UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill just announced that has added Bitcoin (BTCUSD), one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies, to its list of trading instruments. Bitcoin is a digital currency that is completely decentralised, meaning no central bank or organisation controls it, therefore Bitcoin trading is an attractive…
Read more
RoboForex, an international brokerage group which provides online trading services on the global financial markets, just announced that it has expanded the list of its offers available to clients and enabled access to trading CFDs on cryptocurrencies. Two of the most liquid digital currencies, bitcoin and ethereum, have been added to the list of trading…
Read more
After the price fall of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies recently, and after the comment from Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase that bitcoin may be a "fraud" and that he will "fire anyone at the company who trades it", the CEO of Goldman Sachs may be feeling different about what bitcoin is and…
Read more
As CNBC reported today, Tony Robbins said about bitcoin: "I think [bitcoin] is very iffy, I don't have a clue. I look at that as it's like going to Vegas." It's certainly been a wild ride for bitcoin and bitcoin cash, as the price recently dropped by more than 40%, fluctuating between all-time high levels…
Read more
Korea JoongAng Daily, a North Korean news publication, announced that North Korean hackers tried, but failed to steal Bitcoin from several domestic exchanges. According to the North Korean magazine, the hackers used "spear-phishing", which basically means that the criminals sent what looked like "innocuous" emails that actually contained malicious software that harmed the host's computer.…
Read more
Bitcoin has outperformed all other asset classes and investments possible, with cumulative annual growth of around 500%. Although the currency is fluctuating between $3,000 to almost $5,000 per coin in the last several weeks, it is undeniable that bitcoin has grown to tremendous values and the trend is expected to continue. With these statistics in…
Read more
As reported by Frank Chaparro at Business Insider, Nicholas Gelfman, a head trader at Gelfman Blueprint, a company based in New York, solicited $600,000 from around 80 clients, essentially forming a Ponzi scheme with Bitcoin. According to CFTC, certain investors came in to Gelfman firm, gave him money “for placement in a pooled commodity fund…
Read more
As reported by Bloomberg today, Bitcoin is facing another possible split in November, which would mean that the world will have three different versions of the cryptocurrency. With the growing popularity of the currency, miners and developers seek new ways to diversify the increasing “hunger” of the population. One of the “Bitcoin gurus”, Roger Ver,…
Read more
While Bitcoin price levels have now bounced back to $4,080, up from all-time lows of $2,941, Pirate Bay is now testing a new strategy for mining cryptocurrency – using their visitors’ computers without asking for permission. The torrent website used a tool developed by Coinhive, a crypto miner, and tried to free the tracker’s site…
Read more
As of 2017, according to the Lawnmower Blockchain Index, blockchain assets outperform by far all global bond and stock indices, with +374% up as opposed to equities with +15.7% and bonds with +3.95%. At such growth levels and the overall bullishness of investors around the globe, it is no wonder that the cryptocurrency frenzy is…
Read more