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The Libra Association Says “Welcome Aboard” to Shopify While Libra may not have that many fans as of late, it looks like some companies are simply dying to jump on board. Libra Gains a Pal in Shopify The Libra Association has just announced that Shopify – an e-commerce ...

PS5 and Xbox Series X Should Just Abandon Exclusives According to a Twitter poll, affordable price is the most important factor for gamers in most electronics purchases. But the surprising factor is that exclusive games actually came in at the bottom of the list of priorities.
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Bitcoin Price Rebounds but CME Gap & $10.3K Remain Big Obstacles Traders appear hesitant to buy Bitcoin below $10K as the CME gap at $9,740 weakens expectations that the price could set a higher high above $10.3K

Bitcoin’s Bullish Battle, Ethereum 2.0, BCH Faces ‘Slow Death’: Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 17–23 In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, BTC’s two scenarios in the week ahead, new details about plans for Ethereum 2.0, and CZ talks about the upcoming Bitcoin halving

$30M Bitcoin Cash ‘SIM Hack’ Sparks Wild Crypto Tales With Vague Sources On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw the loss of $30 million in bitcoin cash. The story stemmed from a Reddit post that’s now ...

The Next Bitcoin Crash Might Be Unprecedented Bitcoin (BTC) came into existence after the financial crisis of 2008 with a noble objective to reduce dependence on governments and banks that were responsible for the crisis and the bailouts that followed. The early supporters of Bitcoin (BTC) were ...

How Traders Can Use Twitter to Anticipate Bitcoin Price Moves, Volume Tracking the number of Bitcoin-related tweets can help predict future trading volume

The Witcher’s Netflix Success Proves CD Projekt Red Made a Big Mistake The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red completely missed its chance to capitalize on the massive hype for the Netflix series.
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Layer1 Technologies, a BTC Mining Company, Officially Opens for Business Layer1 Technologies – a bitcoin mining startup operating in West Texas – has opened its doors for business. Layer1: We Want to Compete with China The company has specifically mentioned that it’s looking to counter bitcoin and crypto mining activity ...

Apple Vs. Samsung: Who’s The Biggest Coronavirus Loser? Coronavirus continues to make global headlines and hamper a number of companies with business operations in China. But how does the deadly epidemic impact the world's leading tech giants – Apple and Samsung?
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The State of Blockchain: Experts Weigh in on Adoption Around the World Despite challenges, experts are bullish on blockchain’s prospects around the world: “Once people truly understand its vast potential, I believe wide-scale adoption of blockchain will occur”

Randal Quarles: We Don’t Understand Enough About Crypto and Stable Coins Randal Quarles – the chair of the Financial Stability Board and U.S. Federal Reserve governor – believes that nobody is taking bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seriously enough, which could potentially bear harsh consequences for the world’s many banks. Randal Quarles ...

Cryptocurrency Explained on the Latest Episode of The Simpsons Could this be a sign that the mainstream media is warming up to bitcoin again like they did before the 2017 rally? The Simpsons featured an almost two-minute segment explaining how cryptocurrency and blockchain work with the actor who played ...

Peter Schiff Says Bitcoin Will Hit $3,000 Before Gold Does. He’s Wrong. Euro Pacific chief Peter Schiff says bitcoin is in a bubble and will crash to $3,000 before spot gold surges to that level. He's wrong.
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Bernie Sanders Is the Next In Line and That’s Good News for Trump Bernie Sanders may actually be winning the Democratic primary for the same reason Hillary Clinton won the last time around. It could be that he was simply next in line.
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Getting Into the Financial Services Revolution With Alex Tapscott “Libra, on balance, is a good thing.” Alex Tapscott discusses his latest book with Cointelegraph

Top 5 Cryptos This Week (Feb 23): XTZ, HEDG, ATOM, MKR, LTC Overbought conditions mean a few top performers of this week may enter a corrective phase or continue to consolidate as traders consider booking profits

GameStop’s Aggressive Sales Tactics Won’t Save It From Imminent Doom GameStop is going down and they totally deserve everything that happens to them, unlike their employees who certainly don't.
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Tesla is Slowly Pushing Germany Into Recession Germany is on the brink of recession as its auto industry hits a 22 year low. Tesla - and the EV movement - has disrupted the backbone of Germany's economy.
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DHS Whistleblower Dead Ahead of Plan to Expose National Security Corruption Philip Haney had been missing since Feb. 19 and was reportedly found dead from a gunshot wound to his chest two days later in what police have ruled a suicide. Data indicates gunshot woulds to the chest are uncommon in ...

