The recent round of tariffs on Chinese imports will hit the Chinese economy hard. The repercussions of this will not be favorable for anyone.Volatility has skyrocketed amidst the backdrop of increasing geopolitical tensions worldwide.The march toward US invasions of Iran and Venezuela signals a potential surge in geopolitical risks in 2019. The Impact of Tariffs [...]
I read a critique on Litecoin recently. The basic premise was that Litecoin is just a testing ground or testnet for Bitcoin. The author seemed to insinuate that Litecoin had little value other than testing new technologies prior to Bitcoin implementing them and was not a valuable standalone cryptocurrency. Mike Novogratz also chimed in recently, [...]
There’s still much to come in terms of crypto news 2019. Yet there have already been several significant developments in the global crypto markets just seven weeks into Q1. In a historic first, two of the largest economies in South America settled a trade agreement in Bitcoin.A new browser extension called Tippin allows users to [...]
How do bitcoin futures affect the price of bitcoin? This is a question worth examining. When looking at recent market trends through this lens, some interesting details emerge. The current crypto bear market began shortly after CBOE and CME futures launched in December of 2017 and right around the time that Bitmex volume started ramping up. [...]
As you may have heard, there has been mayhem in the crypto markets. For a while, it seemed like crypto markets were immune to the carnage in stock and bond markets around the world. In recent weeks, that has changed in a big way. After a period of sideways trading and low volatility, the crypto [...]
The global selloff has erased $5 trillion from stock and bond markets in October alone! October is a historically bad month for stocks. Many of the most dramatic crashes have begun during this month. The global market crash of 2018 seems to be in line with this trend and the crash is indeed global. This [...]
Cryptocurrency markets have received an incredible amount of bullish news over the past few months, yet the price has barely budged. We believe this is adding fuel to the eventual fire that will ignite under cryptocurrency prices. In this article, we cover the latest bullish news and present our case for much higher cryptocurrency prices [...]
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase just announced the addition the 0x protocol token to Coinbase Pro: In a blog post, the company commented: As of 10am PT on Thursday, October 11, we are now accepting deposits for ZRX on Coinbase Pro! We will accept deposits for at least 12 hours prior to enabling trading. Once sufficient liquidity [...]
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have grabbed headlines ever since their market prices began to see a spectacular rise last year. Governments, public agencies, financial institutions and large investors (including Warren Buffett) have spent a considerable amount of time commenting on cryptocurrencies during this entire period. But does crypto deserve so much prominence and attention (mostly [...]
When the first physical gold exchange-traded-fund (ETF) was launched in the United States in November of 2004, it had a huge impact on the gold market. The SPDR Gold Trust made it faster and easier for investors to get exposure to gold. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) give traders access to the incremental price movements of physical gold, [...]
