In Bhambhwani et al. (2019), we challenge the perception that cryptocurrency markets are simply plagued with bubbles and speculative trading by identifying two key blockchain measures that affect cryptocurrency prices. Specifically, theory suggests that the trustworthiness and the transaction benefits of a blockchain are important determinants of cryptocurrency values. Pagnotta and Buraschi (2018) link trustworthiness to the computing power devoted to the blockchain. Biais et al. (2018) link transaction benefits of a cryptocurrency to the size of its network.
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, the core developer of the Cosmos blockchain, discussed recent cutting-edge advancements in the ecosystem.
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"In fact, open pump and dump schemes are rampant in the crypto world, with investors often jumping in with eyes wide open, perhaps hoping that they can ride the wave and dump their holdings for a quick profit before prices collapse," he said.
Bitcoin made a new life high at $66,998 on 20th Oct and since then it entered into a retracement phase and subsequently prices dipped below $59,000 in the following days.
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It can be observed that in the short term (2–4 and 4–8 day period band) there is no consistency in results; in some cases the null hypothesis can be rejected and in some cases it cannot. In the medium term there is more consistency in rejection of the null hypothesis in favour of bubble regime coherence values significantly exceeding the non-bubble regime values. In the long term, the proportion of instances exhibiting statistical significance reduces, with the majority of cases in the 256–512 band not being a rejection of the null hypothesis. This reduction of statistically significant differences when considering longer term periods further emphasises the point that it is the medium term in which coherences tend to strengthen during bubble regimes.
Miners serve as record-keepers for cryptocurrency communities, and indirect arbiters of the currencies’ value.
The hype surrounding popular memecoin Dogecoin had appeared to diminish recently as new altcoins took centre stage.
So far, the main thing that has driven Safemoon has been the hype generated by celebrity backing. Celebrities such as Jake Paul, Afrojack, and Keemstar have also promoted the coin this year, leading to significant price increases.
Thus, Binance.US will not initially support its projects such as BitTorrent (47th by market capitalization), Fetch.AI (207), Celer (180) and Matic Network (127), despite having these raise capital on the Binance Launchpad platform.
Even if this were the case, and Safemoon coin was to increase in price dramatically before an instant fall, it would still represent a good investment for purely speculative investors. For example, if Safemoon were to simply return to the all-time high experienced on April 20th, then that would represent an incredible 921% return from today’s price!
The name SafeMoon extends to “Safely to the Moon” and auctions itself as a Defi token. This getting to the moon expression was first presented with Dogecoin, and now SafeMoon follows it too. It is a decentralized money token that is like other cryptos such as Bitcoin and means to retouch the occurrence of unpredictability issues, in contrast to different currencies.
However, while there are some organisations that accept it as currency, others shy away due to Bitcoin’s dramatic price swings. Driven largely by speculation, the price per Bitcoin rose sharply from $1,151 in January 2017, to an all-time high of $19,783 in December the same year.* It then dropped to below $7,000 by February 2018 and rallied again to around $11,000 over a matter of days, before plunging once more to trade below $4,000. Subsequently, one of the key characteristics of Bitcoin that traders should understand is its potential for extreme volatility.
Something is brewing over at SafeMoon. The DeFi project is close to launching a widely anticipated V2. The team is targeting greater adoption and additional use cases with the launch of V2.
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