Search Results for: cryptocurrency
Investor bets $6.3 million on bitcoin to beat Berkshire Hathaway
July 13th, 2018
A “well-known cryptocurrency expert” has asked for a bet with Berkshire Hathaway that the price of a bitcoin will top the notorious crypto skeptic’s share price by 2023. Bitcoin bet: 5 years, $1.2 billion Announcing the pending deal on ...
The crypto-currencies that die before they have bloomed
July 12th, 2018
It has been the biggest craze in investment of the last two years – the idea that creating your own crypto-currency through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is the route to riches. But now an academic study has revealed ...
Over 800 cryptocurrencies are now dead as bitcoin is 70 percent off its record high
July 3rd, 2018
Cryptocurrency projects have been popping up left, right and center in the past 18 months, but over 800 of those are now dead, adding to comparisons between the current digital coin market and the dotcom bubble in 2000. New ...
Bitcoin will reach $50,000 by end of year, says founder of bitcoin exchange
July 2nd, 2018
Despite the recent bloodbath in cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin bull Arthur Hayes said the popular digital coin will reach $50,000 by the end of the year. Bitcoin’s price has been on a wild roller coaster with investors, but “something that goes ...
Associations challenging crypto Ads ban to proceed with lawsuit
June 29th, 2018
Facebook’s recent decision to partially lift the ban on crypto ads will not stop a planned legal action against the measure. Crypto associations and businesses from several countries announced earlier this year their intentions to sue internet giants imposing ...
Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk
June 27th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks ...
44 Bitcoin forks have emerged within 10 months, crypto investors not convinced
June 26th, 2018
Bitcoin Private, Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Atom, Bitcoin Candy, and Bitcoin Pizza are some of the 44 bitcoin forks that have emerged since the initial Bitcoin Cash hard fork in August of last year, as TNW reported. Within ...
Bitcoin falls below $6,000 but crypto trader says it’s ‘not dead’
June 25th, 2018
Bitcoin fell below $6,000 on Friday, but bitcoin bull Brian Kelly told CNBC that the popular cryptocurrency is “not dead.” “This is not the funeral for bitcoin whatsoever,” Brian Kelly, founder and CEO of BKCM LLC, an investment firm ...
Central bankers claim bitcoin could break the internet
June 21st, 2018
Who’s right about bitcoin: the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) or cryptocurrency advocates? The Bank of International Settlements on Sunday said bitcoin is “a poor substitute for the solid institutional backing of money.” Critics in the crypto world say ...
Cryptocurrencies fall as Korean Exchange says $32 Million of coins stolen
June 20th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies dropped after the second South Korean exchange in as many weeks said it was the victim of a theft, renewing concerns about the safety of digital-asset trading venues. Bithumb, ranked by Coinmarketcap.com as the world’s seventh-largest crypto exchange ...
