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Venezuela Looking to Launch a Central Bank for Cryptocurrencies

Venezuela is reportedly looking to lunch a central bank for cryptocurrencies, as the country’s National Constituent Assembly is preparing to reform the Venezuelan Constitution to include it, along with a court above its Supreme Court. According to Re...

Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Banks Sink $32 Million into Enterprise Blockchain Startup

We may, as Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark said earlier this year, be entering a “bitcoin not blockchain” world, but the global banking cabal isn’t ready to capitulate on its support for enterprise blockchain products just yet. Indeed, Axoni, an e...

SEC Smacks ICO Fraudster with $30,000 Fine, Lifetime Trading Ban

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an officer and director bar, a penny stock bar, and a penalty of $30,000 to a fraudulent ICO founder today. According to the official press release, David T. Laurance was previously found g...

CBOE President Cautiously Hopeful on Bitcoin ETF Prospects Despite SEC Action

CBOE Global Markets Inc. could well become the first company to win approval for a bitcoin ETF, but whether that coveted accomplishment materializes remains to be seen. For his part, Chris Concannon, CBOE’s president and CEO, said that he is optimist...

Playboy Sues Cryptocurrency Company for Breach of Contract

Playboy Enterprises, the parent company of Playboy Magazine, is suing cryptocurrency company Global Blockchain Technologies (GBT) on allegations of fraud and breach of contract, according to a report from L.A. Times. The company had announced a partn...

90% of Cryptocurrency Market Facing ‘Extinction-Level Event’: Xapo President

A reckoning coming to the cryptocurrency markets, an “extinction-level event” that’s poised to wipe out 90 percent of the more than 1,800 coins and tokens that aren’t named bitcoin. That’s the prognostication of Xapo Pre...

Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: BTCUSD Falls to Lowest since June

Bitcoin continues to extend its downward momentum on Tuesday, lately falling to its lowest trading since June this year. The BTC/USD today opened at 6250-fiat and started recording losses thereafter – during the early Asian trading session. The...

Did ICOs Cause Ethereum to Drop by 44% in 2 Weeks by Dumping on the Market?

Within a period of two weeks, from August 1 to August 14, the price of Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, dropped by 44 percent. In 14 days, the price of Ethereum plummeted from $470 to $260, reaching its lowest point in 2018 b...

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‘Bitcoin is Stupid’ Author Gets a Lesson in the Value of Being Your Own Bank

As anyone who has ever attempted to explain bitcoin to their parents can understand, one of the most challenging parts of convincing them of the utility of this technology is making the case that a person should be his or her own bank. Occasionally,...

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Despite its 70% Price Drop, Bitcoin Surpassed Gold in Settlement Volume

Nic Carter, a well respected cryptocurrency researcher, has said that Bitcoin has surpassed the OTC gold market in settlement volumes, even amidst a 70 percent drop in its price. Bitcoin as a Better Medium of Exchange According to the clearing statis...

Why the Cryptocurrency Bubble is Reminiscent of Hodling Amazon Stock: CoinShares CSO

What a difference a few weeks can make. Just 21 days ago, the bitcoin price was trading above $8,400, riding what appeared to many to be the first wave of a new bull market. The bottom, the analysts said, was in. Now, midway through August, bitcoin i...

Crypto Market Decline Aggravates as Ripple and Ethereum Hit Yearly Lows

The market is down $25 billion from yesterday’s high of $219 billion, sliding to $193 at the time of writing. Altcoins have been hit hard with Ethereum down almost 18% overnight according to coinmarketcap.com and hitting lows not seen since Aug...