Day: September 16, 2017

Tommy Lee renews his bullish Bitcoin position in spite of price drop.

Problem-plagued exchange BTC-e reopens as WEX-nz.

Everyone will agree yesterday was one of the wildest and most fun days in all of cryptocurrency. It doesn’t happen all that often the Bitcoin price drops sharply and recovers a lot of lost value in the same day. Things were looking pretty bleak about 24 hours ago, but right now, the Bitcoin price is back at $3,750. Whether or not this is a permanent bounce, remains to be seen.

Bitcoin Price Crashes and Bounces Back

With the main Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges suspending trading immediately or in the near future, there was a lot of panic in the Bitcoin market. It appears as if we would see a Bitcoin price of $2,800 yesterday, but things never dipped that low at the end. Instead, the momentum reversed at over $700 in losses was recovered in mere hours. A very unusual and unexpected turn of events, although the volatility risk is still ever present.

Right now, the Bitcoin price records a 23.28% gain over the past 24 hours. This is a more than welcome bounce as well, mind you, as things were looking very bleak yesterday morning. The charts were filling up with one red candle after another, although it quickly became apparent the market was going through an “oversold” stage. Once things started picking up again, the Bitcoin price rallied in quick succession and recovered nearly $700 in value. All of this is achieved without much help from China, mind you, as it appears most people over there have been working hard on liquidating their assets.

With over $3.5bn in 24-hour trading volume, it is evident the interest in Bitcoin has not waned one bit. Even though no one was stopping the market crash yesterday, the best course of action was to wait it out and see how things evolved from there on out. As we can see today, things have turned out pretty good, although there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market. Recovering $700 after such a massive correction raises a lot of questions. Maintaining this momentum will become even more difficult than it was before, that much is evident.

Right now, the top 3 exchanges ranked by trading volume are all providing BTC/USD trading pairs. Bitfinex, GDAX, and Bitstamp are leading the pack as we speak. OKCoin is still in the fourth spot, despite Bitcoin trading at a value of $3,215 over there. Bithumb completes the top five, which is good to see. Huobi is still in the top 10 and they value Bitcoin at $3,112.48 right now. Quite the gap compared to the global market average, although it doesn’t matter all that much moving forward.

With these Chinese exchanges suspending CNY trading at the end of October, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the holders of that country respond. It is evident a lot of people panic sold and are not too happy about potentially having to buy back in at a higher price. Then again, just because local exchanges can no longer provide BTC/CNY functionality doesn’t mean Bitcoin is banned in China. People are slowly realizing this. Moreover, the suspension of CNY trading appears to be a temporary measure, although there is still a lot of uncertainty in this regard.

In the end, it is good to see the Bitcoin price bound back. Even though there may be more hardship on the horizon, things aren’t looking half bad right now. Maintaining the uptrend and keeping things rolling will not be easy. However, now that the market cap is back at $62.5bn, things look far less worrisome than a day ago. We can only hope this is the last of these “scares” for quite some time to come. No form of regulation can effectively affect Bitcoin itself, only the centralized companies dealing with cryptocurrencies.

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SegWit2x is about more than scaling, it’s about maintaining trust so that future crises can be mitigated

Paris, France September 16, 2017—Dether, the world’s first mobile Dapp allowing anyone to trade ether for cash and spend it at physical stores, announced today the release of their white paper.

Dether is a decentralized application, available on any smartphone, that allows people all across the globe to buy or trade ether without a bank account, credit or debit card. In an effort to foster Ethereum mass adoption, Dether makes the process of obtaining or trading ether quicker, easier and accessible to anyone.

“Presenting Dether’s city-based, go-to-market strategy”

This white paper first underlines the current and future issues faced by billions of individuals at a moment in history when Ethereum adoption, and more globally, blockchain technology adoption, is more than a buzzword.

The core principles of Dether’s decentralized mobile application are detailed, as well as its adequate features to make it a worldwide success. The white paper also details the use of the ÐTR token, which will be used to construct the Dether ecosystem.

A market study is presented, whose conclusions stress the time to market accuracy, along with a presentation of the market to be addressed and its targets (from early adopters, to the late majority). The white paper also highlights Dether’s city-based, go-to-market strategy.

“Lay out our vision before releasing Dether’s alpha”

“We are very excited to release this white paper to the broader cryptocurrency community,” said Hamid Benyahia, Dether co-founder. “The Dether team has been working hard for months to build Dether’s alpha version, which will be released very soon. But before we release Dether’s alpha, we wanted to take some time through this white paper to lay out our vision and our roadmap and to give you more details about how Dether is going to be built in order to be a fully decentralized solution available anywhere, anytime.”

“Dether is the missing link between the benefits of the Ethereum blockchain and the process of obtaining ether,” said Mehdi Amari, Dether co-founder. “The white paper explains why current financial climates, a growing interest in cryptocurrency and a desire for decentralization has made this the ideal time to release Dether, and why we’re confident that it’s going to revolutionize Ethereum mass adoption.”

Dether’s white paper can be obtained by clicking on the link below: https://whitepaper.dether.io

About Dether:

White paper: https://whitepaper.dether.io

Join Dether alpha testers on: https://dether.io

Join Dether’s community on Slack: http://slack.dether.io

Email: [email protected]

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