by Steven Gleiser | Nov 15, 2018 | Bitcoin News, Fork News, Mining News
Let’s join the chorus of headlines reporting on how Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies plummeted over the last 48 hours. Let’s delve into how a looming BCH fork triggered widespread panic that created a sell-off and lowered Bitcoin’s market cap below $100... 
by Steven Gleiser | Oct 30, 2018 | Bitcoin News
Nothing spells Bitcoin like custodians holding BTC reserves to back the circulation of a token that represents Bitcoin prices on the Ethereum network. Kyber Network is turning what is supposed to be a P2P form of electronic cash into a derivative on a blockchain that... 
by Steven Gleiser | Oct 25, 2018 | Bitcoin News
If economic growth is lacking, then print some money! That was the prevalent axiom through which financial markets were lifted out of the mess they created for themselves with some help from governments, after the 2008-09 melt-down. Quantitative easing was a euphemism... 
by Tabassum Naiz | Oct 17, 2018 | Bitcoin News
Nouriel Roubini, the Economist who predicted a housing market crash that brought about the 2008 financial melt-down, cautioned politicians against Bitcoin. He said that “Bitcoin is the mother of all scams” and blockchain is the most hyped tech ever. The news broke out... 
by Steven Gleiser | Sep 12, 2018 | Bitcoin News
Anyone who ventures out of the crypto-sphere and looks at macroeconomic indicators, should have noticed a worrying trend. Bitcoin – if we take it to be a currency – has taken a dive against the USD, but so have the currencies of some key developing countries. In the... 
by Steven Gleiser | Sep 10, 2018 | Bitcoin News
As Bitcoin struggles with a renewed wave of downward pressures, according to various media sources, the latest bout came courtesy of some sort of “insider trading.” A trader or several traders at Goldman Sachs supposedly opened a $74 million USD short position on...
