Ripple price is showing positive signs above the $0.1900 level against the US dollar.The price must gain momentum above $0.2000 to start a strong rally.There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.1945 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The pair remains well bid near $0.1910 and it seems to be setting up for a large rally.Ripple price is trading within a broad range below $0.2000 against the US Dollar. XRP price is likely to surge...
Read More »Mike Novogratz Predicts Bitcoin Enters Year 2020 in 12K Price Zone
Novogratz is a fan of making Twitter predictions. This time, he thinks that Donald Trump will lose the Presidential elections. His competitor, according to Novogratz, will have 10 million votes more. One of the subscribers made a bet that this will not happen, placing 1 ETH and Novogratz accepted the deal.However, when it comes to Tom Hanks, Novogratz thinks that no other actors can dive into the Process as precisely as he can. Regarding “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, he thinks that...
Read More »Jeff Wilcke Moves Almost 100,000 Ethereum for “His Game”
Ethereum (ETH) was recently at the center of a “Christmas controversy.”What’s Going On with Ethereum?Several cryptocurrency enthusiasts reported a ton of ether tokens being moved between exchanges on Christmas Day. The selloff left several observers confused and wondering if perhaps a whale was at work, thereby inciting worry and concern that the crypto industry was likely to suffer from some stiff drops. Overall, more than 200,000 Ethereum was moved.The amount totals nearly $26 million. At...
Read More »Bithumb Exchange Will Pay $67 Million in Additional Crypto Taxes
South Korean National Tax Service sent Bithumb a letter claiming they will need to pay additional taxes for the 2019 fiscal year. The agency claims that the tax is legal because the exchange forgot to pay the taxes from withdrawals that the exchange is constantly processing for customers from abroad.Doo Wan Nam, MakerDAO Business Development Associate says that Bithumb had a net loss of $180 million in 2018, considering the data given by Korea Times. This means that regulators are taking the...
Read More »China Takes Down Illicit Crypto Mining Operation
Is China suddenly withdrawing the legality of cryptocurrency mining?China Takes a Stab At a Mining OperationRecently, the country – which has held a rather negative attitude towards bitcoin and digital currency – announced that the process of mining and extracting new digital coins was legal. China had been engaged in a hot debate over the legality of crypto mining given that it was allegedly causing irreparable damage to the environment. However, after several months of going back and forth,...
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 »Meltem Demirors: The BTC Halving Doesn’t Mean Much
Another analyst is claiming that the upcoming bitcoin halving – scheduled for May 14, 2020 – will have no effect on bitcoin’s price. The analyst this time is Meltem Demirors, the chief strategy officer of Coin Shares – a firm that manages digital assets.Demirors: The Halving Isn’t Likely to Do MuchIn a series of tweets, Demirors claims that the upcoming halving isn’t likely to boost bitcoin’s price or influence it positively. She lists up to five reasons why. For the first, she claims:There...
Read More »Craig Wright: My BTC Fortune Cannot Be Accessed
To say that Craig Wright has been a controversial figure in the cryptocurrency industry would be something of an understatement. To say that he’s a man who’s sought to turn the space upside down would probably be more accurate to some analysts and observers.Wright: Nobody Can Touch My CoinsWright recently emerged to say that his alleged bitcoin fortune – which may or may not exist – is likely to remain locked for some time. Recently, a lawsuit outcome required that Wright forfeit roughly $3...
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 »Swiss President Says ‘No’ to Libra Project
Swiss outgoing President and Finance Minister Ueli Maurer said on Friday that Facebook’s Libra project “failed in its current form and needs reworking to be approved.”He said:“I don’t think Libra has a chance in its current form, because central banks will not accept the basket of currencies underpinning it. The project, in this form, has thus failed.”Regulators all over the world have been worried that Libra would possibly increment the risk of money laundering and criminal actions through...
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