The early-access code for Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency hit GitHub two weeks ago and critics and trollers have taken their aim at the project that has been saved or “starred” by close to 10,000 users.
In recent French news, Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon, revealed that the company is looking into developing its own cryptocurrency, like JPMorgan Chase. Also, the company is researching asset tokenization and stablecoins as such.
Judging by recent news, it appears that Binance is in talks with Facebook about either listing Libra or joining the Libra Association. Binance’s CSO, Gin Chao, confirmed that the exchange has had discussions with Facebook about a listing process.
Mark Zuckerberg commented on the newly-launched Facebook’s Libra crypto. He says that Libra Association is an independent organization and Facebook only has one vote in it. That way he emphasizes the trustworthiness of Libra.
A billionaire Mike Novogratz predicted that Bitcoin’s (BTC) price will stabilize between $10,000 and $14,000. He also confirmed he sold some BTC and that he regrets he didn’t sell more. Now some are blaming him for the price fall.
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange recording over $1 million Bitcoin trading volume, experienced a few minutes site crash. Bitcoin price concurrently plunges afterward within a period of 24 hours.
Yesterday BitMex reported on Twitter that it hit a record in daily volume as Bitcoin went pass $13,000. BitMex, which is a leading Bitcoin derivatives trading platform, topped $16 billion in volume across its products.
The Swiss security token firm BlockState plans to introduce six ERC-20 tokens from Ethereum blockchain onto the Swiss Stock Exchange supported by mirroring them on R3’s Corda platform.
After hitting its new 2019-high close to $14,000 levels on Wednesday, Bitcoin price underwent a major pullback losing nearly $1.8K in just a few hours and is currently trading around $12,200 levels.
Analysts are pretty sure in their claims that Bitcoin prices could match their all-time high of $20,000 within the next two weeks, and, could actually hit $50,000 or $100,000 by the end of the year.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) cleared Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX to offer physically settled BTC futures contracts to institutional and retail customers.
The proposed rule change will allow Wilshire Phoenix Fund to list shares of ETF on NYSE Arca. SEC has declared that the public can comment on the aforementioned matter within 21 days’ time period.
Bitcoin price upside momentum is gaining traction as a break above $12,500 serves as an upside catalyst. Considering that the price growth is accompanied by increased trading volumes, one might suggest that the trend will gain traction.
Bitcoin price gained a further 6% over the last 24-hour trading period, hitting $11,350 pushing the wider cryptocurrency market higher. Mosts analysts agree that Bitcoin is taking “aim” at $100,000.
Bitcoin price just crossed the $11,350 mark and dives into a new all-time-high in 2019. That way, Bitcoin still is the best performing asset in 2019 with +170% increase this year and +250% since it bottomed out.