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Op Ed: Debunking Bitcoin Myths: ‘It’s a Ponzi Scheme’
The accusation that bitcoin is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme is perhaps the oldest, longest-standing criticism of the digital bearer asset. The basic idea is that there is nothing of value here and the entire purpose of bitcoin’s existence is to enrich Satoshi Nakamoto and the speculators who bought in for a few pennies or dollars in the early days by tricking others into buying in at a higher price. дальше »
2019-6-4 19:03 | |
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Bitcoin time traveler, trying to prevent future nuclear holocaust, predicts $100,000 per BTC by end of 2019
The price surge of Bitcoin in almost two months has outperformed almost all traditional assets; so, naturally, Bitcoin enthusiasts would want to know the price of Bitcoin 5, 10, or 20 years from now. дальше »
2019-5-29 10:35 | |
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It’s Water Under the Bridge as Zuckerberg & Winklevii Talk Crypto: Report
By CCN: Mark Zuckerberg has been collaborating with his old rivals, the Winklevoss twins, to launch a digital currency that can be used across Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and beyond, according to a report in the Financial Times. дальше »
2019-5-25 02:54 | |
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When Will Bitcoin Become Big League Attraction within Mainstream Media? Expert Says by 2024
It is hard to believe that Bitcoin is only around a year old. The popular cryptocurrency, which has basically been the stepping stone of the market, has its genesis block originally created in 2009, meaning that it is not even 11 years old. дальше »
2019-5-18 03:11 | |
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Sneak Peek! 2024 is Absolutely the Year Bitcoin Becomes Mainstream
By CCN: Bitcoin may be a decade old, but we’re still in the early stages. In fact, we’re so early that a Medium article revealed that we’re in the year 1994 if you compare crypto’s trajectory to that of the internet in the early 1990s. дальше »
2019-5-18 20:50 | |
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$20,000 Bitcoin Price Redux Coming in 2021, Claims Billionaire Crypto Bull
Bitcoin bull and founder of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital is of the opinion that the cryptocurrency’s upward trend is only getting started and has much more room ahead. Speaking to CNN during the SALT Conference in Las Vegas, Novogratz said that after crossing the $6,000 level, the next target point will be $10,000. дальше »
2019-5-9 17:13 | |
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Warren Buffett Can’t Catch the S&P, Seems Envious of Bitcoin’s Success
By CCN: Far be it from this columnist to criticize one of the most successful stock market investors of all time, but maybe Warren Buffett’s just jealous of bitcoin. A stock market genius who began investing at 11 year’s old, Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway is now trailing the S&P 500. дальше »
2019-4-29 19:55 | |
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Warren Buffett Can’t Catch the S&P, Seems Jealous of Bitcoin’s Success
By CCN: Far be it from this columnist to criticize one of the most successful stock market investors of all time, but maybe Warren Buffett’s just jealous of bitcoin. A stock market genius who began investing at 11 year’s old, Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway is now trailing the S&P 500. дальше »
2019-4-28 19:55 | |
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21 Year Old Hacker Faces a Decade in the Slammer for SIM Swapping and Stealing $7.5 Million USD
Student Goes To Jail For 10 Years After Siphoning $7.5 Million USD Worth in With SIM Swapping Scenario SIM swapping has become a huge problem in the United States. People clone the SIM cards of the victims and then use it to hack their phones. The practice is known as SIM swapping and it is […] дальше »
2019-4-24 00:27 | |
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Adamant Capital: BTC Price Bottom Is Likely In, Accumulation Phase Has Begun
Bitcoin fund Adamant Capital is convinced that the bottom of the bear market is in, and true to its name, the firm has laid out an unwavering case for this position with some persuasive hard data and fundamental analysis. дальше »
2019-4-20 22:59 | |
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An attempt to beat Binance (BNB) by phishing. How to detect a trap?
The stormy and successful activity of Binance since the beginning of the year could not but cause opposition from competitors. It appeared quite unexpectedly – in a form of phishing attack on users of the exchange. дальше »
2019-4-15 22:40 | |
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Kim Kardashian: Trump’s Next Justice Department Pick?
