Currency

May
29

Bitcoin could surge past $10,000 within 2 weeks, analyst says

Bitcoin could rise above $US10,000 within two weeks, marking its recovery to around half of its record high, according to one analyst.

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May
28

Bitcoin continues surge, is up 70 per cent this month

Bitcoin jumped as much as 10% since Friday as it extended the best one-month rally since before the token’s historic surge in 2017.

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May
26

Facebook and WhatsApp break cover with Bitcoin rival plans

Facebook, the social networking giant which owns the popular WhatsApp messaging app and image-based Instagram, is gearing up to launch a rival to bitcoin.

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May
24

Bitcoin creator allegedly unmasked

For 11 years bitcoin enthusiasts have wondered who in the world the bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is. A US copyright claim may now give the answer.

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May
23

Could the big gains lie away from bitcoin in the crypto recovery?

Crypto traders are expected to look beyond just bitcoin when seeking to take advantage of the recent crypto recovery.

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May
21

This is what’s causing the latest bitcoin price surge

The ongoing U.S.-China trade war and a forthcoming cyclical halving in 2020 are two big reasons for the bitcoin price surge.

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May
21

Frost & Sullivan: The great shift towards a cashless society

Banknote producers and mints are starting to consolidate and merchants are seeing the merits to cashless payments, shifting in favour of consumer demands

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May
20

Bank of England’s chief economist thinks Bitcoin could replace cash

It took bitcoin an 85 percent crash followed by a 135 percent recovery to convince a prominent financial expert about its underlying potential. Andrew G Haldane, the chief economist of the Bank of England, said bitcoin is on its way to replace cash, according to an eyewitness’s account. The 51-year academic made the statement when he was interacting with an audience of students. One of them asked Haldane about his thoughts on the future of cryptocurrencies. Haldane replied that he believed bitcoin, in particular, would become as relevant as cash in the next 20-30 years. “Mr. Haldane said it [bitcoin] could replace cash, he even joked about us likely having […]
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