How Science Says Coronavirus Could Help Reelect Trump If the pandemic continues unabated until November, it could give Republicans like President Donald Trump an edge on election day. That's because fear of germs and disease makes people more conservative.
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Crypto Appears on Simpsons Where Jim Parsons Explains It's 'Cash of the Future' “The Simpsons” explains how cryptocurrency and blockchain work and predicts it as the future cash

Decentralization Philosophy – Does Crypto Still Need Catalysts? Andreas M. Antonopoulos joins the show this week to discuss the organizational and organic structures of decentralization and to wonder whether crypto even needs Satoshi-like catalysts now that the fire of blockchain burns bright.

Wells Fargo Fined $3 Billion for 15 Years of Illegal Practices Affecting Millions of Customers Wells Fargo, one of the largest U.S. financial services companies, has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve the U.S. government’s investigations into fraudulent sales practices spanning over 15 years. The Wells Fargo fraud case involved the company forging customer ...

AOC Is Hopelessly Naive About Our Political System and “Rich Men” Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez recently bashed "rich men" and the U.S. political system on "The View," but here's what she's not telling you.
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Obsidian’s Grounded Steam Page Goes Live, Details Early Access Plans The new Steam page offers insight into Grounded's Early Access journey. It also details what players should expect from the final version while also showcasing some new art for the game.
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JP Morgan: Digital Money Foundation Laid, Blockchain In Banking Years Away JP Morgan suggests that blockchain laid the foundations for digital money, but the role of cryptocurrencies is still limited

Peter Schiff Admits Bitcoin IS Profitable But Can’t Compete with Fiat Peter Schiff has once again come out to talk about the leading cryptocurrency.
The well-known financial figure has said that holding cryptocurrency is actually a profitable action.
The well-known naysayer and hater of bitcoin, Peter Schiff has once again come ...

Bitcoin Price Grapples With $10K — 2 Scenarios for the Week Ahead Bitcoin price reeling from the recent drop below $10K but bullish signs remain

Star Wars Games Look Promising as EA Gains Focus for the First Time Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order doesn't have microtransactions, and it sold millions. Fallen Order is getting a sequel, and EA Motive is working on a smaller Star Wars title as well.
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Binance Respond to its System Overload Following Bitcoin’s Rise As the leading cryptocurrency surged, Binance reportedly went through some issues in regards to its functionality.
Changpeng Zhao has admitted to having a number of performance issues on the platform.
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Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo Says Fed Should Create a Digital Dollar Former CFTC Chair says time for Federal to create digital dollar and Bitcoin should co-exit along with it

No Backdoor on Human Rights: Why Encryption Cannot Be Compromised In April 2019, the UK issued an Online Harms White Paper to announce its campaign to rein in “harmful speech” on social media sites such as Facebook and TikTok. The public consultation period has ended and a full consultation response ...

Blockchain Football Tickets to Be Issued by UEFA This Year There’s been a lot of football news going on in the crypto industry these past few weeks.
UEFA will be distributing more than a million football match tickets to a blockchain linked mobile application.
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Sectors Realizing the Full Potential of DeFi Protocols In 2020 DeFi, a monetary system built on blockchain, is booming right now. With over $1 billion locked in DeFi applications, here are some sectors that are poised for success in 2020

How the IRS Audits Cryptocurrency Tax Returns – Filing Expert Shares Example, Insights on AML... Tax season is one of the most dreaded times of the year for many, and when the added confusion of filing crypto returns is thrown into to the mix, things can get even stickier. News.Bitcoin.com recently talked with Clinton Donnelly ...

