Mastodon

Ripple Price Technical Analysis – Can XRP/USD Move above $0.8500?

Key Highlights Ripple price traded as low as $0.8014 before starting a fresh upside wave against the US dollar. There is a significant bearish trend line in place with resistance near $0.8480 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair has to break the trend line resistance and $0.8500

The post Ripple Price Technical Analysis – Can XRP/USD Move above $0.8500? appeared first on NewsBTC.

Key Highlights

  • Ripple price traded as low as $0.8014 before starting a fresh upside wave against the US dollar.
  • There is a significant bearish trend line in place with resistance near $0.8480 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).
  • The pair has to break the trend line resistance and $0.8500 to accelerate higher in the near term.

Ripple price is making nice moves against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. XRP/USD buyers must clear a crucial hurdle near $0.8500 to push the price in the positive zone.

Ripple Price Upside Hurdle

Recently, we saw a sharp downside move from well above $0.9000 in Ripple price against the US Dollar. The price declined below the $0.8800 and $0.8500 support levels. It even broke the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the last upside leg from the $0.7810 low to $0.9241 high. The downside move was such that the price almost test the $0.8000 level. A low was formed at $0.8014 before buyers appeared and protected further losses.

Later, a fresh upside wave was initiated and the price moved above the $0.8200 resistance. There was a break above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the last drop from the $0.9241 high to $0.8014 low. However, the price is facing a tough barrier near the $0.8480 level. A significant bearish trend line is in place with resistance near $0.8480 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. Moreover, the 38.2% Fib retracement level of the last drop from the $0.9241 high to $0.8014 low is near $0.8432 to act as a resistance.

Ripple Price Technical Analysis XRP USD

Looking at the chart, it seems like the price is struggling to break the $0.8480 resistance. Therefore, a proper close above $0.8480 and $0.8500 is needed for further gains. On the downside, the $0.8200 and $0.8000 levels are decent supports.

Looking at the technical indicators:

Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is slowly moving in the bullish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is now well above the 50 level.

Major Support Level – $0.8200

Major Resistance Level – $0.8500

The post Ripple Price Technical Analysis – Can XRP/USD Move above $0.8500? appeared first on NewsBTC.

BMW Test Drives Blockchain for Car Mileage Tracking

Blockchain startup Dovu created a pilot program with auto giant BMW to encourage drivers to track their own mileage.

Blockchain startup Dovu created a pilot program with auto giant BMW to encourage drivers to track their own mileage.

Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Roundup: Bytecoin Boosted by Binance Listing

FOMO Moments Following two days of selling pressure the markets have stabilized a little and even started to gain marginally during the morning’s Asian trading session. Total market capitalization is climbing back towards $450 billion and Bitcoin did not drop below $9k. It is currently trading up 1% on the day at $9,440. Altcoins are

The post Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Roundup: Bytecoin Boosted by Binance Listing appeared first on NewsBTC.

FOMO Moments

Following two days of selling pressure the markets have stabilized a little and even started to gain marginally during the morning’s Asian trading session. Total market capitalization is climbing back towards $450 billion and Bitcoin did not drop below $9k. It is currently trading up 1% on the day at $9,440. Altcoins are mostly in the green today as they forge a recovery from the recent correction. As usual one is surging ahead of the pack and today that crypto is Bytecoin.

Coinmarketcap is reporting a 31% gain in BCN from this time yesterday. The spike started about an hour or two ago as price jumped to $0.0090 from $0.0068 on Monday. Over the week Bytecoin has risen almost 75% from $0.0052 this time last week. During the past 30 days it has performed very well surging nearly 300% from $0.0021 this time last month. Against Bitcoin BCN has climbed 30% on the day to 96 satoshis from 74 sats this time yesterday. Monthly gains have been exceptional with a climb of 210% from 31 satoshis on April 8.

The boost has pushed Bytecoin into the top 25 to 22nd place where it currently sits. BCN is the first cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote technology with an open source code designed for anonymous cash settlement. It joins the growing ranks of privacy based altcoins entering the crypto-scape. Binance announced a listing 2 hours ago which has sent this altcoin skywards on the fomo elevator.

