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Singaporean 80-Year-Old Traveling Australia on Crypto

Last month, eighty-year-old Singaporean Bitcoin investor, Robert, traveled Australia on crypto, according to a blog post by TravelbyBit, an Australian digital currency tourism agency.The blog post further states that Robert (last name not provided) is a crypto veteran, investing in Bitcoin for a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Fees Are Going Down – But Why?

Bitcoin fees are down from USD 26 to USD 3 on average, to a collective sigh of relief from the entire community. It fell on USD 0.79 on Sunday, having peaked at USD 34 on December 23. Once, Bitcoin’s very low transaction fees were one of its selling points - until they soared in December...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Recovers Above USD 10,000, Altcoins Gain Traction

Bitcoin price found support at USD 9,550 and recovered above USD 10,000. Ethereum is outperforming and is currently trading 4.7% higher to USD 858. Nano (XRB) is once again the top performer and is currently trading 18% higher.Yesterday, there was no substantial recovery in bitcoin and major...

, by Aayush Jindal

Why Energy-Sapping Bitcoin Mining is Here to Stay

Michel Rauchs, Cambridge Judge Business SchoolThe enormous use of energy needed to mine bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is proving to be very contentious, but alternative methods pose far too much of a security risk.The recent warning that electricity use at bitcoin mining facilities in Iceland...

, by Michel Rauchs

Bitcoin Regret Club – How Much You Missed Out

When the famed all-time high of December 2017 shone in its full glory, how many of us have looked on and regretted not buying some cryptocurrencies back when we first heard of them? If you bought in time but sold at a later point for a tiny profit, can you show us on the doll where it hurt the most...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Altcoins Gaining Bearish Momentum

Bitcoin price declined below the USD 10,500 support. Bitcoin cash fell sharply and traded below USD 1,250 to register roughly 10% losses. Nano (XRB) is up around 11% today after the company launched wallet for Android.There were further declines in bitcoin and major cryptocurrencies. Considering...

, by Aayush Jindal

Finland Looking For Ways to Store 2,000 Confiscated Bitcoin

Following new guidelines from Finland’s Treasury published on Tuesday, Finnish authorities are now trying to devise a means to store 2,000 Bitcoins confiscated since 2016.According to Bloomberg, the Treasury guidelines prohibit authorities from storing the stash - currently worth around USD...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin, Major Altcoins Correct Lower

Bitcoin price started a downside correction and moved below the USD 11,000 support. All major altcoins came under a bearish pressure and declined between 6-10%. DigixDAO is holding gains and is currently trading 15.8% higher to USD 320.Bitcoin failed to maintain gains above the USD 11,500 level...

, by Aayush Jindal

Business School Received Two Payments in Crypto in a Year

Two students at ESMT Berlin have already paid their tuition fees in cryptocurrency since the business school began accepting it as a payment method in December 2016, Georg Garlichs, Chief Financial Officer of ESMT told Cryptonews.com. “There was one student from Vietnam who used Bitcoin due...

, by Tanzeel Akhtar

Bitcoin Continues to Gain, Altcoins Struggle to Catch Up

Bitcoin price continued to move higher and it recently traded above USD 11,500. Litecoin and Ethereum Classic performed really well during the past few sessions. ReddCoin was the best performer so far as it moved up by 29.2% to USD 0.010.Bitcoin extended gains during the past three sessions and...

, by Aayush Jindal

Bitcoin-Funded Resort On Antigua In The Making

Calvin Ayre, a Bitcoin and gambling multimillionaire, is building a USD 100 million five-star resort on Antigua funded by his own crypto-profits made from the rise in value of Bitcoin in which he was an early investor.“This resort will attract a totally new market segment of tourism on the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Ethereum Drives Cryptocurrency Market Higher

Bitcoin price remains in a bullish trend and is currently trading above USD 10,700. Cryptocurrency market is back in the green zone with decent gains across the board. Polymath outperformed other altcoins and moved up by 40% to USD 1.56.There were slow and steady gains in bitcoin, Ethereum,...

, by Aayush Jindal

Bitcoin Rich Kids in Puerto Rico: Crypto Utopia or Crypto-Colonialism?

Larisa Yarovaya, Anglia Ruskin University and Brian Lucey, Trinity College DublinCryptocurrency entrepreneurs have moved to Puerto Rico to build a crypto utopia – initially dubbed Puertopia but now named Sol – where they plan to pay little in taxes.The crypto expats also hope to...

, by Brian Lucey

JPMorgan: Bitcoin Has No Way to Handle a Liquidity Crisis

Bitcoin’s design might have a fatal flaw in that it could not handle a liquidity shock due to its decentralized nature, JPMorgan said in a recent note, Business Insider reported.In a liquidity crisis, central banks simply print more money to make up for a decline in lending and spending in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Crosses USD 10,000, More Gains Likely?

Bitcoin price extended gains and moved above the USD 10,000 level. Bitcoin cash price is gaining upside momentum and it is trading 8% higher to USD 1,490. MonaCoin is doing well today (the best performer so far), with more than 15% gains.The market sentiment improved further and it seems like...

, by Aayush Jindal

An Interview: Hacks Are Good For the Crypto Industry

The current situation in the crypto world is, to put it mildly, worrying: there was the Coincheck hack, the Bitfinex and Tether subpoena, more exit scams than we dare think of (1, 2, 3), and as a result FUD (Fear, uncertainty and doubt) was spreading like wildfire amid market crashes. We talked to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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