Cryptocurrency Highlights, News, Use Cases And Other Reckonings : #261 (2019-01-24)

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Jeff Bezos Still in the Game: Blue Origin and Amazon Shares Fly: Melanie Kramer


By CCN.com: You might think after all the press attention over his divorce, Jeff Bezos might be looking for a quieter 2019. Not so, he’s been spotted stepping out with his mistress Lauren Sanchez. And, with so many big buck projects on the go, it’s not like h…

Humanity Can’t Survive Digital Age Without Crypto: Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire: Samantha Chang


By CCN.com: Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says humanity can’t survive the digital age without crypto because its decentralized nature and resiliency make it indispensable. Allaire made the remarks at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Allaire sa…

Ford Touts Growth in North America, Downplays Losses in China & Europe in Q4 Earnings Call: P. H. Madore


By CCN.com: Ford gave its fourth-quarter earnings call this afternoon. Despite a serious decline in interest in China and Europe, the company posted a 1% improvement over last year’s Q4 revenues as a whole, and a 2% gain for the whole year. The earnings call …

Samsung Galaxy S10 Bitcoin Wallet Leaked by Insider: Is it Official?: Joseph Young


By CCN.com: BGR, a U.S.-based technology publication, reported that a Samsung insider leaked images of the new Galaxy S10 model equipped with a native Bitcoin wallet. The Galaxy S10 has not yet been released to the public, but Samsung reportedly distributed t…

Most US Investing Pros are Waiting on a Bitcoin ETF Before Buying Crypto: P. H. Madore


By CCN.com: Cboe BZX Exchange has officially withdrawn their Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund application. Filed last June, the official withdrawal of the application came in on January 22. A letter published on the SEC’s website makes the news official. SEC depu…

Was the Netflix Price Hike a Mistake? Shares Fall as Hulu Slashes Rates: Kevin O'Brien


By CCN.com: Popular streaming service Netflix made headlines – and undoubtedly left some customers up in arms – after a round of price hikes that represented the company’s largest since its streaming service launch. Is Netflix’s Rate Hike Coming Back to Bite …

Bitcoin Cash Keeps Shining as Wider Crypto Market Turns Red: P. H. Madore


By CCN.com: Bitcoin Cash posted the most gains out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies. Ethereum lost nearly 2%, XRP and Bitcoin over 1%, and Bitcoin SV continues to threaten an exit from the top 10. Thus is the state of the crypto market on late Wednesday afterno…

The Simple Reasons Why the Bitcoin Price Will Never Go to Zero: P. H. Madore


By CCN.com: This publication recently covered a talk at Davos in which Jeff Schumacher claims the Bitcoin price is on the way to zero. In this article, we discuss two simple reasons why this is an impossibility. As CCN’s Christina Comben writes: Schumacher is…

Stock Market ‘Deflation’ Could Trigger Bear Market: Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller: Samantha Chang


By CCN.com: The US stock market could fall prey to deflation and tumble into a full-blown bear market in 2019. That’s what Yale University professor Robert Shiller, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, said at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. …

Newsflash: CBOE Withdraws Bitcoin ETF Application: Josiah Wilmoth


By CCN.com: The cryptocurrency investor community’s best hope for a bitcoin ETF has been dashed, or at the very least delayed, as CBOE has withdrawn its application to list the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust on CBOE BZX Exchange. According to a document publishe…

Waves Cryptocurrency Rises 20% on Vostok Airdrop Details: Yashu Gola


By CCN.com: Waves, the native cryptocurrency token of a blockchain of the same name, led Wednesday’s crypto rally by pounding to gains of more than 20 percent. At 12:00 GMT, the cryptocurrency established an intraday peak at $3.10, up 25.5% from yesterday’s l…

Subsisting on Soylent: Government Shutdown Reveals Ugly Truth about America’s Savings Crisis: David Hundeyin


By CCN.com: Four weeks into the longest U.S. government shutdown in history, a hidden fact of the American working and middle-class reality has been revealed, with the news that thousands of furloughed federal workers are unable to meet their basic needs afte…

US Stock Market Still Not in All-Clear Mode: Tech Stocks Present Key Problems: Joseph Young


By CCN.com: The U.S. stock market has performed relatively well in comparison to other major regions including China and Japan, as seen in the strong performance of the Dow Jones throughout the past three weeks. However, analysts remain concerned about the up…

Bitcoin Basher Jamie Dimon Says He’s Not Gloating over Crypto’s Plunge: Josiah Wilmoth


By CCN.com: JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon became the undisputed captain of the bitcoin-bashing brigade in 2017 when he said that the white-hot cryptocurrency was a “fraud” that would eventually crash to zero. Now that the cryptocurrency market bubble has popped, …

Bitcoin Bull John Mcafee Is Running for President While Running from the Law: Wes Messamore


By CCN.com: John McAfee announced Tuesday afternoon in a video tweet that he and his wife have been indicted by a grand jury in Tennessee on federal, felony charges related to what McAfee acknowledges in the video are eight years of delinquent U.S. federal in…

Dow Rebounds 115 Points on Bullish Earnings from IBM & Comcast: Sam Bourgi


By CCN.com: U.S. stocks traded mixed on Wednesday, as positive earnings surprises propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the expense of its sister indexes, which turned lower late morning. US Stock Market Gives up Gains All of Wall Street’s major index…

Dow Suddenly Swings Lower as Global Growth and Trade Risks Weigh: Sam Bourgi


By CCN.com: U.S. stocks swung lower on Wednesday, reversing a strong start to the day as concerns over trade and global economic growth offset solid corporate earnings. U.S. Stock Market Gives up Gains All of Wall Street’s major indexes fell by late morning, …

South Korea’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange May Go Public on US Stock Market, Will Anyone Care?: Josiah Wilmoth


By CCN.com: US investors may soon be able to invest in one of the world’s largest bitcoin exchanges following its listing on the over-the-counter (OTC) US stock market. No, Silicon Valley darling and cryptocurrency unicorn Coinbase hasn’t decided to go public…

ETC Lab’s Cohort 1 Has Begun: Press Release


This is a paid-for submitted press release. CCN does not endorse, nor is responsible for any material included below and isn’t responsible for any damages or losses connected with any products or services mentioned in the press release. CCN urges readers to c…

PayPal CEO Shades Bitcoin: ‘We’re Not Seeing Many Retailers Accept Cryptocurrencies’: Samantha Chang


By CCN.com: PayPal CEO Dan Schulman expressed skepticism about mass merchant adoption of bitcoin, noting that there are very few retailers that currently accept crypto. Schulman made the remarks Wednesday (Jan. 23) at the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, S…

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