The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
First Mover: Elon Musk’s #bitcoin Bet Pays Off…
Price Point In a run reminiscent of bitcoin’s stunning ascent in early January, bitcoin’s price blew past $45,000, $46,000 and $47,000 in less than an hour late Monday, eventually topping $48,000. By early Tuesday, the largest…
First Mover: Tesla Sends Bitcoin Mooning Past $44K…
CoinDesk TV is here! Regular programming starts Monday as we roll out three daily and three weekly shows, including “First Mover,” hosted by Christine Lee, Lawrence Lewitinn and Emily Parker, airing every weekday at 9…
First Mover: It’s ‘Dorsey’s Node’ as Bitcoin Marches…
Bitcoin drifts higher, DeFi tokens moon, dogecoin pants Bitcoin was higher early Friday, pushing toward $38,000, around the highest levels in about three weeks. The news overnight was mixed, with an Australian central bank official…
First Mover: Ethereum, DOGE on Own Journeys as…
Ethereum pauses at record high, bitcoin's rally stalls, DOGE Moons Ether (ETH) prices were lower after surging 10% on Wednesday to a new record, climbing past $1,600 for the first time. The recent gains appeared…
First Mover: Federal Reserve Soup Now Includes Bitcoin,…
Bitcoin (BTC) was higher for a second day, pushing toward the upper end of the range between roughly $30,000 and $36,000 where it has traded for the past couple weeks. Ether (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency,…
Federal Reserve Soup Now Includes Bitcoin, DeFi, Silver,…
Bitcoin (BTC) was higher for a second day, pushing toward the upper end of the range between roughly $30,000 and $36,000 where it has traded for the past couple weeks. Ether (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency,…
First Mover: Silver Is the New GameStop as…
Bitcoin (BTC) quickly settled back into the past couple weeks’ range between roughly $30,000 and $36,000, after a short-lived price spike Friday when Elon Musk, the electric-vehicle and private-spaceflight entrepreneur who’s also reportedly the world’s…
First Mover: Bitcoin Flushes ‘Weak Hands’ as Ethereum…
Bitcoin was higher on Monday at around $33,000, rebounding after a 9.9% drop in the seven days through Sunday, the biggest weekly drop since August. “Bitcoin is seeing some consolidation itself after surviving another run…
First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Double-Spend’ FUD Gives Newbies a…
Bitcoin (BTC) appeared to stabilize above $31,000 after Thursday’s plunge, the biggest since March. “A break of $30,000 could have been bad news but it managed to turn things round,” Craig Erlam, senior market analyst…
First Mover: Bitcoin Newbies Get Volatility Lesson as…
Bitcoin (BTC) appeared to stabilize above $31,000 after Thursday’s plunge, the biggest since March. “A break of $30,000 could have been bad news but it managed to turn things round,” Craig Erlam, senior market analyst…
First Mover: As Bitcoin Flips Bearish, Neither Biden…
Bitcoin (BTC) was lower for a third straight day, slipping below the $34,000 level that had been seen as a market floor in recent weeks. “Downside volatility struck,” Lennard Neo, head of research for the…
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Plunge to $31K Shows How…
Bitcoin (BTC) suffered its biggest pullback in four months, tumbling 9% after a seven-day winning streak that took prices to a new all-time high of $34,347 on Sunday. “Bitcoin is having a much-needed reset,” Matthew…
First Mover: Horrible 2020 Economy Proved Best Thing…
Bitcoin was lower on Monday, holding just above $19,000 after rallying about $1,000 over the weekend. “There is an element of fatigue, with the market unable to drum up the momentum needed to spur us…
First Mover: Stimulus Bet Wins Even as Bitcoin…
Bitcoin (BTC) was lower for a second day, slipping below $18,000 to the lowest in almost two weeks. “The momentum that characterized bitcoin throughout October and November seems to have cooled down,” Matt Blom, head…
First Mover: Ether Eyed as Value Play With…
Bitcoin was rising back toward the all-time high price of $19,920 notched earlier this week. “So far, prices remain constrained, either with sellers unwilling to part with their coins at any lower price or buyers…
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Failure to Break $20K Shows…
Bitcoin was lower, retreating after rallying over the past 24 hours to a new all-time-high price of $19,920, based on CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index. Cryptocurrency analysts predicted bullish traders might next target the $20,000 threshold, though…
