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Crypto whales seem to do very bad things for the industry, but sometimes, a bit of good can emerge.Whales: Sometimes, They Do What’s “Right”Whales are individuals that store large amounts of crypto in single places. When they move any of that money, the transaction is so large that it’s likely to bear effects on the marketplace. In the past, cryptocurrency whales have moved heavy sums, often resulting in serious drops in crypto prices.As of late, bitcoin has lost more than $2,000 from its...

Daniel Blieden – a Cincinnati-based marketing executive – has pled guilty to embezzling more than $22 million in company funds to purchase cryptocurrency for online gambling ventures.Blieden Faces a Lengthy Prison TermBlieden was facing charges of both wire fraud and “aggravated identity theft.” The company he worked for was called Style Haul, in which he served as the vice president of accounting and finance. The company focused primarily on fashion media, lifestyle and beauty products. The...

A privacy-based technology known as Mimble Wimble has been integrated into various privacy tokens since last January. The trouble is, it may not be as private as people originally thought.Mimble Wimble Isn’t Doing Enough to Keep Your Identity a SecretA new study shows that the first privacy coins to implement the technology are ones referred to as Grin and Beam, both of which are very new and are hardly being used at all at press time. This could be why the technology is so easily...

District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the New York Southern District Court, has signed a document which requires a deposition from three members of the Telegram team, as the case regarding its GRAM token sale continues. According to the document, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov himself is expected to testify, along with two others.Dated Nov. 25, the document states that the depositions will begin on December 10 with Telegram employee Shyam Parekh. Although it doesn’t state Parekh’s position...

Commodity markets dictate the global trade of primary manufactured products, from cocoa to gold and from sugar to oil. As these tangible good cross the vast oceans, borne along by capacious container ships, trading platforms flicker with the constantly moving prices of these assets, whose real-time market value is dictated by the usual forces: supply, demand, sanctions, geopolitical relations, currency rates and the array of other variables that can dictate the final price paid for containers...

On Monday, the stock market reached new highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190.85 points (or 0.68%) and achieved 28,066.47 by the end of the day, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 1.32% up to 8,632.49, while S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The biggest gains have been made by technology and health care companies. Such companies as Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, Alibaba, Tesla, Disney, and more have enjoyed growth in stocks. For example, Intel rose 2%, Amazon gained 1.61%, Gilead Sciences...

Although the stock market has been hitting new highs, analysts have warned investors to stay cautious during these times. Otavio Costa, an analyst at Crescat Capital said that it is the ideal time for investors to buy and accumulate gold.In an in-depth analysis, Costa explained that the Treasury Yield Curve spreads have moved past the critical 70% threshold. Citing historical patterns, Costa advises investors to liquidate their stocks and instead buy gold for the next two years.History...

Normally, this ongoing drop in prices, which comes only a month after a 42% expansion in a day, pushed the bulls to their limit. An eminent Twitter trader, Bitlord, said he had left the Bitcoin business due to the ongoing tumult in the market, denoting an indication of capitulation.Over the past day, the Bitcoin bulls have finally been granted a reprieve, with the BTC going from a weekly minimum of $6,526 to $7,378.13, which represents a massive increase of more than 10%. With this reprieve...

Last year, the U.K. payment remittance platform TransferGo, announced that it had entered a partnership with Ripple and joined RippleNet, with a focus of helping Indian migrants in the U.K. make cross-border payments back to their families. However, the company has now announced that it will take the relationship a notch higher, and move its business to Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) which uses XRP.Speaking about the move, CEO Daumantas Dvilinskas has suggested that ODL will shoot the...

Strange as it may seem, the Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum indicated that he has been saving 100% of his salary since joining the team. This season, $7.8 million is a sum that he will get. And according to him, he saves all of it and lives off his endorsement deals which include Honey Dew Donuts, Gatorade, and Imo’s Pizza. With the experiences of not having money when he was growing up, Jayson had his mother serving as a primary motivation who also encouraged him to develop prudent habits...