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At press time, the number one cryptocurrency by market cap – bitcoin – has fallen below the $8,000 mark yet again and is currently trading at approximately $7,950.Bitcoin: It’s Ugliest Week in a Long TimeThe currency has had a rather ugly week, falling by more than 22 percent in just a matter of days. The trouble started last Wednesday when the currency dropped from the mid-$9,000 range to about $8,100 in just a matter of minutes. From there, the currency struggled to pick itself back up,...

Even though it’s world known fact that Apple products are “made in USA” but assembled in China – it didn’t stop US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions to Chinese companies (every and each one of them) including the 34% year-on-year growth and 14% of market share company – Huawei.The year 2019 has not been a good one for Huawei. Everything started with the US accusations of Huawei spying on US corporations. Trump administration then decided to launch a “one-two punch” combo in its fight...

Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has had something of a rough week, and is experiencing up-and-down behavior like nobody’s business.Litecoin Is Attached to Bitcoin’s HipTo be fair, Litecoin isn’t alone in its present dilemma. Bitcoin, for example, is currently trading in the $8,100 range – roughly $2,000 less than where it was when last week ended. Ethereum is also down for the count, trading at around $168 at press time from last week’s “high” of $190.Litecoin,...

Is Ethereum all it claims to be, or is there something ugly brewing underneath the surface?Ethereum: the Fight Wages OnMany Ethereum miners are being accused of harassment following a dispute involving NVIDIA, which several critics claim is trying to “undermine” the Ethereum network. Some believe that the accusations floating about are valid and should be looked at, while others say Ethereum is the victim of a potential scheme that’s trying to knock it aside.Prog Pow is an upgrade that exists...

Fair Win, a gambling platform built on the Ethereum network, is alleged to have several vulnerabilities that put players’ funds at risk. Philippe Castonguay, and R&D researcher at Horizon Games, comments that all respective details regarding the vulnerabilities “will be published soon.”Fair Win = Unfair LossesThe researcher refers to the gaming site as a “Ponzi scheme,” saying that players are promised serious ETH-based gains granted they play their cards right. That, right there, should...

This week was pretty severe when talking about tariffs the US imposed on Chinese goods lifting it every day more and more. When talking about US-China trade war, it’s important to stress out that this is something that started happening already back in the 80’s. However, since Donald Trump is sitting in the White House, the situation is slowly getting out of control – but really.We can all understand that one’s statesman policy can be about buying more local products, tightening import,...

Ever since Facebook’s Libra was first announced earlier this year, it seems like cryptocurrency and social media just go hand in hand. A blockchain startup and the subsidiary of IOV Labs, RSK, has announced that it has purchased a social media platform called Taringa, based in Argentina. This gives the company access to the platform’s 30 million+ account holders. Taringa Users Can Get Crypto for ContentThe partnership will create a rewards program in which users of Taringa can garner digital...

Recently it has come to light that RSK, an IOVLabs subsidiary, that calls itself the “first open-source smart contract platform secured by the Bitcoin network”, has purchased Taringa. It is important to highlight that it is the most popular Spanish-speaking social network with 30 million users. According to the recently revealed data, this platform is used by 28% of internet users. This figure is better than the results of Snapchat, Skype, and LinkedIn.RSK also has a native token RIF which...

When it comes to bitcoin, most analysts seem split right down the middle, with some like Warren Buffett telling us to avoid it all costs, and hedge fund manager Mark Yusko telling us to buy it at all costs. Yusko: BTC Is an Important AssetIn a recent interview with CNBC, the CEO of Morgan Creek Capital told his listeners to “buy it” when it came to bitcoin and said that we should not be thinking about the recent price drops. He said that while all assets will fluctuate, bitcoin is still in...

If you think bitcoin is having a hard time this week, talk to Mark Zuckerberg about Libra and you’ll probably think bitcoin isn’t doing so bad. Libra Encounters More DelaysAt press time, bitcoin is trading for just under $7,900, meaning it’s crashed even harder over the past 24 hours. Marcus Swanepoel, the chief trader of bitcoin and its crypto cousins at Luno, says that this behavior is pretty much affecting every major cryptocurrency on the market, and that the trends are not specifically...