Bitcoin rose Thursday after it was announced Jim Cramer would be investing in BTC. BTC/USD bulls cheered as Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano made the announcement. The CNBC “Mad Money” host is the latest high-profile investor to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Jim Cramer is the newest high-profile “bitcoiner.” Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano has managed to convince the...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it’s launching a project that will develop cryptocurrencies and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies around the world. Dubbed Venus, the “localized” stablecoin initiative will see the firm utilize its existing infrastructure, such as its public blockchain, Binance Chain, and international payment system, “to empower developed and developing countries to...Read More
Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed a potential vulnerability Friday, announcing that a tiny fraction of its customers’ passwords were stored in plain text on an internal server log. However, the information was not improperly accessed by outside parties, the exchange said. In a post-mortem shared with CoinDesk, Coinbase outlined “a password storage issue,” impacting less than...Read More
More than a decade into its existence, Bitcoin is finally maturing into a full-blown stock market hedge. That’s the conclusion of new research from crypto prime dealer SFOX, which indicates that Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies like Ethereum have developed a negative correlation with the S&P 500. This means that as the stock market bellwether...Read More