Cryptocurrency derivatives provider LedgerX plans to become the first U.S. firm to offer physically settled bitcoin futures contracts. The company announced Monday that it has filed for a designated contract market (DCM) license, which would allow LedgerX to offer physically-settled…
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Up 100%: Litecoin Price Sets Q1 Performance Record
Litecoin’s (LTC) price has doubled in the first three months of 2019 to register its best first-quarter performance on record. The fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading at $61, representing a 100 percent gain on January’s opening price…
TrueDigital Expands Distribution of Its Bitcoin and Ether OTC Reference Rates
Institutional digital assets platform trueDigital Holdings has signed two new distribution deals to expand the reach of its over-the-counter (OTC) reference rates for bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH). Announcing the news on Monday, trueDigital said that it has partnered with…
Bitcoin Price Charts Echo Pattern Seen Before 2015 Bull Market
View Bitcoin’s drop from a record high of $20,000 clocked in December 2017 has ended up creating a falling channel similar to the one created in the 18 months leading up to the long-term bullish reversal seen in October 2015.…
CoinMarketCap Crypto Indices Launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, Reuters
Two cryptocurrency benchmark indices from data provider CoinMarketCap will launch today on financial data feeds from Nasdaq Global Index Data Service (GIDS), Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters Eikon (Refinitiv) and Germany’s Börse Stuttgart, as well as on its own platform. CoinMarketCap…
Strong Bitcoin Volumes Bode Well for Price Breakout
View Bitcoin’s daily trading volume remains elevated at highs above $10 billion, going against the technical theory that investor interest tends to drop during periods of consolidation. Therefore, the ongoing sideways trading near $3,900 may end with a bull breakout…
Bitcoin Price Trapped in Key Make-or-Break Trading Range
View Bitcoin is trapped in a trading range defined by the 200-week simple moving average and the 200- week exponential moving average, currently at $3,404 and $4,106, respectively. Therefore, the outlook as per the weekly chart is neutral. A weekly…
Bitcoin Will Soon See ‘Bull Cross’ in First Since August 2018
View Bitcoin’s 50-day moving price average could soon move above the 100-day moving average, confirming its first bullish crossover in seven months. While the bullish crossover is a lagging indicator, the current slope of the MAs is signaling bearish exhaustion.…
A Bitcoin Bull Market Is Still $350 Away
View Bitcoin has established a higher low near $3,300 in the last two months, signaling bearish exhaustion. However, a break above the Christmas Day lower high of $4,236 is needed to confirm a bearish to bullish trend change. Bitcoin (BTC)…
Bitcoin Struggles to Pass Price Hurdle But Bull Outlook Intact
View Bitcoin’s short-term outlook remains bullish while prices are held above $3,658 (the low of the long-tailed doji created on Feb. 27). A break above $4,000, however, could be preceded by a pullback to $3,750 if another rejection at a…