Musings from the editor: is Peter Schiff right on Bitcoin?

It is hard to be a Bitcoin (BTC) bull these days. The latest Bitcoin price stands shy of $20,000 and two recent attempts to gain back the $25,000 level have failed. To recapture its highs of around $68,000, Bitcoin needs to double in value and then gain another 70% afterwards.

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How Gain Bitcoin Swindled Users Out of Over $12 Billion

An Indian-based company called Gain Bitcoin was accused of running one of the largest scams in the country. Back in March 2022, authorities shut down this illegal operation that was suspected to steal $3.

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Bitcoin Edges Towards $48,000

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Bitcoin’s Biden Spike Gone, Price Reverses Following 8% Gain

Bitcoin (BTC) has retraced significantly today, a day after recording an 8% gain in response to President Biden’s executive order. Bitcoin, like the rest of the crypto market, is under pressure, falling more than 5% and falling below $40,000 levels.

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Top English Cricketer Kevin Pietersen Acknowledges Bitcoin (BTC)

The Bitcoin and altcoin space never ceases to have new entries. From giant firms to government-back institutions and celebrities all joining the party, it’s no gain to say that the world has yet to witness the full-blown potential of crypto.

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Bitcoin Down 1% After Biggest Weekly Price Gain Since July

Despite a dip today, bitcoin has crossed into bullish territory with the biggest weekly gain since July.

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Bitcoin Makes Biggest Weekly Price Gain Since October

Bitcoin's six-month downtrend looks to have ended with last week's double-digit price gain.

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Bitcoin [BTC] distances itself from altcoins; year-on-year gain higher than competing coins

Over the past few months, not only has the price of Bitcoin surged significantly, but the king coin has distanced itself from the rest of the cryptocurrency market in terms of price gain and market dominance.

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Bitcoin Shoots up 21% in One Hour to Hit $5,000, Many Unable to Explain the Gain

Some have written it off, stating that its best days are behind it. However, Bitcoin has once again proven the doubters wrong. The currency shot up by over 21 percent to hit the all-important $5,000 level earlier today.

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Bitcoin Payments Processor BitPay Granted BitLicense

After being criticized by the bitcoin community for its overly draconian nature, it appears the New York authorities are now ready for serious business.  U. S. -based bitcoin payments processor BitPay has been granted the BitLicense, making it the eighth cryptocurrency related business to gain the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) approval in three years.

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XRP Technical Analysis: XRP Bulls Set To Dominate Q3 2018

On a weekly basis, XRP is up 14 percent as buyers continue to reverse their two month losses and syncing with April’s rally. As it is, buyers are in charge and poised to gain more thanks to the resurgent ETH and Bitcoin hauling prices from key support line.

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Bitcoin prices have a daily surge in 3 months

1 digital currency back above $7,000 for the first time in five weeks and on track to record its biggest daily gain since April 12. In doing so, bitcoin BTCUSD, +9.

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The ongoing Hacks Highlight is essential for better protection, reformed transactions, says DEX.top

“Well constructed” contract code is the key, and all exchanges must focus on this in order to gain and keep users’ trust. The Sad Story of Exchange Hacks Continues Catastrophic hacks resulted in millions of dollars lost at early bitcoin exchanges like Mt.

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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Sees Ethereum Will Beat Bitcoin and Gain Dominance

Kevin O’Leary, a prominent Canadian entrepreneur, the co-founder of O’Leary Funds and SoftKey, and one of the stars of Shark Tank, has said in an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money that Ethereum has taken one step closer to become the next leader in crypto and blockchain, surpassing bitcoin.

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Cryptocurrency Industry to See Rapid Evolution Soon As Large Players Move Into the Market

There’s no denying that the cryptocurrency industry experienced a rapid influx of ICOs in 2017 and early 2018. ZDNet, however, believes that the speculative frenzy in the industry has overshadowed essential aspects such as large fundamental shifts in the overall growth and development of the sector.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis – Can BTC Close Above $6850?

Yesterday was a big day for the crypto markets, and Bitcoin’s price had a substantial gain on significant volume. Yesterday’s post noted that resistance is to be expected as we draw closer to $6850 and that it is also likely that the 50EMA will act as extra resistance around this point.

