The first Monero Konferenco took place June 22nd and 23rd in Denver, Colorado. Per previous coverage, the two-day conference billed itself as an opportunity to meet and greet the “privacy advocates, cypherpunks, scientists, and philosophers” who make up the Monero community.

Something slightly scary happened to the cryptosphere yesterday, at least if you spend as much time online as we do. Around 9:50 ET, Crypto Briefing’s website was replaced by a 502 error….as were CoinMarketCap, Decrypt, and many other websites hosted on Cloudflare’s cloud-based servers.

Then, just as our writers resigned themselves to an unexpected day off, the internet started working again.

• Tezos has a bearish short-term bias, with the XTZ / USD pair still trading under its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame continues to show a large head and shoulders pattern
• The daily time frame is conflicted with both valid bullish and bearish patterns forming

Tezos has a bearish short-term bias, with the XTZ / USD pair continuing to trade below its key 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Bitcoin Cash has a bearish short-term bias, with the BCH / USD pair still trading below its key 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• A bearish head and shoulders pattern has now formed on the four-hour time frame
• The daily time frame highlights that Bitcoin Cash is trapped within a rising price channel

Bitcoin Cash has a bearish short-term trading bias, with the BCH / USD pair trading below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Crypto.com Chain has a bearish short-term trading outlook, with the CRO / USD pair trading under key support
• The four-hour time frame shows that a bearish breakout has occurred from a triangle pattern
• The daily time frame shows that the CRO / USD pair is trading in the middle of a descending price channel

CRO is attempting to hold strong by continuing to get listed in exchanges.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released further guidance on its position on cryptocurrencies. The UK’s chief financial regulator says it is seriously considering a complete ban on access to all crypto-linked derivatives for retail investors.

Remember when we said that the road to $15k BTC wouldn’t be smooth? Well, since then bitcoin prices hit $13,000 and then $14,000…. and then hit $11,000 before slipping just below $10k. We’re sticking to our guns: don’t fear the dips, because we’ve seen this movie before.

It’s been just under a week since Bitcoin (BTC) set a new high for the year, when it looked like the leading cryptocurrency was only a few days away from $20,000.

The UK could be heading towards an outright ban on crypto leveraged trading products and contracts for difference (CFDs), which would make it one of the first developed economies to move towards strict regulation on a growing aspect of digital asset trading.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced in a policy statement yesterday that its about to publish a consultation paper on a potential ban on the sale of crypto derivative products to retail investors.

• Ren has a bullish short-term trading outlook against Bitcoin, with the REN / BTC pair trading at a new all-time high
• The four-hour time frame shows a series of invalidated head and shoulders patterns
• The daily time frame shows a newly created bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern

Ren is gaining momentum prior to the launch of RenVM Testnet.