Are Overstimulated Stocks Ignoring Coronavirus Risks? The coronavirus is growing into a global economic problem. But overstimulated financial markets are ignoring the impact.
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Sally Ho's Technical Analysis 23 February 2020 LTC BCH Litecoin (LTC/USD) depreciated early in today’s Asian session as the pair fell to the 74.54 area after trading as high as the 76.83 area during yesterday’s European session. Prior to its recent move higher to the 84.50 level, LTC/USD traded ...

Half of Predictions Are Right Half the Time — BTC’s Halving Divides Opinions Does 2020’s halving-related BTC price growth have any real value or is it just FOMO?

Understanding Defi Flash Loans: Complex Attacks, Inflation and Composable Systems Two recent flash loans on the defi platform Bzx have started a fierce debate about the subject of using uncollateralized loans in a quick trade. Essentially these flash loans are providing people with the ability to borrow crypto without relinquishing ...

Putin Is Helping Bernie Sanders but Not for the Reason You Think The latest effort from Vladimir Putin and his legion of hackers is to continue helping Trump, but curiously they are also helping Bernie Sanders. Interestingly, it's probably not what you think.
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The Art of Nintendo Power Twitter Account Is a Retro Wonderland Anyone with an interest in the history of gaming owes it to themselves to check out The Art of Nintendo Power Twitter account. Some of the most amazing pieces of gaming art are on display there.
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Trace Mayer Explains the Importance of Proof of Keys Proof of Keys was a concept first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto, the legendary figure behind the birth of bitcoin, but it’s now being promoted further by the likes of Trace Mayer, the host of the “Bitcoin Knowledge” podcast. Mayer: Proof ...

Dak Prescott Will Likely Get Elite Money for His Above-Average Talent Despite questions over Dak Prescott and his value, he still might get paid the nearly $40 million per year that he's reportedly seeking.
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Brave Challenges Google’s Advertising Power Before the UK Competition Watchdog The company behind the privacy-oriented browser Brave has set out to convince regulators in the U.K. to end Google’s advertising monopoly in the digital space. In a filing with the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Brave puts forward recommendations ...

Lil Pump’s Retirement Was a Blatant Lie – Here’s Why That Sucks Although Lil Pump's retirement was a poorly concocted charade, time is most definitely up for the problematic mumble rapper.
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Square and Tik Tok Tell Young People About Crypto Square is utilizing the new video-sharing app Tik Tok to spread the word to young people about bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Square and Tik Tok Work to Make BTC Mainstream Square is run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who has always ...

Are the BZx Flash Loan Attacks Signaling the End of DeFi? Recent attacks on the lending platform bZx have left faith in DeFi shattered, but what actually happened? And can the sector bounce back?

Man Sees 55 Million Pounds in BTC From Marijuana Business Get “Burned” Imagine you run an illegal business in which people pay for your marijuana with bitcoin and other forms of crypto. Where would you hide all that money? Where would you put it? Marijuana and Bitcoin Don’t Always Go Together Clifton ...

Get Ready for the Bitcoin Halving – Here Are 9 Countdown Clocks You Can Monitor The anticipation for the block reward halving for BTC, BCH, and BSV has been building. All three cryptocurrencies will see rewards halved from 12.5 to 6.25 coins throughout the months of April and May. The following is a comprehensive list ...

BTC Crash, Fraud and Anti-Hodling: Bad Crypto News of the Week Tired of reading? Listen to the bad crypto news of the past week instead

Ethereum (ETH) Trying Too Hard To Maintain Uptrend Against Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) seems to be trying too hard to maintain its current uptrend against Bitcoin (BTC). However, it is not at a decision point. The fib rings on the 4H chart for ETH/BTC shows that the pair is on the ...

FCoin Blames Poor Auditing for Shutdown, but Others Suspect Exit Scam Is FCoin another exit scam in the cryptocurrency exchange scene or is its insolvency simply due to ineptitude on the part of the company?

Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year. A total of 37 crypto projects, two more than in the previous ranking, were evaluated and ranked overall this month as ...

‘Pandora’s Box, but for Freedom’: Author Isaiah Jackson on Bitcoin’s Impact Leigh Cuen is joined by author Isaiah Jackson to talk about financial discrimination and the value bitcoin can offer minority communities.

