Ripple price is moving higher above the $0.400 level against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.400 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $0.4120 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from...
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Opinion: 2023 Is Already Looking Like Another 2019 for Bitcoin
At Live Bitcoin News, we’ve talked about how 2022 was reminiscent of 2018, which at one stage, was considered the worst year for bitcoin and crypto. We also mentioned that given the patterns and the similarities we were witnessing, it was possible (and even likely) that 2023 was going to...
Gary Harmon, Larry Harmon’s Brother, Pleads Guilty to Crypto Theft
An Ohio native allegedly stole millions of dollars in bitcoin from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). 31-year-old Gary Harmon has recently pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and a separate count of obstruction of justice after allegedly stealing more than 700 individual bitcoin units from the agency. Gary...
Nicholas Taleb Still Ain’t Crazy About Crypto
Bitcoin spent the early parts of January and the new year rising through the ranks and jumping beyond the $17K mark again. Everyone began to get a little excited about the currency’s prospects, but for hardcore critics like Nicholas Taleb – the author of the bestselling book The Black Swan...
Crypto and Blockchain Gaming sites and their Impact on Next Generation
The gaming industry is undergoing a rapid transformation as technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. This has led to an increase in the popularity and accessibility of digital gaming for players from all backgrounds. Amongst the digital gaming sectors that have seen a surge in popularity worldwide is...
Police Seize Nearly $2 Million in Crypto from New Zealand Drug Dealers
Crypto crime was a big deal in 2022, and while we’re only a few weeks into 2023, it looks like the trend is continuing after a criminal gang crackdown that resulted in close to $2 million in assets – some of which were crypto units – being seized by law...
Abhinav R. Soomaney Has Written a New Crypto Taxation Book
Author and crypto expert Abhinav R. Soomaney has a new book out called “Cryptocurrency in a Nutshell.” In the composition, Soomaney discusses a big topic in the crypto space: taxation. A New Crypto Tax Book By Abhinav R. Soomaney Taxation in crypto has often been talked about amongst even the...
Why Litecoin Could Make a Serious Comeback in 2023
2022 was a crazy year for bitcoin and cryptocurrency. With all the talk regarding the fall of bitcoin’s price and value, it became easy to forget about some of the more obscure coins. Now, many of those assets are coming back into the fray, including Litecoin, which many analysts think...
Opinion: Congress Should Not Be Permitted to Engage in Crypto Trading
With January having arrived, the new Congress has convened. While at the time of writing, the House of Representatives is still struggling to elect or even nominate a republican speaker, we can rest assured that things are going to go quite well for crypto in the coming months and that...
Andy Greenberg Is Publishing a New Book on BTC’s Traceability
Andy Greenberg – a technology journalist – has a new book coming out called “Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.” Andy Greenberg Has a New BTC Book Coming Out The book details the early 2021 incident in which the Colonial Pipeline was hacked...