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Earlier today, it was announced on Live Bitcoin News that the price of BTC had taken a drastic fall thanks, in part, to actions taken by Elon Musk, who announced that his company Tesla had decided not to accept bitcoin payments for goods and services. As it turns out, the price of BTC – along with several other leading altcoins – may have also fallen thanks to Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum. Vitalik Buterin Moved a Bunch of Money Buterin has donated more...

To say that last week was eventful would be an understatement. The entire market went through extreme volatility. Many altcoins charted new all-time highs and went through serious declines as well. Let’s start with Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency is currently down about 10% on the weekly – last Friday, it was trading at around $57K. Unfortunately, it was all downhill from there, with the exception of the first few days as on Monday, BTC had an unsuccessful attempt at the coveted...

It goes without saying that the entire cryptocurrency community was taken ablaze by what happened with Tesla, Elon Musk, Bitcoin, and, somewhat not surprisingly, Dogecoin. Following the electric vehicle manufacturer’s decision to halt BTC payments for its products due to environmental considerations, Elon Musk, the company’s CEO, said that he’s working with Dogecoin developers to improve transaction efficiency. Working with Doge devs to improve system transaction efficiency....

Coinbase has had a spectacular 2021. The company announced $1.80 billion of revenue, $585 million more than the fourth quarter of 2020, and $191 million more than its results from a year ago. Much of these numbers are driven by the growing interest in cryptocurrencies. 56 million users and 6.1 million monthly transactions put the company right on the money radar, primarily since Coinbase benefits from the fees generated by every trade made on its platform. The IPO was also...

Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as Tesla and SpaceX – wants your opinion regarding Tesla accepting Dogecoin payments in the future. Elon Musk Wants to Know if Doge Payments Are the Right Thing The famed technician has taken to Twitter to ask his followers if Tesla should move forward in its crypto-themed journey and accept Doge for products and services. Apparently, the question is deemed important amongst his social media...

Bitcoin appears rather stable as of late. The currency has had some relatively wonky up-and-down moments over the past few weeks, but for the most part, the currency has found some sturdy ground to stand on over the past two days and is trading for a little over $56,000. It is not the $64,000 it was at just a few weeks ago, but it is certainly not the $49,000 it briefly dropped to after that. Bitcoin Is Seeing Some of the Same Patterns Either way, one research group is...

Elon Musk has completed his stint as a guest host on “SNL,” and it looks like Dogecoin investors are not too happy with the route he took. Dogecoin Shoots Down, Then Back Up While working on the show, Musk’s opening monologue – which also featured his mom – took a Dogecoin theme when he told his mother in the audience that he had a very special Mother’s Day gift for her. She said: I am excited for my Mother’s Day gift. I just hope it is not Dogecoin! Musk then responded...

Just prior to his anticipated “SNL” appearance, it appears Elon Musk was once again the subject of a Twitter-based bitcoin scam that saw several of his social media followers getting BTC-related spam in their message feeds. It Looks Like an Elon Musk Twitter Account Was Compromised It seems like Elon Musk and his followers just cannot catch a break in this department. Musk is constantly the subject of several crypto based social media scams. For the most part, it looks...

Last February, Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Tesla – announced that while he was a big fan of Dogecoin, there would be a serious problem with it should there only be a small concentration of wallets holding most of the available units. Now it looks like that worry is becoming a reality. Dogecoin Has Grown, and Some May Be Getting Greedy Dogecoin has shot up by more than 12,000 percent in the last year alone,...

The US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced it will grant its customers the opportunity to earn interest on Dogecoin. They can realize as much as 2.25% annual percentage yield (APY) on the meme coin. With this innovation, Gemini Earn now accounts for more than $2 billion in loans for its customers. DOGE Coming to Gemini The massive craze around the meme coin keeps its invasion and reached the US trading venue Gemini. The official website of the crypto exchange...