Bitcoin sees the highest attention in the past 5 months according to data by Google Trends. The world’s leading cryptocurrency has been making strides amid retail investors once again, as its price keeps going on rollercoasters regularly since the beginning of the year.Interest In Bitcoin Highest Since September 2019Bitcoin’s price has been particularly turbulent in the first ten days of this year. On January 1st, BTC was trading at around $7,170 but it went through a violent drop a few days...
Read More »Could 2020 be the Year of FAAMNG Stocks?
2020 could quite easily be a great year for FAAMNG stocks if things continue the way they currently are. FAAMNG comprises Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), and Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOG and GOOGL). These are the biggest tech and internet stocks in the world.FAAMNG Stocks in 2020A publication from The Arora Report shows the current money flow into these companies via their stocks. Dividing each stock into several data points, the table...
Read More »Google Removes MetaMask Only to Reinstate It a Week Later
Google has taken a stance against an Ethereum application it thought was mining cryptocurrency.Google Moves Against Crypto – AgainThe application is known as Meta Mask, and Google has removed the wallet from its Play Store – only to quickly reinstitute it. Following a quick reexamination of the situation, Google has decided that the application was not extracting new coins like it thought and has made the application available for download once again.If this sounds familiar, it’s because...
Read More »MetaMask is Back on the Google Play Store as the Tech Giant Lifts Ban
Popular Ethereum browser extension and wallet service MetaMask is back on the Google Play Store after going through a weeklong ban. On January 1, 2020, MetaMask shared this good news on Twitter by thanking the entire community.MetaMask is a very popular Google Chrome browser extension that hosts a built-in crypto wallet running Ethereum-based decentralized applications (DApps). Moreover, its unique feature is that it allows Ethereum DApps to run without requiring a full Ethereum node.MetaMask...
Read More »Google and YouTube Are Sorry About Taking Down Crypto Content
Yesterday, Live Bitcoin News reported that YouTube was taking down several cryptocurrency-related channels and that it was removing several crypto-based videos. Now, the company is reinstituting all the removed content, claiming that the action occurred due to an “error.”YouTube: Sorry About the Misunderstanding!This seems somewhat fishy. How does an error like that take place, one that constitutes the removal of literally hundreds of videos? On top of that, how does this error get programmed...
Read More »Google Takes Aim at “Small-Time” Crypto Content
Google and bitcoin have never gotten along. The cryptocurrency has always appeared dangerous to the world’s largest search engine, which previously banned cryptocurrency ads in early 2018, though that ban later came to an end before the year was out.Google Still Hates CryptoNow, the parent company of Google – known as Alphabet – has taken the liberty of targeting those who post videos and content related to cryptocurrencies on YouTube and is removing these videos without an explanation. Many...
Read More »YouTube’s Cryptocurrency Purge Deepens; 3 Strike Rule Threatens Livelihoods
YouTube’s cryptocurrency onslaught worsened over Christmas. Creators face permanent expulsion from the platform as they accumulate community guidelines strikes. Some have claimed responsibility for the attack, but the truth remains obscured. YouTube’s onslaught against cryptocurrency content creators shows no sign of letting up following the initial Christmas attack. In the hours since the social media giant first started removing videos from its platform the number of removals has only...
Read More »Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Lashes Out at YouTube for Deleting the Platform’s Roadmap Video
Two days back, several crypto enthusiasts reported that YouTube has removed several crypto-related channels. The attack on these channels came without any prior warning as the video platform removed crypto videos suddenly.The crypto channel owners said that YouTube removed the videos flagging them as “harmful and dangerous”. Moreover, one of the channel owners said YouTube flagged his video as “sale of regulated goods”. It has turned out that YouTube has also not spared several informational...
Read More »Vitalik Buterin and CZ Want to Have Censorship-Resistant Platform for Crypto Community
A few days ago we reported about the YouTube crypto ban. It has turned out that the biggest video sharing platform moved, deleted or banned some videos related to crypto. Hell, it deleted the whole groups connected to it, as well as the users’ profiles.However, the force is strong in the crypto community and it has been proven once again. Just a day after it was reported YouTube removed what it said was “harmful or dangerous content”, the crypto community went wild. And, as we already...
Read More »Welcoming 2020: 5 Wild Predictions Impacting the Global Economy
This year of 2019 turned out to action-packed with respect to the cryptocurrency market and the global economy in general. Undergoing a massive crypto winter in 2018, the crypto market saw some recovery especially in Q2 2019. If we look at the year-to-date performance, the overall cryptocurrency market cap surged by 60%. Thanks to Bitcoin‘s performance giving 100% returns during the same period.Also, if we look at the traditional markets, they have performed beyond investors’ expectations....
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