Crypto’s most fervent crusaders have sought to keep their heads up in this drastic, bone-crushing bear market. While optimism has often taken the form of the “institutional herd is coming” narrative, a number of Bitcoin (BTC) natives have begun to revisit the asset’s underlying value proposition. And no, in their eyes, BTC isn’t digital cash.…
Reports by a cyber security firm claim to have identified a piece of malware designed to beat the two-factor authentication commonly used to help protect various online accounts. The software steals credentials, including browser cookies, to allow access to cryptocurrency exchange accounts. CookieMiner, as the malware is known, targets exclusively Mac users owing to the…
The current bear market, or Crypto Winter as it is often referred to, has forced many solid projects to lay off employees and take a good hard look at their operational expenses and cash flow in order to make necessary changes to survive. One particular cryptocurrency had an especially bad year, and due to the…
Although the crypto market’s year-long downturn has yet to reverse, this nascent ecosystem saw a fundamentally positive, likely bullish (price-wise) announcement on Thursday, as a financial services provider refiled a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Leading Bitcoin ETF Application Refiled Per previous reports from NewsBTC, a mere week…
Crypto markets climb slowly higher, XRP surging, Bitcoin Cash and IOTA doing well, Tron and NEM fall back. Crypto markets have continued a slow recovery process again today but one or two of the majors are showing a little more momentum. Total market capitalization has nudged above $115 billion but progress is far slower going…
A financial professional paid $10 to his bank for making more than six saving withdrawals. Later, he admitted that using Bitcoin could have been cheaper. Short the Bankers Pat Chirchirillo, a financial advisor at Philadelphia-based McAdam Financial, found a 3,233% different between the cost of withdrawals in banks and Bitcoin. From the look of it,…
This week, prominent U.S.-based crypto exchange Gemini revealed it had become the first-ever cryptocurrency exchange and custodian to successfully complete a System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) for Service Organizations Type 1 examination. The SOC 2 examination was conducted by “Big Four” auditor Deloitte & Touche LLP, and helps cement Gemini’s reputation for pushing the…
Earlier this week, the crypto markets experienced a bloodbath that was the direct result of Bitcoin failing to hold above its support level that existed around $3,550. Bitcoin’s ensuing drop led most cryptocurrencies to plunge 10% or more, from which many of them have since recovered. Ripple (XRP) is currently leading the markets, but most…
Earlier this week, Bitcoin (BTC) failed to uphold its previously established support level around $3,550, which led to a sharp drop to $3,400. Although at the time of this drop many analysts expected BTC’s main region of support to exist around its 2018 lows at approximately $3,200, the cryptocurrency was able to find support at…
Early Bitcoin believers ventured into the digital currency industry because of its autonomy and anonymity. But the anti-establishment attitude cannot help the sector grow, according to Bittax. The Israel-based crypto tax specialist said that most people would not pay taxes off their crypto-based capital gains. However, if a majority of the crypto industry becomes a…