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Following the famous all-time high of Bitcoin on December 15th, 2017, even the last few people who had been living under various rocks have finally heard about cryptocurrency. Many have decided they wanted in. It seems like the perfect way to get rich – almost zero work included, just buy at the...

A leading financial analyst believes that Bitcoin is not the cryptocurrency of the future, and will be overtaken by competitors such as Ripple and ethereum, comparing the current market leader to defunct social media platforms.Benjamin Quinlan, CEO and Managing Partner of his own consultancy,...

On December 10, 2017, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), one of the leading derivatives exchanges in the US officially launched the trading of bitcoin futures contracts. A week later, on December 17, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed suit and also launched bitcoin futures on its...

It’s been a choppy week so far for all major cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash. Prices declined heavily and traded to new 2018 lows.Recently, a major wallet company in China, Bixin, paused its operation for all over-the-counter (OTC), or off-exchange trading...

The payment card company Visa would not be processing transactions that are cryptocurrency-based, told Visa CEO Alfred Kelly in an interview with CNBC. He said he didn’t see Bitcoin as a “payment system player”."My take is that Bitcoin is much more today a commodity that somebody...

China, which once dominated the global Bitcoin markets, continues its efforts to stamp out crypto-trading within its borders. Following up on a 2017 nationwide ban on cryptocurrency-to-fiat exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs) , a senior Chinese banking official is now supporting the...

According to all data, 2017 is the year of the cryptocurrency - which is when it saw the largest spike in search traffic, transactions, public interest and of course prices. Those saying that Bitcoin, but also other cryptocurrencies, are a bubble come a dime a dozen. Although crypto aficionados...