Bitcoin And Crypto-Currency
Ultimate Resource On Countless Store Closings (#GotBitcoin)
More store closings coming: An estimated 12,000 shops could close by the end of 2019. Ultimate Resource On Countless Store Closings (#GotBitcoin) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1W2nWdCzg8&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaOTwJbyBN_K0B1UL1Grmluh&index=1[/embed] There will be absolutely zero entry-level jobs for young (or old) people. The retail apocalypse isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Eight months into 2019, there…
Public Pensions Miss Fantastic Bitcoin Gains (#GotBitcoin)
Trumponomics Fail! Public pension plans fell short of their projected returns this year, adding to the burden on governments struggling to fund promised benefits to retired workers. Public Pensions Miss Fantastic Bitcoin Gains (#GotBitcoin) Public plans with more than $1 billion in assets earned a median return of 6.79% for…
Dow Falls Sharply As Trumponomics Fails To Deliver (#GotBitcoin?)
Stocks slide broadly; Trump accuses China of engaging in currency manipulation. Dow Falls Sharply As Trumponomics Fails To Deliver (#GotBitcoin?) Stocks were pummeled by selling Monday, pushing indexes from New York to Shanghai lower, as the yuan reeled and fresh trade threats between Beijing and Washington raised fears of an…
Bitcoin’s Computing Power Sets Record As Over 100K New Miners Go Online (#GotBitcoin?)
The total computing power now dedicated to securing the bitcoin blockchain has set yet another record. Bitcoin’s Computing Power Sets Record As Over 100K New Miners Go Online (#GotBitcoin?) According to data from mining services operator BTC.com, the average bitcoin mining hash rate over the last two weeks has reached…
Walmart Coin And Libra Perform Major Public Relations For Bitcoin (#GotBitcoin?)
United States-based cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise declared that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin accelerated Bitcoin’s (BTC) progress by three years in a letter to investors published on its website on August 1. Walmart Coin And Libra Perform Major Public Relations For Bitcoin (#GotBitcoin?) In the letter, Bitwise’s global head of research…
Judge Says Buying Bitcoin Via Credit Card Not Necessarily A Cash Advance (#GotBitcoin?)
Southern District of New York Judge Katherine Polk Failla has ruled that purchasing cryptocurrency with a Chase Bank credit card does not necessarily count as a cash advance, as per Chase’s contract. Judge Says Buying Bitcoin Via Credit Card Not Necessarily A Cash Advance (#GotBitcoin?) According to an opinion and…
Grayscale To Conduct $3 Billion Crypto Transfer To Coinbase (#GotBitcoin?)
Today, digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments will transfer nearly $3 billion worth in cryptocurrency holdings to American major crypto wallet provider and exchange exchange Coinbase. Grayscale To Conduct $3 Billion Crypto Transfer To Coinbase (#GotBitcoin?) Largest Single Crypto Transfer? As Forbes reported on Aug. 2, Grayscale is going to…
Warren Buffett Shuns Stocks And Hoards Cash (#GotBitcoin?)
Buffett Steers Clear of Buying Stocks. Warren Buffett Shuns Stocks And Hoards Cash (#GotBitcoin?) With stocks at record highs, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. sold $1 billion more worth of stocks than it bought last quarter, its biggest net selling since the end of 2017. Berkshire’s total return has trailed the S&P…
The S&P 500 Suffered Its Worst Week of 2019 — And Its Not Finished Falling (#GotBitcoin?)
Investors entered the week hoping for a repeat of the 1990s. Instead, they might get a rerun of That ’70s Show. The S&P 500 Suffered Its Worst Week of 2019 — And Its Not Finished Falling (#GotBitcoin?) This past week began with the market expecting a quarter-point rate cut from…
Macro Factors Creating ‘Perfect Storm’ To Drive Up Bitcoin Price: Report (#GotBitcoin?)
Digital asset research firm Delphi Digital says that the macroeconomic landscape is creating the “perfect storm” to ignite Bitcoin price appreciation. Macro Factors Creating ‘Perfect Storm’ To Drive Up Bitcoin Price: Report (#GotBitcoin?) Monetary Easing, Crypto Peaking In a fresh report cited by Forbes on August 1, the researchers isolate…
Crypto Exchange Launches ‘Shitcoin Futures Index,’ Offering New Way To Short Alts (#GotBitcoin)
Crypto derivatives platform FTX has perhaps the most speculative and oddly-named futures index fund on the market: SHIT-PERP, or the Shitcoin Index Perpetual Futures. Crypto Exchange Launches ‘Shitcoin Futures Index,’ Offering New Way to Short Alts (#GotBitcoin) An index of 58 low market cap coins, SHIT-PERP includes projects…
Developing Bitcoin’s Software Just Got A Bit More Trustless (#GotBitcoin?)
Like it or not, there’s a bit of trust involved in the process of setting up, or “compiling,” the software at the heart of bitcoin – but a recent code change could help. Developing Bitcoin’s Software Just Got A Bit More Trustless (#GotBitcoin?) Featuring container software Guix, code was recently…