Types of Blockchain

1. Public blockchain: no restrictions on reading block data (which can also be encrypted) and sending transactions.

2. Private blockchain: direct access to data and the right to send transactions are granted to a limited number of organizations.

3. Permissionless blockchain: no restrictions related to the identity of transaction validators, i.e., users who can generate blocks.

4. Permissioned blockchain: transactions are processed by approved individuals that underwent identity verification. A permissioned blockchain doesn’t necessarily have to be private.

The Crypto exchange Litmus test
This happens on all exchanges but the takeaway is how the exchange reacts to it. How the cut the losses and ensure security. Binance did well with the SYS coin hack. Now it's on Cryptopia.

You remember this one?
Back in October I knew this had potential and still does. One of the holds you want to grab in dips

Chinese Ethereum - NEO
I did make the call when we bottomed out. We did a nice run up and saw the greens. Now I see this has entered a continuation of the rising channel and might retrace towards the previous highs. Watch out for this one.

Hammering the support
Have a look at $POLY and $GVT they have atleast tested the support thrice and have bounces off strong. The momentum is growing and might as well see a breakout soon. Ones to watch out.

📨 Hashed News Update

⌚️ Everything you need to know about Constantinople, an upcoming system-wide upgrade to the Ethereum network.
via The Block

🏦 HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, has settled over $250 billion in trades using distributed ledger technology.
via CoinDesk

🤝 Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform run by Intercontinental Exchange, announced the completion of its first acquisition.
via Cointelegraph

🖥 Hackers behind Ryuk malware received approximately $3.7 million in ransom in less than six months.
via CrowdStrike

🇩🇰 Denmark’s tax agency will soon start collecting trader information from local cryptocurrency exchanges.
via Bloomberg

Bitcoin Analysis
We have seen some painting going on with huge whales pushing around the prices to bring in FOMO. We might have a small bounce to the mentioned levels. Look closely at the fake breakouts that got soo many noobs rekt. Be smarter than the whales.

Position Update
Holy potato it's the perfect setup. This can only happen when the whales are trying to paint and fuck us over or when it actually is this bearish.

I can see the $3700 range to be a huge resistance which we might retest as mentioned in the earlier post and if we don't have a clear break out then we might see ultimate misery that can pull it down.

$3500 range is something that wouldn't last and might as well go down to $3340 level.

Recommendations
Position: Short
Entry: $3620 - $3708
Leverage: 5x to 10x
Stoploss: Keep risk reward ratio of 1:3.
Targets: $3512
$3340
$3290

Absolutely Mashed Baby!

Dead. I now regret giving only 10% portfolio to Tron.

GoChain on our radar

$GoChain is a scalable, high performance, low cost, and decentralized cryptocurrency and blockchain that supports smart contracts and distributed applications. $GoChain promises to deliver 100 times the speed of the Ethereum network, and acts a better alternative to smart contracts by using Proof-of-Reputation as a consensus mechanism rather than Proof-of-Work or Proof of Authority.

The chart below shows a falling wedge that is one of the bulliest patterns and guess what it broke out of it. I expect an amazing run coming up. Don't miss this one.

📥 Hashed News Update

🇷🇺Russian Prime Minister: Don’t ‘Bury’ Crypto over Bear Market Woes
Via Cointelegraph

👥Vitalik v/s CZ Isn’t Over, Binance CEO mocks Vitalik After Ranking First Among 100 Most Influential Crypto People
Via Coingape

🏁Malaysia to Jail Illegal ICO and Crypto Exchanges Operators for 10 Years
Via NewsBitcoin

💁‍♀ICOs Raked in $13 Billion Despite 90% ETH Price Drop, New Research Finds
Via Bitcoinist

🗣‘Gravity’s a B*tch’: BitMEX CEO Mocks Crypto Firms for Failure of ‘Poo Poo’ ICOs
Via CCN

This has been taken off the net but oh my oh my that response had absolutely no chill.
Got such things you want me to share ping me @cryptopotatoes

Bitcoin price loss percentage from prior all time high.

I've been hoping for $12k at the 3rd halving. That would be -40% from the prior high. Looking at the 1st and 2nd halvings, I may be a little too optimistic.

More bullish new Yayy!
https://support.binance.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022080831

📨 Hashed News Update

💠 When can one expect the arrival of futures contracts on Ether (ETH)? The Block tried to answer that question.
via The Block

💵 Cryptocurrency payment processing company Bitpay reportedly handled over $1 billion in payments in 2018.
via Bitcoin.com

🇹🇭 The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is seeking a cryptocurrency license from the country’s Finance Ministry.
via ccn

✍🏻 WordPress is launching a new publishing platform backed by Google and ConsenSys. It will offer blockchain features.
via CoinDesk

❌ After filing for bankruptcy, cryptocurrency mining firm Giga Watt has reportedly stopped day-to-day operations.
via Cointelegraph

You probably are like this call is not doing anything but it is still in play. We have a dump incoming. You can always scalp in these low ranges and pick altcoins that give us he'll loads of gains over night but be well aware about the correlation of cyptocurrencies.

The market have a very small volume that can be manipulated easily yet I'm leaning towards the bearish side solely relying on my charts.

I am looking for this play to enter the market, first i think we will make a fakeout to around 3900 range and after that we might see that USDBTCSHORT is dumped to the Bottom trendline range (2300-2500 depends on when this will play out)

Out of historical data you can see that we might see a big selloff at this range..
i have my fingers crossed.

https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSDT/rLTsbmQ4-BTC-Bearish-scenario/#tc2298230