While the perpetrators of the infamous Twitter hack from a few days ago remain unknown, popular cryptocurrency proponent Cameron Winklevoss believes that “we do know who continually hacks the US dollar – the Fed.”The Fed Hacks The USD?During the past few days, the world’s attention is focused on the bold Twitter hack, which had compromised many accounts belonging to famous individuals and companies. Despite the increased media coverage and numerous rumors, though, the perpetrators haven’t...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Finally Shows Signs of Life Losing $100: The Friday Update
With a bit of delay following the Twitter hack, Bitcoin finally sees a slight movement downwards to $9,100. Interestingly, this time the three major US stock market indexes decrease in value with a similar percentage.The situation appears much more favorable in the low-cap altcoin market, as massive gainers include Aurora, Ampleforth, and Algorand.Bitcoin With A Quick DipFollowing the most discussed topic of the infamous Twitter hack from a few days ago, BTC’s involvement remained unnoticed,...
Read More »Bitcoin Addresses Are Now Restricted On Twitter
In an effort to find a temp solution to deal with yesterday’s attack, Twitter has apparently made it impossible for users to post Tweets containing strings of letters and numbers in order to avoid any scam “giveaway” from sharing their cryptocurrency wallet addresses.Something Went Wrong: Twitter Blocks Wallet AddressesIndeed, when I tried to share a string of random letters and numbers, Twitter didn’t let me share the post public and asked me to “give it another shot.”Pending Twitter...
Read More »US Congressman Defends Bitcoin Following the Twitter Fiasco
Yesterday’s fake Bitcoin giveaway scam on Twitter unleashed a series of events and comments from prominent figures. While some spoke against the popular social media platform, others against BTC, a US Congressman stood behind the primary cryptocurrency and blamed it on “centralized control.”US Congressman: Bitcoin Isn’t The ProblemAs yesterday’s Twitter hack, which unfolded like a typical fake Bitcoin giveaway scam, continues to raise attention throughout the world, US congressman Tom Emmer...
Read More »TRON’s Justin Sun Offers $1 Million Bounty Following The Twitter Hack
It’s not often the tech, crypto, political, and celebrity worlds converge, but that’s exactly what happened on July 15 after a bitcoin giveaway scam replicated across dozens of major Twitter accounts. From billionaires to entrepreneurs, and from crypto traders to exchanges, high-profile accounts of all kinds were targeted in an audacious hack that’s left Twitter reeling.Names such as Binance, Coinbase, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffet all had their accounts...
Read More »Breaking Down Twitter’s Hack: Blaming Bitcoin, Hidden Messages and Insiders
The news broke yesterday on the Twitter scam that targeted some of the biggest accounts in the cryptocurrency industry.It turns out that the crypto field was not the target, but Bitcoin was the preferred means of payment for the hackers. As CryptoPotato reported, multiple accounts were hacked with a message promising that if users sent BTC a particular address, they would get a 2:1 return.On-chain data analytics provider Crypto Quant has broken down some of the key findings so far, including...
Read More »Even Twitter Hack Can’t Move BTC Away From $9200, XTZ and LINK Surge (Price Watch)
Although Bitcoin received massive attention yesterday while hackers exploited almost every world leader’s Twitter accounts, the asset price refuses to move outside of its comfort zone of approximately $9,200. The altcoin market, though, remains volatile – Chainlink reached a new all-time high yesterday, Tezos next?Twitter Hack Can’t Shake BitcoinAll eyes were on the popular social media platform Twitter yesterday’s night UTC. An unknown to this moment, the hackers gained access to the most...
Read More »Breaking Scam Alert: Binance, Coinbase and Other Major Crypto Twitter Accounts Hacked
An ongoing scam is being promoted on Twitter through some of the biggest accounts of major cryptocurrency companies and proponents.These include the world’s leading exchange, Binance, the US-based exchange Coinbase, as well as the account of one of the best-known Bitcoin proponents, AngeloBTC, and even Winklevoss’ Gemini.Ongoing Crypto ScamIn the past few minutes, some of the most popular cryptocurrency Twitter accounts have been compromised.A message about a partnership with a company called...
Read More »$750 Million Worth of BTC is What Grayscale Bought in Q2 2020
The continuous rise of institutional interest towards the cryptocurrency industry is exemplified by Grayscale Investments’ record Q2 2020 earnings report. The large digital asset management company announced today that it had received total investments in Q2 of over $900 million – $400 million more than its previous record.Grayscale’s Best Quarter To dateThe company, primarily oriented towards institutional investors, published its Q2 2020 results earlier today. It indicates that Grayscale...
Read More »The Last Time This Indicator Was So Tight Was On Nov-18: Before Bitcoin Price Plunged To $3000
Bitcoin’s price has been trading in a very tight range for a while now. The cryptocurrency seems unable to break out in any directions, while in the meantime, altcoins are popping massively.This has led to a 3% decrease in Bitcoin’s dominance, which measures the share of BTC relative to the entire market capitalization.However, BTC’s Bollinger Bands, an indicator that measures the standard deviation from a moving average, are particularly squeezed. In fact, the last time this happened,...
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