Crypto investing is tough, but not as difficult as it may seem if you follow some basic rules. Don’t love or get emotional with your coins. It is volatile and scary at times as things can fly up and down at extreme rates, like the Bitcoin value flow has proved. If you are not careful, […]

Thanks to Trump, Iran is between a rock and a hard place. As US sanctions squeeze the country tighter, inflation rises, and war drums echo in the distance, its people are flocking to Bitcoin. Storm Clouds Are Gathering Over Iran Powered by an erratic, unpredictable man egged on by extremist advisors, this US administration is playing a dangerous game. Ever since Trump ascended to power, he’s had Iran in his sights. First, he withdrew from

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange wants to introduce blockchain-based products, but needs regulatory clarity according to an executive

By CCN: Cryptocurrency investors may soon have more clarity on how the IRS will tax their holdings now that the agency has said it is making that a priority. The latest IRS acknowledgment of crypto taxation issues is in response to members of Congress. Last month, they fired off a list of demands to the agency, leading to a positive response. Crypto players immediately took notice. We Need IRS Guidance Now Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) and his fellow co-chairs of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus wrote the IRS about issuing guidelines for “reporting virtual currency on tax day.” In the letter,

ETF.com managing director Dave Nadig says that the U.S. SEC is "still in information-gathering mode" in terms of a bitcoin ETF

Wells Fargo is collaborating with fintech company TransferMate to offer US-based international businesses a more cost-effective solution for receiving payments from global customers. As the bank strives to stay competitive in the digital economy, TransferMate, one of the world’s leading cross-border B2B payments providers, will deliver its Global Invoice Connect platform for Wells Fargo clients. […]

A vote about whether to decrease the so-called stability fee by 2% for Maker’s DAI stablecoin

While Bitcoin price is struggling with overhead resistance at the moment and taking a much needed breather from its bullish rally that began in early April with a $1,000 green candle, the cryptocurrency may have a lot more parabolic momentum left, according to one specific technical indicator. The technical indicator in question has just given...

Bitcoin and the entire crypto markets incurred some volatility over the weekend that allowed BTC to climb to highs of nearly $8,300 yesterday before quickly reeling back down to below $8,000. Today’s drop further confirms that Bitcoin isn’t quite ready to stabilize within the $8,000 region and may signal that a further pullback to $7,300...

Bitcoin has proven to be a store-of-value in Argentina where you would have been better off buying BTC at its peak rather than hold the peso. Argentina Ensnared Political and Economy Turmoil The Argentinian economy continues to shrink, afflicted by stubbornly high inflation, which President Mauricio Macri, who is running for re-election, has been unable to rein in. Hence, he is becoming increasingly unpopular. On May 19, 2019, the country’s grim economic outlook became even

By CCN: According to Bloomberg sources, the PlayStation unit at Sony was as surprised as anyone when Sony and Microsoft announced a cloud gaming partnership. Sony has been working on its cloud gaming offering since 2012 but has only achieved limited success. Sony Gives Peace a Chance With New Microsoft Collaboration Reportedly, Microsoft and Sony are collaborating on a streaming service, and Sony will begin using Microsoft’s Azure cloud services for some of its online services. PlayStation developers were shocked by the news, as the rest of the gaming industry was surprised as well. The announcement sparked a mood of

A day earlier than many were expecting, another SEC decision on a Bitcoin exchange traded has resulted in a delay. The one that today’s announcement concerned was a proposal that the digital asset space is generally most optimistic for – the VanEck ETF. Despite the news event being largely expected, the Bitcoin price has responded...

Dutch bank ABN AMRO is launching a blockchain-based inventory tracking platform

The U.S. IRS states that the agency “made it a priority” to issue relevant guidance on cryptocurrency taxation

As investors return to cryptocurrencies, where are major coin prices heading in the near future? Let’s find out

By CCN: Is Bernie Sanders fighting a losing battle? The Vermont Senator entered the 2020 presidential race in February, marking his second attempt at attaining White House glory. For more than a month, the 77-year-old Democratic socialist appeared to be leading the race for his party’s nomination… That is until Joe Biden announced his campaign for the presidency only weeks ago. Now, it seems Biden has replaced Sanders as the ultimate frontrunner. Going, Going, Gone… Bernie Sanders Is Falling Behind Sanders already came up short in 2016 against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. A potential loss to Biden will mark Sanders’

By CCN: Despite snot-nosed viewers of the fantastic “Game of Thrones” finale carrying digital pitchforks and torches to HBO HQ, the episode pulled in 19.3 million viewers– the most of any episode this season. Check out this chart: Those numbers haven’t been seen on network TV in more than a decade, and they exposed “Game of Thrones” haters for what they are: pretentious liars. Perfect Ending Drives Haters Madder Than Daenerys Warning, there are spoilers ahead. The audacity of the show’s creators to deliver the only endings in the “Game of Thrones” finale that could have made sense drove viewers

By CCN: Another day, another Facebook data leak affecting millions of dubious users. This time around, security researcher Anurag Sen discovered a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database containing the contact information of more than 49 million Instagram accounts, TechCrunch reports. For those out of the loop, Facebook is the monopolistic owner of Instagram and most other things social media. Details of the Instagram Data Leak The exposed database includes public information from Instagram accounts such as the number of followers, likes, and shares of a particular user. More concerning, though, is the inclusion of email addresses and phone numbers

Poloniex, the United States-based digital currency exchange, was in the news recently for disabling the trading services of nine crypto-assets. Following the delisting, Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Circle, a leading payment platform which acquired Poloniex, criticized the lack of legal clarity with respect to cryptocurrencies in the US. Gus Coldebella, the Chief Legal Officer of […]

The U.S. SEC delayed its decision on a rule change proposal for the VanEck bitcoin ETF

Ethereum has seen a remarkable price increase, which totals more than 105% over the past 90 trading days, bringing…

Contrary to a previous report which made it known that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will make its decision on VanEck Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) on the 21st of May, the regulator has once again postponed its verdict date. 35 More Days to Go According to an official SEC filing from today May […]

A Bitcoin trader from India has taken his own life after being threatened by senior police in relation to losses he incurred whilst trading crypto assets on their behalf. Bharat Patel hanged himself on Sunday, leaving a suicide note for his widow. In the note, Patel details how Chirag Savani, the Narmada police force’s Deputy...

Major global fiber producer Lenzing Group will apply blockchain tech to its supply chain

OneCoin, the cryptocurrency issuer that allegedly ran a $4 billion pyramid scheme, is denying all claims that they are…

White hat hackers reportedly earned over $32,000 in bounties for finding security gaps in blockchain- and crypto-related projects in the last two months