Thursday, July 11 — major cryptocurrency markets are trading in the red zone, with just a few coins reporting moderate gains, according to Coin360. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), has continued coming down after yesterday’s sharp drop to trade at around $11,740 as of press time. The coin has lost 4.39% over the past 24 hours. During the day, Bitcoin has been trading in a narrow corridor between $12,191 and $11,377. As reported earlier today, Bitcoin trading in Zimbabwe has continued to surge after the government banned the use of foreign currencies on June 24. …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. CEO of BitMEX Arthur Hayes believes that Facebook’s Libra could make central and commercial banks irrelevant. It will be interesting to note whether this will force the commercial banks to walk down the crypto path. Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs certainly seems to be taking the first step. It has advertised a position for …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The bitcoin price surged more than $435 in a matter of 10 minutes early Monday morning (UTC time), likely due to short sellers covering their positions. The resilience of the leading digital currency and the sharp recovery in prices has forced Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners LLP, to change his earlier negative …

An out-of-the-box solution says it enables anyone, even with no experience, to build their own blockchain in under 10 minutes. According to Nuls, businesses are going through a similar evolution as they did with the early internet, when every company wanted their own website: They now want their own blockchain. And although these firms may not fully understand how to deploy blockchain technology, they are aware of how their business may benefit from it. Nuls aims is to “dismantle some of the biggest barriers” that are stopping individuals and companies of all sizes from creating their own blockchains. Hurdles for …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The total market capitalization of bitcoin is close to $200 billion and its market dominance continues to sustain above 62%. This is a positive sign. It shows that market participants expect the rally to continue, hence, they are in no rush to book profits even after a 300% rally from the lows in 2019. …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz said that he is not selling his Bitcoin the next time it reaches $14,000 because he anticipates the next up move to carry it to $20,000. However, he does not expect the price to reach lifetime highs in a hurry. He is targeting a new lifetime high only by …

The world of gaming has evolved immensely over the past decade, particularly when it comes to online transactions and purchases. For example, a market study conducted by LendEDU last year revealed that, out of a thousand gamers who were found to spend anywhere between six to 10 hours playing a game of their choice, nearly 69% of them made use of micropayments — with each individual, on average, spending $84.67 in the game. However, before delving any deeper into this subject, it is better to outline the various earning models that video game developers have been making use of since …

Chicago-based crypto exchange ErisX has procured a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to an official blog post on July 1, ErisX is planning to make digital asset futures contracts available for trade on its regulated derivatives market later this year via its new DCO. ErisX also launched its spot market in April, with the promise of eventually rolling out a single digital asset platform for spot and futures trading. At press time, the ErisX spot market exchange includes U.S. dollar trading pairs with bitcoin (BTC), bitcoin cash (BCH), ether (ETH) …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Blockstream CEO Adam Back said in a recent panel discussion that the developments in the crypto space are happening at a much faster pace than the dotcom era. Though numerous new ideas and use cases are being generated on the application of this technology, Back believes we are still in early stages of what …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. When an asset class jumps 275% within a span of six months, corrections are bound to happen. Bitcoin (BTC) witnessed one such violent correction on June 27. Fundstrat Global Advisers co-founder Thomas Lee said that the hyper volatility of bitcoin is an advantage to the dedicated traders who can take advantage of the volatility …

Amazon-owned, leading game streaming platform Twitch has enabled bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) payments again, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 25. As Cointelegraph reported at the time, in March Twitch quietly removed bitcoin and bitcoin cash as payment options for subscriptions by removing Bitpay as a payment method. Per the report, Bitpay has been enabled again as a payment processor on the platform. Bitcoin and bitcoin cash can be found as payment options in the section dedicated to the less common payment methods of the subscription payment page. The renewed enabling of those coins as payment options has not …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Bitcoin (BTC) has continued with its stellar run as no resistance level is being able to hold it back. It easily covered a distance from $10,000 to $13,000 within five days. This shows massive buying that has seen its market dominance reach 62.1% for the first time since April 2017. The recovery in the …