10 October 2017 Bitcoin rules With all the attention on Bitcoin – will it reach $5000? – mainly at the expense of other cryptocurrencies, I thought it might help you to see what the others say they have

9 October 2017 (delayed by steemit glitches) Sticking with the big boys Bitcoin and Ripple, given a new lease of life in Korea (35% up over seven days), dominated the markets, with nearly two-thirds of

8 October 2017 Examine the charts The ups and downs so far this month, if not predictable, have been hardly surprising. OmiseGO and Ripple have been the tokens to go up and down, while BitcoinCash (BCH)

7 October 2017 Stabilization or quiet before storm? Another light day of trading, with Japan's yen and BTC ahead of the others (36.46% vs 35.74% for the US$). Korean Bitcoin trading accounted for 7.84%,

5-6 October 2017 Still a bitcoin game Despite my scoring of developments as adding 2% to the acceptability of cryptos worldwide, the percentage probabilities of a 50% price increase by 1 December has not

4 October 2017 The most significant development seems to be the drop in the Bitcoin Cash price: more than 20% over seven days. Once again, the Korean trading seems to have dominated performances, particularly

2 October 2017 On target? Which target? From their current performance, Ripple and OmiseGO seem most likely to reach their target by 1 December. But none of the cryptos are close to the 50% increase set

29 September - 1 October 2017 Charts for three days here. I was caught up in editorial deadlines for another publication. 28 September 2017 table 29 September 2017 table 30 September 2017 table This has

28 September 2017 Week 5 Day 4: What's new? Answer: not much Once again the prices give us little indication of the underlying forces determining the volatility of the cryptocurrencies. Zcash might seem

26 September 2017 Obviously I learned more than how volatile prices can be, how little to trust technical analysis, that many events are not determinants of how prices move, or indicators of acceptance

25 September 2017 Why I hate technical analysis When Bitcoin goes up or down it's in a bubble that's about to burst. When it stays relatively stable (say 0.14% gain in seven days, as on 27 September),

24 September 2017 Asia's hump, Asia's cliff The Asian hump and cliff (before 6am) made its reappearance, while the "recovery" in crypto prices continued. What does recovery mean in this context?

23 September 2017 MGIF! What happened? My Gosh It's Friday again! The cryptocurrency market lost $10 billion on Friday, down to $122 billion (it's now back to $127 bn on 23 September). Josiah Wilmoth of

22 September 2017 More of the same ups and downs The day saw pretty much the same developments with all major cryptocoins: down on the previous day, up over seven days, and down compared to 30 days ago.

21 September 2017 China syndrome but no crash Once again Korean won trading was the most active, followed by US$, and Bitcoin Cash the main victim. One puzzle is the lack of long-term impact from the

20 September 2017 Where have all the traders gone? After the frenzy of Thursday and Friday last week, the market was comparatively quiet again. There were hardly any crypto developments to signal for their

19 September 2017 Ethereum almost recovered its losses over the previous week but most other alt-coins (except Dash) were still down. Conspiracy theorists "A Coordinated War on Crypto" asserts

18 September 2017 Living contradictions Once again we see the contradiction between the midnight results and the 14:00 prices compared to previous days. We can also contrast the assessed probability that

17 September 2017 Underlying forces Crypto's market capitalization was down to $120 bn but bitcoin still accounted for hal (48.7%) on 17 September. The usual weekend drop in trading was visible, and most

16 September 2017 Ignore today's market Friday saw a recovery in crypto prices. But it was not my main concern (in fact 17 September saw a typical reverse). I am more interested in the fundamental value