Google Trends shows ‘Bitcoin’ searches at 2020 high…
Today Bitcoin (BTC) price extended its rally toward a new all-time high as the price surged to $19,412 in the morning trading session. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360Determining the actual all-time high for BTC…
First Mover: As Bitcoin Shoots Past $18K, There’s…
Bitcoin’s ascent continues, with prices scaling the $18,000 mark during Asian trading hours. In a sign of persistent dip demand, sudden pullback to $17,200 seen following the breakout to fresh 34-month highs was quickly reversed. …
Bitcoin price hits $18K but traders expect ‘shallow’…
Bitcoin (BTC) just set another 2020 high by rallying above $18,000 for the first time in three years. On Nov. 17 BTC price rallied to $17,858 after a high volume surge pushed the price cleanly…
First Mover: Vaccine Won’t Come Fast Enough to…
Bitcoin was higher, climbing back above $16,000 on Monday after dipping below the mark over the weekend. “Should we trade back above $16,490, then we expect to see the bulls take the market by the…
First Mover: Stimulus Seen (for Bitcoin) Since Moderna…
Bitcoin was higher, climbing back above $16,000 on Monday after dipping below the mark over the weekend. “Should we trade back above $16,490, then we expect to see the bulls take the market by the…
First Mover: Why the Fed Cares About Remote…
Bitcoin was lower after surging nearly $600 on Thursday to climb above $16,000 for the first time in almost three years. “Investors should plan for volatility as well as price appreciation,” the blockchain analysis firm…
First Mover: Bitcoin Needs No Vaccine as Druckenmiller…
Bitcoin was higher, though barely, appearing to settle into a new range over the past several days between roughly $14,800 and $15,600. “Should bitcoin prices consolidate this week,” wrote Matt Blom, head of sales and…
First Mover: What’s Next for Bitcoin as Wall…
Bitcoin was higher for a second day, staying in a range between roughly $15,200 and $15,600, as news of progress in developing a coronavirus vaccine appeared to touch off a rally in U.S. stocks. With the…
First Mover: Bitcoin Heads for 24% October Gain…
Bitcoin was lower around $13,400 though on track to gain 24% in October, an impressive performance since U.S. stocks declined 1.6% on the month and gold slid 0.5%. “With the U.S. election just days away, we…
First Mover: Bitcoin Surges to New 2020 High…
Bitcoin reached a new 2020 high of around $13,420 after rising on nine of the past 11 days. The cryptocurrency’s recent rally despite a stalling of U.S. stocks has rekindled speculation that prices for the…
First Mover: The FOMO Takes Over as PayPal…
Bitcoin (BTC) was higher, following through on the upside after Wednesday’s 7.4% jump to a new 2020 high. It was the biggest single-day increase in almost three months. The surge past $12,000, with prices now…
First Mover: ‘Blue Wave’ in US Senate Could…
Bitcoin was lower, tracking what appears to be a new range between roughly $11,200 and $11,700. It’s a step up from levels that prevailed over most of September, between $10,100 and $11,000. “As the bulls…
First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final…
A lot of crypto investors like to think of bitcoin as a bet on higher inflation, or as a futuristic hedge on some imagined economic-armageddon scenario – Gold 2.0, as they say. Lately, it’s looking…
First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi…
That was the story in cryptocurrency markets in September as prices tumbled for digital tokens from “decentralized finance” (DeFi), the fast-evolving arena of blockchain-based lending and trading platforms. Chainlink, which supplies data feeds to DeFi…
Blockchain Bites: Binance’s Bitcoin Mining, ConsenSys’ Legal Trouble…
In the aftermath of the Twitter hack, lawmakers are targeting lax cybersecurity, not Bitcoin. Binance is looking to consolidate bitcoin mining in Russia, ConsenSys is being accused of stealing intellectual property and a celebrated comic…
First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a…
Cryptocurrency traders yawned at one of the year’s biggest news stories for bitcoin, with prices barely budging as the digital-asset industry became a primary victim of this week’s massive hack on Twitter accounts. The notoriously…
First Mover: ‘Boring’ Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack…
In a paradoxical twist, bitcoin’s price, which is denominated in dollars, has become unusually stable in recent weeks, prompting some Twitter users to joke that it’s trading like a stablecoin. “It’s surprising to see bitcoin be…