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First Long-Term LedgerX Bitcoin Option Pegs Price at $10,000

November J, 2017
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First Long-Term LedgerX Bitcoin Option Pegs Price at $10,000 LedgerX just initiated its first long-term bitcoin futures option. Called a Long-Term Equity Anticipation Security (LEAPS), the trade was matched by the platform this morning and is set to expire on December 28, 2018. Under the terms of the deal, the buyer has the right to buy bitcoin at a price of $10,000 at that date, or almost a 30 percent premium on today's price. Yet, because the buyer only makes…

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3 Reasons the Bitcoin Price Hit $8,000 Today

November J, 2017
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3 Reasons the Bitcoin Price Hit $8,000 Today The bitcoin price touched the $8,000 mark on Friday morning (or Thursday night, depending on your time zone), enabling the flagship cryptocurrency to check another milestone off its to-do list before it reaches five-figure territory.   Bitcoin Price Touches $8,000 Just days prior, the bitcoin price had been trading below $6,000, but a mid-week rally raised bitcoin back to its pre-dip level and ultimately vaulted it to a new all-time high of…

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Bitcoin Breaks Through $8,000 Following Massive Head Fake

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin Breaks Through $8,000 Following Massive Head Fake Bitcoin just surmounted the $8,000 level, topping out at $8,020 on Bitfinex before retreating to $7,900 at press time. By now, reading about Bitcoin’s breach of its previous high might be getting repetitious, so strong has the currency’s bull run been. This time is an exception, though, because Bitcoin just pulled the mother of all head fakes. Looking back About a week ago, the SegWit2x hard fork was cancelled and the price…

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Morgan Stanley chief says bitcoin ‘doesn’t quite deserve the attention it’s getting’

November J, 2017
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Morgan Stanley chief says bitcoin 'doesn't quite deserve the attention it's getting' Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO James Gorman said bitcoin is getting more attention than it might deserve He said the cryptocurrency is the "definition" of a speculative investment, and anyone thinking it might be stable is "deluding themselves" But Gorman acknowledged that bitcoin's growing acceptance and usability meant it was not going away overnight Bitcoin is getting more attention than it deserves, but the phenomenon is not going…

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Won’t Let Bitcoin Go to Zero – CME Chief Quells Fears Ahead of December Bitcoin Futures Launch

November J, 2017
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Won’t Let Bitcoin Go to Zero – CME Chief Quells Fears Ahead of December Bitcoin Futures Launch Bitcoin futures contracts are scheduled to launch in one month on the world’s largest derivatives exchange, and market analysts have nothing to fear. That’s according to Terry Duffy, chairman and CEO of the Chicago-based CME Group, which will soon become the first licensed U.S. derivatives exchange to list bitcoin futures contracts. Speaking with CNBC, Duffy revealed that CME plans to launch bitcoin futures…

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Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks In Bid to Ease Mining Difficulties

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks In Bid to Ease Mining Difficulties Bitcoin cash appears to be successfully navigating a planned hard fork. At press time, the majority of the network nodes (roughly 82 percent) have transitioned to new software (version 0.16.0 or later) that includes rules aimed at making the protocol's reward distribution more attractive to the miners that secure its blockchain. Executed at roughly 21:00 UTC, the new version of the bitcoin cash blockchain has since amassed six blocks, while…

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Bitcoin Plunges 29% From Record High

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin Plunges 29% From Record High Offshoot called bitcoin cash is luring users amid tech debate Bitcoin’s jump this year has attracted Wall Street’s interest Citigroup Inc. CEO Michael Corbat shares his thoughts on digital currencies. Bitcoin plunged as the cancellation of a technology upgrade prompted some users to switch out of the cryptocurrency, spooking speculators who had profited from a more than 800 percent surge this year. The cryptocurrency has dropped 9.5 percent since late Friday, extending its slide…

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Bitcoin Gold Launches Today

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin Gold Launches Today After weeks of preparation, Bitcoin Gold (Bgold; BTG) is finally launching today, November 12, 2017.   Bitcoin Gold is the second project to fork away from the Bitcoin blockchain to create a new coin this year; on August 1, Bitcoin Cash (Bcash) was the first. Where Bcash attempted to offer an on-chain scaling solution by increasing Bitcoin’s block size limit (while removing the Segregated Witness code), Bgold is an attempt to counter Bitcoin’s mining centralization.  …

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Bitcoin price – Cryptocurrency plummets $1000 ahead of bitcoin gold split

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin price – Cryptocurrency plummets $1000 ahead of bitcoin gold split BITCOIN prices took a blow today, falling below £5,328.46 ($7,000) just days before a planned software update will release bitcoin gold. Bictoin prices fell by £761.21 ($1,000) in just over 48 hours after strong performance at the start of the week. The crypto token opened today at £5,440.19 ($7,146.78), according to CoinDesk, before peaking at £5,579.71 ($7,330.06). On Wednesday, the popular digital currency flared to an unprecedented price of…

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Bitcoin Gold Sets Sunday Date for Cryptocurrency Release

November J, 2017
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Bitcoin Gold Sets Sunday Date for Cryptocurrency Release Bitcoin gold is set to go live this weekend. In a new blog post, the developers behind the fork of the bitcoin blockchain said that they would release a formal software client for download at 7:00 PM UTC on Nov. 12. Originally set for a public launch on Nov. 1, the project is backed by LightningASIC, a seller of mining hardware based in Hong Kong, as well as a community of relatively…

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