Steemit Post: https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@cryptovestor/scary-trend-in-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies We also explore how media sites
like Coindesk and Cointelegraph are starting to see their monthly visitors decrease as their Alexa ranks flatten and Cointelegraph sees a substantial 25 — 50 % decline in views on some of its most popular price analysis articles.
So far, most problematic projects haven't attracted enough support to merit a platform
like Coindesk needing to consider such a dilemma.
Each exchange might show a slightly different amount, depending on the last trade price, while a place
like CoinDesk is looking at multiple sources.
There are aggregators
like CoinDesk, which look at what's happening on multiple exchanges and then average them to get a number.
Bitcoin ATMs generally sell Bitcoins at a mark - up of 5 - 10 %, so before you purchase Bitcoin from a Bitcoin ATM, you should check the ATM's price against a Bitcoin price index
like the CoinDesk BPI or Bitcoin Average.
A number of media outlets have positioned themselves as authorities in the sector, outlets
like Coindesk, and many of the big - name players in financial sector — Forbes, Bloomberg, etc. — are dedicating substantial resources towards bitcoin and cryptocurrency coverage.
[Disclosure: I know the founders from college] Those include traditional brokers like Scottrade and E * Trade that can charge $ 7 or more per trade, crypto - specific exchanges like Coinbase, and news sources
like CoinDesk.
Not exact matches
Wismeijer told
CoinDesk that he thinks some 3,000 people are already implanted with a chip «
like his.»
This Chinese based Bitcoin mining company is as serious as they come and have been dubbed the «Most Professional Bitcoin Mining Pool» by the
likes of
CoinDesk and have gained support from Bitcoin Unlimited along the way.
Thurber told
CoinDesk that, if bitcoin behaves
like other commodities, the price should increase as the supply decreases.
I would
like to receive the following emails:
CoinDesk Weekly - Insights for the week ahead
CoinDesk Daily - Our snapshot of the day's news
It's On Whether Ripple
Likes It or Not,»
CoinDesk, April 5, 2018.)
RSK's effort to bring ethereum -
like smart contracts to the bitcoin blockchain could go live in 2017, its lead developer has told
CoinDesk.
The
CoinDesk report also contains a few other interesting nuggets plus useful graphics,
like this one that can help fintech newbies get their head around blockchain concepts:
«An incredible passion and appetite for blockchain technology has emerged in South Korea, and partnering with a respected institution
like The Hankyoreh to translate and distribute the Korean edition of
CoinDesk furthers our mission to inform, educate, and connect the global blockchain community.»
Josh Harris, DirectPool's Media Director, spoke with
CoinDesk about the motivations for starting DirectPool, and explained that the idea was conceived as a response to mining pools
like Ghash.io, which recently gained nearly 50 % of the network's hashpower:
«It appears to me that ethereum classic is gravitating towards bitcoin-esque attributes,
like immutability at all costs and capped supply,» he told
CoinDesk.
CoinDesk Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has said it's to early for the bank to consider a bitcoin strategy as it «doesn't feel
like -LSB-...]
It seems
like a simple task for a user to buy Bitcoin on
Coindesk and for a lower price and sell it on Bithumb for a higher price and make a tidy profit (arbitrage).
By using multiple chains, users can avoid the network issues which plague other public blockchains
like bitcoin and ethereum, the former JP Morgan Chase blockchain developer told
CoinDesk.
«Zcash looks
like it may offer slightly more thorough anonymity than Monero, but not a major difference from a user or business perspective,» he told
CoinDesk.
This Chinese based Bitcoin mining company is as serious as they come and have been dubbed the «Most Professional Bitcoin Mining Pool» by the
likes of
CoinDesk and have gained support from Bitcoin Unlimited along the way.
And although 15 BTC does not sound
like a large number, at current
CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) values, that's almost $ 10,000.
The security lead has already proposed a potential fix, which would involve recreating the Parity code without the wallet exploit, he told
CoinDesk, adding, «I'd
like to see this spearheaded by the affected parties, not the foundation.»
As
CoinDesk previously reported, firms
like VanEck had to withdraw their push to create long and short - style ETFs around bitcoin futures because such products hadn't yet been successfully released and traded.
«The name and concept took off
like fire, and the vision is well on its way to being realized,» Gevers explained in an investor document provided to
CoinDesk.
Zhou praised the digital currency, stating that he
likes it far more than its competitors, telling
CoinDesk:
Thurber told
CoinDesk that, if bitcoin behaves
like other commodities, the price should increase as the supply decreases.
«Transactions in virtual currency are taxable just
like those in any other property,» IRS Commissioner John Koskinen commented to
CoinDesk.
Practically we enable people to use their coins to buy everything that is digital and money -
like, so pay their bills, refill their phones, vouchers, etc,» its CEO told
CoinDesk in an email.
CoinDesk Bitcoin cash saw a big boost today, spurred
like many recent rallies by strong volumes from South Korea's local exchanges.
Neither found it sympathy with Core developers as one of them, Peter Todd, told
CoinDesk that the Bitcoin Foundation «hasn't been an organization that people have wanted to be associated with and I personally would
like to distance myself from it.»