Sentences with phrase «even as bitcoin»

Fundstrat's Thomas Lee is emerging as a voice of reason for cryptocurrency investors even as bitcoin continues to trade...

As a result global trading volumes crashed even as the Bitcoin price continued to surge (after a temporary fall in the price).

Over the course of the month, the ethereum price rose by 76 percent — even as bitcoin endured a moderate decline — and it ended the year at $ 752.

Positive developments like these have helped put a bottom under BTC prices, even as Bitcoin continues to endure massive selling pressure.

Even as bitcoin surged above $ 1,500 late last night - and crossed the $ 1,600 on several exchanges this afternoon - the rest of the top 10 cryptocurrencies as listed by market capitalization have seen price increases of at least 8 % today.

The cryptocurrency has been on a tear all month long even as bitcoin continued to exert its dominance.

Therefore, even as Bitcoin expert Adam Back observed, the recent dip in bitcoin's value could just be a major price correction following the recent bull run.

This means that even as bitcoin gains in value, users can still purchase coins that are within their budget (even though 1 BTC might cost $ 8,000, one might still buy 10 μBTC for $ 0.08).

Even as Bitcoin exchanges have proliferated around the globe, the answers to these questions have been less than clear.

Even as bitcoin reaches yet another all - time high (this time, at over $ 6,000), there is tremendous uncertainty in the markets.

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As of Monday evening, bitcoin prices were around $ 2,850, not far from its all - time high of just over $ 3,000.

Some even refer to it as «The Bitcoin Bank.»

As for Coinbase, a spokesperson stated that the company has no intention of keeping customers» Bitcoin Cash for itself or even access the «cash» at all.

That figure though assumes Bitcoin is indeed set to one day become a worldwide currency — a thought that even some cryptocurrency supporters, such as Mark Cuban, question.

While the decision to support Bitcoin Cash may placate some Coinbase customers, others are likely to question why the company will take months to do so, even as other digital exchanges support the new currency.

Even as his wife went into labor a few days after Thanksgiving, Bitcoin was taking off as well.

That's where trading in bitcoin futures opens Sunday evening, as the first major U.S. exchange offers a product pegged to the wildly fluctuating cryptocurrency.

Even as China shutters Bitcoin exchanges and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals heavier scrutiny of initial coin offerings, clients of trading giant Goldman Sachs are still trying to get in on the cryptocurrency trade.

Bitcoin loyalists argue that Ethereum's fatal tradeoff is that it's not as secure, and they point to the DAO hack as Exhibit A. Even in the Bitcoin community, though, there's some envy for the flexibility of Buterin's creation.

The functions that advocates say could be automated through the Bitcoin network seem nearly endless, including peer - to - peer investment funds, Kickstarter - like crowdfunding, binding arbitrations, and even non-financial transactions such as naming rights management and encrypted communication.

Investors who sold or even traded bitcoin last year owe taxes since the IRS views cryptocurrencies as property, meaning transactions are generally taxed.

Some of the kinds of transactions that Bitcoin can support include so - called M of N transactions, which require agreement between a certain subset of a group, and can be used for escrow, mediation, or shared financial management; time - locked transactions, in which bitcoins are distributed on a strict schedule, useful for trusts or wills; and even data - conditional transactions, in which a script uses a data input such as a regular Google search to monitor real - world events that would automatically trigger disbursements or other actions.

The country has remained one of the epicenters of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency trading even as regulators around the region crack down.

Urban Reclamations recently added e-commerce capabilities to its website, offering tables and chairs in multiple sizes and finishes (it even accepts Bitcoin as one form of payment).

Even as companies start to embrace the blockchain technology that makes bitcoin possible, BTIG analyst Mark Palmer still downgraded shares, calling the company's stock rally «overdone.»

Bitcoin, on the other hand, not only is far more volatile than both stocks and gold (as illustrated in the chart above), but trades unpredictably, even maniacally, without any relationship to other assets or even gold itself.

Sure, one bitcoin could be worth $ 12,000 — or even $ 20,000 — if price were the same thing as value.

Some analysts also refer to an investment in hedge funds, venture capital, crowdsourcing or even bitcoin as examples of alternative investments.

What's more, even new, alternative currencies, as well as presumably anonymous means of payment like the Internet currency Bitcoin, rank among the targets of the American spies.

Sometime in the future, innovative payment models such as Square, Clinkle and Bitcoin will become serious challengers to traditional banks, which will spur more competition and give customers even more options.

Security researchers explained that all these tools can be used as is, so it's plausible to expect that next week we will see several hacks on email servers, website defacements, or even an uptick in ransomware, the pervasive malware that locks computers and demands a payment in Bitcoin to unlock it.

Bitcoin is still stuck in a declining short - term trend, justifying a short - term sell signal, even as lots of altcoins are faring better.

Reuters reports that most gains in 2017 were from investing long, but other crypto hedge funds — such as Bitspread, and Pantera Capital — were able to protect themselves during the bitcoin downturn and even see gains incorporating a multitude of strategies.

«As Bitcoin grows, its incentive for you to adopt it gets even greater,» said Steven McKie, founding partner at the crypto firm Amentum.

The Chinese government has already shut down exchanges in China, but it was recently reported to be taking even further measures against new forms of online trading as well as Bitcoin mining operations in the country.

What's more is that because it's available as a podcast, you can now catch up on Bitcoin during your commute, workout, or even at work.

reports that most gains in 2017 were from investing long, but other crypto hedge funds — such as Bitspread, and Pantera Capital — were able to protect themselves during the bitcoin downturn and even see gains incorporating a multitude of strategies.

A utopian case for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, if one even exists, is still struggling to articulate itself as merchant adoption hasn't caught on nearly a decade after the first block of Bitcoin transaction data was generated, and prices continue to fluctuate too wildly for it to be considered a store of value.

It comes as no surprise that governments don't like Bitcoin and banks and financial institutions like it even less.

From the late 1960s, when software was decoupled from hardware, to the birth of bitcoin nearly a decade ago, what have we learned that can help us deal with this asset and its uses as we encounter even more new forms of technology, uses and ways of doing business?

In the early days of Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, mining was done solely with CPUs and could even be done solo in a process referred to as solo mining.

Even the North Korean government is accumulating bitcoin as a means to dodge international sanctions.

While the government crackdown sent bitcoin prices plunging as much as 30 percent, it has now recovered those losses, even as a growing number of governments take action.

There is no real incentive for the average consumer to use Bitcoin compared to traditional payment methods such as bank / credit cards or even cash.

Even as the use of bitcoin becomes more prevalent, few businesses openly advertise that they accept cryptocurrency out of concern they will be extorted.

Their latest project lets users buy several dozen API's with Bitcoin, as the 21 Marketplace has expanded even further.

Bitcoin functions first and foremost as a currency and could possibly even become a global reserve currency.

It's time to stop talking about Bitcoin as if «one bitcoin» is a normal thing that anyone uses or eveBitcoin as if «one bitcoin» is a normal thing that anyone uses or evebitcoin» is a normal thing that anyone uses or even owns.

Even with the decline, bitcoin is maintaining its bullish outlook insofar as prices hold above the technically important $ 9,000 - $ 9,200 region.

With Bitcoin being seen as more legitimate, volume on exchanges increasing, and regularly topping Google Trends, we're likely in for a wild ride with Bitcoin in the coming days, weeks, and possibly even months.