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No end in sight for Crypto sell-off as Bitcoin approaches $4,000

November 21st, 2018 (0)
Turmoil engulfed cryptocurrency markets again on Tuesday, with every major coin extending a rout that’s rocked confidence in the nascent asset class just as U.S. regulators try to close in on alleged fraud. Bitcoin fell as much as 13 ...

Two Initial Coin Offering issuers settle registration charges

November 20th, 2018 (0)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). These are the Commission’s first cases imposing civil penalties solely for ICO securities offering registration violations. Both companies ...

Bitcoin turns 10 — how it went from an abstract idea to a $100 billion market in a decade

November 1st, 2018 (0)
Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy and the global economy was lurching into recession, the idea for an alternative currency was being quietly built online. Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a ...

‘Wild West’ Bitcoin ‘should be regulated’

September 19th, 2018 (0)
Bitcoin and other digital currencies are a “Wild West industry” and need to be regulated to protect investors, a committee of MPs has urged. Problems include volatile prices, minimal consumer protection and risks of hacking and money-laundering, says the ...

Cryptocurrency ether plunges again, decoupling from bitcoin

September 13th, 2018 (0)
Ether, one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies during the boom last year, is taking another nose dive on Wednesday. The world’s second largest cryptocurrency fell 8 percent to a low of $170.34, bringing its drop since the high in January ...

The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ether plunges more than bitcoin

September 7th, 2018 (0)
Ether was the star cryptocurrency last year, way outperforming its predecessor bitcoin. But 2018 has been a different story. The world’s second-largest digital asset is down 76 percent this year and can’t seem to catch a break. Investor patience ...

The people who got burned by the Bitcoin boom

August 23rd, 2018 (0)
Pete Roberts of Nottingham, England, was one of the many risk-takers who threw their savings into cryptocurrencies when prices were going through the roof last winter. Now, eight months later, the US$23,000 ($34,638) he invested in several digital tokens ...

Bitcoin dropped below $6,000 as almost every Cryptocurrency tumbled

August 15th, 2018 (0)
Bitcoin dropped below $6,000 and dozens of smaller digital tokens tumbled as this month’s selloff in cryptocurrencies showed few signs of letting up. The largest digital currency fell as much as 6.2 percent to $5,887 as of 3:07 p.m. ...

Bitcoin is down 66%. But it still may be the future of money

July 11th, 2018 (0)
The price of one bitcoin (XBT) is now hovering around $6,400. That’s a more than 50% drop in 2018 and a 66% plunge from the all-time high of just under $20,000 that bitcoin hit in late December. Other cryptocurrencies, ...

Over 800 cryptocurrencies are now dead as bitcoin is 70 percent off its record high

July 3rd, 2018 (0)
Cryptocurrency projects have been popping up left, right and center in the past 18 months, but over 800 of those are now dead, adding to comparisons between the current digital coin market and the dotcom bubble in 2000. New ...
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