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Price Watch: Bitcoin, EOS, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano Gain Momentum

As cryptocurrency and blockchain continue to attract new investment, more institutional capital and regulatory oversight pervade the global markets. In light of recent developments, cryptocurrency prices are showing signs of gaining positive momentum.

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Ethereum Price Analysis – Bullish Outlook After Hard Drops this Month

Altcoins have been strong performers today and the largest cap altcoin, Ethereum, is no different. Ethereum has had around a 6% gain over the last 24 hours and has been outperforming Bitcoin. It has been a particularly bad month for Ethereum’s price and even with today’s increase, the loss for the month is around 5%.

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All Green as Crypto Markets gain $10 Billion and Bitcoin (BTC) Up by 4%

The general mood and feel in the crypto-markets is one of a recovery that is yet to be confirmed at the moment of writing this. Many seasoned crypto-traders had speculated that Bitcoin (BTC) had been oversold beginning Thursday, 12th July.

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Bitcoin Reclaims $6,600, Altcoins Gain up to 9% Today as ETF Giant BlackRock Eyes Crypto

Bitcoin has reclaimed the $6,600 price point, total market cap up $12 billion today –– rally likely triggered by news that the $6.3 trln asset management giant BlackRock is eyeing crypto

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Bitcoin’s corrective rally is struggling to gain momentum as trading volumes drop to the lowest levels since late last year. The leading cryptocurrency remained bid over the weekend as expected, courtesy of Thursday’s strong reversal from

The leading cryptocurrency remained bid over the weekend as expected, courtesy of Thursday’s strong reversal from the two-week lows. However, so far, the break above $6,400 has remained elusive, likely due to low investor interest.

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BitCoin And Hot Contributing – Looking for Alpha

Since we last wrote about bitcoin two weeks ago, it rallied 14% and we saw a subsequent rally in equity markets here in the US. As speculators gain confidence in bitcoin and join the rally, speculators in equity markets gain confidence as well. Equity markets have had two very good weeks back to back, and

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Digital Currency Exchanges Are Looking Beyond Domestic Investors

The increasing demand for cryptocurrency has led exchanges to believe that they have every reason to go beyond their existing operations. Undoubtedly, they want to gain from the popularity that the virtual currency sector is seeing at present.

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EOS Gain Momentum As Ethereum Hangs On A Thread

The great but healthy rivalry in the blockchain industry is keeping all the actors and operators at the edge of their seats, as new and improved cryptos are flooding the market and ready to give the major players the run for their money while also establishing themselves at the big stage.

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Promoted: Ushering in a New Future — Cryptocurrency Investing With Invictus

The Bitcoin movement has brought with it a tidal wave of activity in cryptocurrency investments and trading. As a result, crypto market capitalization soared to an all-time high of around $820 billion in early January of 2018.

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Imperial College London Professors Expect Bitcoin to Go Mainstream in Ten Years

Many people question whether or not cryptocurrency can ever gain mainstream traction. The way things are looking right now, that appears rather unlikely unless something changes dramatically. New research by Imperial College London paints a very different picture in this regard.

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Philippines Embraces Cryptocurrency: Exchanges Issued Provisional Licenses

The Philippines Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) announced it granted three cryptocurrency exchanges provisional license to operate. All three are foreign-based, including two from Hong Kong and one from Thailand.

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XRP Price: Small Gain Over Bitcoin Negates Some USD Losses

Most of the cryptocurrencies remain in the red after big setbacks yesterday. Despite this relentless bearish pressure, it appears there may be some positive momentum in the second half of this week.

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Copy & Pasting A Wallet Address Could Mean Bye Bye Bitcoin

A new report out by Naked Security, a blog produced by the cybersecurity firm Sophos has surfaced which discusses how certain malware on your machine could be editing copy and pasted wallet addresses for the financial gain of others.

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International Coalition Set to Tackle Cryptocurrency Tax Crime

In a bid to fight the threat of cryptocurrency tax crime, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has joined with tax authorities from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to form the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5), according to a press release.