Trade has been dominated by the few exchanges where this cryptocurrency is currently listed, namely HitBTC and Poloniex. BCN volume has jumped in the past few hours from $5.4 million to just over $10 million as traders ride the upward wave. Its market cap is now $1.5 billion which is 50% higher than this time last week. The increase has carried Bytecoin above Lisk, Verge, and Nano.

Total crypto market capitalization has regained 3% on the day to $447 billion indicating that the last two days were just a small correction as traders took profits. Trade volume for all cryptos has remained steady at around $25 billion. Other altcoins performing well during the Asian trading session include EOS, VeChain, Icon and Verge.

More on Bytecoin can be found here: https://bytecoin.org/

FOMO Moments is a section that takes a daily look at the top 25 altcoins during the Asian trading session and analyses the best performing one, looking for trends and possible fundamentals.

The post Asian Cryptocurrency Trading Roundup: Bytecoin Boosted by Binance Listing appeared first on NewsBTC.

Why the SEC Should Give Amnesty to Illegal ICOs

The SEC and ICO participants must work together to find a reasonable market fix to the current royal mess.

The SEC and ICO participants must work together to find a reasonable market fix to the current royal mess.

Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 05/08/2018 – Where the Bulls Are Waiting

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price bounced off its channel resistance but seems to be encountering support once more. Applying the Fib extension tool until the nearby area of interest shows the next potential upside targets. Technical indicators are signaling that the uptrend could continue but at a weaker pace. Bitcoin price could resume its

The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 05/08/2018 – Where the Bulls Are Waiting appeared first on NewsBTC.

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights

  • Bitcoin price bounced off its channel resistance but seems to be encountering support once more.
  • Applying the Fib extension tool until the nearby area of interest shows the next potential upside targets.
  • Technical indicators are signaling that the uptrend could continue but at a weaker pace.

Bitcoin price could resume its uptrend upon testing the nearby support and the Fib extension tool shows how high it can go.

Technical Indicators Signals

The 100 SMA is above the longer-term 200 SMA to confirm that the path of least resistance is to the upside. In other words, the uptrend is more likely to resume than to reverse.

However, the gap between the moving averages is narrowing to signal weakening bullish momentum. Bitcoin price is also trading below the 200 SMA dynamic inflection point to show that it might hold as resistance from here. In that case, selling pressure could still pick up and lead to more losses for bitcoin.

If the channel support keeps losses in check, a bounce back up to the swing high around $10,025 or the actual channel resistance could be due. Other inflection points are located at the 38.2% extension or $9,577.8 or the 50% extension near the mid-channel area of interest. The 61.8% extension is at $9,853 and the full extension is past the channel resistance.

Stochastic has been on its way down but is turning back up to suggest a return in bullish momentum. RSI is also moving higher after recently finding itself in the oversold region, reflecting bearish exhaustion.

Market Factors

Profit-taking at the $10,000 barrier has been anticipated but traders appear to have reacted negatively to remarks from Buffet and Gates. Both have expressed bearish views, citing that bitcoin is “rat poison” and is mostly just driven by speculation.

Still, industry developments have been positive lately and regulation has shown more openness to further innovation. The ongoing risk-off flows may also be dampening investor demand, along with the pickup in the dollar, so it will be interesting to see if bulls can charge again at the current area of interest.

The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 05/08/2018 – Where the Bulls Are Waiting appeared first on NewsBTC.

Cryptocurrency Startup Flees to Canada to Avoid U.S. Regulatory Expenses

CBblocks, a Miami-based firm that specializes in cryptocurrency wallet management, has enjoyed great success in 30 days. So much so that the company is planning to move to Canada in order to escape the U.S. regulatory burden. Cryptocurrency Wallet Management Startup Moves to Canada to Avoid U.S. Regulation CBlocks was created by Auston Bunsen, Mario

The post Cryptocurrency Startup Flees to Canada to Avoid U.S. Regulatory Expenses appeared first on NewsBTC.

CBblocks, a Miami-based firm that specializes in cryptocurrency wallet management, has enjoyed great success in 30 days. So much so that the company is planning to move to Canada in order to escape the U.S. regulatory burden.

