Tesla Layoffs Spur Market Blowback: Have Social Justice Warriors Started Day Trading?: Wes Messamore
By CCN.com: Yesterday, CCN published an article detailing Tesla’s increasingly confounding financial maneuvers. Reader Frederick Macarthur commented: Tesla stock and Elon Musk have one thing in common – they’re both manic depressive. It’s true. Tesla Stock Ha…
Forget Bitcoin: Why Criminals are Using Fortnite to Launder Illicit Funds: Jimmy Aki
By CCN.com: With well over 200 million users across the globe, few video games have as large a following as Fortnite. The freemium game is so popular that its developer, Epic Games, banked $3 billion in 2018. However, according to a report on the Independent,…
MimbleWimble: Is Bitcoin’s Curse Looming on The Horizon?: Pedro Febrero
By CCN.com: MimbleWimble, named after a curse from the Harry Potter book series, is a protocol, much like Bitcoin’s blockchain, that contains improved privacy features derived from multiple technologies, some more established than others. Key components in Mi…
The Finance Prof. Who Says Bitcoin’s Going to ‘Bite The Dust’ Is Wrong: Wes Messamore
By CCN.com: Kevin Dowd is a Professor of Finance and Economics in the Business School at Durham University, Northeast England, and the co-author of the 2015 paper “Bitcoin Will Bite the Dust,” along with market analyst and author, Martin Hutchinson, for the l…
Is The Demise of Euro Inevitable? Analyst Says it Can Trigger a Devastating Collapse: Joseph Young
By CCN.com: As the eurozone economy slows down and the European Central Bank (ECB) run out of ways to fuel the market, market strategist Russell Napier has said the euro may be in trouble. Speaking to FT, the analyst firmly stated that the global monetary sys…
What Are Crypto Executives Still Positive About After Massive 80% Bitcoin Drop?: Joseph Young
By CCN.com: In 2018, with the exception of Bitcoin and several other crypto assets, the majority of cryptocurrencies fell by more than 90 percent against the U.S. dollar. Executives in the crypto space, especially those leading new initiatives and businesses …
What’s The Difference Between Trump’s Immigration Compromise And a Communist Police State?: Wes Messamore
Donald Trump’s big announcement Saturday wouldn’t be the first time the word “compromise” was used as a euphemism for the government. Stealing even more of your money to pay for both big corporate political parties’ wish lists and all their friends and corpor…
Hacked Customer Data From World Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges For Sale On The Dark Web?: Francisco Memoria
On a darknet market called “Dread,” a vendor going by “ExploitDOT” is attempting to sell user data from the know-your-customer (KYC) data top cryptocurrency exchanges ask for, required by most jurisdictions. According to data shared with CCN, the hacker has a…
Indonesia’s First Billion-Dollar Unicorn Acquires Philippine Bitcoin Wallet: Mauro Sacramento
By CCN.com: On Jan. 18, after an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Philippines market earlier this month due to foreign ownership concerns, Go-Jek, a major Indonesian ride-sharing platform has announced a partnership between with Coins.ph, a local crypto wall…
Turkish Crypto Exchange Sistemkoin’s Disturbing Security Flaw Reveals Major Withdrawal Complaints: P. H. Madore
By CCN.com: Turkish crypto exchange Sistemkoin had done $68 million in volume over the 24-hour period at time of writing. However, according to a report from a user and security researcher, there are significant security problems with the exchange. There are …
VanEck Unfazed by Shutdown’s Impact on Bitcoin ETF Application: Samantha Chang
By CCN.com: Investment manager VanEck remains confident about its bitcoin ETF application, despite the US government shutdown. Why? Because the firm believes it has laid a robust foundation for the VanEck/SolidX Bitcoin ETF to eventually win SEC approval. “I …
Why Wall Street Should Fear the Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: David Hundeyin
By CCN.com: Horizon Investments Chief Global Strategist Greg Valliere has described congressional rookie Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as a very real concern for the stock market because of her perceived willingness to put the financial industry’s nose…
Russia’s Not Buying Bitcoin, Dx.Exchange’s Shady Past, and Ethereum’s Hard Fork That Wasn’t: This Week in Crypto: P. H. Madore
By CCN.com: This week in crypto saw several interesting developments as regard exchanges, exit scams, and at least one failed ICO-funded company in the form of Giga Watt. Crypto Media Clings to Story of Russian Government Buying Bitcoin, CCN Asks for Proof CC…
Build That Wall: Trump Offers DACA Protection for Border Funding as Shutdown Hits Day 29: Sam Bourgi
President Donald Trump has proposed extending protection for some illegal immigrants in the U.S. in exchange for wall funding along the Mexican border. The offer, which was announced Saturday after 4:00 p.m. ET, presents Congress with a new pathway to ending …
Snapparazzi – Post-ICO Journey – The Latest Announcements (CoinMarketCap, Exclusive Stack Bonus Incentive, Recruitment and App Development): 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…
Top 3 Mistakes Investors Make when Managing Their Cryptocurrency Holdings: Guest Writer
By CCN.com: Money is older than recorded history. As long as money has existed, so too have counterfeiters and crooks. Issuers of currency have spent millennia preventing counterfeiting: Just consider today’s paper bills, which are printed with special dyes o…
Bullish Move: Crypto Market Adds $5 Billion as Bitcoin Price Surpasses $3,700: Joseph Young
Over the last 24 hours, the crypto market has rebounded slightly by $5 billion, from $120 billion to $125 billion following a promising breakout of the Bitcoin price above $3,700. The unforeseen strong movement of Bitcoin could lead to the short-term recovery…
Crazy Number of Subpoenas Shows Why Crypto Exchanges are Fleeing the US: Joseph Young
By CCN.com: A new report released by major crypto exchange ShapeShift revealed that it had received 18 subpoena requests from U.S. authorities in 2018. Despite being based in Switzerland, the U.S. government filed 30 percent of all requests ShapeShift receive…
South Africa: Two Arrested for Kidnapping Boy, Demanding Bitcoin Ransom: David Hundeyin
By CCN.com: Two people have been arrested by police in Mpumalanga, South Africa in connection with the kidnapping of a 13-year-old boy in Witbank whose family was then told to pay the equivalent of $120,000 in bitcoin (approximately 32.89 BTC at press time). …
Is Elon Musk Losing it? Laying Off 3,000 American Workers to Build a Gigafactory in China, & Tesla’s Enormous $1 Billion Debt: Tedra DeSue
By CCN.com: Trying to make heads or tails of Tesla’s financial footing continues to be a task. The good news for Elon Musk keeps getting trumped by worrisome, if not flat out bad news. This month is proving to be a trying one for Tesla founder and CEO Elon Mu…
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