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What happened to the bitcoin bubble?

Chris Skinner

I was interviewed by UBS’s wealth management team a month ago, when the bitcoin bubble was in full bloom. That is the contention of Chris Skinner, Chairman of The Financial Services Club, author of thefinanser.com blog and one of Financial News’ ‘FinTech 40’ most influential people in financial technology.

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Bitcoin Drops Below $6,000

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The market capitalization of bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, declined to under $100 billion for the first time since October of 2017 amid a steep sell-off in digital tokens Wednesday (November 14). According to a report in CNBC citing Coinmarketcap.com, the market cap of bitcoin was at $98,194,458,586 overnight.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Rises After Recent Crash; IRS Delivers New Rules For Crypto Investors

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Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. But now the hackers are asking for alternative crypto currencies to bitcoin in their ransom demands. This latest sextortion version is using a Litecoin wallet address instead of bitcoin to evade detection,” Johnson wrote.

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Bitcoin Daily: Tether Beats Out Bitcoin In Trading Volume; EOS Receives $24M Fine From SEC

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Believe it or not, bitcoin is no longer the most used cryptocurrency, with data from CoinMarketCap.com revealing that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether. Some of the concerning potential patters of trading in the market may start to fall away.”.

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Kenya CMA drafts Sandbox Rules to test Bitcoin and other Fintech

Bankelele

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed rules to create a regulatory fintech sandbox for innovations which do not fit within the country’s current financial regulatory framework. The post Kenya CMA drafts Sandbox Rules to test Bitcoin and other Fintech appeared first on Bankelele.

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Ripple’s XRP To Trade On Bitstamp Exchange

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blockchain banking payment technology company, said Wednesday (Jan. 11) its digital currency, dubbed XRP, will begin trading on Bitstamp, the Europe-based bitcoin exchange. Just like bitcoin, XPR can be moved around the globe in a speedy fashion and with anonymity. Ripple, the U.S.

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Governments Sending Mixed Signals On Blockchain

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Bitcoin doesn’t necessarily have the blessing of government agencies, but what about blockchain? It seems governments are a bit more open to distributed ledger technology (DLT), though that doesn’t mean blockchain companies get a free pass with regulators. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton spoke Monday (Jan.