Cryptocurrency Wallet Management Startup Moves to Canada to Avoid U.S. Regulation

CBlocks was created by Auston Bunsen, Mario Aguayo, and PK Banks, in a matter of days. Launched in mid-January, the venture quickly found high demand, worth $32,000 in a single month. The product: a mystery box of cryptocurrencies delivered in a physical USB wallet.

Auston Bunsen, Chief Executive Officer of the startup, told StarterStory that the team drew inspiration from Crypto Roulette, a website that shows users how much they could have profited from investing $1,000 in the cryptocurrency market with any set of six random digital currencies at any point in time in the year of 2017.

“I had recently seen this website cryptoroulette.info and told him he could literally buy anything and he would probably learn something and make money.”

While the first day of business was supported by friends and family buying, the second day was worth $3,000 in sales after being featured in TheNextWeb. CBlocks has been featured in Forbes, The Outline, and LifeHacker since then and sales skyrocketed. By mid-March, the startup was two weeks backlogged on orders.

CBlocks randomly generates five different cryptocurrencies for users and loads them into a secure USB wallet with AES 256 bit encryption, the same used by banks to protect their networks. Buyers can choose from four 4 subscriptions tiers that range from $75 to $500, with each tier costing $25 more. Then USB drive is then shipped inside a collector’s case and delivered to the buyer’s address.

The startup claims they have developed an algorithm to randomize the five cryptocurrencies chosen among the top 100 digital assets by market capitalization. The product is mostly marketed to people who want to enter the cryptocurrency market, but don’t know how.

By randomly choosing the cryptocurrencies and delivering them via USB drive, CBlocks takes care of what many newbies would consider complex decision-making, such as understanding the value of each digital currency. Customers can also skip registering with an exchange operator.

The high demand had CBlocks’ founders scrambling to learn whether the startup is a money services company or not. The costly situation of eventually being considered as such by U.S. regulators has led the founders to choose Canada for the company’s headquarters.

 

Image from Shutterstocl

The post Cryptocurrency Startup Flees to Canada to Avoid U.S. Regulatory Expenses appeared first on NewsBTC.

Azerbaijan’s Central Bank: Profits from Cryptocurrency Trading Must be Taxed

Azerbaijan, taking another step towards the legitimization and mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies, has declared that the coins are subject to taxation in the country. Specifically, revenues generated by entities will face ‘profit tax,’ and individuals trading cryptocurrencies will be subject to ‘income tax.’ These clarifications come from Nijat Imanov, deputy director general of the Tax

The post Azerbaijan’s Central Bank: Profits from Cryptocurrency Trading Must be Taxed appeared first on NewsBTC.

Azerbaijan, taking another step towards the legitimization and mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies, has declared that the coins are subject to taxation in the country.

Specifically, revenues generated by entities will face ‘profit tax,’ and individuals trading cryptocurrencies will be subject to ‘income tax.’ These clarifications come from Nijat Imanov, deputy director general of the Tax Policy and Strategic Research Department of the Taxes Ministry, who spoke during the second Finance and Investment Forum (FIF) in the country’s capital Baku on May 5 as reported by news agency Trend.

“This is formalized as a profit tax for legal entities and income tax for individuals,” Imanov said. “If someone bought a cryptocurrency and then sold it after its price increased, this amount is recorded as income and therefore should be attracted to taxation.”

Following global trends, Azerbaijan saw a massive increase in the interest and adoption of cryptocurrencies in the second half of last year. Elnur Guliyev, director and founder of Crypto Consulting, said that during this period one could benefit by investing as little as $10 in the coins.

“But this situation does not reoccur very often,” he said. “The cheapest option is to buy Bitcoin and wait for the increase in its cost for resale. This option is still working, but it is hard to say how long it will last.”

Azerbaijan’s Central Bank Eyes Blockchain Technology

Last year, local news organization Azernews reported that the position of Azerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) with regard to cryptocurrencies was ‘conservative,’  according to the Elman Rustamov, chair of the CBA, who added that the CBA does not consider cryptocurrencies as an alternative means of payment. The remarks were made November 21 during discussions on the 2018 state budget at the Azerbaijani parliament. 

