After peaking at $12,000 earlier this month, Bitcoin is once again hovering over the $10,000 level making everybody nervous. BTC/USD is currently trading at $10,290 on Bitstamp with relatively low volume. Overall the market is looking healthy which comes to no surprise since Bitcoin seems to love the current range. Bitcoin News When it comes...Read More
Eddie Murphy is back but the question is not “are we ready?” It’s more like, “is Eddie Murphy ready?” The former standup prodigy is booked to host Saturday Night Live (SNL) this December. Netflix is working on a deal with Murphy to release an undisclosed amount of standup specials. According to TMZ, those negotiations are hovering...Read More
After hanging by a thread above $10,000 for most of the day yesterday, Bitcoin’s bulls stepped up and sent the cryptocurrency surging to highs of over $10,500. Although this rally did spark excitement amongst BTC investors, the move ultimately proved to be somewhat fleeting.Analysts are now noting that $10,900 is a key region of resistance...Read More
Many Bitcoin enthusiasts have high hopes for the Lightning Network. For a technology which has been accessible for some time now, it seems there isn’t much growth to take note of. In fact, it appears things are slowly growing worse as more time progresses. This is good news by any means, yet the ship hasn’t...Read More
The cryptocurrency exchange landscape has evolved significantly in 2019. The number, quality and diversity of exchanges has multiplied, giving traders an unprecedented number of venues to choose from. This smorgasbord of options risks leaving traders overwhelmed, however, as exchanges jockey for supremacy, launching new features and products designed to woo the competition and cement their...Read More
Self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright suffered a massive blow today when a judge reportedly ordered him to turn over 50% of the bitcoin he mined with his former business associate, deceased computer genius Dave Kleiman. Florida federal judge Bruce Reinhart also allegedly ordered Wright to give (to Kleiman’s estate) 50% of any intellectual property he...Read More
Music festivals are fun, but for those organizing them, they are also time consuming and can be extremely expensive. The team at Viberate.com had this in mind when planning out their platform that allows festival organizers to create their own mobile apps for Apple and Android phones. The platform doesn’t require any coding skills, just...Read More
Private Internet Access is one of the most popular VPN providers on the market. With so many people using VPNs these days, many might not know of certain features that can improve their experience. That’s why we’ve compiled 5 features available from PIA that you might not have known about. 5. You can enable 2FA...Read More
Based on a recent report, the ability to test how to trade digital currencies will soon be made available to users of mobile messaging giant —Telegram. A publication released by the messaging giant today stated that the developers of Button Wallet, a well-known messenger-based platform for trading Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Bitcoin and many other...Read More
A man who created his own Bitcoin ATM has pleaded guilty of money laundering and related crimes. Kunal Kalra, a resident of Westwood, California, used his machine and other means to clean as much as $25 million between 2015 and 2017.Court documents claim that Kalra also exchanged Bitcoin for cash with a range of criminals....Read More
Monday, Aug. 26 — Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and XRP are in the red. After trading sideways for most of the day, the market is currently seeing minor losses. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 BTC is trading at $10,350 at press time — a 1.72% price decrease on the day. BTC has been mostly...Read More
The performance of some of the altcoins this year was nothing short of spectacular. The likes of Litecoin hiked by an impressive 387 percent, registering its yearly high of $145. Bitcoin did not shy away from its consistent growth as it reached a yearly high of about $13,800. It was currently valued at $10,362.3. Since...Read More
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Beyond Meat, which IPO’d earlier this year, decided combine its fake meat – ahem plant-based chicken – with Colonel Sanders’ 11 herbs and spices. Unless the idea is to inherit the stigma and calories that are generally associated with fast-food joints, this pairing is a terrible idea. KFC is synonymous with comfort food, and patrons...Read More
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance has released a crypto lending platform that allows users to earn a significant amount of guaranteed interest on their crypto holdings without having to expose themselves to any risk.Despite its promising nature, some investors are skeptical about Binance’s latest program, and are warning investors to use caution when engaging in anything...Read More
There’s good news, you’re not paranoid. They really are out to get you. Earlier this month, leading cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace published its quarterly report, and it makes for pretty grim reading. This year alone, a staggering $4.26 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been hacked, stolen, or otherwise misappropriated by thieves and fraudsters. As these...Read More
The latest XRP wealth distribution statistics showed interesting insights into rising trends by the XRP holders over a period of three months. According to the latest XRP Richlist Stats, which monitors the trend line for the XRP wealth distribution, only 0.01% of the total XRP accounts have a balance of more than 14,231,299 XRP, which,...Read More
Pat Gelsinger, the CEO of major cloud computing and virtual machine company VMWare, has condemned Bitcoin (BTC) as being “bad for humanity.” Fortune spoke to Gelsinger about Bitcoin prior to VMWare’s annual conference in San Francisco on Aug. 26. According to Gelsinger, one issue with Bitcoin is its purportedly high energy consumption, which contributes to...Read More
Stellar Price Analysis (XLM/USD) On an intraday chart, stellar has recorded a strong selling pressure that has led to a dip in the volatility level. XLM/USD pair began the sell-off yesterday trading at $0.0717 that was followed by a steep fall that fluctuated the price down to closed at $0.0680 where it later tested the...Read More
The superintendente of “Nacional de Criptoactivos (SUNACRIP) in Venezuela, Joselit Ramírez, has appeared on national radio to encourage people to use the Venezuelan state-backed crypto asset, the petro. Ramírez reminded listeners that the “Sistema Patria” was now online for simple, secure remittance payments.Last year, the government of Venezuela became the first on the planet to...Read More
What’s bad for the global stock market is good for bitcoin, believes veteran economic theorist Max Keiser. The founder of crypto-only venture capitalist firm Heisenberg Capital turned bearish on equity markets, fearing that they would collectively fall by 15,000 points. He further envisioned that a stock market crash might prompt investors to take their capital...Read More
The IRS took to Twitter on August, 26, posting a video about recently mailed CP2000 notices, of special interest to crypto traders. The notice, which seeks to rectify discrepancies made by recipients in tax reporting, is another in a series of crypto-related letters recently sent by the agency. Though the promised guidelines for reporting still...Read More
A new piece of ransomware called Syrk will encrypt files on your hard drive while deleting entire folders if the ransom is not paid. The malware is based on the open source Hidden-Cry program, an encryptor that appeared online last December and has been the basis for many bits of malware over the past year. Image via...Read More
