ASICMiner, one of the first companies to successfully deploy bitcoin ASIC mining hardware in 2013, has seen its share price double over the last month. The gains come ahead of the expected Jan 20 tapeout date for ASICMiner’s 3rd generation hardware indicated by the companies CEO in a December announcement. As multiple consumer ASIC companies prepare to ship inventory and private mining operations increase in scale, often with equal or superior hardware, meeting schedule expectations will be paramount to ASICMiner’s future. As one of the first successful ASIC producers, AM was able to maintain a significant hardware advantage through mid-2013, …
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In this article we will review how read a bitcoin order book, how to interpret a bitcoin order book, and how to spot common market manipulation techniques by properly understanding order book dynamics. What is an Order Book? An order book is a ledger containing all outstanding orders – instructions from traders to buy or sell bitcoin. An order to buy is called a “bid” and an order to sell is called an “ask.” Bids and asks are paired up as soon as their requirements are fulfilled, resulting in a trade. For introductory purposes there are two primary order types …
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