Remember the “good old days” when becoming a lawyer required an education, hard work, and a history free of “sexcapades?” The legal world’s latest candidate, Kim Kardashian, might make people wonder if this has somehow changed. дальше »
2019-4-13 01:15 | |
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Cryptonian Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Selling $750,000 Bitcoin
Jacob Burrell-Campos (pictured), a 22 year old coder at Edge Wallet (former Airbitz) from California, has been sentenced to two years in prison by U.S. District Judge Marilyn L. Huff for... The post Cryptonian Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Selling $750,000 Bitcoin appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »
2019-4-9 16:42 | |
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Elon Musk’s April Fools ‘Bankruptcy’ Joke Could Turn Prophetic for Tesla
On April Fools’ Day last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric carmaker had gone bankrupt. Of course it was a joke and fortunately, those were the good old days before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission started taking issue with Musk’s tweets. дальше »
2019-4-1 18:35 | |
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PSA: Don’t change your birth year to 2007 on Twitter, or you’ll be locked out
There are tons of hoaxes constantly doing the rounds on Twitter, including the recent Bitcoin scam. Today, I want to warn you about one that’s taken over the platform over the past couple of days: the “birth year hoax“. дальше »
2019-3-27 08:07 | |
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Disney bolsters Lucasfilm Games for a bright Star Wars future [Updated]
[Update 5pm] Lucasfilm got in touch with us to let us know the job postings that raised this speculation were to beef up an internal team that assists game developers with licensed IP. It’s not so much a “mysterious project” as it is all the upcoming Star Wars stuff we already know about, such as Respawn’s Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, which is due to come out later this year. дальше »
2019-3-21 19:51 | |
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Japan: 18 Year Old Charged for Stealing $100,000 in MonaCoin in Country’s First Crypto Theft Case
Japanese authorities in the city of Utsunomiya have charged an 18-year-old for stealing crypto from Monappy, a digital wallet service for MonaCoin. The unnamed teenager was reportedly referred to prosecutors in what is the country’s first case of charges being brought against a cryptocurrency hacker. дальше »
2019-3-18 02:08 | |
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Sleeping with the Enemy: Why Institutional Adoption is Bad for Bitcoin
If recent noises coming out of Wall Street are anything to go by, it looks like 2019 is shaping up to be the year of the institutions for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. However, the arrival of the institutions as they stampede over that hill represents a double-edged sword. дальше »
2019-3-17 00:45 | |
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Ethereum’s ProgPow Mining Network Mechanism Approved But Timeframe is Uncertain
During the most recent Ethereum developer call, which happened today, Greg Colvin affirmed that the devs were going back to ProgPow, also known as Progressive Proof of Work, the new mining system of the ETH network which has been discussed until exhaustion since last year. The debate is very, very old. A lot of people […] дальше »
2019-3-16 18:42 | |
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Japanese Police Arrests 18-Year Old Hacker for Stealing $134,000 in Monacoin
Local prosecutors in Japan have charged an 18-year old male with cryptocurrency theft. Per a report published in a local news outlet, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Japan are accusing the young adult of stealing 15 million Yen ($134,310) worth of stealing MonaCoin (MONA)—a Litecoin hard fork. дальше »
2019-3-16 11:39 | |
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Twitter’s cryptocurrency scam bots are back with a fresh new look
Cryptocurrency in 2019 has been missing one key ingredient, Ethereum scambots on Twitter. The good news is: they’re back! Those pesky fraudsters are up to their usual shenanigans, but this time they’ve been given a fancy makeover (new year, new do?), complete with an impressively modern design. дальше »
2019-3-1 17:52 | |
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Video: Can Evolution Bring Dash To The Top?
Cryptocurrency has changed a lot over the past year, but some projects have moved in an entirely different direction. Today’s Video Briefing takes a look at Evolution, the long roadmap for the DASH coin that some hope to accelerate adoption for the fifteenth-biggest cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-3-1 19:31 | |
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Texas Crypto Fund Unveils Two New Ways to Value Bitcoin
In a paper published this week, Tuur Demeester’s US crypto fund, Adamant Capital, suggests two new ways of determining the relative market value of Bitcoin. One measures investor sentiment; it’s called Relative Unrealized Profit/Loss Ratio. дальше »
2019-2-24 16:40 | |
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BTT, B2G, ARK and others: Good Old Pump&Dump?
