The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. A new study from the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) advisory firm Satis Group has claimed that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) could soar to $98,000 within the next five years. However, the company forecasts a lower target for both Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ripple (XRP) in that period. According to the research team, …

According to new research conducted by Initial Coin Offering (ICO) advisory firm Satis Group, the Bitcoin (BTC) price could potentially reach $98,000 in the next five years. The report written by Sherwin Dowlat and Michael Hodapp represents the fourth part of a five-part series covering the crypto space. The report states that, in terms of upward tendencies in cryptocurrencies over the next five years, BTC will reach reach $96,000, Monero (XMR) will reach $18,000, and Decred (DCR) will hit $535. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is forecasted to slump to $268, after it “[attempts] to inherit brand recognition and [provides] minimal technological …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The total crypto market capitalization has grown by about $30 billion in 15 days. This shows that the market is rebounding from its lows. Failure of the bears to break below the $5,900 mark in Bitcoin in the past few days has encouraged some buying by the bulls. Various investment firms are launching …

Controversial and untrusted figure in the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community Cobra Bitcoin may prove to be the saving grace for the network’s future, after a highly contentious dispute between Bitcoin ABC and nChain threatens to split BCH into competing chains ahead of a scheduled hard fork in November. Cobra, the anonymous owner of Bitcoin.org and previous critic of Bitcoin Cash, announced the Cobra Client hard fork in a Medium post and dubbed the upgrade a “safe implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol.” The proposed upgrade is in response to the “mostly non-important and non-urgent changes” proposed by major developers Bitcoin …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Can Bitcoin witness a scorching rally in the remaining part of the year? Tom Lee, Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors certainly thinks so and he has his reasons. He is still hopeful that the leading digital currency can reach $25,000 by the end of the year. We, however, have maintained throughout …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. On August 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected 9 proposals for new Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but - perhaps surprisingly - the news did not result in a crypto market crash, like it did in similar instances before. This shows that very few purely speculative positions had been built expecting …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. On August 21, at 01:00 AM UTC time, Bitcoin prices surged, breaking out of the overhead resistance at $6,617.5. Within 20 minutes, Bitcoin spiked from $6,459.5 to $6,827.5, topping out at $6,888.32, an hour later. The upward move coincided with the scheduled maintenance on BitMEX and looks to have been a short-term trade. …

A review of payments received by the world’s 17 largest crypto exchanges has shown that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) use in commerce has decreased, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainanalysis, Bloomberg reported August 20. A group of analysts from Chainanalysis found that BCH payments dropped to $3.7 million in May from $10.5 million in March, while the volume of Bitcoin (BTC) payments was estimated $60 million in May, down from a high of $412 million in September. Kim Grauer, senior economist at Chainalysis, said in a phone interview with Bloomberg: “There are fewer users of Bitcoin Cash, fewer holders.” This year, …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. In 2018, every consecutive fall of the crypto markets was followed by a very weak recovery. This is in stark contrast to 2017, during which every fall was followed by a ‘V’ shaped recovery. The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is hovering close to the $215 billion mark, after having dipped below …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The cryptocurrency market capitalization has risen above the $215 billion mark once again. A resilient Bitcoin was the main reason for the pullback. If the leader holds ground, the investors gain confidence and start entering the markets. Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital is looking to raise $175 million for its third venture fund. …

Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto Facilities has added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to its list of futures products, announcing in a press release that the product would go live at 4PM BST Friday, August 17. Crypto Facilities, which rose to prominence when it partnered with CME Group on its first-of-its kind Bitcoin futures in December 2017, said the move reflected Bitcoin Cash’s status as a “top five coin” by market cap. The platform already offers Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) futures. “We are pleased to be expanding our cryptocurrency derivatives offering with the launch of [Bitcoin Cash] futures,” …

Last week, Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver and lead developer Corbin Frasers unveiled a new tool which allows developers to issue tokens on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, hosted on their publication. “For better or worse, ICOs and CryptoKitties are probably coming to Bitcoin Cash in the near future,” Fraser said half-jokingly, to which Ver optimistically added that “they are probably coming to Bitcoin.com, too,” hinting that his publication might hold an ICO based on new tokens. This became possible with the arrival of the Wormhole protocol, which might challenge the ERC-20 reign in the world of crypto tokens. What are tokens …