Category Archives: digital currencies
Here’s Why Banks Hate Cryptocurrencies
This report was originally published by Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge Banks like to pretend that they’re so much more established and secure than the world of cryptocurrencies, but as anybody who pays close attention to the headlines would know…that’s just not the case… Setting aside all of their rhetoric about embracing the blockchain, banks have mostly […]
What The Crypto Crash & Stock Market Plunge Have In Common
This article was originally published by Adam Taggart at PeakProsperity.com Today saw Jerome Powell sworn into office as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet Yellen. Looking at the sea of red across Monday’s financial markets, Mr. Powell is very likely *not* having the sort of first day on the job he was […]
Mnuchin: “We Want To Make Sure Bad People Can’t Use Bitcoin To Do Bad Things”
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge Back in September 2015, when we first predicted that Bitcoin would enjoy an exponential price increase as first the Chinese and then everyone else realized that the cryptocurrency is nothing less than the digital equivalent of borderless Swiss account, bypassing capital controls with ease and enabling […]
Stop Treating Bitcoin Like A Stock
Authored by Jordan Stephens via Hackernoon.com, It’s not. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never felt so compelled to drink in my life than the past week watching Bitcoin. It’s like watching a paper airplane bounce in the wind that could either nosedive any moment or catch another swift gust upward. I get it. […]
Measuring the Mania of Crypto
From the Slope of Hope: It seems everyone is talking about Bitcoin these days. On ZeroHedge, I’d say easily half the articles are crypto-related. And why not? The equity market has become a bore. How much can you say about a market which basically goes up about half a percent day after day until the end of time? I’ve […]
Bitcoin Bubble: Is Bitcoin Going To $1 Million Or Is it Going To Zero?
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse The price of Bitcoin continues to rise at an exponential rate, and the financial world is in a complete state of shock. Just yesterday, I marveled that the price of Bitcoin had surged past the $13,000 mark for the first time ever, but then […]
Bitcoin Bests $18,000 – Up Over $5000 Today!!
Update: $18,000, that is all! For those keeping track, this is how long it has taken the cryptocurrency to cross the key psychological levels: $0000 – $1000: 1789 days $1000- $2000: 1271 days $2000- $3000: 23 days $3000- $4000: 62 days $4000- $5000: 61 days $5000- $6000: 8 days $6000- $7000: 13 days $7000- $8000: […]
Largest Crypto-Mining Exchange Confirms It Was Hacked, $62 Million In Bitcoin Stolen
Update: as @MillionsBitcoin points out…. NiceHash wondering where your stolen bitcoins are? Here they are4736 $btc stolen$usd Value: 62,729,994#bitcoin #BTC #NiceHash #bitcoinmining #Hacked pic.twitter.com/1Ajh7lDAo0 — Bitcoin Millionaire (@MillionsBitcoin) December 6, 2017 … the total amount of bitcoins stolen from Nice Hash is 4736, or just over $62 million, and they have ended up at the […]
Blackmailing German Bomber Demands 10 Million Euros In Bitcoin From DHL
As we reported earlier, Bitcoin brushed off the weekend sell-off and blasted above the $14,000 level as the Asian trading session got underway. There was no news to catalyse the move higher, although excitement and debate over the upcoming launch of Bitcoin futures on 10 December continues. One Bitcoin-related story did peak our interest, however. […]