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Bitcoin has been soaring as of late, but not so much that it’s been knocking its altcoin cousins to the side. Several smaller coins, including Chainlink (LINK), are doing quite well at the time of writing. LINK has recently hit a new all-time high.Chainlink Is Bigger Than EverOver the last four weeks, the price of LINK has grown by more than 120 percent. Each LINK unit is now trading for roughly $13 each, and things are getting bigger by the minute. The currency has risen by more than 500...

For people out there that don’t believe in karma, perhaps the following story will change their minds. Reginald Middleton – a man who was charged with crypto fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2019 and forced to pay a $1 million fine – had his phone hacked and much of his crypto stash stolen by cyberthieves.Reginald Middleton Is the Latest SIM-Swapping VictimMiddleton was accused of stealing millions of dollars from investors after they pledged money to his company...

Gaming startup Rally is developing a new kind of crypto platform dubbed “Creator Coin.” The system is designed to assist influencers, streamers, content creators and anybody else putting their skills, charisma and expertise to good use online.Rally Is Making It Easy for Streamers to Garner CashThe platform allows influencers to develop their own digital tokens. From there, they can reward their fans with units of the token for viewing or reading their content, leaving constructive feedback or...

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency continue to make serious headway, and according to one source, the reason for this is purely because people have become more intrigued by what crypto can do.Bitcoin Is the Choice of Young Traders EverywhereThe interest is primarily driven by millennials and institutional players. Millennials have long been a strong audience for crypto for several reasons. For one thing, many members of younger generations grew up during financially unstable times such as the Great...

Ripple price started a downside correction from the $0.3250 resistance zone against the US dollar.The price corrected lower, but it is holding the main $0.2800 support zone.There is a key declining channel forming with resistance near $0.2990 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The pair is likely to resume its upward move once it clears the $0.3000 and $0.3020 resistance levels.Ripple price is trading in a positive zone above $0.2800 against the US Dollar. XRP...

Bitcoin has a lot going for it, which is why there are many traders out there that would likely feel the hurt if they ever lost their coins or couldn’t gain access to them. For one person, that pain has become a thing of the past thanks to the help of a rather savvy computer expert.Bitcoin Can Be Lost for GoodWhile roughly 18 million of 21 million bitcoin units have been mined over the past 12 years, it is estimated that there are far less in circulation given how many units have been lost or...

August 6 saw Los Angeles-based Bitcoin IRA offering a seminar that showed viewers how they could uncover the price patterns of both bitcoin and gold.Bitcoin IRA Brings Gold and BTC TogetherThis is likely the stuff of intrigue for many crypto advocates throughout the world right about now considering both bitcoin and gold appear to be shifting into bullish territory at the same time. One could almost make the argument that the two are more correlated now than bitcoin and the stock...

Binance – the world’s largest and most prominent cryptocurrency exchange by market cap – has been experiencing a few problems over the past few days. It looks like one customer’s trading activities is responsible for sending the price of certain bitcoin futures up into the $100K range.Binance Deals with a Naughty CustomerBinance chief executive Changpeng Zhao explained in a tweet:Another day in crypto. A user’s [algorithm] went ballistic and sent multiple orders to achieve this.The good news...

Dapper Labs – the same company that invented Crypto Kitties – is building a new platform called Top Shot that will feature blockchain-based basketball and NBA trading cards.Dapper Labs Is Bringing Its Next Big Project to FruitionThe cards boast several high-ranking players in the league, as well as various top basketball moments in history bundled in packs. Some of the featured players or moments on the cards include a dunk by Zion Williamson and the euro step from Giannis Antetokounmpo. Top...

Analysts are still struggling to make sense of the situation surrounding both cryptocurrency and the presence of institutional traders.Institutional Traders May Not Have to List All Their AssetsThe good news is that more institutional players have become involved with crypto in recent years. New evidence from the likes of companies such as Grayscale suggest that, considering the platform has recorded more than $1 billion in BTC investments for its third quarter. This means that more than $300...