Bitcoin | Crypto Currency Market News & Tips

Bitcoin's price recently hit an all-time above the $10,000-level, generating major interest from retail investors in what is arguably the world's most popular cryptocurrency. Just a few years ago, the idea of buying Bitcoin was far-fetched. However, with a market cap of approximately $180 billion and rising, at time of writing, even Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has lately acknowledged that it's getting harder for institutional investors to ignore the digital currency. Buying and selling Bitcoin is easier than you might think. The process can be as simple as signing up for a mobile app. Below, a step-by-step guide to getting started- First, sign up for a wallet The initial, necessary step you must take before you can buy and sell Bitcoin is to open a Bitcoin 'wallet.' A wallet is basically the Bitcoin equivalent of a bank account. It allows you to receive bitcoins, store them, and then send them to others. There are three main types of ...

Even as all eyes have been focused on the price of Bitcoin, which yesterday smashed through the $10,000 barrier, cryptocurrency Dash, has been on a record-setting spike of its own. Though it operates under the radar of many investors, last week Dash surged past the $600 mark. DASH currently the seventh most popular cryptocurrency tips with a market cap of $5.02 billion was originally released as XCoin (XCO) on January 2014. Just days after its launch it was renamed Darkcoin because of its ability to ensure user anonymity by masking transactions and IP addresses, but rebranded as Dash (a shortened version of digital cash) during March 2015.  An additional benefit Dash provides, also reflected in its name, is transaction speed. Send and confirm transactions can be done within seconds using Dash, whereas the same functions via Bitcoin, on average, can take 10 minutes, though extremely large transactions can take up to an hour. If the digital currency has been around for ...