CoinSheet - Dec 5, 2017
"Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue."
-Virginia Woolf
CoinSheet daily Issue#139
December 5, 2017
COIN BULLETIN
Bitfinex Hit With A DDoS Attack
Yesterday Bitfinex reported a distributed denial-of-service attack that temporarily took their system offline.
Bitcoin price dipped below $11,000, but within an hour, Bitfinex tweeted that operations were returning to normal.
Bitfinex Hires Law Firm to Challenge Critics (aka, Bitfinix'ed)
Coindesk reports that Bitfinex has hired the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson and is threatening legal action against a pseudonymous blogger who it says have made false claims about the exchange.
Who would win?
A Global Cryptocurrency Exchange
One Tweety Boi
Not a good look Bitfinex, not a good look (inb4 lawsuit incoming).
You can read more about this here.
A share a day keeps the SEC away...
Cboe Plans December 10 Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading
Futures trading! We just talked about this in the last issue!
According to a press release from Business Insider, Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), plans to offer trading in bitcoin futures beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the start of Global Trading Hours. Monday, December 11, will be the first full day of trading, and trading will be free through December.
What else is going on...
SEC files charged against "alleged" ICO scam PlexCoin (ICO funds were used to pay for home decor).
Monero to be accepted by 45 mMusicians such as Mariah Carey, G-Eazy, and Sia.
UBS seeks IP protection for smart contract blockchain validation.
THINGS I LIKE
Crypto-Kitties
I go away for a few days and the world starts searching for Crypto-Kitties.
Apparently, folks have spent over $1M buying virtual cats on the Ethereum blockchain.
Sigh*, I'm getting old.
MARKET SENTIMENT
Top 5 Winners
Top 5 Losers
It's hard for me to stay bullish in times like this.
Daily
Daily 9 (continuation) on the TD Sequential
RSI at 88
StochRSI 90+
Weekly
Weekly 9 (continuation) on the TD Sequential
RSI at 87
StochRSI 90+
Announcements
I'm back from Miami, had a good time down there.
You can see what went on over there here and here (douche level over 9000, but we have no shame).
Like always, I would appreciate any feedback, good or bad. So feel free to send me emails (dmitriy@dmitriys.com), tweets, or just stop by Discord and have a chat.
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