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Bitcoin

Below $5K: Bitcoin Drops $500 to Set New 2018 Low

The price of bitcoin fell below $5,000 on Monday for the first time since October of last year.

Markets  ·  19 November 2018
Prices

Tutorial: How to Use CoinDesk’s Crypto-Economics Explorer

CoinDesk's Crypto-Economics Explorer is our innovative new data tool that brings together a host of data types. Here's how to make the most of it.

Business  ·  17 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Puzzle Artist’s Crypto Gaming Startup Now Valued at $13 Million

One of the bitcoin community’s best-known artists is gearing up to launch a blockchain-powered video game with investor backing.

Business  ·  16 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Charts Suggest Price Bounce May Be Coming

If past events are a guide, bitcoin could in for a recovery rally, following the formation of a "long-legged doji" on the charts Thursday.

Markets  ·  16 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Sell-Off Slows As RSI Hits Four-Year Low

Bitcoin is looking oversold after a drop to 13-month lows Wednesday and could defend immediate support at $5,000 in the next few days.

Markets  ·  15 November 2018
Markets

Buy or Sell? What Traders Think About Today’s Bitcoin Cash Fork

With Thurday's hard fork of the bitcoin cash blockchain likely to result in a split, what are the traders planning to do with their holdings?

Markets  ·  15 November 2018
Bitcoin

The Crypto Market Just Fell to a New 2018 Low

Bitcoin sank to its lowest price in over a year on Wednesday – a move that seemed to drag down the prices of other major cryptocurrencies as well.

Markets  ·  14 November 2018
Markets

Crypto Traders Now See No Winner in Bitcoin Cash Fork

Bitcoin ABC and Bitcoin SV are now valued the same in advanced trading.

Markets  ·  14 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Charts ‘Death Cross’ In First Since 2014

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price woes may not be over just yet, as a specific "death cross" indicator is about to reoccur for the first time in four years.

Markets  ·  14 November 2018
Markets

Traders Now Betting 2-to-1 Bitcoin Cash Fork Will Cause Price Decline

New data is offering insight into how crypto traders are pricing in a coming technical update to bitcoin cash, one that could cause the world’s fourth most valuable blockchain to split into two competing networks. At press time, there are now almost twice as many open short positions betting that the price of bitcoin cash […]

Markets  ·  13 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Back on the Defensive After Price Hits Two-Week Low

Bitcoin's price dropped to two-week lows earlier today and could extend the decline to key support near $6,100.

Markets  ·  13 November 2018
Exchanges

What Fork? Asian Traders Are Buying Bitcoin Cash

While bitcoin cash is seeing an internal war ahead of Thursday's hard fork, traders in Asia are betting that the upgrade will result in "free money."

Markets  ·  13 November 2018
Markets

Hash Power Favors Craig Wright Camp in Looming Bitcoin Cash Fork

Early data suggests that the Bitcoin SV implementation of the bitcoin cash fork may enjoy more hash power than Bitcoin ABC.

Tech  ·  12 November 2018
Exchanges

Coinbase Users Can Now Buy and Sell Brave’s Basic Attention Token

Coinbase is listing Brave's Basic Attention Token to its retail platform, 6 days after adding it to Coinbase Pro.

Business  ·  8 November 2018
Bitcoin

It’s Hard to Short Crypto – And That’s Propping Up Prices, Study Finds

An Australian researcher says wide disagreements about underlying prices and lack of short options keep cryptocurrency prices alive.

Markets  ·  7 November 2018