“We think that cryptocurrencies continue to be a dangerous instrument for investing,” Rustamov said at the time.

Despite this more conservative approach to cryptocurrencies themselves, Azerbaijan is on-board with the market’s underlying technology. Speaking about blockchain, the CBA head noted that the advanced technology will contribute to changes in many sectors across the country, in particular finance.

The bank also discussed the potential use for blockchain technology in working with foreign countries — notably neighbors Georgia and Estonia  as well as the possibility of integrating systems of electronic blockchain-based identification into information and payment systems.

“The Central Bank intends to help in studying this technology and its future use in the financial and banking sector of Azerbaijan, and in the future in public services for the population. For this, we have already started negotiations with leading consulting companies. I think that at the first stage, we must create stable technological and legislative infrastructure, and then start introducing this technology,” Rustamov remarked.

Featured image from Shutterstock.

The post Azerbaijan’s Central Bank: Profits from Cryptocurrency Trading Must be Taxed appeared first on NewsBTC.

A new stable coin offers 133 million reasons for an algorithmic central bank

The objective of the Basis project is to create a token that has a reasonably stable value and which would be used to facilitate exchange between users. Just as the central banks would expand or contract the money supply based on inflation or deflation…

The objective of the Basis project is to create a token that has a reasonably stable value and which would be used to facilitate exchange between users. Just as the central banks would expand or contract the money supply based on inflation or deflation rates, the Basis protocol is expected to do same, but on a decentralized algorithmic platform. Hence, the reason why it is referred to as an “algorithmic central bank”.

Warren Buffett Is Wrong About Bitcoin – Forbes


Forbes

Warren Buffett Is Wrong About Bitcoin
Forbes
Legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett has been a long-time bear on Bitcoin, using strong messages to tell investors that they will lose a great deal of money by sticking with the digital currency. Like “poison squared,” an
Warren Buffett says bitcoin is ‘rat poison’CNNMoney
Bitcoin almost broke through the $10000 mark—then Warren Buffett and Bill Gates came alongCNBC
As Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Slam Bitcoin Once Again, Prices Retreat from $10000 PushFortune
Money Magazine –USA TODAY –Cointelegraph
all 604 news articles »

Forbes

Warren Buffett Is Wrong About Bitcoin
Forbes
Legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett has been a long-time bear on Bitcoin, using strong messages to tell investors that they will lose a great deal of money by sticking with the digital currency. Like “poison squared,” an ...
Warren Buffett says bitcoin is 'rat poison'CNNMoney
Bitcoin almost broke through the $10000 mark—then Warren Buffett and Bill Gates came alongCNBC
As Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Slam Bitcoin Once Again, Prices Retreat from $10000 PushFortune
Money Magazine -USA TODAY -Cointelegraph
all 604 news articles »

Bitcoin Sees Wall Street Warm to Trading Virtual Currency – New York Times

New York TimesBitcoin Sees Wall Street Warm to Trading Virtual CurrencyNew York TimesSAN FRANCISCO — Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated f…


New York Times

Bitcoin Sees Wall Street Warm to Trading Virtual Currency
New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange has

IOTA, Stellar Lumens, Tron, Litecoin, EOS: Technical Analysis for May 8, 2018

Regardless of our medium to long term bullish skew, sellers are driving prices across the board. Apart from EOS,which is the only coin in the top 10 registering a modest three percent gain, others made losses. Stellar Lumens leads with a three percent loss in the past 24 hours and chances are it shall add

The post IOTA, Stellar Lumens, Tron, Litecoin, EOS: Technical Analysis for May 8, 2018 appeared first on NewsBTC.

Regardless of our medium to long term bullish skew, sellers are driving prices across the board. Apart from EOS,which is the only coin in the top 10 registering a modest three percent gain, others made losses. Stellar Lumens leads with a three percent loss in the past 24 hours and chances are it shall add their losses today following a bearish break below the middle BB and support line visible in the 4HR chart. Other than that, we anticipate losses in Litecoin, EOS and IOTA today.

