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Crypto Platform Flourish Receives Major Financial Award

Winning awards and getting recognition is always nice, and for crypto companies – who rarely receive either one – the situation is even stronger given how miniscule the praise they get can sometimes be. That’s where WealthManagement.com has come into play, and it recently offered a big award to Flourish, a platform that seeks to provide innovative access to digital currencies and related products. Flourish Has Won a Huge Award The award that Flourish received was for...

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The SEC Just Made It Very Hard for Banks to Get into Crypto

It looks like there are plenty of banks out there that want to thin the line between themselves and crypto. They have digital currency plans in the mix and they’re ready to act on them, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is allegedly getting in the way. The SEC Is Back to Its Old Tricks The SEC has recently released new accounting guidance that has made crypto development much harder on the side of traditional finance. According to the new rules, any bank...

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The Merge Has Shaken Up the Ethereum Price

The Merge was a big event that everyone thought was going to bring about huge change for Ethereum and all its crypto cousins. The currency’s switch from proof of work (PoW) to proof of stake (PoS) was covered heavily by media sources, and there was even a countdown to the event on Google. Ethereum Appears to Be Dropping Now that the event is complete, what can we say is all that different? Sure, not that much time has passed. These things need necessary windows to show...

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Nassim Taleb Is No Bitcoin Fan

Bitcoin – despite its present price dilemma – has done quite well for itself. As a currency that’s only 13 years of age, the asset has moved along at a steady pace and has ultimately paved the way for all kinds of new and innovative financial structures and ideals such as digital payments and speculative investing. However, not everyone is a fan, and Nassim Taleb – the author of the acclaimed book “Black Swan,” has always had nasty things to say about the world’s number...

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New Report Suggests a Digital Dollar Is Coming

Is the United States closer to developing a digital dollar? According to a new report, it could be. A Digital Dollar Could Be on Its Way The order for a digital dollar first “officially” came about when Joe Biden issued a crypto executive order earlier in the year asking federal agencies throughout the country to look at the benefits and risks of crypto assets. The order also paved the way for a digital dollar’s creation, though to be fair, this wasn’t necessarily Joe...

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The Ethereum Merge Has Allegedly Affected Bitcoin

Bitcoin has gotten quite a few shakeups in the previous weeks largely due to activity from both Ethereum – the second largest digital currency by market cap and its number one competitor – after the Merge, and the Federal Reserve, which held another meeting about a week after it took place. Has Ethereum Weakened Bitcoin? It appears bitcoin can’t seem to receive a stable rest over the past several months. The currency has undergone some of its most bearish conditions, and...

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Coinbase Employee’s Brother Guilty of Insider Trading

Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about the world’s first cryptocurrency insider trading case, which occurred at the hands of a former employee of popular digital currency exchange Coinbase. It now looks like that case has reached a new pinnacle. Former Coinbase Employee May Have Conducted Insider Trades The case involves Ishan Wahi, a former product manager for Coinbase. He is accused of receiving private information about what coins the...

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The Ethereum Merge Has Lowered Global Energy Consumption

Following the Ethereum Merge which occurred on September 14 of this year, a bonus reward was placed in the pockets of energy and climate advocates everywhere. It seems after the Merge was complete, the world’s energy consumption fell by roughly .2 percent overnight. Who would have known that mining ETH really did utilize that much energy? The Ethereum Merge Has Significantly Lowered Worldwide Energy Use The Merge has been a long talked-about event that would occur with...

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