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DASH, one of the most popular altcoins, has surged to a fresh all-time high, following bitcoin higher on August 16 as the price reached $249.00 on Kraken and $234.50 on the Bitfinex exchange. With the price at unprecedented levels, we aim to find a new ceiling for the altcoin. The weekly chart below for the Bitfinex exchange shows that DASH-USD...

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BTCManager's Weekly Cryptocurrency Outlook highlights the price action and technical indicators on a long-term basis to identify the best opportunities in the largest cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, ether, and others. BTC-USD (Bitstamp) Bitcoin triggered the Bullish Saucer signal on August 8, breaking above $3339.66, and subsequently went on to establish a new high at $4400 on August 15. Last week...

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On August 10, the Stratis Platform team announced the attainment of a major milestone in the development of their Breeze Wallet, which is one of the first implementations of TumbleBit, a protocol to improve Bitcoin’s anonymity. Stratis Marches Forward with Breeze Wallet The new and improved wallet has been in testing since May, and is due for an imminent release,...

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Bitcoin enjoyed large gains over the week, breaking the all-time high numerous times, and peaked at $3934.00 on the Bitstamp exchange during August 12's trading session. At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin is at $3867.84, up over six percent on the day. The recent price rise also brings the cryptocurrency above the three thousand threshold in British...

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Since August 9, tensions between North Korea and the US have intensified, with South Korean traders piling money into the cryptocurrency of the second largest blockchain network, Ethereum. ETH-USD breached the $300 handle and now finds support at this psychological level; we provide an outlook for the cryptocurrency going forward. While markets across the world have shown increased volatility in...

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Two Australian Senators from different political parties teamed up on August 8 to speak at the country's parliament in Canberra about the promise of blockchain technology, and urged the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider a Bitcoin-esque currency. Liberal senator Jane Hume and Sam Dastyari, a Senator from the Labor party, have pushed forward blockchain adoption 'Down Under' with the...

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Retail giant and early bitcoin adopter Overstock announced on August 8 the integration of major cryptocurrencies with a partnership with ShapeShift, as well as revealing that the company will go from holding 10 percent to half of all bitcoin spent with the merchant. With bitcoin frequently featured in mainstream media as of late with the rapidly rising price, the cryptocurrency...

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BTCManager's Weekly Cryptocurrency Outlook highlights the price action and technical indicators on a long-term basis to identify the best opportunities in the largest cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, ether, and others. BTC-USD (Bitstamp) BTC-USD closed above the $3000 handle on August 6, with the weekly candlestick setting up a nice buy signal for this week. The Bullish Saucer pattern is confirmed...

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BTC-USD has broken to a fresh all-time high on August 5, as Asian markets dominated the bullish charge, despite the hard fork of Bitcoin Cash on August 1. The hard fork did not just test Bitcoin itself but also the ecosystem, with many exchanges providers changing their stance on Bitcoin Cash. The price reached a high of $3230.00 on the...

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On August 3, TechBureau announced the release of COMSA, which is described as, ‘a complete Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fundraising platform built on the NEM protocol meant for the streamlining of cryptocurrency funding.’ The COMSA platform hopes to address uncertainties that go with Initial Coin Offerings by linking ICO funds to Zen, a digital form of the Japanese Yen to...

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