Let look at these charts:

EOSUSD (EOS)

EOS Technical Analysis

EOS 4HR Chart by Trading View

Of all the coins in the top 10, EOS is the only one returning positive gains in the last 24 hours. In fact it is up three percent adding on to their weekly gains but still prices are trending below the significant $18.55 resistance level.

Despite these encouraging gains, there is a high likelihood that bears might drive prices lower today as price action takes the natural course of reversing that over-valuation visible in the weekly chart. Remember, last week’s candlestick was bearish with 80 percent of its body closing above the upper BB and as history shows, correction might happen to compensate that distortion of equilibrium.

Because of our technical set up, bears should expect price action to test $15 and later $14 in the coming days.

LTCUSD (Litecoin)

Litecoin (LTC) Technical Analysis

Litecoin Chart by Trading View

Like we have mentioned before, there is nothing that beats the Network Effect as Robert envisioned it. At the moment, that’s what Litecoin Foundation is striving for: Retail Adoption. This is the reason why they are now running social media campaigns urging supporters to start settling bills using Litecoin and spreading the benefits that decentralization and privacy Litecoin tags along to merchants.

It’s already hot in the social media circles but what we want is hard statistics that shows reversal of yesterdays’ losses. Data shows that Litecoin is off the top five printing a four percent loss in the last 24 hours.

On the chart, we can see a nice double bar reversal pattern in the daily chart right at $180, our first take profit target in our previous bull circle. That’s not all, there is confirmation following yesterday’s bear candlestick.

Now, as Litecoin sellers are stepping on gas, we might see those losses increasing today as momentum shift. In that regard, the middle BB is our immediate support line. In case sellers break below it, prices can quickly collapse and retest $140 and even $110 in the coming days.

XLMUSD (Stellar Lumens)

Stellar Lumens (XLM) Technical Analysis

Stellar Lumens Daily Chart by Trading View

It’s clear that Stellar Lumens is losing steam especially following that non-action at 50 cents, our resistance level. As it is, sellers are ramping up their positions and with a bear candlestick closing below the middle BB as we saw yesterday, we might see prices retesting 30 cents this week if bears accelerate their moves.

After all, there is a stochastic sell signal printing after a week of distribution at 50 cents. Because of this, I recommend shorts with immediate targets at 30 cents as per our chart set up.

TRXUSD (Tron)

Tron (TRX) Technical Analysis

Tron Daily Chart by Trading View

So, Tron’s Ethereum airdrop has been completed successful but still the slide continues. Statistics shows that in the past 24 hours, it is down one spot to position 10 after losing three percent. Now, even though we are upbeat of Tron developments and price pump anticipation as mainnet launch nears, Tron sellers are likely to add to their losses today.

Clearly, from the chart we have a stochastic sell signal. Further more, we can see these lower lows from this coin’s ATHs. As such, if technicals come into play, it is likely that the middle BB might be the only support. Because we are anticipating a short term correction, our immediate bear targets should be at 7.2 cents and 6.5 cents. This is especially so if there is a break below our support line, the middle BB.

IOTUSD (IOTA)

IOTA (IOT) Technical Analysis

IOTA Daily Chart by Trading View

Undoubtedly, IOTA is setting standards and making baby steps but important milestones towards a world of device interconnection. Even as they update Trinity, IOTA is leaving impressions in the automobile industry considering recent trends. As we know, many automobile companies are desirous of integrating it with their in house technologies.  Their tangle technology is definitely made for enterprise. Therefore, it’s obvious that as more tech players join in the revolution, IOTA remains a long term buy.

On to the charts now and our previous forecast still holds true. We are bearish and playing on to this shift of momentum correcting May 4 over-valuation and bearish divergence pattern. Now, if there is push below $2.2, then IOTA sellers might test $1.65 in line with yesterday’s view. Because of this, I recommend short term sells with every stochastic sell signal in the 4HR or lower time frames.

The post IOTA, Stellar Lumens, Tron, Litecoin, EOS: Technical Analysis for May 8, 2018 appeared first on NewsBTC.