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Ethereum Price Analysis – Tokenization or Securitization

Ethereum (ETH) has experienced a 20% jump this week, returning to prices last seen in early March. The market cap now stands at US$77.51 billion, with exchange-traded volume of US$1.94 billion in the past 24 hours. Transactions per day have also begun …

Ethereum (ETH) has experienced a 20% jump this week, returning to prices last seen in early March. The market cap now stands at US$77.51 billion, with exchange-traded volume of US$1.94 billion in the past 24 hours. Transactions per day have also begun to increase, after sliding to less than half of the record high seen in December. The average transaction fee has also risen slightly.

IOTA, Stellar Lumens, Tron, Litecoin, EOS: Technical Analysis for May 7, 2018

In the top 10, EOS tops the losers list after shedding 14 percent last week. Technically, it seems like EOS might add up their losses especially if prices fail to breach $18.55 in the coming days. On the flip side, IOTA leads the toppers after gaining 15 percent and news of Porsche partnership is definitely

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In the top 10, EOS tops the losers list after shedding 14 percent last week. Technically, it seems like EOS might add up their losses especially if prices fail to breach $18.55 in the coming days. On the flip side, IOTA leads the toppers after gaining 15 percent and news of Porsche partnership is definitely buoying prices. This and Litecoin recovery is what we should be looking at today.

Let look at these charts:

EOSUSD (EOS)

So, over the weekend Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings ended up praising EOS. This is not a surprise because considering the accelerated work going on with EOSIO. Of course they are preparing to launch next month so many would be lauding the good work going on at EOS GitHub.

Remember, EOS objective is all about creating this perfect DApp architecture where horizontal and vertical scaling is possible. With Dawn 4.0, there is improvement and patches on last release with exciting features as Ram allocation Model, Exchange Integration Support and others.

Besides this release, Etoro account holders can now trade EOS against fiat and other cryptocurrencies as BTC or ETH.

From our chart, EOS is down 16 percent in the last seven days. Despite that we remain bullish, we need prices reverse last week losses and if possible print new all time highs. For that to happen, bulls must push and close above the most recent resistance line at $18.55 as we said on our last projection. If not, then wait until a stochastic buy signal prints ideally at around $14 and $15.

LTCUSD (Litecoin)

Nothing much on the fundamental end this weekend but the good thing is that Litecoin is up 12 percent for the week. Going forward, I expect Litecoin prices to recover and keep up with the expansion we are seeing in other coins as EOS and Tron.

In our entry chart, there is a stochastic sell signal turning from deep the overbought territory meaning sellers might continue pressing prices down today. In that case and especially if sell pressure break below the middle BB then our potential support line should be at the 61.8 percent Fibonacci extension line anchoring on last week’s high low. That would be at around $160.

If at that level there is a simultaneous print out of a stochastic buy signal print out and bullish reversal patterns then the better for buyers.

XLMUSD (Stellar Lumens)

Following EOS in the losers list is Stellar Lumens. In fact Stellar Lumens is down eight percent for the week and this is understandable considering the slow correction and accumulation that has been happening for the better part of last week. From the chart, we remain bullish and searching for buy opportunities anywhere between 40 cents on the upper end and 36 cents on the lower end.

Two scenarios can happen here. Either Stellar Lumens prices shall reverse and add to that double bar reversal patter at 40 cents or bears break below it and edge towards 36 cents. In both cases, waiting for a shift of momentum is essential and as such, waiting till a stochastic buy signal prints before loading longs can be a good strategy. Either that or waiting for a bull break out above 50 cents in line with our last Stellar Lumens price forecast.

TRXUSD (Tron)

It’s a hallmark for Tron. Statistics shows that the Tron Network now has more than 1 million users and as the countdown to mainnet launch continues, you should be massing more coins in my view. Well, Tron is a long time buy especially if it lives up to its expectations.

As such, our previous trade recommendation still holds true now that we have that cool double bar reversal pattern forming right at 8 cents, our immediate support line. However, if Tron sellers increase their ramp and drive prices below our support line then trade with the trend. In that case, selling with targets at 6.5 cents and later 5 cents would be ideal.

IOTUSD (IOTA)

Regardless of the last three day slide, IOTA is up 14 percent in the last seven days and if current news is our steer then buying IOTA on dips would all be but a good strategy.

The IOTA foundation continues to form important partnership with leading tech companies and the latest tech leader to join in the IoT bandwagon is Porsche.  Together with IOTA they shall advance the project dubbed Program 4 project which seeks to improve smart mobility and a vision of a start up, Autobahn.

