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Not long ago, the Republican dominated House of Representatives passed a bill to decrease funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by $70 billion. The bill is slated to wipe out support for the 87,000 agents being hired by the Biden administration, and most Americans are breathing a sigh of relief right about now. Biden Is Getting a Taste of His Own Medicine For crypto holders, the news is way better than expected. The fact is that the Biden administration has...

At Live Bitcoin News, we’ve talked about how 2022 was reminiscent of 2018, which at one stage, was considered the worst year for bitcoin and crypto. We also mentioned that given the patterns and the similarities we were witnessing, it was possible (and even likely) that 2023 was going to be somewhat of a copy of 2019, which led to a touch of healing for most crypto fans. Bitcoin Looks Like It’s Beginning to Heal While we’re only a few weeks in, we’re thus far being...

New York, for lack of better terms, is behaving very foolishly when it comes to the growing crypto space. New York Should View Crypto in a Stronger Light The industry has shown itself to have a lot of prowess despite the volatility of coins and the actions of a few bad companies here and there. In many ways, the industry is likely to revolutionize finance in more ways than one, but when a major hub like the Empire State continues to turn its back on the industry and...

Major League Baseball (MLB) has announced it’s not looking to continue the deal it struck with now fallen crypto exchange FTX. The MLB Is Stepping Away from FTX The deal was initially formed prior to 2021, though it’s taken some time for things to get off the ground. Now that the company has filed bankruptcy and lost so much money due to illicit accounting activities, the MLB has said that it’s looking to back out of the deal and part ways with the disgraced digital...

It was said that crypto holders would make a big dent in this year’s midterm elections, and as of this writing, republicans have retaken control of the House of Representatives, offering clear evidence that bitcoin fans and Americans in general have turned on Biden and his nation-hating cronies. Biden Is Losing Power Throughout 2022, crypto prices have been crashing and reaching what appear to be points of no return. Bitcoin, for example, has fallen to a new low of...

Over the years, we’ve often discussed the implications of crypto regulation. The topic continues to be brought up as fraudulent activity within the crypto space grows at unprecedented rates. Why Regulation Is Always Talked About To this day, there are many out there that claim regulation is wrong for crypto. Despite the expansion of illicit activity, they don’t want regulation to take form as it could make the crypto space more like the traditional banking space, and the...

Regardless of what many analysts would like us to believe, 2018 is alive and well all over again given how much bitcoin has tanked in the last two months. Bitcoin Isn’t All That Better Off Recently, billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz commented that he did not think 2018 would happen again. He said the number of institutional investors that have gotten involved in the digital asset space and the growing maturity of the market would prevent...

Bitcoin has been crashing as of late, and for many people, the main reason has to do with Elon Musk. Last month, the South African entrepreneur announced that he was rescinding a decision that his electric car company Tesla was going to accept bitcoin-based payments for goods and services. It’s Hard to Know What Elon Musk Was Thinking This was a hard blow for many traders given that this would have sent bitcoin spinning into a wild price frenzy. In addition, it would...

Leading crypto wallet Bit Berry has signed an MOU with OKEx, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency trading platforms. The document states that each company will work with the other to further establish each enterprise’s digital wallet technology. In addition, Bit Berry will list the exchange’s native currency OKB, giving its clients access to an entirely new coin.OKEx and Bit Berry Join HandsAt the time of writing, Bit Berry is stationed in South Korea and boasts more than 100,000...

Facebook’s Libra company – the cryptocurrency that will allegedly serve as a global currency everyone can use in the coming future – has appointed James Emmett, the former HSBC European head, to an executive position within its infrastructure.Libra Chooses James Emmett of HSBC FameAccording to reports, Emmett will develop and operate the payment system associated with Libra, which goes by the name of the Calibra wallet. Emmett’s appointment marks the latest in a string of several high-profile...