Options Trading For Bitcoin Receives Key Approval

If you didn't think trading bitcoin was already volatile enough, a new ruling from regulators is set to allow a whole new level of trading leverage.

NASDAQ:COIN July 24, 2017 4:42pm

Bitcoin Recovers As Developers Agree To Code Changes

Bitcoin prices have recovered nearly all of their recent losses and pushed back toward all-time highs again, as the community has avoided the worst-case scenario of a cryptocurrency schism.

NASDAQ:COIN July 21, 2017 11:09am

13 Japanese Bitcoin Exchanges To Stop Service On Aug. 1

A large group of Japanese bitcoin exchanges have agreed to suspend bitcoin service on August 1, 2017, amid an expected major fork of the bitcoin codebase into essentially two separate currencies.

NASDAQ:COIN July 19, 2017 8:43am

Bitcoin Soars As Schism Worries Begin To Fade

From Tyler Durden: Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have rallied this week as growing support for a controversial software update suggests that a long-feared network split might be averted, and the issue settled...at least for now.

NASDAQ:COIN July 18, 2017 12:39pm

Bitcoin, Ethereum Recover Much Of Weekend Losses

Bitcoin and Ethereum prices suffered heavy losses over the past few days amid a looming scaling deadline, but are bouncing quite nicely this morning as dip-buyers begin to step in.

NASDAQ:COIN July 17, 2017 8:36am

India Wants To Tax Bitcoin Like Gold

Indian regulators have decided against banning bitcoin in their country, and instead look toward applying a goods-and-services tax on BTC instead.

NASDAQ:COIN July 16, 2017 6:49am

Why An Ethereum ETF Might Come Before A Bitcoin ETF

From Zacks: Bitcoin and Ether have garnered a lot of attention this year due to explosive surge in prices as also extreme volatility. Ether or etherum had surged to about $400 in June, up almost 5,000% from $8 in January.

NASDAQ:COIN

Bitcoin Plunges Below $2,000 As Scaling Deadline Looms

From Tyler Durden: It's another ugly day in cryptocurrency land. As anxiety over the looming 'civil war' deadline of August 1st grows, so it appears the entire virtual currency space is being derisked, with Bitcoin down over 10% today (below $2000) and Ether down 6% (at around $175).

NASDAQ:COIN July 15, 2017 1:24pm

Blockchain Dispute Could Mean A Major Bitcoin Meltdown

Bitcoin investors are no strangers to price volatility, but an approaching deadline could make things even hairier for the cryptocurrency over the next few weeks.

NASDAQ:COIN July 14, 2017 1:15pm

Retailers Are Still Incredibly Reluctant To Accept Bitcoin As Payment

A huge part of bitcoin's acceptance among the general public as a legitimate form of payment is its adoption by major retailers.

NASDAQ:COIN July 13, 2017 9:16am

Ethereum Stabilizes Following Early Week Crash

The price of cryptocurrency Ethereum crashed to start the week, down a whopping 25% in just two days, but things appear to be stabilizing on Wednesday.

NASDAQ:COIN July 12, 2017 9:07am

Analyst: Bitcoin Could Surge To $55,000 In Just Five Years

It's easy to find bullish price forecasts for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies these days, but Fundstrat's Tom Lee might have the most optimistic outlook yet.

NASDAQ:COIN July 10, 2017 7:55am

CFTC Approves Options Trading In Bitcoin

From Tyler Durden: US regulators aren’t yet comfortable with bitcoin ETFs (although a quad-levered S&P ETF is just fine for mom and pop), but apparently options and swaps are another story.

NASDAQ:COIN July 9, 2017 7:51am

Wall Street Analyst Says Bitcoin Will Double In 2018

From Tyler Durden: Ecclectic analyst Ronnie Moas, better perhaps known as the one-man show behind Standpoint Research, ventured into the field of cryptocurrencies this morning when, in a note to clients he predicted that Bitcoin will double to $5,000 in 2018 - roughly in line with Goldman's recent bullish outlook which sees Bitcoin rising just shy of $4,000 in a best case scenario -- then hit $25,000 to $50,000 in the next decade.

NASDAQ:COIN July 6, 2017 8:21am

Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Will Plunge Again Before Surging To $4,000

The first half of 2017 proved to be historic for bitcoin (along with most other major cryptocurrencies), with BTC rallying a staggering 168% from the start of the year.

NASDAQ:COIN July 3, 2017 9:17am