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A bitcoin scam involving a bunch of house renters has taken place in the city of Vallejo, California. In what is certainly a unique spin on scam-based bitcoin behavior, it appears someone pretended to be a landlord of a vacant home and said that a $2,000 down payment in BTC was all that was needed to give a family a new place to live, but things weren’t as simple as they seemed… How Bitcoin Scams Are Taking on New Form In the crypto space, traders and buyers often go by...

MicroStrategy has established itself as one of bitcoin’s biggest fans in recent months. MicroStrategy Buys a Lot More Bitcoin The company was one of the first institutional players to come out publicly and support the world’s primary digital currency by market cap through a purchase of more than $250 million worth of the asset last August. Things didn’t quite stop there, however, as the company felt this wasn’t enough and engaged in another buy of the cryptocurrency just...

It’s not like we didn’t know that Square – the financial payment firm owned and operated by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame – was a bitcoin fan. Dorsey himself has been advocating for bitcoin for the past several years, even going so far as to claim in 2018 that it would be the world’s only currency within ten years. In addition, Square was one of the first institutions to pledge support for the world’s number one digital currency back in October of last year when it...

It’s certainly been a crazy week for bitcoin. The currency – which was trading for about $56,000 per unit during the early portion of the week – later fell to about $47,000, thereby losing roughly $9,000 from its price. Since then, it has spiked back to $49,000 at the time of writing, gaining $2,000. However, it still isn’t anywhere near where it was previously, and data suggests that many investors and traders as of late have been selling their coins for a profit and...

Bitcoin cash price rallied sharply above $700 before correcting lower against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below $600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $660 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down towards $415 and $400 before it could start a fresh increase. Bitcoin cash price is consolidating losses after a sharp...

Tether and Bitfinex have settled their case with the New York Attorney General’s office. Both companies have agreed to pay as much as $18.5 million to make the issues of the past finally disappear. The Tether Bitfinex Fiasco Has Come to an End Both companies have been under serious investigation for the last few years after having been accused of working to cover up an $850 million loss of both corporate and client funds. As a result of the settlement, both Tether and...

Elon Musk has worked so hard to push bitcoin and to purchase the asset that it’s ultimately tied itself to Tesla shares, according to stock and crypto analyst Daniel Ives of Wedbush fame. Daniel Ives: BTC and Tesla Are Practically One and the Same In a recent interview, Ives says that when Tesla goes up, bitcoin will follow suit and vice versa. Tesla can also expect to see action whenever bitcoin makes a move. Not too long ago, the company purchased as much as $1.5...

Bitcoin and Ethereum prices have tanked. BTC, for example – the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap – has dropped into the high $47,000 range. This is a $9,000 drop in about two days, as recently, the asset was trading for about $56,000 per unit. Despite this, Michael Saylor – the CEO of MicroStrategy – remains confident that things are going to turn out well for the currency. So well, in fact, that he thinks it will one day have a $100 trillion market cap....

EOS failed to surpass the $5.500 zone and corrected lower against the US Dollar. The price is currently trading well below $4.400 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $4.000 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could either recover nicely above $4.000 or it might decline again towards $3.200. EOS price is consolidating losses below $4.500 against the US Dollar,...

Litecoin price started a sharp downside correction from the $250 resistance against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading well below $200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $188 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear the $190 and $200 resistance level for more upsides in the near term. Litecoin price is consolidating losses below $200 against the...