The Daily Dood for 1-18-18

Today's bitcoin high was about $11,904 USD on BitFinex

The bitcion market has calmed a little with a high today of about $11,904 USD on Bitfinex. To the relief of many Bitcoin seems to be consolidating in a channel between $11,900 USD and $10,700 USD. Although we're still not out of the woods yet, most are hoping support holds above $10,800 USD and to see this channel tighten up would be a welcome and promising sign.

The altcoin market showed signs of growing strength with rising prices and increased trading volume as confidence returned to alts.

Headlines

NYSE Parent Firm And Blockstream Create CoinMarketCap For Wall Street
https://cointelegraph.com/news/nyse-parent-firm-and-blockstream-create-coinmarketcap-for-wall-street

South Korea: Gov’t Officials Accused of Crypto Insider Trading https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-govt-officials-accused-of-crypto-insider-trading

China’s Alibaba Says New P2P Platform Is Not Crypto-Related https://cointelegraph.com/news/chinas-alibaba-says-new-p2p-platform-is-not-crypto-related

CBOE Bitcoin Futures get Settled Through $6.7m Gemini Auction http://www.livebitcoinnews.com/cboe-bitcoin-futures-get-settled-6-7m-gemini-auction/

Only Global Rules Can Harness Bitcoin, Says European Bank Director
https://btcmanager.com/global-rules-can-harness-bitcoin-says-european-bank-director/

South Korean Regulator: In Reality Impossible to Close Cryptocurrency Exchanges https://news.bitcoin.com/south-korean-regulator-in-reality-impossible-to-close-cryptocurrency-exchanges/

SCCEX Will Support BCH Because It Is “Satoshi’s True Bitcoin” https://themerkle.com/sccex-will-support-bch-because-it-is-satoshis-true-bitcoin/

Is Crypto Investment the Next Big Thing for Institutional Investors? https://www.coinspeaker.com/2018/01/18/crypto-investment-next-big-thing-institutional-investors/

Bitcoin Cash Added to Keepkey Wallet, Exchanges in India and Hong Kong https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-cash-added-keepkey-wallet-exchanges-india-hong-kong/

Morgan Stanley Now Clearing Bitcoin Futures for Clients, Helping Institutions Ga... https://cointelegraph.com/news/morgan-stanley-now-clearing-bitcoin-futures-for-clients-helping-institutions-gain-exposure

Dash Funds Blockchain Research at Arizona State University http://bitcoinist.com/dash-funds-blockchain-research-arizona-state-university/

Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin Turns Focus Away from VC Firm and Towards the Future of Crypto https://btcmanager.com/founder-ethereum-vitalik-buterin-turns-focus-away-vc-firm-towards-future-crypto/

Youtube & Podcasts

BitConnect Is Dead!

Tweet Of The Day

A trader's next trade is nothing more or less than the next datum point in a series of data points subject to random probability theory

Peter Brandt January 18, 2018

STEEMIT

This is what I think STEEM is doing — Via @jerome-colley Steemit https://steemit.com/steem/@jerome-colley/this-is-what-i-think-steem-is-doing

Steemit cartoonified — Via @steevc Steemit https://steemit.com/comics/@steevc/steemit-cartoonified

Links

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https://www.binance.com/?ref=11560333

Simplify tax time, and keep track of your crypto portfolio. Started using the site the other day, and all I can say is what a godsend! So relieved to find this before tax time.
https://cointracking.info/?ref=R584025

The End

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