BTC price dives with stocks as fresh sell-off sees PayPal shed nearly 25%
Bitcoin reaffirms its current correlation with equities as tech stocks in particular suffer as trading gets underway. Bitcoin (BTC) fell on the Wall Street open on Feb. 2 as another tech stock rout panicked traders. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin: "Macro FUD is driving all" Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it dipped below $38,000 as Wall Street began, giving back half of the gains secured on Feb. 1.At the time of writing, the pair traded near $37,600 as tech stocks took a beating. These were led by PayPal, shares in....
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Monday's sell-off shows bitcoin is likely to trade off with risky assets like stocks if U.S. election chaos sends markets into a fresh downdraft.
This is really interesting. The PayPal president Marcus David has gone out in public telling us that they have no policies against using PayPal to buy and sell mining rigs AND that he and PayPal actually believes in Bitcoin. If this is good news or not for the current Bitcoin price is unsure. It could go both ways. See the tweets below: To clarify: we have no policies against using PayPal to sell Bitcoin mining rigs. We don't support any currency txn whether fiat or BTC... - David Marcus (@davidmarcus) January 13, 2014. ...for a host of regulatory issues. But we treat BTC and any FX txn....
Paypal has completed the first international expansion of its cryptocurrency offering outside of the U.S. Paypal Crypto is now available to customers in the U.K. allowing them to buy, hold, and sell four kinds of cryptocurrencies. Paypal Crypto Now Available to All Eligible UK Customers Payments giant Paypal Inc. announced Friday that it has completed the rollout of its crypto offering in the U.K. The rollout began in late August when the company announced the launch of its crypto service in the U.K. The official account of Paypal U.K. tweeted: We are delighted to share that all eligible....
Bitcoin price is correcting gains from $60,000 against the US Dollar. BTC is likely to start a fresh increase as long as there is no close below $56,500 and $55,250. Bitcoin gained bullish momentum above $58,000, but it failed to settle above $60,000. The price is now trading above the $56,500 support and the 100 […]