Entourage Star’s Crypto & Bitcoin Show Sparks Twitter ‘Backlash’ (Memes)

Entourage’s Connolly Wants To Bring Bitcoin To American TV Per previous reports from Ethereum World News, Mati Greenspan, eToro’s in-house crypto researcher, once claimed that a lack of proper, non-bias, easy-to-comprehend education has been curbing Bitcoin (BTC) from adoption. And it seems that some have picked up on Greenspan’s comments, with SingularDTV-backed BreakerMag recently revealing that Kevin Connolly of “Entourage,” a popular American comedy TV series, revealed that he would be joining the cast of “Cryptos,” a TV project purportedly still in “early development.” Speaking to Breaker in an interview…

Entourage Star’s Crypto & Bitcoin Show Sparks Twitter ‘Backlash’ (Memes)

Entourage’s Connolly Wants To Bring Bitcoin To American TV Per previous reports from Ethereum World News, Mati Greenspan, eToro’s in-house crypto researcher, once claimed that a lack of proper, non-bias, easy-to-comprehend education has been curbing Bitcoin (BTC) from adoption. And it seems that some have picked up on Greenspan’s comments, with SingularDTV-backed BreakerMag recently revealing that Kevin Connolly of “Entourage,” a popular American comedy TV series, revealed that he would be joining the cast of “Cryptos,” a TV project purportedly still in “early development.” Speaking to Breaker in an interview…

Crypto-Friendly Lawyer: U.S. Government Shutdown Curbing Bitcoin ETF Prospects

U.S. Government Shutdown & Crypto Twenty-eight days ago, the entirety of the U.S. government partially shut down. Negotiations between the Democrats and Republican incumbents have yet to procure results, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of federal workers have had to provide governmental services without pay. The situation is getting from bad to worse, but what does that mean for Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto sector? Well, as the shutdown entered its first week, many crypto optimists began to speculate what that meant for this industry’s proposals to…

New Open Source Cryptocurrency Grin Has Deep-Pocketed Donors

New Open Source Cryptocurrency Grin Has Deep-Pocketed Donors January 19, 2019 by Ian Edwards New cryptocurrency “Grin” launched its mainnet on January 15th. Grin is a volunteer-run project that is says it is only interested in getting the MimbleWimble technology — on which it is based — into public usage. But with major funding from multiple crypto investment firms and businesses, it’s unclear what safeguards Grin has in place to ensure the project remains independent. Also read: 10,000 TPS for Unit-e? American Professors Developing Cryptocurrency Subscribe to the Bitsonline YouTube channel for…

Plaintiff in AT&T SIM-Swapping Case Sues ‘Bitcoin Bandit’ for $81M

News The plaintiff in a $224M lawsuit against wireless carrier AT&T has turned his attention to a new target. Michael Terpin’s legal team have filed a second suit, this time against 21-year-old Nicholas Truglia, dubbed the “bitcoin bandit” by the New York press. The Manhattan resident, who was arrested on unrelated SIM-swapping charges in November, now finds himself the target of an $81 million suit that seeks to invoke the RICO Act and land the fresh-faced defendant with a racketeering charge into the bargain. Also read: Report: Bitcoin Use on Darknet…

Crypto Tidbits: BitGo Launches Bitcoin Trading, Ethereum’s Lubin Joins ErisX, Cryptopia Hacked

Although Bitcoin (BTC) and its crypto asset brethren have effectively stabilized, seeing little-to-zero movement, this industry’s startups have continued to make strides in an array of directions. Some preeminent companies made monumental steps forward, while others took devastating steps back. Regardless, the bottom line is that the crypto sector hasn’t slowed, contrary to sentiment touted by cynics. Crypto Tidbits Bitcoin Giant BitGo, Genesis Trading Launch Cold Storage-Secured OTC Desk: Palo Alto-headquartered BitGo, a long-time industry powerhouse that has served Pantera Captial, Ripple Labs, Bitstamp, among others, recently joined hands with Genesis…

Crypto Tidbits: BitGo Launches Bitcoin Trading, Ethereum’s Lubin Joins ErisX, Cryptopia Hacked

Although Bitcoin (BTC) and its crypto asset brethren have effectively stabilized, seeing little-to-zero movement, this industry’s startups have continued to make strides in an array of directions. Some preeminent companies made monumental steps forward, while others took devastating steps back. Regardless, the bottom line is that the crypto sector hasn’t slowed, contrary to sentiment touted by cynics. Crypto Tidbits Bitcoin Giant BitGo, Genesis Trading Launch Cold Storage-Secured OTC Desk: Palo Alto-headquartered BitGo, a long-time industry powerhouse that has served Pantera Captial, Ripple Labs, Bitstamp, among others, recently joined hands with Genesis…

Wyoming Introduces a Bill Aiming to Define Virtual Currencies as Money

A bill meant to clarify the classification of cryptocurrencies has been introduced in the U.S. state of Wyoming Jan. 18, according to the official state legislature website. The bill places crypto assets into three categories: digital consumer assets, digital securities and virtual currencies. The bill defines assets falling in any of those three categories as intangible personal property and grants virtual currencies the same treatment as fiat money. The proposed bill also authorizes banks to “provide custodial services for digital assets consistent with this section upon providing sixty (60) days…

Tron Price Analysis: TRX Underperforming 24 Hours After NiTron

Tron price drops 2.1 percent in the last day Trust Wallet will facilitate BTT airdrop Average daily transaction volumes steady at 29 million A day after NiTron is down 2.1 percent and underperforming against BTC. Nonetheless, TRX bulls are in charge, and we expect TRX prices to re-test 4 cents by the end of Jan 2019. Tron Price Analysis Fundamentals Right off NiTron and it’s clear that the team behind TRX and Tron as a smart contracting platform and Ethereum’s competitor is not short of ambition. The general theme at…

If Bitcoin (BTC) Breaks 3700 USD, It Could Boost the Crypto Markets, CryptoSync Analyst Says

It seems that the prediction season has begun, with bullish and bearish opinions much more conservative than the ones from the last year. While it is difficult to provide a certain level of strength in the predictions of a market as volatile and young as the cryptomarket, this does not seem to stop analysts and fans from exposing their views to the world. Over the last few days, Bitcoin has had relatively stable behavior, fluctuating in the 3600 and 3750 range. This price range has been sustained after a large bearish…