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Perhaps one of the biggest – and scariest – mysteries to emerge from the cryptocurrency space over the past few years has been the rise and fall of Quadriga CX, a cryptocurrency exchange in Canada that now has an undoubtedly shady history behind it.Quadriga CX Will Probably Always Live in InfamyAt one point, Quadriga CX was one of the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in Canada, but now the company has been marred by controversy and a lot of angry people who cannot seemingly get their...

The bitcoin price has dropped more than eight percent in just the last 24 hours alone, and it looks like the recent move has got everyone huffing and puffing.The Bitcoin Price Has Taken a DiveAnalysts and traders alike are terrified by what they’ve witnessed over the last day, as the asset’s fall appears to have been sparked not by the stock market crash but by people floating towards cash. Suddenly, bitcoin doesn’t appear to be the answer everyone was looking for.It’s been reported time and...

It looks like it’s happened again, folks. The heavy volatility that we’ve all come to both love and hate about bitcoin has seemingly entered the foray all over again and brought the world’s number one cryptocurrency down by approximately $400.Bitcoin Has Lost More Than $400Yesterday, the currency was trading for about $9,600 during the early morning hours. However, from there, the currency saw itself drop to about $9,200 with little warning for investors. At the time of writing, the currency...

The U.S. government has hired a new comptroller of the currency, and his name is Brian Brooks. What makes Brooks so interesting? He’s a bitcoin and blockchain bull and a former attorney for Coinbase. How ironic that he would work in an administration headed by Donald Trump, who in the past, has expressed negative opinions of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Brian Brooks: Blockchain Gives Us Great PowerIn a recent interview, Brooks explained that he sees blockchain as a major turning point...

It looks like bitcoin and cryptocurrency has got the U.S. government and the pentagon a little on edge.Bitcoin Is Scaring Top Government PlayersThe U.S. Department of Defense has revealed that it is planning for what could potentially be a bitcoin revolution. The government body has listed several potential scenarios in its roster that could see an uprising of Generation Z and members potentially using bitcoin and other forms of crypto to somehow go against the present government system.It’s...

It looks like bitcoin may have been hovering at around $10K all over again, though at the time of writing, it has failed to cross that mark. In fact, the currency has fallen by about $300 or so.Bitcoin Rises and Falls… AgainJust yesterday, the currency spent the early morning hours meandering about the high $9,900 position. This was its highest position in a little over a week, but as we’ve seen before, $10K is proving to be yet another hardcore resistance point on the bitcoin ladder. On...

Bitcoin cash price declined sharply after it failed to clear the $260 resistance against the US Dollar.The price is down more than 5% and it broke the key $245 support zone.There was a break below a crucial bullish trend line with support near $252 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is currently correcting higher, but upsides are likely to remain capped near $245.Bitcoin cash price is back in a bearish zone below the $245 support against the US Dollar....

Despite a particularly shaky month, new research suggests that bitcoin miners pulled in a hefty amount of revenue in May – the month of the highly-anticipated third halving.The Halving Didn’t Affect Bitcoin Earnings MuchMay really had everyone up in arms over the halving. The event had people excited just as much as it had them worried. Crypto analysts went back and forth about what would happen following the halving. Crypto would go up very quickly; it would come down with a thundering...

One of the big worries surrounding the growth of the crypto space is that there is allegedly a lack of institutional investors, but according to the latest data from Fidelity Investments, this may not necessarily be the case.Fidelity: Most Institutional Investors Own Digital CurrencyAccording to the financial firm, roughly 36 percent of institutional players own crypto investments, and most of them own bitcoin, which remains the most popular digital currency. It is widely stated by...

Elon Musk is at the center of another crypto scam, only this time, instead of the scam occurring via Twitter, the hackers have seemingly taken over Musk’s YouTube account.Musk: Report This as Soon as You See ItMalicious actors appear to have posed as SpaceX on the video-streaming affiliate of Google. Those involved took over two separate accounts and provided footage of Musk speaking at the recent launch that occurred in Florida. The accounts offered a fake bitcoin giveaway, in which viewers...