Welcome to my Cryptocurrencies Markets Overview for Wednesday, October 04, 2017.
Today's crypto news:
- Large Japanese energy supplier adds Bitcoin payments.
- Sign a petition on change.org: Amazon.com should accept Bitcoin and Litecoin ASAP!
- Bithumb, the largest Bitcoin exchange in South Korea, adds Zcash.
- And more cryptocurrency news below...
BitShares takes another dive today (-13%). The coin is down over 35% this week. Wow... BitShares on sale! BitShares currently ranks on #47 on coinmarketcap.com. Highly undervalued in my opinion. I've bought some more BTS today.
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Latest Crypto News - October 04, 2017
Amazon Petition to Accept Litecoin and Bitcoin Now Has Over 10,000 Signatures
Bitcoin and Litecoin aren't easy to spend, but over 10,000 people are now urging the e-commerce king Amazon.com Inc. to accept the two digital currencies. Created in June by U.S. Col. Neil Armstrong Sanders, the petition asks Amazon "to show continued leadership in innovation by eagerly accepting two of the most trusted and proven cryptocurrencies in existence: Bitcoin and Litecoin.". Sign the petition on change.org.
Read more: moneymorning.com
Large Japanese Energy Supplier Adds Bitcoin Payments With a Discount
Remix Point, a Japanese company engaged in a number of energy-related businesses, has recently launched a new electricity service with bitcoin payments integrated to serve customers all over Japan. The company is now offering customers who pay with bitcoin a discount on their electricity bills.
Read more: bitcoin.com
Despite Korean 'Ban', Bithumb Adds Zcash
Bithumb, one of the largest exchanges in the world, as in Korea where it’s based, has added one of the more private digital currencies, Zcash, to its platform. Zcash has been gaining support from exchanges recently, but the addition of it on a major Korean exchange is both a win for Zcash, as well as altcoins, as the country is taking a staunch approach to new ICOs.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Bitcoin Price Momentum Seems to Turn Bearish all of a Sudden
The past 24 hours have brought some more ups and downs for the Bitcoin price.That in itself is anything but surprising, as all cryptocurrency markets are going through a volatile patch once again. Right now, the Bitcoin price hovers near the $4,260 mark, which confirms passing the $4,300 level for an extended period of time will remain rather difficult for now. The trading volume is also declining rapidly, which is somewhat worrisome.
Read more: themerkle.com
JPMorgan Continues Bitcoin FUD: ‘It’s Not A Ponzi, It’s Air Miles’
A senior JPMorgan analyst has added fuel to the fire started by CEO Jamie Dimon by likening Bitcoin to “air miles.”
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Bitcoin Cash Mining Pulls Brakes
Bitcoin Cash mining has been chaotic in the past two months, with a history of sharp readjustments of difficulty and mass migrations of miners between the networks. Mining this blockchain is not an immutable public service- it is incentive-driven and changes fast.
Read more: cryptovest.com
Ethereum Testnet Faces Attack But Byzantium Delay Unlikely
A version of the ethereum blockchain being used by developers to test a forthcoming network upgrade is under spam attack.
Read more: coindesk.com
The Bet on a Bitcoin Hard Fork: $1 Million
Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin, bet against "Bitcoin Jesus" Roger Ver on the outcome of the potential November hard fork. Around $1 million is at stake in the latest bout of the struggle to define the real claim to the Bitcoin throne.
Read more: cryptovest.com
New Banks Join UBS-Backed Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
Four major banks have joined a trade finance initiative launched late last year by Switzerland-based UBS and tech giant IBM.
Read more: coindesk.com
Europol: Zcash, Monero and Ethereum Follow Bitcoin in Cybercrime
Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU), has warned that the virtual currencies Zcash, Monero, and Ethereum are increasingly being used in the digital underground market. The agency, however, reiterated that the leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin is still the preferred currency in cybercrime.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
