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Bitcoin just lost another chunk of its value in a crushing red candle. Plunging to as low as $7,450, the largest cryptocurrency shed around 8% in less than an hour. This is the lowest level at which Bitcoin has traded since May of this year. The entire market was dragged down, as all major altcoins are also trading in the red.Bitcoin Plunges $600 in MinutesAs CryptoPotato reported earlier today, Bitcoin failed to gain momentum and struggled at key resistance levels above $8,000. As such, it...

Since 2010, bitcoin has died 377 times at the hands of experts and popular media outlets. At the height of the bear market in 2018, bitcoin was declared dead a total of 90 times. Peter Schiff is just another personality to recently call the death of bitcoin. | Source: TwitterWe are hurtling towards the end of 2019 and bitcoin is doing so well that it managed to carve a niche in today’s financial system. We talked to crypto traders, blockchain executives and researchers and they all...

Australian authorities have become unwitting benefactors of Bitcoin’s impressive bull run in recent years. The Australia Federal Police’s latest Annual Report highlights a bust which netted them a cool 2000% profit. In it, the Feds reveals seized bitcoin worth approximately A$ 7,300 ($ 4,995) in 2016  from a man using the cryptocurrency to purchase three weapons in contravention of the 1901 Customs Act. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) posted this image of the paper wallet seized...

Discretionary investment management firm BND Capital offers a new way to profit from trading without having to stay on top of the markets every day. BND Capital offers a completely managed service through an innovative and easy to use online platform. Instead of trading every day and devoting hours to research, BND Capital allows investors to deposit funds into their investment account and have it invested by professionals through a proven trading strategy powered by sophisticated trading...

Photo: Beyond Meat / FacebookNow we all know Jim Cramer to be one of the most outlandish characters ever on TV but his advice a lot of the time makes total sense. Take the case of Beyond meat (BYND) which is the meat-substitute startup that was founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown. With the stronger performances of competitors that are eating at its market share where retailers are concerned and lower liquidity ratios than expected the popular analyst believes that the bubble has burst for the...

Facebook announced in June this year its plans to launch a cryptocurrency dubbed Libra. However, the company has seen a prominent backlash of media and regulatory attention ever since, grilling the project across a variety of essential parameters. With this in mind, let’s explore at least five reasons for which Libra may not launch – something that has been seen as entirely positive within the cryptocurrency community.Regulatory PressureIt didn’t take long before Facebook’s future...

Snap Inc., the parent company of multimedia messaging app Snapchat has delivered a strong performance in Q3 2019 and beats analysts’ expectations. The company has seen a major uptick in its user-base and revenue while limiting its losses even below the expected value.The net loss has decreased to $227 million from $255 million in Q2 2019 while it has decreased nearly $100 million QoQ. Last quarter, Snapchat added 7 million daily active users taking the total tally to 210 million. There is a...

Photo: ShutterstockPer a recent announcement, blockchain and cryptography data and research company Brave New Coin (BNC) has said that its cryptocurrency indices will now be applied by crypto trading service INX, as it prepares to launch its first fully approved security token sale. INX is focused on making sure that its offerings and practices are strict and as transparent as possible, a decision that has pointed the digital asset trading service in the BNC direction.According to BNC, INX...

Mark Zuckerberg will appear before Congress on Wednesday to defend Facebook’s controversial ‘cryptocurrency’ project, Libra. In his prepared remarks, the Facebook CEO will tell lawmakers that America risks losing “financial leadership” to China if they don’t get behind his company’s plan. Referring to China’s proposed digital currency, which is expected to launch before the end of the year, Zuckerberg will argue: “While we debate these issues, the rest of the world isn’t waiting....

Americans have stood the test of time by making the so-called “American Dreams” a reality. Not just ones, twice or thrice, but for several decades by producing the highest number of wealthy people globally.But according to the recent annual wealth survey conducted by Credit Suisse, America is in for a rude shock after China has overhauled them as the new residence of the growing population of wealthy people around the globe.There’re 99 million Americans among the 10% wealthiest individuals in...