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Selfkey Brings Humongous 200% Gains in a Sloppy Crypto Market

A 200 percent gain is quite modest, considering the pace at which Bitcoin and other prominent cryptos moved in 2017 to reach all-time highs. However, in a turbulent June 2018 market, a little-known coin SelfKey moved over 200 percent within just seven days of listing on Binance.

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All the ways you lose your Bitcoin – Bloomberg

Not Really Your FaultPhone Porting Pretty basic: Scammers hijack people’s mobile accounts by calling their carriers and impersonating them. The thieves get their victims’ numbers transferred to new devices and ultimately gain access to crypto accounts.

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Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis: BCH/USD’s Failed Upside Attempt

Key Points Bitcoin cash price moved a few points above $700, but it failed to gain momentum against the US Dollar. This week’s highlighted important bearish trend line was broken with resistance at $708 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).

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Blackmore Group CEO: Bitcoin Headed to $60K This Year

There are experts in the field who have extremely high expectations of Bitcoin. And with a 8,500% increase in 2013 and a 1,500% gain in 2017, why not? Could a massive uptick happen yet again and send the price of Bitcoin flying all the way to $60K? Bitcoin prices look like they are on their […]

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International Perceptions Of Bitcoin, Should We Be Worried About This?

In a new report called The ING International Survey, published on Seeking Alpha, by Jessica Exton, a Behavioural Scientist for ING, 15,000 participants, across 15 countries have been surveyed to gain an insight into the European public perceptions of cryptocurrency.

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Bitcoin Most Likely to Gain Mass Adoption, According to New Survey

The vast majority of executives and cryptocurrency investors want more regulatory clarity and see Bitcoin as being the most likely cryptocurrency to gain mass adoption, according to a new survey.

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Ethereum is Now Just $10 Higher Than a Year Ago

The biggest technological breakthrough since the invention of bitcoin, the world computer which some think will change many industries, has effectively seen no gain whatever in price for an entire.

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Bitcoin Price Watch: Can BTC/USD Hold $6,000?

Key Points Bitcoin price struggled to gain traction and moved below the $6,200 support against the US Dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted important bearish trend line with resistance at $6,200 is acting as a barrier on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).

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PR: Ingot Leads the Formation of Komorebi Alliance

It is no secret that the recent volatility in the market has been extreme with Bitcoin and Ethereum prices in freefall. Market participants are suffering losses but also given the opportunity to invest at lower prices to gain if the market pulls up.

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5 Reasons Why Bitcoin Is Crashing Right Now

Despite lightning network developments, Tether’s recent audit and the Bithumb exchange responding well to a malicious attack, Bitcoin is still struggling to gain traction in today’s market. Let’s look at a few reasons why that is

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Why Crypto Miners Are Making Iceland their Top Choice For Mining

As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies gain traction with public awareness and societal usage, the incentive to mine coins gets larger and larger. Even with bitcoin in a bear market mining continues to grow in popularity.

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Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis: Can BTC/USD Gain Traction?

Key Points Bitcoin price is currently consolidating around the $6,500 level against the US Dollar. The BTC/USD pair is currently attempting an upside break above a declining channel with resistance at $6,500 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Kraken).

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Bearish bitcoin does not deter Two Chinese mining-machine makers from locking horns

Bitcoin, the industry’s benchmark cryptocurrency, may be bearish in its trading scope, but it does not deter two Chinese crypto machine-making giants, to lock horns in battle in a bid to gain market hold.

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Clearing Up Misconceptions: This Is How Tether Should (and Does) Work

There is substantial controversy surrounding Tether, a cryptocurrency that claims to be pegged to the U. S. dollar. According to Tether, each Tether token is backed by one U.

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New Blockchain-Based Renewable Energy Pilot to Power 500,000 Homes

As the effects of climate change make their mark across the globe, people are more wary of their carbon footprints and are gradually switching to renewable energy.

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India Hit with Crime Wave as Cryptocurrencies Continue to Gain Popularity

It seems that every time a new technology emerges, so too do ne’er-do-wells seeking to exploit that technology for their own gain. Cryptocurrencies are no exception. Bitcoin’s meteoric rise last December led to a whole slew of hacks and scams being perpetrated around the world.

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