This is the story of a Redditor’s roundabout way of making a hefty Bitcoin profit. A Reddit user by the name of Cryptorich13 has capitalized on the social media platform’s crypto reward system by converting his stash of free coins into Bitcoin (BTC). In a Sunday post, Cryptorich13 explained how he converted his 80,000 MOON […]
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Russian crypto exchange Livecoin claims that it has suffered a “carefully planned attack,” but some in the community suspect an exit scam. Livecoin, a lesser-known Russian cryptocurrency exchange, has abruptly halted operations in the aftermath of an alleged hacker attack on Christmas day. According to Livecoin’s main page, the exchange has suffered a “carefully planned […]
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Bitcoin price hitting $100,000 to $200,000 in the next 12 months is becoming a quite common, if not “conservative,” prediction. While you’re undoubtedly “in it for the technology,” the most popular and hotly-debated topic, particularly as far as public interest is concerned, remains the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and speculating on its value in the […]
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Ledger wallet users face mounting home invasion and other scareware threats as hacker dumps private customer information online. The hacker likely responsible for Ledger’s security breach in July recently dumped a large amount of data exposing the personal information of over 270,000 customers, including phone numbers and physical addresses. The leak also included 1 million […]
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A snapshot for the Spark airdrop may have caused a record spike in Ethereum address creation. Ethereum address creation hit a 35-month high on December 14 when 177,000 new addresses were added to the network according to analysts from Santiment. The analytics provider reported that its network growth metric showed Ethereum adding 177,500 addresses in […]
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Some crypto investors are willing to risk extensive financial obligations for a chance to get into Bitcoin. Taking on debt is a complex personal decision that should not be entered into without great care and financial consideration. With Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent return to all-time price highs, some moonstruck Bitcoiners have begun taking out bank loans […]
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As antitrust enforcement hits Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission is digging into misuse of consumer data. The United States Federal Trade Commission is making the giants of social media account for their user data practices. On December 11, the FTC published orders for special reports from unnamed social media companies. The commission’s stated […]
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Bitcoin may never be a widely used medium of exchange, but it has become a useful store of value, former critics concede in 2020. Humans, being only human, tend to hang on to their cherished beliefs — even in the face of overwhelming contradiction. That’s why recantations — that is, public acts of refuting a […]
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The Iota board said it had “parted ways” with Sønstebø due to the fact its interests have “diverged significantly” with those of the co-founder. David Sønstebø will no longer be a part of the Iota Foundation, a non-profit which he helped co-found and most recently co-chaired. According to an announcement from the Iota Foundation, the […]
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Bitcoin and several altcoins have recovered sharply from their intraday lows, a signal that there is healthy demand at lower levels. in a recent Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session, billionaire Ray Dalio warned investors that the current astronomical pace of money printing is unlikely to stop in the near future and holding wealth in cash could […]
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