The recovery of cryptomarket in the first weeks of the year from the point of view of experienced players is caused only by Pump & Dump. But it looks like newcomers enter the market. And it is for them that this game is conducted! Second wave of shitcoins? Indeed, experienced investors and traders who have […] дальше »
2019-2-12 01:24 | |
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I was wrong about retro consoles – they’re a huge success
The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out to be an alright one for the industry, and it upends predictions that the focus on revisiting older games via remasters and nostalgic re-releases would put a crimp on things — namely, um, my own prediction. дальше »
2019-2-1 03:08 | |
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I was wrong about retro consoles
The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out to be an alright one for the industry, and it upends predictions that the focus on revisiting older games via remasters and nostalgic re-releases would put a crimp on things — namely, um, my own prediction. дальше »
2019-2-1 03:08 | |
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Chainalysis: Darknet Market Activity Nearly Doubled Throughout 2018
Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018. дальше »
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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Meet the High school dropout who lost $3 Million in Bitcoin to the Bearish Market
Last year was not the best for both old and new cryptocurrency traders, and this is being made evident in more ways than one, as a sizeable number of traders and investors, a majority of which are Bitcoiners have continued to reveal the many tens and thousands of dollars that they have lost to the […] The post Meet the High school dropout who lost $3 Million in Bitcoin to the Bearish Market appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »
2019-1-23 21:54 | |
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Bitcoin Should Look Beyond Succeeding As Domestic Payment System
Bitcoin, the pioneer of the crypto realm has turned a decade old this January. The past year’s crypto market bloodbath has taught a very important lesson that people should focus on the technology underneath rather than the by-product. дальше »
2019-1-15 22:37 | |
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Goodbye old friend: Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 in one year
It’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7. дальше »
2019-1-15 02:17 | |
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Ten Years Later, a Reflection on Bitcoin’s Genesis and Satoshi’s Timing
October 31, 2008, and January 3, 2009. The two dates have cemented themselves with Promethean significance into Bitcoin’s lore. On the October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper, a constitution of sorts for his revolutionary monetary system and its intrinsic currency. дальше »
2019-1-3 07:14 | |
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Seven New Year's Resolutions for Bitcoiners
In the time-honored tradition of goal setting for the new year, Bitcoin Magazine has compiled a short list of seven possible New Year’s Resolutions for Bitcoiners as we head into 2019. дальше »
2019-1-2 03:22 | |
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End of year crypto roundup: How did Ethereum perform in 2018?
Ethereum is an open-source blockchain platform which lets anyone create and deploy decentralized applications (DApps). The project was first proposed in a white paper in 2013 by a 19 years old Vitalik Buterin. дальше »
2018-12-30 12:00 | |
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Altcoincalypse: Pantera Capital believes 25% of their ICO investments will have to refund their investors
Pantera Capital Management, an investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency, and crypto assets, said about 25 percent of the projects that its ICO fund invested in could be in violation of U. дальше »
2018-12-14 02:32 | |
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Intel’s new GPUs show it’s slowly getting serious about graphics
There’s one thing we know all know about integrated graphics: they suck. Usually, they’re barely enough to play any modern games, or even some old ones. But Intel is trying to make them suck significantly less with its ‘Gen11’ series of GPUs next year. дальше »
2018-12-12 21:37 | |
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BitGo Hires Trust Company Veteran as CEO of Its Custody Arm
BitGo has a new CEO for its custody business. The cryptocurrency solution provider has recruited Richard Corcoran as its new chief executive officer. Having retired some years back after over 30 years in the traditional banking and finance industry, Corcoran has come out of retirement to lead the BitGo Trust Company, BitGo's crypto custody arm. дальше »
2018-12-8 21:38 | |
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Nydia Zhang of the Social Alpha Foundation: Using the Blockchain for Good
As chairman and co-founder of the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF), Nydia Zhang has left a solid mark on the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, though, as a young art student at the University of Washington in 2011, blockchain was far from the direction she saw her life taking. дальше »
2018-12-6 18:13 | |
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Coinbase takes advantage of Vertcoin (VTC) 51% attack to hit its competitors
This is a guest post by Johter V. Seriaum On the second of December 2018, a double spend attack was performed on Vertcoin. A large amount of ASIC hashrate was rented anonymously through rental services to attack the 4 year old blockchain. дальше »
2018-12-3 20:18 | |
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Why does Nano (NANO) seem to take the hardest hits in the bear market?
