Bitcoin struggled through worrisome weekend trading, continuing its slow and gradual descent from yearly highs, but finding support around $9,500. For one brief moment, bears mounted a solid attack that drove BTC prices down to $9,110, but buyers quickly stepped in to boost it back to its current level of support. If you do the…
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has began sending out letters to crypto holders to "advise" them to pay taxes, otherwise the IRS will follow up with stiff punishments to the tax dodgers. According to The Guardian, the IRS has sent more than 10,000 letters to cryptocurrency investors warning them that they will be "punished" if…
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The entire world, it seems, is concerned about the economic and environmental cost of mining bitcoin. Back in June 2019, Leaprate reported several news articles about the huge carbon imprint that bitcoin mining leaves: ....bitcoin mining caused around 23 millions tons of carbon dioxide – an amount similar to the one in major cities or…
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The independent operator of institutional exchanges for electronic FX trading and crypto currencies, LMAX Exchange Group, just reported excellent growth and record financial performance for the six months to 30th June 2019. Interim Results 2019 - financial highlights: Gross Profit of US$25.8m, up 27% from H1 2018 Statutory EBITDA of US$11.3m, up 50% from H1 2018…
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Just in the beginning of June 2019, Leaprate reported on the incredible $4.6 million-lunch between Justin Sun, the the CEO of BitTorrent and the founder of TRON, and the Wizard of Omaha, or simply Warren Buffett. Justin Sun entered a bid for the lunch and won it. Warren Buffet has been known to hold auction…
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Ray Dalio, an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist, has recently stated that financial markets are going through what he calls a “paradigm shift”. He is also head of the world’s large hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, and often has a unique perspective on the market, based on years of experience. In other words,…
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Crypto enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting the launch of retail Bitcoin trading at investment giant TD Ameritrade. After all, with over $1.3 trillion under management and 11 million clients, any moves in the crypto market by this formidable firm could result in significant upward pressure on current prices. Twitter was on fire recently when one…
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All tsunamis, unfortunately, are a series of waves, not a single destructive wave that wreaks havoc and then quietly subsides. The same might be said metaphorically about the recent establishment attack over the past two weeks against Facebook and its Project Libra. A second wave is due, and it appears that Steven Mnuchin, the U.S.…
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Bitcoin just broke through $10,000, the third time this month, but it soon dipped below this psychological 5-digit barrier, which has turned formidable of late. As we noted in a previous article, the world’s favorite digital currency appears to be in consolidation mode, curiously forming its fifth stair step, since launching from $3,122 in late…
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The story of Venezuela and its affinity towards cryptocurrencies to save the economy is a very dynamic and interesting one. The President of Venezuela, Mr. Nicolas Maduro has embraced digital currencies as a way to fight back the plunging bolivar and the restrictive US sanctions imposed on the country. What has killed the economy, however,…
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