The Bitcoin price volatility in March is approaching its lowest levels on record, which could precede the next prolonged bull run, says one analyst. Lowest Bitcoin Volatility on Record Bitcoin is on the verge of recording its least volatile month, according to a report by Marketwatch. Citing Dow Jones market data, the report outlines that the monthly trading range of Bitcoin price for the month of March is at 7.8 percent. Prior to that, the tightest monthly trading range for BTC/USD since the start of 2017 was 21.2 percent, while…
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Coingapp Allows You to Exploit Arbitrage Opportunities Between Exchanges
The Coingapp mobile application gives crypto traders a chance to profit from price differences between various trading platforms. The app compiles market data from several dozen crypto exchanges to offer suggestions about where to buy low and where to sell high. Also read: New Crypto Exchange Bitzlato Offers P2P Trading App Tracks Global and Regional Platforms The Coingapp software is free and available for both Android and iOS devices. It allows users to find arbitrage opportunities by tracking cryptocurrency exchange rates on multiple trading platforms. Coingapp follows over 40 digital…
Read MoreZebpay Becomes First Exchange to Add Lightning Payments for All Users
App-enabled cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, Zebpay, has announced that it is enabling Lightning Network payments for all its users. The best part of the news? Zebpay claim that it will even pay the fees for Lightning transactions made through its wallet. The Inexorable Advance Of Lightning Network Despite its ‘still very much experimental’ nature, Lightning Network is growing fast, and its integration into mainstream services continues. The announcement from Malta-based Zebpay, once India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, claims to mark the first acceptance of LN payments by a major exchange. Available…
Read MoreBitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls Must Break $4050 to Sustain Momentum
Bitcoin price bounced back 3% on Wednesday once again taking the price back across the $4k handle. Let’s take a closer look at the BTC price action to determine if there is a sign of sustaining the $4k price point for the rest of the week. 4-HOUR CHART Looking a the 4-hour chart, we can see that Bitcoin price broke back through the weekly open of $3978 early on Wednesday morning on roughly the same volume, which brought price down to $3850 earlier in the week. This was fairly important…
Read MorePR: CoinAll Lists Lambda and Offers a 1.6 Million LAMB Giveaway
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. On March 2019, CoinAll, one of the famous emerging cryptocurrency exchanges, announced the listing of Lambda and the LAMB celebration – a 7-day celebration. CoinAll will give away 1,600,000 LAMB tokens during the celebration time. Lambda is a safe, reliable and infinitely expanding decentralized storage network, whose mission is to promote the development…
Read MoreReport: Running a Bitcoin Lightning Node Brings 1% Annualized Return
A new report by BitMEX Research reveals that the most profitable fee bucket for running a Bitcoin Lightning node has earned them an annualized investment return of almost 1 percent on their outbound channel balance. The research goes into details to determine the major challenges the network would have to face if it starts scaling. Bitcoin Lightning Node Operators Face Challenges A research published by BitMEX Research on March 27th called The Lightning Network (Part 2) – Routing Fee Economics examines the challenges that Lightning node operators would face if the network…
Read MoreJapan Approves 2 New Crypto Exchanges – 140 More Interested
Japan’s top financial regulator has shared with news.Bitcoin.com some stats pertaining to cryptocurrency exchange registrations. Out of 23 new applications the regulator has received, two have been approved so far. In addition, there are over 140 more companies interested in entering the market. Also read: Indian Supreme Court Set to Hear Crypto Case on March 29 Over 140 Companies Interested, 2 Approved so Far The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) approved the applications for two new cryptocurrency exchanges this week — one from Rakuten Wallet Co. Ltd. and the other…
Read MoreCashshuffle Launches, Bringing Greater Privacy to the BCH Ecosystem
On March 27, the development team behind the privacy-centric protocol Cashshuffle announced the official launch of the platform using the Electron Cash wallet. Anyone can use the latest Electron Cash version 4.0 with Cashshuffle and the implementation will also be added to the Bitcoin.com wallet and Badger client soon. Also read: Examine the Token Universe Built on BCH With the New SLP Explorer Cashshuffle Launched on Electron Cash Version 4.0 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters who appreciate privacy rejoiced on Wednesday when Electron Cash (EC) lead developer Jonald Fyookball announced the…
Read MoreAnti-Bitcoin Banks Paid Over $243 Billion in Fines Since the Financial Crisis
Banks are quick to label Bitcoin the money of criminals. But banks fines since the financial crisis have totaled over $243 billion. Bitcoin fines? Zero. Isn’t it time for society to open its eyes? Banks Don’t Want to Work with Cryptocurrency Companies I tried to make a small purchase from a well-known cryptocurrency exchange earlier this week. The action was immediately blocked and I had to call my bank over possible fraud. They kept me on hold for 11 minutes. By the time I had liberated my card, I no…
Read MoreNew Bitcoin Trading Volume Metric Offers Clearer View of the Market
Step aside CoinMarketCap, your time may be up; there’s a new straight shooter in town with reliable bitcoin trading volume metrics. Following recent research and criticism of CMC’s data collection methods, a New York-based alternative has stepped into the fray. Bitcoin Trading Volume Overexaggerated CoinMarketCap has, for a long time now, been the go-to place for all kinds of cryptocurrency metrics. In fact, it is a top-500 website globally. Initially, as the name suggests, it listed cryptocurrency prices, ranked on their total market capitalization. The problems arose when it began…
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