Bitcoinist Weekly News Re-Hash: Bitcoin XT Drama Continues, Global Economic Slowdown Looms
This week saw a continuation of the downtrend established last week, falling even further into the $230s — and even briefly into the $220s. Although there has not been a single concrete factor to definitively set the selling in motion, continued Bitcoin XT drama and hints at a global economic slowdown have undoubtedly contributed to speculative fears. Monday, August 17, 2015 marked a quiet start to the week, with the Bitcoin price sitting at $257. The price stayed fairly flat, although there was a slight downward pressure in the market throughout the day. The news for the 17th was rather....
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Bitcoiners breathed a sigh of relief this week when the drama-fueled price decline finally came to a close. The downtrend persisted for the first two days of the week, but the price quickly rebounded and began making small — yet welcome — gains that continued for the rest of the week. This recovery in the markets coincided with the winding down of the Bitcoin XT drama, which began drawing to a close as miners rejected XT in favor of a much more modest BIP 100. Total Change: -0.33%
The markets sprang into action this week, with the price rising steadily during a build-up to a massive rally at the end of the week. This price explosion comes while eyes are still glued to global markets, worried about a Chinese slowdown. However, it appears as if some profit taking began at the end of the week, suggesting some possible downward movement in the days to come. October 19, 2015 started our week with the Bitcoin price at $262.90. This Monday saw a slow climb on the markets, reaching a peak of $266.01 at 9 AM, and then hitting a lull in activity that lasted until the night.....
Bitcoin was back in the red during Friday’s session, as the token was once again trading below $19,000. The recent decline comes as the global economic slowdown has become more apparent. This week, both the Bank of England and United States Federal Reserve have moved to increase interest rates, with the Bank of Japan also intervening in the currency market. Ethereum was also lower on Friday, falling below $1,300. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) fell back below $19,000 on Friday, as financial markets continued their sell-off, while the global economy continued to slow down. BTC/USD was moving....
This past week was an exciting one, with the rising bitcoin price, community drama, and shaky financial markets giving us a lot of things to watch. China started the week with a massive stock market crash, putting the global economy on high alert. Meanwhile, in the Bitcoin community, we discovered that the Cryptsy team moved out of their building in Delray Beach, Florida without warning — no one knows where they are. The week started off on Monday, January 4, 2015, with the Bitcoin price following the $430s pattern established in the previous week. Nothing dramatic happened on the markets,....
The combination of weak near term technicals, a dip in hash rate, questions over a secretive miner/Core dev meeting, and sustained interest in ETH/ETC has pushed Bitcoin’s exchange rate down more than $20 over the weekend. While the drama continues to run high in the Ethereum universe, Bitcoin has its own little bit of drama going on for the time being. First of all, with Segregated Witness rolling out to production in the next Core release and rumors of miner dissatisfaction over the past month, a group of seven large miners and over a dozen Core devs attended a closed-door meeting this....