Cryptocurrency Highlights, News, Use Cases And Other Reckonings : #289 (2019-02-10)

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Is Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Really the Democrats’ Best Chance to Beat Trump in 2020?: Wes Messamore


Steven Rattner, a major Democratic donor, told Yahoo! Finance in a recent interview for the website’s “Influencers with Andy Serwer” podcast that he thinks billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could “absolutely” defeat Donald Trump in the …

Why Low Mortgage Rates Could Help Power the Next Bitcoin Bull Run: P. H. Madore


The Wall Street Journal reports that banks will recast mortgage loans. Thanks to Federal Reserve policy changes, it’s currently cheaper for banks to get loans than it has been for a while. The other effect of a reduced LIBOR rate seems to be lower mortgage ra…

Elizabeth Warren Schemes to Take Down Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election, Does She Even Stand a Chance?: Sam Bourgi


After much speculation, Senator Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign on Saturday, where she vowed to challenge the super wealthy and fellow Democrats who served as their power brokers. The decision to run marks a significant dep…

Why This Unholy Trinity of State-Run Crypto Projects Could Poison Donald Trump’s Stance on Bitcoin: Josiah Wilmoth


For a man as verbose as US President Donald Trump, the former real estate developer and reality television star has had little to say about bitcoin. However, there are a growing number of reasons to expect that when Trump finally does address the subject of c…

Cryptocurrency is ‘Honestly Useless’: Harvard Cryptographer: David Hundeyin


Cryptocurrency is useless to anyone other than nefarious groups or individuals trying to move money without being noticed by the government. This is apparently the cutting-edge opinion of Harvard University cryptographer and technology researcher Bruce Schnei…

This Magazine Ranked Ethereum the 2nd-Best Blockchain Protocol. Bitcoin Didn’t Make the List: P. H. Madore


The latest issue of Rising Blockchain magazine lists the top 10 blockchain protocols, in their opinion. The list doesn’t include Bitcoin. The 10 chains/protocols listed are those the editors believe “bring the change to the world in 2019 faster than other pro…

EA’s Apex Legends Gets Insane 10 Million Players in 72 Hours, Can it Become Bigger than Fortnite?: Jimmy Aki


Electronic Arts Inc. shares are rising, and it seems to be gaining lost grounds with its latest title, Apex Legends, amassing millions of players within a short period. Watch Apex Legends Gameplay Below + First Impressions The Canadian gaming giant saw its st…

The Most Powerful Moment of Donald Trump’s State of The Union? The Woman He Freed From Prison: Wes Messamore


I was watching President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday with my usual cynicism of any of the government’s propagandist ceremonies which cover over with pomp its many notorious defilements of so many people’s life, liberty, and property. The…

Bitcoin Bottom In? What Crypto Traders Expect After $10 Billion Surge Overnight: Joseph Young


On February 8, the crypto market experienced a strong $10 billion recovery from $111 billion to $121 billion, breaking out of a three-week stalemate. With an overnight price movement, the crypto market nearly fully recovered to January levels at around $130 b…

Why Bitcoin’s Forecast is Finally Turning Bullish, Expect a Bitcoin Price Rise: Christina Comben


The price of bitcoin is still hovering below the $3,500 mark and volatility seems to be dying fast. Is it strange, then, that SFOX‘ report (a cryptocurrency prime dealer for large-scale investors) places the Crypto market at ‘mildly bullish’ entering February…

QuadrigaCX Victims Won’t Get Any Help from Canadian Regulator Over $136 Million in Lost Crypto: David Hundeyin


In what is the latest twist in the ongoing QuadrigaCX saga, there is some more bad news for users of the Canadian exchange, as the British Colombia Securities Commission (BCSC) said on Thursday that the exchange does not fall under its purview, which means th…

Venezuela Did More P2P Bitcoin Trading Than Canada and India Combined in 2018: P. H. Madore


According to data scientist Matt Ahlborg, LocalBitcoins trading data concludes that Venezuela did more peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading in 2018 than Canada, India, and Australia combined. Venezuelan trading topped $235 million. For perspective, the United States …

Bitcoin Bulls Stampede Past $3,700 & Wider Crypto Market Rallies with Them: P. H. Madore


Everyone knew a breakout was coming. A tight trading pattern lasted for weeks, which is almost always a precursor to big activity, one way or the other. In the case of Bitcoin and most everything else in the crypto market over the past 24-hours, things went v…

The Bitcoin Price is Booming, But Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Get Too Excited [Yet]: Yashu Gola


The bitcoin price on Friday posted one of its most robust bullish sessions in weeks as it rose as much as 10.5 percent in just twelve hours. The bitcoin-to-dollar exchange rate (BTC/USD) established a higher high towards $3,710, up 10.38 percent from the Asia…

Dow Jones Rout: The Cat is in the Bag, the Bag is in Trump’s Hand: Wes Messamore


Friday started off badly for the Dow Jones industrial average, with all major stock indexes trading markedly lower right out of the gate Friday morning. Nike (NKE) defied gravity at the start of the session after an analyst price-target hike, but got dragged …

NYSE Owner: Bakkt is Our ‘Moonshot’ Bitcoin Bet: Samantha Chang


Bitcoin trading platform Bakkt is a “moonshot bet” for Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. That’s the assessment of NYSE chairman Jeff Sprecher, who’s also the CEO of ICE. While its launch has been delayed several tim…

Amazon Stock Falls after Jeff Bezos ‘Exposes Pecker’, Do Investors Need to Worry?: P. H. Madore


Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced his divorce on January 5. In the days following his announcement, revelations of a potentially ongoing affair with Lauren Sanchez rocked the world. Amazon Stock Down 5% Since Divorce Announcement Late yesterday, it was revealed…

South Korea’s Top Crypto Exchange Just Launched a Major Product, But is There Real Demand From Institutions?: Joseph Young


Bithumb, South Korea’s largest Bitcoin exchange by trading volume, has launched an over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform that will allow deep-pocketed traders to exchange crypto assets off the books. In an official announcement, Bithumb Global Limited, a Ho…

Saudia Arabia Tried to Pants Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. He Pantsed them First.: Wes Messamore


I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that what the National Enquirer did to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is far more embarrassing than violating the 7th Commandment — or having a penis in the first place. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Exposes Pecker Bezos says…

Crypto Markets Flying: Litecoin up 30%, Bitcoin Surges 8%, Ethereum 12%, What’s Pushing it?: Joseph Young


The crypto market has added more than $10 billion in the past several hours as all major crypto assets including Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum jumped by massive margins. Bitcoin, which struggled to demonstrate any major movement in the past two weeks, surge…

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Yes; he'd certainly give him a run for his money; but, realistically, I don't believe Bloomberg genuinely wants to be POTUS...

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