Bitcoin Dominance 6-Month Low Doesn’t Mean Price Is ‘Ultra-Bearish’ Bitcoin can even drop to $8,800 and remain a bullish play, one analyst thinks

Bankhaus von der Heydt Bank To Start Issuing Tokenised Securities on Stellar The Bankhaus von der Heydt bank is getting ready to issue its own tokenised securities on the public Stellar blockchain.
The decision to use Stellar didn’t come as a surprise to many as it was created with banking systems in ...

Bitcoin Price Bullrun May Last 1000 Days as 2020 Now Best Average Year Bitcoin may still have 570 days of its bull cycle ahead of it, data claims as 2020 claims new record

Here’s Why Interest Rates on Cryptocurrencies Could Be a Game-Changer The growth in crypto lending platforms is giving birth to a new type of valuation metric: interest rates.

Steemit & Tron Partner Up, What Will Happen Next? Steemit has announced at the end of last week that it will be partnering up with the Tron platform.
The two companies will start working together in order to solidify Steemit and it’s blockchain-based decentralised applications with the blockchain on ...

When Money Becomes Programmable – Part 1 We may be moving us toward a model of programmable money that incorporates an automated internal governance of common resources and encourages collaboration among communities.

Bitcoin Cash Faces ‘Slow Death’ After Alleged $30M Hack — Commentator Dovey Wan thinks that a reported $30 million hack on a Bitcoin Cash wallet will pile pressure on the altcoin

Andrew Yang: “I would not rule out running for office again.” Just after the end of his campaign for the United States presidency, Andrew Yang said the following “see you back in New York.”
Yang is one of the biggest crypto advocates in the world.
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Major HSBC Layoffs: 35,000 Job Cuts and Massive Restructuring Announced Banking giant HSBC has unveiled a major restructuring plan that includes 35,000 job cuts. The move came as the bank’s net profit plunged 53% last year. HSBC is also slashing $100 billion in assets and closing many branches. “This represents ...

NBA & NFL Believe in Non-Fungible Tokens, But Not Contract Tokenization NBA & NFL believe that non-fungible tokens will drive greater fan engagement, but remain opposed to player contract tokenization

Calibra Technical Lead Tells Why Facebook Built New Language for Libra Digital lead for Calibra explains why Facebook has built a new programming language called Move to power Libra

No Bitcoin ETF Yet: A Deep Dive Into the Situation in the US While waiting for decisions on their own U.S. crypto ETF proposals, Wilshire Phoenix, Kryptoin and Crescent Crypto provide their thoughts on the SEC’s ETF situation

Chainalysis to Monitor AML Compliance for Crypto Exchange CoinField In partnership with blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, crypto exchange CoinField toughens up its AML security tech

OpenSea: From Formula 1 Cars to Crypto Forgeries OpenSea marketplace for crypto digital goods sells Formula 1 cars and fights crypto forgeries

Analyst Claims Whales Are Driving BTC Price Swings Bitcoin has been experiencing heightened volatility over the past few weeks, and it’s likely due to the reemergence of whales according to one source. The Whales Are Back in the Picture Bitcoin whales are individuals who house several million dollars-worth ...

New Monaco-Based Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card Monaco-based financial firm Bitsa has enabled users to top-up their crypto cards with major privacy-focused coin Monero

Sweden’s Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.

After Overnight Flash Crash, Here Are 5 Reasons Why Bitcoin Will Rally Again The golden cross, strong weekly support, halving, liquidity fills and on-chain activity are all signs of bullish Bitcoin continuation

Tezos Price (XTZ) Losing Steam After Dropping to Ascending Trendline? Tezos appears to be losing steam after a lengthy parabolic rally, will traders buy at the underlying supports?

Alleged Crypto Capital Operator Faces New Wire Fraud Charge Reginald Fowler, an alleged operator of Crypto Capital, was indicted on wire fraud Friday, adding to four previous charges he already faced.

Michael Bloomberg Proposes Clarified Bitcoin Regulation If He Takes the White House It looks like bitcoin and crypto are gearing up to be regular, hot debate topics during this year’s U.S. presidential election. Bitcoin Is Gearing Itself Up As we all know, Andrew Yang was originally serving as the “crypto candidate” for ...