high conviction manager.
“I’d say we’ve hit a bear market in cryptocurrencies. In terms of price I think we’ve neared our low, however we could very well stay here for a while before a bull market returns. That being said, crypto is crypto. This bear market could last for several years, or we could see it end in a month or two. Neither would surprise me,” said Erik.
9. DON'T DIG A HOLE FOR SOMEONE (Zdnet)
Blockchain app mocks competitor for getting hacked. Gets hacked four days later
EOSBet had mocked their competitor on Twitter for getting hacked. "DEOS Games, a clone and competitor of our dice game, has suffered a severe hack today that drained their bankroll," EOSBet tweeted. "As of now every single dice game and clone site has been hacked. We have the biggest bankroll, the best developers, and a superior UI. Play on."
Then they got hacked. A Reddit user spotted that an EOS user named aabbccddeefg had siphoned a large stack of funds from the EOSBet Dice's shared money pool. The Redditor says he identified a vulnerability in the dice game's source code — which, in turn, was based on an open source EOS dice-betting game called Fair Dice. The hacker operated by sending a transaction to the EOSBet main game account, which exploited a lack of proper parameter checks that allowed the hacker to trick the game into sending back fake earnings.
10. GRIM OUTLOOK (News.Bitcoin)
Bitpay CCO Holds Pessimistic Outlook for Altcoins
In a recent interview Sonny Singh, the chief commercial officer (CCO) of Bitpay, Inc., shared his outlook for the cryptocurrencies, emphasizing his optimism for the bitcoin markets, whilst also espousing a grim outlook for altcoins.
Regarding whether declining liquidity in the cryptocurrency markets and increasingly aggressive tactics on the part of many virtual currency exchanges could pose a threat to future of the cryptocurrency markets, Mr. Singh stated: “That’s always been the concern about the ICOs, and the trading exchanges in the ICO industry that aren’t quite regulated. […] Last year, getting an ICO token listed on a Binance or a Bittrex could increase your market valuation [by] […] a billion dollars.”