From the chart, price action is correcting an over-valuation visible after May 4 close. There you see that whole bear candlestick closing above the upper BB and that’s not all, there is a sell signal. So, despite our upbeat view of prices, chances are IOTA might continue trickling down today with targets at $1.65 especially if there is a push below $2.15.

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CoinMarketCap Quietly Removes BCH-Promoting Bitcoin.com From Its BTC Page – Cointelegraph


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CoinMarketCap Quietly Removes BCH-Promoting Bitcoin.com From Its BTC Page
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Oscar Mayer’s Bacoin to bring home the bacon?

American meat producer Oscar Mayer has released what it describes as a cryptocurrency called Bacoin, which can be exchanged for real Oscar Mayer bacon. It is a currency that is backed by the savory, sizzling breakfast meat popular in American homes. The official website for Bacoin has an exchange rate that updates every hour, and …

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American meat producer Oscar Mayer has released what it describes as a cryptocurrency called Bacoin, which can be exchanged for real Oscar Mayer bacon.

It is a currency that is backed by the savory, sizzling breakfast meat popular in American homes. The official website for Bacoin has an exchange rate that updates every hour, and approximately fluctuates between 10 slices and 1 slice of bacon per Bacoin.

People who hold Bacoin are encouraged to play the market, which essentially comes down to checking the website every hour and redeeming the Bacoin for bacon when the exchange rate is at its highest. The exchange rate is automated and there is no actual market behind it – it is not possible to buy Bacoin on an exchange.

While Bacoin is marketed as a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin in the video announcing its release, however, there is little else that suggests Bacoin is a typical cryptocurrency. There is no technical white paper and there are no specifications, which are details that are fundamentally required for any serious cryptocurrency.

In reality, Bacoin is just a digital ledger currency with no blockchain. On the website, it says you can “mine” a random amount of Bacoin by registering, although an attempt to register resulted in nothing. The actual mining process in cryptocurrency typically rewards miners with coins for helping to maintain and secure the blockchain.

Essentially, Bacoin is a sweepstake that randomly rewards users free bacon for registering on their website. When the sweepstake ends on 14 May, so will the Bacoin currency will come to an end as well. Any Bacoin that has been distributed free to registrants will ultimately be exchanged for bacon and taken out of circulation.

Since it is not an actual crypto and has a limited time use as a centralized reward system only valid for this particular sweepstake, it is not possible to hold onto Bacoin long term.

Nevertheless, Bacoin might serve as inspiration for a real bacon-themed cryptocurrency in the future. Years before Oscar Mayer conceived Bacoin, IT worker Kirk Steele developed a real cryptocurrency named Bacoin in 2014, but didn’t get very far with the project. Steele sent a cease and desist letter to Oscar Mayer a week ago, but has now reached a compromise where he will receive some free bacon and the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile for his child.

Ultimately, Kirk Steele could be the biggest winner of the short-lived Bacoin era, as he’ll be the one really bringing home the bacon.

 

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Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Drops By $300

Bitcoin recently made its first attempt since March to test the $10,000 mark, but has ultimately come up short. After spiking to $9,800 and leaving many investors and traders certain that a new border would be crossed by the end of the week, the asset has seemingly fallen back to $9,500, where it stood on Thursday, marking a four percent drop in just 24 hours. The good news is that this probably won’t be the last time bitcoin nears the 10K line. Trading is still relatively high, and demand for bitcoin is not faltering. We’re likely to see the bullish

Bitcoin recently made its first attempt since March to test the $10,000 mark, but has ultimately come up short. After spiking to $9,800 and leaving many investors and traders certain that a new border would be crossed by the end of the week, the asset has seemingly fallen back to $9,500, where it stood on Thursday, marking a four percent drop in just 24 hours.

The good news is that this probably won’t be the last time bitcoin nears the 10K line. Trading is still relatively high, and demand for bitcoin is not faltering. We’re likely to see the bullish momentum strike again next week, though it’s virtually impossible to say when.

One of the reasons for the drop may once again be Warren Buffett. The billionaire mogul and Berkshire Hathaway executive was recently in the news spewing more nasty words about the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. While preparing for Berkshire’s annual shareholders meeting on Saturday, Buffett exclaimed that bitcoin was “probably rat poison squared,” meaning the cryptocurrency had the power to do more harm than good over the coming months. Last January, Buffett was noted as stating:

“In terms of cryptocurrencies, generally, I can say with almost certainty that they will come to a bad ending. If I could buy a five-year put on every one of the cryptocurrencies, I’d be glad to do it, but I would never short a dime’s worth.”

