Weekly Market Movement Analysis: Crypto finally saw some upward movement after weeks of stagnation. Altcoins led the way with Ethereum up 12.62% over the 7 day period. Many DeFi also saw large gains. Big Story Of The Week After A Period Of The Low Volatility, Crypto May Have Recently Awakened With Bullish Fundamental Arguments Continuing To Stack […]

Weekly Market Movement Analysis: Crypto again had a relatively flat week, with spot volumes well below averages we saw in May and June. Altcoins continued to see the most momentum with XLM up over 5% on the week. Big Story Of The Week Dogecoin, An Obscure Cryptocurrency With A Unique Culture And Community, Has Saw A […]

Background Bitbuy has always been laser focused on being a secure and compliant platform for Canadians. Since selling our first bitcoin in 2016, we have continued to find ways to promote transparency for our clients. As many people are certainly aware, Canadians have been hit hard with series of scandals and exchange shutdowns in the […]

  Weekly Market Movement CLICK HERE FOR LIVE PRICES>> Weekly Summary:   Many altcoins saw decent gains through the past 7 day period. Of the coins available on Bitbuy, XLM saw the most upward movement with more than a 36% 7 day gain. BTC remained relatively stable throughout the week. Big News Of The Week   […]

    Weekly Market Movement CLICK HERE FOR LIVE PRICES>> Weekly Summary: With some exceptions, most popular cryptocurrencies are slightly down or flat across the board over the 7 day period. Spot volumes continue to trend downwards, as the market remains quiet in terms of volatility for the third straight week.   Big News Of The […]

  Weekly Market Movement   CLICK HERE FOR LIVE PRICES>>Weekly Summary: Crypto across the board is down slightly over a 7 day period, although coins are modestly up in the past 24 hours. Overall, it was a week of low volatility for most assets, and therefore lower overall volume. Big News Of The Week This Week, […]

  Weekly Market Movement CLICK HERE FOR LIVE PRICES>> Weekly Summary: Crypto is marginally lower than 24H ago across the board. Most major coins have seen a modest 3-7% decline in the 7 day period. Spot volumes are an abysmal 30% of the 30-day average.   Big News Of The Week The Percentage Of BTC Unmoved […]

Intro To DeFi, Protocols For Crypto Finance   Decentralized Finance has been an emerging part of the crypto finance economy, building a huge fan following since it started emerging in early 2019. 2020 brings even more promising developments that can change the core operating model of the financial sector. If you aren’t familiar with what […]

Bitbuy announces partnership with Knox, creating first 1:1 insured Bitcoin platform Bitbuy has entered into a partnership with Knox, an institutional Bitcoin custody provider with a comprehensive insurance policy. The partnership, which allows Bitbuy users to store their bitcoin holdings in an offline vault with insurance up to the full value of the holdings, marks […]

  Bitcoin is considered by many to be digital gold. Yes, it was originally meant to be an alternative to fiat currency when the blockchain mined its genesis block back in 2009. However, what the world has learned over the last 12 years since the whitepaper was published is that many people treat it as […]

Bitcoin’s first transaction occurred in January 2009 and ever since that time, it’s done nothing but endure several dips in the stock market, many changes impacting world governments both big and small, and a slew of detractors who constantly pronounce Bitcoin dead while extolling the virtues of more traditional central authority-style currencies and policies. Here […]

The Third Bitcoin Halving Event: What Does It Mean for the Future? The next Bitcoin halving event is coming up in May. With so much uncertainty surrounding financial markets thanks to the COVID-19 epidemic and the supply of Bitcoin about to cut down to 6.25 bitcoins per block, there is arguably no time more interesting […]

Jordan Anderson is the Chief Operating Officer of Bitbuy, where he oversees sales, marketing, and customer experience. He is responsible for delivering strategy and direction to Bitbuy clients and scaling the business through operational excellence. His experience in cryptocurrency dates back to 2014 when he co-founded InstaBT. Currently, Bitbuy has 15 staff, has served over […]

Dear Bitbuy user, In response to several customer questions, we wanted to reach out to you and let you know our plan for operations during the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Bitbuy will not be closing, even if there is a local or national restriction on non-essential businesses operating. We have long had a contingency plan in […]

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Crypto Taxes in Canada: A Guide It’s everyones favourite time of the year! Tax season! Bitbuy gets a lot of questions about how cryptocurrency gains or losses are taxed, and we’ve published this updated 2020 tax guide to help you out. This is a big update from our previous tax guide from 2018, as some […]

Bitcoin 2020: Bitcoin Halving, Soft-Fork, Hash-Rate All-Time-High, and Bakkt Consumer App for Crypto Purchases Bitcoin (BTC/USD) experienced a dramatic, and impulsive 43% surge from the recent $6 425 ($8 397 CAD) lows, wicking above $9k ($11 762 CAD) and the 200-day simple moving average on the daily chart, but unable as of yet to close […]

Bitcoin (BTC/USD) has been consolidating directly below key resistance, and momentum seems to be slowing down since bitcoin’s tremendous 31.73% surge in price from the $6 425 ($8 391 CAD) recent lows.  The narrative, which has been widely circulated, is that bitcoin is following safe-haven assets, such as gold. When tension between the USA and […]

The Best Cryptocurrency Apps In the latest article on Bitbuy resources, we take a look at all of the top cryptocurrency apps currently available. From covering the most recent news and updates in the industry, to the best trading apps and crypto-based games, we break them all down in our newest guide.   Covering all […]

Central banks start experimenting with digital currencies. Is this a direct threat to bitcoin, or will bitcoin’s popularity continue?   It seems that even more countries and central banks are now catching on to the benefits of developing a central bank digital currency, with the ECB, the Bank of France (Banque de France, and the […]

Newly proposed law could enable German banks to support the sale and custody of bitcoin by 2020; and ECB plans for a European central bank digital currency.   There seems to be luke-warm sentiment on the crypto-regulatory front. Germany’s news agency, Handelsblatt, has reported that as from 2020, a new money laundering bill is being […]

Bitcoin bears take the price to 6 month lows: The unravelling of China’s blockchain euphoria, a major low for December, and a potential reversal in the weeks to come.   Bitcoin (BTC/USD) has fallen to it’s lowest price level in over 6 months. The bullish case failed to materialize last week  after the hidden bullish […]

Bullish Developments: Bakkt announces enterprise-grade institutional bitcoin custody, and multiple bullish divergence signals on the higher time frames   Last week, there was an announcement from Bakkt, the crypto subsidiary of the Intercontinental Exchange, that ‘Bakkt Warehouse’, their qualified custodian of bitcoin, will begin holding the bitcoin assets of their institutional investors.   Previously, the […]

Keeping your cryptocurrency experience safe and secure is extremely important to us here at Bitbuy. Cryptocurrency is a powerful and unique asset and currency, but because of crypto’s unique properties, you need to be extremely careful to avoid scams and phishing attempts. Here are 10 tips to keep you safe on Bitbuy, and elsewhere.