Bitcoinist Weekly News Re-Hash: Cryptsy Disappears, China Shakes World Markets
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,....
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For the last few weeks, the Bitcoin price has been on a high following bad financial news from Greece and China. Greece once again found itself staring down the barrel of a debt crisis, while China found itself in the clutches of a stock market collapse. The Bitcoin community met these ominous occurrences with optimism; the next global recession will surely give Bitcoin an opportunity to shine. The possibility of a global recession, combined with the hopes of a mass migration to Bitcoin, sent the Bitcoin price upwards until it hit resistance at $300 last week. Since then, the price has....
Bitcoinist has received exclusive news regarding Cryptsy that is related to the issues surrounding the cryptocurrency exchange as of late. According to a confirmed source, who wishes to remain anonymous, the company has moved out of the building that housed its headquarters. This move was unannounced, and was discovered accidentally when our source went to the building to visit the team. This news comes in the midst of Cryptsy customers experiencing difficulty withdrawing funds in recent days, with customers taking to social media to express their frustration. Additionally, around three....
This week, the bears tested the bulls’ control over the market, attempting to shake them on Sunday. The bitcoin price just barely made a gain during the week after the massive drop on Sunday from the $460s into the $430s. Overall, the price increased by 0.61%. The week began on December 14, 2015 with the bitcoin price at $436.35, still riding the rally that kicked off last week. The markets saw some gradual growth during the first half of the day; by noon, the price had climbed into the mid $440s. It took a dip going into the afternoon, though, falling to $439 at 5 PM. As the evening....
The popular cryptocurrency trading site Cryptsy.com has been having some noticeable issues these past few hours. Users of Cryptsy have been reporting negative balances, frozen transfers, suspended withdrawals. Speculation is that a recent update is causing the issues. Cryptsy is aware of the issues, but no official statement has been released yet. Who's been hit? I spoke to BlackDogeOfWallSt, one of the developers of BlackCoinPool.com (BCP), which has probably been the hardest-hit community from Cryptsy's problems. BCP has had to delay their payments due to the problems. BCP's payouts have....
This marks the first installment of the CCN Weekly Altcoin News Update, which will profile altcoin news stories that have flown under-the-radar, but deserve coverage. This week's update examines the impressive rise of the Vericoin price, the introduction of Cryptsy USD markets, and a new Peercoin marketing campaign crowdsourced by the community. Vericoin Price Rises Dramatically. Most altcoins are little more than carbon copies of Bitcoin or another popular cryptocurrency. However, Vericoin offers a host of unique features such as Veribit, which enables users to spend Vericoins at stores....