One of the big questions investors like to ask regarding bitcoin and its crypto-cousins is, “When is the volatility going to end or become weaker?” The answer appears to be “never,” or at least, “not for a long time.” Volatility is a feature of most cryptocurrencies, according to one source, which says it is not just the temporary result of a coin’s growing volume.

It is not a short-term problem, yet in many ways, the volatility exhibited by bitcoin and other digital assets is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, the massive swings that often place these coins in the red have occasionally moved in the opposite direction, shifting their courses and placing these assets deep in green territory, like what occurred last December.

Swiss-based financial expert Kristjan Dekleva is confident that bitcoin can at least come to terms with relative stability over the next ten years, but that it will take mainstream acceptance before this even starts to occur, and Dekleva doesn’t see that happening for a while.

“In my opinion, it will be at least 10 years before we see stability,” he claims. “In the short-term, falls have been driven by emotion, and in many cases, disinformation. A small rumor can have a big impact. Demand is driven by market speculation, but the absence of institutional investors means the market is unstable.”

Granted an asset class can rise by 20 times in a single year – as bitcoin did in late 2017 – it can also halve, which is what occurred with the asset in early January. Bitcoin determines its value by supply and demand, just like an equity class. It is entirely decentralized, and cannot be controlled by a single individual, thus preventing it from operating like a Ponzi scheme.

Israeli Bitcoin Mining Company Sues Bank for Closing Its Account – Bitcoin News (press release)

Bitcoin News (press release)Israeli Bitcoin Mining Company Sues Bank for Closing Its AccountBitcoin News (press release)In February, for example, Bitflash LTD, a company which was established to provide digital currency trading services based in Acre, …


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PR: UTRUST Announces Partnership with Germany’s Largest E-commerce Solution, Gambio, to Enable Cryptocurrency Payments

Bitcoin Press Release: Cryptocurrency payments platform UTRUST is pleased to announce a partnership with Gambio GmbH. With Gambio UTRUST will serve over 25,000 merchants with crypto payments in Europe’s largest economy; a significant step forward not just for UTRUST and Gambio, but also for the wider global blockchain industry. April 30th, 2018, Zug, Switzerland – …

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Bitcoin Press Release: Cryptocurrency payments platform UTRUST is pleased to announce a partnership with Gambio GmbH. With Gambio UTRUST will serve over 25,000 merchants with crypto payments in Europe’s largest economy; a significant step forward not just for UTRUST and Gambio, but also for the wider global blockchain industry.

April 30th, 2018, Zug, Switzerland – UTRUST Switzerland AG and Gambio GmbH have initiated a strategic partnership to bring cryptocurrency payments to the mainstream. Gambio is Germany’s biggest E-Commerce Solution with over 25,000 merchants, and billions in annual revenue. Through this partnership, UTRUST will be entering Europe’s largest economy, representing over one-third of total European online sales.

Commencing in September, the partnership will enable over 25,000 merchants to effortlessly and securely accept cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. This announcement is also important for the wider blockchain industry; increasing the total number of merchants to accept cryptocurrencies worldwide — approximately 100,000 right now — significantly.

UTRUST CEO Nuno Correia commented on what he believes this partnership will mean for mass-scale blockchain payments;

“This partnership is another huge step forward, bringing cryptocurrency payments to real consumers. Today, together with Gambio, UTRUST is once again making history. Blockchain startups should focus on partnerships with real businesses, real customers, and real use-cases. That is what is needed now, more than ever, for mainstream adoption”

About UTRUST Switzerland AG

UTRUST is the world’s first cryptocurrency payments platform to implement consumer protections on a mass scale. The company is building a global PayPal–like payments platform with extensive cryptocurrency support.

UTRUST’s end goal is to provide all the benefits of fast, secure, convenient, and inexpensive cryptocurrency transactions, in tandem with the world’s first cryptocurrency payment protections, which consumers need to fully embrace blockchain technology en masse.
With 2.5 billion unbanked people in Emerging Markets yet to benefit from financial inclusion, UTRUST is also planning to build the bridge to enable the unbanked worldwide to access the mainstream global financial system.
UTRUST raised over 20 Million USD in a successful token sale late 2017, and has since been fully devoted to building out its cryptocurrency payments platform.

About Gambio GmbH

With over 25,000 active merchants, Gambio GmbH, headquartered in Bremen, has been one of the leading suppliers of ecommerce software in the German-speaking world since 2004. The Gambio shop solution is targeted towards e-commerce startups as well as established merchants with complex requirements.

By way of a number of integrated interfaces, all major payment systems, shipping service providers and merchandise management systems or ERP systems can be connected to the shop system Thanks to the multichannel approach, all major marketplaces can also be directly operated using the shop software.

