Bitcoin is getting bashed at Davos but the crypto world is fighting back – Bitcoin was hammered by top business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but those in the cryptocurrency world had a message of their own. Cryptocurrencies were one of the biggest topics at the Forum. There was an official session … Read more
Stock trading app Robinhood to launch bitcoin, ethereum trading in five states– Stock trading app Robinhood is becoming a cryptocurrency broker. Customers in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana and New Hampshire will be able to trade bitcoin and ethereum through the app beginning in February, Robinhood announced Thursday. In the meantime, all customers can now track … Read more
The Bitcoin Price Equivalence Shows What “Cheap” Cryptocurrencies Are Really Worth – There’s been a lot of talk lately about market capitalization and circulating supply. As sub-$1 altcoins have shot up in price, some new investors have been making noises about their anointed coin being worth more than bitcoin one day. What these new entrants … Read more
How I fell for the blockchain gold rush – Cryptocurrencies that can make millionaires in minutes are justification enough to get out of bed at 5am to gamble. Bitcoin envy, the ultramodern malaise. News reports are full of this magic internet money’s rocketing value – currently $16,000 – and Facebook is dotted with people who … Read more
A Bullish Sign For Bitcoin, Ripple, And Other Cryptocurrencies – When Bitcoin plunged close to 40% back in the middle of December, Ripple took off, quadrupling in value in a matter of days to take second position among cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization. Meanwhile, other cryptocurrencies rallied in sympathy. Like Ethereum, Litecoin, NEM, Siacoin, … Read more
North Korea is earning bitcoin and alternative cryptocurrencies by secretly hacking computers: North Korean hackers are quietly seizing control of other people’s computers in order to mine cryptocurrencies. After the rapid recent rise in value of bitcoin, it’s feared that North Korean actors are going to increasingly target cryptocurrency exchanges and hijack computers in order … Read more