Welcome to my Cryptocurrencies Markets Overview for Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
It's red everywhere. Unfortunately, Steem is one of the biggest losers today. Perhaps a buy opportunity?
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Bitcoin has broken the consolidation area a few hours ago...
Latest Crypto News - July 25, 2017
Bitcoin Price Heads South Again as Politics Fuel Potential Network Disruption
It looks as if cryptocurrency traders may have another rough patch looming ahead. The Bitcoin price suddenly started declining, resulting in a near 6% loss in about an hour.
Read more: themerkle.com
Bitcoin Options Will Be Available This Fall
LedgerX LLC, a cryptocurrency trading platform operator, won approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate as a federally-regulated exchange and clearing house for derivatives contracts settling in digital currencies.
Read more: Bloomberg
Other sources:
- LedgerX gets U.S. approval for derivatives on digital currencies (Reuters)
- Start Your Hedging: LedgerX to Begin Trading Cryptocurrency Derivatives (CoinDesk)
- LedgerX Completes CFTC Process, Approved for Bitcoin Options (Cointelegraph)
- CFTC Approves First Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange and Clearinghouse (Bitcoin.com)
Bitmain: Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Merely Contingency Plan for UASF
Bitmain clarifies its position on Bitcoin Cash hard fork, noting that it merely supported Bitcoin Cash as a contingency plan for UASF.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Goldman To Nervous Bitcoin Traders: Be Patient, The Next Surge Will Take It Above $3,600
Prompted by growing interest among the hedge fund community, Goldman is dedicating increasingly more "bandwidth" to covering bitcoin, and judging by the bank's bullish bias, most of the "smart money" appears to be long the cryptocurrency.
Read more: zerohedge.com
More sources:
Poloniex Will not Provide Support for Any Potential Bitcoin Forks
The upcoming Bitcoin hard fork is a problem for cryptocurrency exchanges. Some platforms will support Bitcoin Cash, whereas others won’t. One of the companies not supporting any future fork is Poloniex. That is a rather remarkable decision, to say the least. The company will not commit to supporting specific blockchains emerging after a potential split.
Read more: newsbtc.com
'Unrealistic': BIP 91 Creator James Hilliard Has Choice Words for Segwit2x
"Nutty." No, developer James Hilliard isn't describing his lunch. Rather, that's his choice of description for Segwit2x, the controversial technical roadmap announced by bitcoin's startups and miners in May, and that has been the center of widespread debate ever since.
Read more: coindesk.com
Winklevoss Backed Gemini Exchange to Begin Daily Ether Auctions
Digital currency exchange Gemini is set to begin hosting daily ether auctions on Friday.
Read more: coindesk.com
Bitcoin Experiences Rapid Growth and High Trading in Africa
South Africa has already witnessed a surge of bitcoin interest and activity as the digital currency has taken a foothold in the country. It now appears bitcoin is seeing rapid growth in other areas of Africa. Razor-Forex recently posted data from Coin Dance suggesting Tanzania and Nigeria have both seen increased bitcoin trading.
Read more: bitcoin.com
More sources:
- It is Baby Steps But Bitcoin is Taking Root in Africa (Cointelegraph)
Bitcoin Cash: What You Need to Know
Bitcoin Cash’s sudden announcement on Saturday that they’ll go ahead with a fork on August 1 caught a lot of people, including myself, by surprise. In this article, I’m going to explain what Bitcoin Cash (aka BCC) is, how it affects you and how you should prepare for August 1.
Read more: medium.com
Popular Bitcoin Mixing Service Bitmixer.io Shuts Down Immediately
People who are looking for a way to anonymize their bitcoins often have to go through various hoops. In most cases, the easiest way to do so is by using a cryptocurrency mixer. It now appears that Bitmixer.io, the world’s largest Bitcoin mixer, will cease operations. It is unclear if this has anything to do with Bitmixer’s link to AlphaBay users.
Read more: themerkle.com
What's Left Before SegWit Goes Live? Bitcoin's Path to More Capacity
Bitcoin is on the road to increasing its capacity – but it's not there yet. Despite the claim bitcoin has been upgraded to support Segregated Witness-style transactions, there are more steps that need to occur before its distributed network can process additional data.
Read more: coindesk.com
What Every Bitcoiner Should Know About 'Bitcoin Cash'
In a few days the notorious August 1st is approaching, and it’s likely this day will be remembered for a long time. This week Bitcoin.com discussed the possible scenario of a user activated hard fork called “Bitcoin Cash” as much of the community doesn’t realize this fork will likely still happen despite Segwit2x’s current progress.
Read more: bitcoin.com