Gambio currently serves over 25,000 merchants in Europe’s largest economy, reporting billions in annual revenue.

Learn more about UTRUST at: https://utrust.com/
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Join UTRUST on Telegram at: https://t.me/utrustofficial
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Contact Name: Nuno Correia, UTRUST CEO
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UTRUST is the source of this content. Virtual currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to consumer protections. This press release is for informational purposes only. The information does not constitute investment advice or an offer to invest.

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Crypto-Backed Fiat Currencies: Sci Fi or Missing Link? Expert Take

Assuming Bitcoin has a one percent chance of being successful at becoming a global currency, it would not be absurd to consider investing one percent of a given central bank’s foreign exchange reserves

Assuming Bitcoin has a one percent chance of being successful at becoming a global currency, it would not be absurd to consider investing one percent of a given central bank’s foreign exchange reserves

Billionaire Warren Buffett Trashes Bitcoin Again: ‘It’s Rat Poison Squared’ – Yahoo Finance


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Billionaire Warren Buffett Trashes Bitcoin Again: 'It's Rat Poison Squared'
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Bitcoin Adoption Continues: Parking Lots, Supplies Store, Courses, Boutique Hotel – Bitcoin News (press release)

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Bitcoin adoption continues to grow rapidly worldwide. This adoption roundup features four merchants that recently started accepting the digital currency – a boutique hotel in Spain, parking lots, an electrical supply store, and online courses in Japan ...

PR: BINEX.TRADE Announces Their New Exchange User Interface

Bitcoin Press Release: BINEX.TRADE is a tokenized cryptocurrency exchange that shares its trade commission with BEX token holders. The exchange offers BEX token (ERC-20) that entitles the token holder a share in the trading commission to its investor, making BEX a real utility token. 1st May 2018, Singapore: BINEX.TRADE are excited to announce the launch …

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Bitcoin Press Release: BINEX.TRADE is a tokenized cryptocurrency exchange that shares its trade commission with BEX token holders. The exchange offers BEX token (ERC-20) that entitles the token holder a share in the trading commission to its investor, making BEX a real utility token.

1st May 2018, Singapore: BINEX.TRADE are excited to announce the launch of their Exchange platforms User Interface. The effort has been to incorporate trading & knowledge transfer to advanced traders and the new users of BINEX.TRADE.

The platforms trending news section will capture the users attention, enabling the user to have interactive communication with BINEX.TRADE through many social media platforms, this feature captures the market perception about all major cryptocurrencies. This information allows noive, to veteran traders to make informed decisions and capitalize upon market opportunities on a real-time basis

The BINEX.TRADE User Interface

The BINEX.TRADE User Interface is a single window that will have all the important information such as summary, market news and value, currency trending value, buy-sell history, order types, balance and trades. The primary currency pairing will reside between BTC, ETH, USD and BEX.

The BEX utility token bonus for the ongoing pre-registration of the crowdsale will enhance the chances of easy access to new traders in the business.

The User Interface will address both novice as well as the veteran traders. There are two versions of the UI, Basic and Advanced. The UI will interact with the trader, depending on the how the trader uses the platform. The aim for the multi-functional UI is to enable new users the ease of trading while catering for the more advanced users on the exchange.

The BINEX.TRADE Token Event

The BINEX.TRADE TGE began 9th March, and is currently in its pre-registration phase, participants are able to purchase the native BEX token in exchange for ETH. BINEX.TRADE aims to make trading transparent while offering 70% trading commissions back with traders on a daily payout. Participants are able to obtain 5 BEX tokens upon pre-registration.

About BINEX.TRADE

BINEX.TRADE provides space for immediate buying and selling of cryptocurrency once spotted to be favourable for the user to either sell or buy. This is one of the simple order types and has no control over the price received. In other conditions of less immediacy, the user can use limit order type. This will allow the trade user to have control over the price at which the trade takes place, thereby giving the user an edge to sell or buy the cryptocurrency at no less than a specific price.

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BINEX.TRADE is the source of this content. Virtual currency is not legal tender, is not backed by the government, and accounts and value balances are not subject to consumer protections. Cryptocurrencies and tokens are extremely volatile. There is no guarantee of a stable value, or of any value at all. Token sales are only suitable for individuals with a high risk tolerance. Only participate in a token event with what you can afford to lose.

This press release is for informational purposes only. The information does not constitute investment advice or an offer to invest. The BINEX.TRADE token sale is closed to US participants and participants of all countries in which ICOs are illegal.

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