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As crypto traders, we have all been so caught up in the bitcoin hype as of late that it appears we have forgotten about Ethereum and a lot of the world’s smaller altcoins, but the fact is that these assets should not be forgotten. In fact, they should be revered. Ethereum Is Surging Ethereum has recently hit a new all-time high. At the time of writing, one unit of Ethereum has struck $2,774. That means one unit of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap...

Bitcoin has come quite far over the past year. So far, in fact, that many people say they would not mind getting paid in it. Some, such as Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Tesla – have stated that they want their salaries paid in BTC, but some are now taking steps to make sure that this happens. One of those figures is Sean Culkin of the Kansas City Chiefs. Sean Culkin Wants a BTC-Based Salary In a recent...

Tesla and Elon Musk are earning some criticism after it was made clear recently that the South African entrepreneur may have sold some of the bitcoin that the company purchased back in February. Elon Musk Has Raked in Some Serious BTC-Based Dough Two months ago, the electric car firm made history by serving as one of the primary institutions to back bitcoin publicly. The company purchased more than $1.5 billion worth of the world’s number one digital currency by market...

Is it possible to go from being a bitcoin lover to a bitcoin hater? For one German software developer, that is exactly what happened. Moritz Schmidt recently donated more than one million euros to Europe’s Green Party in the hope that they will become powerful enough to ban bitcoin and crypto mining in the future. Schmidt Suddenly Doesn’t Care for BTC Schmidt is a confusing figure in the sense that at one point, he made quite a bit of money earning and trading BTC. He...

Ripple co-creator Chris Larsen believes that unless bitcoin changes itself to be more environmentally friendly, all hope for the world’s largest and most popular digital currency is lost. Chris Larsen: BTC Needs to Change Modules Bitcoin has been taking a lot of guff in recent weeks given that its constant price increases have led to boosts in energy usage for crypto miners. The higher the price of bitcoin goes, the more expensive it becomes to mine and extract. Right...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency have been all the rage as of late, but they are attracting a lot more than retailers and standard crypto investors. Wall Street is getting heavily intrigued by digital currency as well, and one man – Thomas Farley, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – feels that the future of finance may very well have crypto serving at the forefront. Thomas Farley: I’m Excited By Crypto In a recent interview, Farley commented that...

Dogecoin has been all the rage as of late. While bitcoin has been sinking into oblivion, Dogecoin keeps getting attention and has recently hit a new all-time high. However, when something comes up, it usually winds up having to come down at some point, so when will that occur for what is now considered the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap? Dogecoin Has Caused Quite a Stir Two young people have recently shared their thoughts about where the currency will go...

With the recent bitcoin crash, analysts are wondering what the heck could have happened to make the world’s number one digital currency fall by roughly $15,000 from its all-time high two weeks ago. Bitcoin Has Taken a Deep Dive There was a time when bitcoin seemed invincible. Everyone likely thought that the currency was going to stay above a certain threshold for some time. Sadly, it was not meant to be, and the currency has dropped significantly. Many traders and...

Billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz has always been a big fan of bitcoin along with other forms of crypto. In a recent interview, he commented about what has made the world’s primary form of digital currency last so long, and he talked about what was potentially causing the asset to surge the way it has. Mike Novogratz: This Is Just a Small Correction At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin has fallen by more than $15,000 from its...

As we all know by now, India is not too pleased with the prospects of bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The country is presently contemplating a new law that if passed, would ban all crypto activity and trading in the future. India Is Not Crazy About Crypto However, another part of the law has not yet been discussed, and that is the one that allows the government of India to examine the past transactions of all the country’s citizens. This is rather dangerous in the sense that...