Bitcoin, along with other major cryptocurrencies ripple (XRP), ethereum, bitcoin cash, stellar, and litecoin, have fallen again over the last 24 hours as investors and traders fret over You do not have permission to view the full content of this post.
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[Update] Bitcoin has crashed under $5,000 for the first time this year, according to recent trades on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, fuelling fears the cryptocurrency market is heading for collapse. Bitcoin briefly fell to $5,050 earlier today before rebounding somewhat to trade around $5,100.
Bitcoin’s market capitalization has now fallen under $90 billion, down from more than $110 billion just two weeks ago. The bitcoin price has now lost some $1,600 in value over the last 24 hours, down almost 10%.
The You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.since a civil war in a fork of bitcoin, bitcoin cash, led to the smaller cryptocurrency splitting again in two last week. The bitcoin cash so-called hard fork, a consequence of the coin’s developers and miners being unable to agree on a direction to take the cryptocurrency, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
The two continue to battle it out for dominance, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., as each tries to gain the upper hand in computing power and take control of the bitcoin cash network.
The bitcoin cash hard fork was blamed last week for the initial sell-0ff, wiping billions from the value of bitcoin, ripple (XRP), and ethereum, but led to many analysts and groups decrying the chaotic nature of cryptocurrencies and their unsuitability as a currency and a store of value.
The row has resulted in bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges making hasty decisions on how to handle the split, with Hong Kong-based OKEx, which claims to handle more than $1 billion of crypto trades daily, changing the terms on $135 million of derivative contracts without warning, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and highlighting the risks of using unregulated virtual currency platforms.
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken meanwhile warned users against potential risks of trading bitcoin SV, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. that it “does not meet Kraken’s usual listing requirements” and “should be seen as an extremely high-risk investment.”
After last week’s sell-off the bitcoin price found support at around $5,500 but that has now eroded, with bitcoin falling some 10% over the last 24 hours to under $5,000—its lowest price since October last year, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price tracker.Meanwhile, ripple, the common name for the XRP digital token, fell more than 6%, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. The ethereum price dropped even further, losing 8% and firming up ripple’s position as the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, with bitcoin still way out in front.
Accounting giant You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.warned bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not ready to be classified as real currencies and that using bitcoin as a store of value is a “fool’s errand.”
KPMG found that for cryptocurrencies and related assets to prosper they need “institutionalization”—something many expected to happen this year but has so far failed to materialize as the world’s banks and financial institutions wait on the sidelines to see how regulators will move first.
Institutionalization is, according to KPMG, the large-scale participation of fintech companies, banks, payment institutions, exchanges, broker-dealers, and other entities in an industry.
“More participation from the broader financial services ecosystem will help drive trust and scale for the tokenized economy and help the crypto market grow and mature,” said KPMG chief economist Constance Hunter.
“Consider for a moment extending a person or entity a loan in a cryptocurrency,” Hunter added. “The value is too unstable at the moment to be assured repayment. Under these conditions, neither lenders nor borrowers would be willing to take the risk of transacting in cryptocurrencies.”
Adding to bitcoin’s negative sentiment, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. predicted the bitcoin price could fall to $1,500, a drop of more than 70% from current levels.
crypto market.”
Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone of bitcoin’s “enduring bear market”, adding: “[The recent pump] a few weeks ago got the market a bit too offsides with speculative longs playing for the good-old days.”
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[Update] Bitcoin has crashed under $5,000 for the first time this year, according to recent trades on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, fuelling fears the cryptocurrency market is heading for collapse. Bitcoin briefly fell to $5,050 earlier today before rebounding somewhat to trade around $5,100.
Bitcoin’s market capitalization has now fallen under $90 billion, down from more than $110 billion just two weeks ago. The bitcoin price has now lost some $1,600 in value over the last 24 hours, down almost 10%.
The You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.since a civil war in a fork of bitcoin, bitcoin cash, led to the smaller cryptocurrency splitting again in two last week. The bitcoin cash so-called hard fork, a consequence of the coin’s developers and miners being unable to agree on a direction to take the cryptocurrency, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
The two continue to battle it out for dominance, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., as each tries to gain the upper hand in computing power and take control of the bitcoin cash network.
The bitcoin cash hard fork was blamed last week for the initial sell-0ff, wiping billions from the value of bitcoin, ripple (XRP), and ethereum, but led to many analysts and groups decrying the chaotic nature of cryptocurrencies and their unsuitability as a currency and a store of value.
The row has resulted in bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges making hasty decisions on how to handle the split, with Hong Kong-based OKEx, which claims to handle more than $1 billion of crypto trades daily, changing the terms on $135 million of derivative contracts without warning, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and highlighting the risks of using unregulated virtual currency platforms.
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken meanwhile warned users against potential risks of trading bitcoin SV, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. that it “does not meet Kraken’s usual listing requirements” and “should be seen as an extremely high-risk investment.”
After last week’s sell-off the bitcoin price found support at around $5,500 but that has now eroded, with bitcoin falling some 10% over the last 24 hours to under $5,000—its lowest price since October last year, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price tracker.Meanwhile, ripple, the common name for the XRP digital token, fell more than 6%, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. The ethereum price dropped even further, losing 8% and firming up ripple’s position as the world’s second largest cryptocurrency, with bitcoin still way out in front.
Accounting giant You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.warned bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not ready to be classified as real currencies and that using bitcoin as a store of value is a “fool’s errand.”
KPMG found that for cryptocurrencies and related assets to prosper they need “institutionalization”—something many expected to happen this year but has so far failed to materialize as the world’s banks and financial institutions wait on the sidelines to see how regulators will move first.
Institutionalization is, according to KPMG, the large-scale participation of fintech companies, banks, payment institutions, exchanges, broker-dealers, and other entities in an industry.
“More participation from the broader financial services ecosystem will help drive trust and scale for the tokenized economy and help the crypto market grow and mature,” said KPMG chief economist Constance Hunter.
“Consider for a moment extending a person or entity a loan in a cryptocurrency,” Hunter added. “The value is too unstable at the moment to be assured repayment. Under these conditions, neither lenders nor borrowers would be willing to take the risk of transacting in cryptocurrencies.”
Adding to bitcoin’s negative sentiment, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. predicted the bitcoin price could fall to $1,500, a drop of more than 70% from current levels.
crypto market.”
Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone of bitcoin’s “enduring bear market”, adding: “[The recent pump] a few weeks ago got the market a bit too offsides with speculative longs playing for the good-old days.”
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