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Well, well. Here’s a bit of good news just as the holiday season is starting to pick up steam. The world’s number one cryptocurrency – bitcoin – has suddenly surged to just under $7,600, incurring a seven percent gain over the past two days.Bitcoin Is Picking Up SpeedYesterday was Thanksgiving, meaning everyone was likely trying to avoid two topics at the dinner table: politics and crypto. Both tend to incur some very angry and/ or negative feelings in people, but this season, bitcoin seems...

Libra has been attacked from all sides, but now people are even starting say its introduction to the financial space was ill-planned.Libra Hasn’t Tried to Clean Up Its ActLibra first emerged last summer to mixed reception. Many users said they didn’t trust Facebook enough after the Cambridge Analytica scandal to give the company their financial data, and many politicians were concerned that Libra would potentially open the door to money laundering and other white-collar crime.However, others...

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro just can’t seem to take a hint when it comes to the Petro.The Petro is Failing and Will Continue to Do SoIn another effort to push Venezuela’s failed national cryptocurrency, Maduro has announced that retirees and pensioners within the country are set to receive financial bonuses in Petro funds this Christmas, but does anyone really care?The currency was first introduced in early 2018 through an initial coin offering (ICO). While Maduro claimed to have sold...

Bitcoin’s gains are short lived, and the world’s number one cryptocurrency is now trading where it was during late September when Bakkt initially failed to make a solid impression on crypto traders.Bitcoin and Its Comrades Are SufferingAs it would seems, positive blockchain comments from Chinese president Xi Jinping and Bakkt ultimately picking up and attracting several bitcoin futures contracts trades weren’t enough to keep bitcoin where it was. The $9,000 proved difficult for the currency...

Bitcoin rewards app Lolli has made a real name for itself.Lolli Is Moving Up the Financial LadderRecently, CNBC placed the company on its list of 2019 startups “to watch.” The list is comprised of approximately 100 new ventures and Lolli is the only one that has to do with bitcoin that seems to have made the cut. Could this be a sign that the currency and the industry surrounding it are about to become far more mainstream?The point of the list is to find companies that could be necessary for...

It seems like Ponzi schemes and fraud are a recurring event in the cryptocurrency space, and one exchange in South Korea known as Coin Up is the latest venture to allegedly try its hand at stealing people’s crypto.Coin Up: A Wolf In Sheep’s ClothingThe CEO of Coin Up, as well as several additional executives who worked with the company, have been found guilty in a Korean court of defrauding users out of nearly $385 million in digital currency funds. All those tried have been given sentences...

It’s awful when something you’ve created is being used in a bad way, and C++ software language creator Bjarne Stroustrup is feeling this firsthand, but how accurate are his thoughts?Stroustrup: Not a Big Bitcoin FanStroustrup is the builder of C++, which is a programming system that’s used to power all kinds of new software platforms – including bitcoin mining. In a recent interview, the tech genius explained that while he’s very proud of his creation on an individual level, he has no control...

The crypto market may not be growing as quickly as many had hoped, and there have been some unexpected twists and turns. Nonetheless, the blockchain space is more mature today than it was two years ago, with some of the froth having been removed and a leaner and meaner ecosystem taking shape. In 2017, the last time the bitcoin bulls were in control, it was a different world. Billionaire Mike Novogratz concedes to having gotten swept up in it, saying at the Reuters Global Investment Outlook...

David Marcus – the head of Facebook’s blockchain division – had some unusual things to say about bitcoin.Marcus: BTC Isn’t a CurrencyIn a recent interview with CNBC, the Facebook boss explained that he didn’t think BTC was a currency, and instead claims it has similarities with precious metals which cannot necessarily be used to purchase items but are a great store of value.In the interview, Marcus explains:I don’t think of bitcoin as a currency. It’s not a great medium of exchange because of...

Ripple (XRP) has been slowly positioning to take out a key resistance and start a bull market. Unfortunately, even the Swell conference cannot help the cause of the cryptocurrency. Analysts continue to be bearish on Ripple as the crypto token succumbs to profit-taking. Ripple (XRP) has been flirting with the possibility of a breakout and trend reversal over the last two weeks. Peter Brandt, the most followed trader on Twitter, appears to be closely monitoring the price action of the...