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John McAfee (did you really think this article would be about someone else?), crypto celebrity, former CEO of MGT Capital and POTUS candidate, offers you a quick buck. If you love hacking, have a special admiration for crypto wallets and feel a little playful, then you should consider hacking McAfee's Bitfi wallet. One thing that you should keep in mind is that it is...

A Wall Street career is arguably every aspiring financier's dream. Blue-chips, expensive buildings, fancy offices are magnet-like. Or maybe not? This is the question that Michael Chang, who leads the Wachsman Strategic Advisory Group, poses, as he explains why uncertain futures in blockchain startups rule the day. "There’s a first-of-its-kind trend happening right now on Wall Street. Top executives from the world’s leading multinationals, including...

According to the internal investigation from Coinbase and two "well known law firms", there was no misconduct when the exchange listed BCH back in December 2017. Coinbase will therefore take no action. Back in December 2017, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was trading on most exchanges for around $1,800. In the hours leading to Coinbase’s announcement, that BCH would be listed on...

Coinbase offers its users a new way to spend their coins by offering withdrawals into gift cards at major retailers. Coinbase says in a blog post from today that customers in the European Union and Australia are able to instantly spend their cryptocurrency balances on e-gift cards, making Coinbase the first platform to offer direct withdrawals into e-gift cards. Through a partnership...

BitTorrent Inc. the company behind µTorrent has confirmed its acquisition by the TRON foundation. In a blog post from yesterday, BitTorrent announced that they have been acquired by the TRON Foundation. BitTorrent has more than 100 million active users worldwide and has one of the top-rated apps on Google Play Store, including µTorrent Web and desktop clients for both PC and...

Google has added three cryptocurrencies to its currency exchange calculator. It appears that Google is slowly starting to embrace cryptocurrencies. Users of the Google search engine can now see the prices of Litecoin, Ethereum, and Bitcoin Cash using Googles currency exchange calculator. Previously, Google only showed the valuation of Bitcoin (BTC). Now, people interested in these other cryptocurrencies will see...

Today, July 24, Bitcoin rallied from $7700 to $8300 within 12 hours. Bitcoin surpassed the major resistance level at $8,000, reaching $8,300 rather easily. A two-month high for Bitcoin, despite all the predictions that Bitcoin was going to fall back to the $5000 region. With that, after weeks of downturn, a bullish sentiment is now dominating the market. A...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally announced that they will be delaying their decision on five Direxion Bitcoin ETF’s until September 21, 2018. The five ETFs mentioned are Direxion Daily Bitcoin Bear 1X Shares, Direxion Daily Bitcoin 1.25X Bull Shares, Direxion Daily Bitcoin 1.5X Bull Shares, Direxion Daily Bitcoin 2X Bull Shares, and the Direxion Daily Bitcoin 2X Bear Shares. In...

Switzerland is a country which takes crypto and blockchain seriously. It has introduced an official digital trading platform and successfully tested blockchain-based voting. And yet it turns out that cryptocurrency projects opt for other tax havens, like Liechtenstein, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands. The Swiss authorities are desperate to stop them, reports Reuters. Indeed, the country has seen a massive exodus...

According to Brian Kelly, Founder & CEO of BKCM LLC and CNBC Fast Money Trader, “this Bitcoin rally is real.” He lays out three reasons for his bullish sentiment; Bitcoin ETF speculation, institutions are serious about Bitcoin prices compared to December 2017, and web 3.0 ("new and improved internet"). Bob Pisani, CNBC reporter, begins the show talking about how Bitcoin...