#Price Analysis

Monero Testing $10, Releases Official GUI Wallet

December 26, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, Commentary, News, Price Analysis, Price pages

The official GUI wallet release for Monero (XMR) announced December 22, provides an impetus for bullish momentum with XMR-USD breaking the psychological $10.00 handle. While the long-awaited XMR release for Jaxx’s blockchain wallet is imminent, there has only been an official CLI wallet for the cryptocurrency, with others relying on...

Why Bitcoin Will Peak at the End of January 2017

December 13, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Price Analysis

Bitcoin is revelling in its strongest run since 2013, with nine near consecutive higher highs posted every week from September 2016. While a whole basket of reasons have been thrown out there as to why bitcoin is rallying, what is perhaps more important is when bitcoin’s price will peak. Although...

Bitcoin Price Surges as Chinese Miner Conference Concludes

October 23, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Commentary, News, Price Analysis

The price of bitcoin jumped sharply on October 22 in response to the conclusion of the biggest ever conference of miners in China, where the participants discussed scaling issues. In the first ever event that included all of the major miners in China, Huang Shiliang, a famous Bitcoin advocate, delivered...

The Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom's Crypto Sector

BTC-GBP Outperforms on ‘Hard’ Brexit Worries

October 7, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, News, Price Analysis

Following the announcement by the UK government of a major shift in economic policy, the British Pound (GBP) plunged to a fresh 31-year low today as Asian markets awoke, with BTC-GBP looking to smash the £500 psychological barrier and outperforming other bitcoin-fiat pairs today. This is the largest decline in...

DASH-USD Gearing Up for Another Test of $15

September 12, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, Price Analysis

DASH-USD has surged today as the reversal into an upward trend starts to gain momentum. On today’s open, the price against both the US Dollar and bitcoin is up over 10 percent so far on the Poloniex exchange. The market is currently testing resistance provided around $12.79 and looks to...

Shadow Project Releases ‘Umbra’; Wallet, IM and Marketplace All in One

September 6, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News, Price Analysis, Tech

With the rise of privacy-centric cryptocurrencies such as DASH and monero, another cryptocurrency to keep an eye is ShadowCash (SDC). The project aims to not only be the best anonymous payment mechanism, but also to create an all-in-one software platform for a completely private, decentralized, and free economy. Today, as...

BTC-USD Breaching $600 Handle, $700 Within Reach?

September 3, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, News, Price Analysis

After relatively muted trading over the past few days, BTC-USD has jumped close to the critical $600 psychological level in today’s trading session. The reversal initially started on Friday following weak economic data from the US, which negatively impacted sentiment toward the US Dollar. The Non-Farm Payrolls showed 151,000 job...

Monero’s Run Just Starting; $15 In Sight

September 2, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News, Price Analysis

Monero (XMR) has burst onto mainstream news outlets recently as the CryptoNote protocol competes directly with Bitcoin, gaining acceptance from two large darknet markets and garnering a lot of attention as a consequence. Not only are speculators and darknet markets getting in on monero but also miners, with Google Trends...

ETH-USD Breaks Range, Eyeing Upside

August 31, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Ethereum, News, Price Analysis

ETH-USD has broken out of the range after trading sideways between $10.80 and $11.30 for the past week or so. On the Kraken exchange, ether is up almost 2 percent today against the US Dollar, with the price at $11.50 a the time of writing. A daily close above $11.41...

Yellen’s Optimism May Weigh on BTC-USD

August 28, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, News, Price Analysis

Janet Yellen hinted that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates for a second time this year at the annual Jackson Hole economic Symposium, stating that the case for another hike had “strengthened”. The Federal Reserve Chairwoman stated, “In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and...

Monero Appreciation Intensifies on Darknet Adoption

August 25, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News, Price Analysis

Monero's (XMR) recent upsurge intensified at the start of this week on plans for adoption by two large, darknet markets but where will the cryptocurrency head next? Posting an all-time high at $7.00, XMR-USD on the Poloniex exchange has since been tempered below $4.00, trading at $3.80 at the time...

BTC-USD Reaches $560 Target, Now Looking Up

August 18, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Price Analysis

After reaching our target of $560, BTC-USD managed to post a fresh low at $554.90 and has since bounced higher. The current price on the Bitstamp exchange is $573.23, slightly up on today’s open. The outlook remains quite balanced, slightly leaning toward the upside. The chart below illustrates the 4-hour...

What is Monero and is it a Good Investment?

August 15, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, Cryptocyclopedia, News, Price Analysis

Given the recent interest shown toward Dash, Monero is another cryptocurrency that could see heightened appeal. Whereas Dash is based on the code underlying Bitcoin, Monero is not based on the bitcoin protocol but instead the CryptoNote protocol. One time keys are used for each individual payment to make transactions...

DASH-BTC Jumps Above 0.0200, Continues Bullish Streak

August 12, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News, Price Analysis

Dash’s appreciation jumped sharply today as the positive announcement of Dash N Go could propel the cryptocurrency’s adoption. Dash N Go recently went live, which is a retail app which allows users to scan retail items directly from a mobile device and pay for it. Dash N Go is just...

BTC-USD Rejects $600, Looking to Test $560

August 11, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Bitcoin, Price Analysis

As Bitfinex moved on from the recent hack and resumed trading yesterday, buyers tried pushing BTC-USD above $600 in anticipation of the exchange coming back online. But sellers managed to control the upsurge, bringing yesterday’s close down to $590.27 on the Bitstamp exchange. This suggests that buyers are exhausted and...

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