Nano is a 2 year old project that aims to outcompete bitcoin and litecoin (and others) and be the globally accepted payment coin. Easier said than done. Nano had a meteoric rise in last year and even though it is very low right now in comparison to its all time high value, it still outperformed […] The post Why does Nano (NANO) seem to take the hardest hits in the bear market? appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »
2018-12-3 02:35 | |
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“Guidance by Enforcement”: How the SEC Is Slowly Shaping ICO Regulation
On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering. дальше »
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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Sony’s cartridge patent raises questions about the PS5 (and the Vita)
A recently-discovered patent implies Sony might be working on a new kind of game cartridge. Whether this is an idea for its upcoming console, tentatively called the PlayStation 5, or an as-yet-unknown successor to the poor old PlayStation Vita, we don’t know — but it’s also possible it could be both. дальше »
2018-11-27 22:09 | |
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Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork: What You Need to Know
Bitcoin Cash is just over a year old, but its base has already become divided on the ideal future of the coin. A hard fork that was intended to serve as a routine upgrade has become a battle between opposing factions of the mining community, and this has culminated in Bitcoin Cash splitting into two… The post Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork: What You Need to Know appeared first on UNHASHED. дальше »
2018-11-27 19:46 | |
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BTC price analysis: Wild ride goes on, 3 year old support breached
September has been a wild ride for bitcoin owners: the digital currency began the month nudging an all-time high of $5,000 before losing nearly 40% of its value in a spectacular crash. Bitcoin did it again: He fell, and he did it dramatically. дальше »
2018-11-25 17:24 | |
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U.S. Authorities Sentence Bitcoin Criminal to 15 Months Imprisonment
Joseph Kim, a 24-year old Phoenix, Arizona resident has been sentenced to one and half year in jail for defrauding his former employers, Consolidated Trading and friends over $1 million in bitcoin (BTC) and litecoin (LTC), using the funds for his personal enrichment, reported Finance Magnates on November 18, 2018. дальше »
2018-11-20 08:00 | |
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Криптовалютный мошенник из Аризоны приговорен к тюремному заключению
24-летний Джозеф Ким (24 year old Joseph Kim) из американского штата Аризона приговорен к 15 месяцам тюремного заключения за мошенничество, связанное с криптовалютой. Об этом сообщает Прокуратура федерального окружного суда штата Иллинойс. дальше »
2018-11-19 12:57 | |
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Cardano Price Analysis: ADA/USD Risk Dropping Below 6 Cents
Latest Cardano News Thing is Cardano is barely a year old but they are clear, sticking to their initial vision and mission statement. Believing that the platform is as good as the community behind it and no one should be an obstruction as the team sweat towards a superior, governable and community centric smart contracting. дальше »
2018-11-19 05:10 | |
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Indian teen threatens to blow up Miami airport to avenge stolen Bitcoin
A high school student has been charged by authorities in India for threatening to blow up the Miami airport. The eighteen year old boy was unhappy with the US investigation agency FBI for not helping him recover a sum of Bitcoin he lost to a US-based fraudster. дальше »
2018-11-5 12:30 | |
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John McAfee Speaks on the legal battle between the Winklevoss Twins and 28 year old Bitcoin Millionaire Charlie Shrem
Software developer turned cryptocurrency enthusiast, John McAfee has broken his silence over the ongoing legal battle between the Winklevoss Twins who made billions in Bitcoin from their settlement with Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Charlie Shrem, one of Bitcoin’s first millionaires now fondly called “first Bitcoin felon”. дальше »
2018-11-4 11:36 | |
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