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As the cryptocurrency universe expands and trading in the burgeoning alt-currency marketplace grows, a variety of inherent risks have developed in tandem. Scam currencies and increasing government...

Gold started the new year on an upbeat note, finishing January with a gain of roughly 3% after reaching a 17-month peak on January 25, close to the $1,370 level, as a weaker U.S. dollar boosted its...

This past Tuesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) addressed regulating cryptocurrencies. For many this was a welcome, albeit somewhat belated event; for others it signaled the...

Bitcoin prices plunged as February 2018 began, even breaking below the $6,000 benchmark at one point earlier this week. Many investors watched with horror and wondered if the bubble in cryptos, and...

After last year's mind-boggling run-up in digital currency prices, 2018 has not started well for cryptocurrencies to say the least. Bitcoin, the world's biggest virtual currency by market-cap, is...

Will 2018 Be The Year Bitcoin Will Want To Forget?Following US banks, Lloyds Bank has become the latest UK bank to ban Bitcoin purchases using credit cards. If 2017 was the year of Bitcoin, when it...

Cryptocurrency prices are dropping. Bitcoin has been struggling to stay above $10K even as, over the past week, other popular currencies, including Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Cardano and Litecoin, have all...

Tether (USDT), a dollar-pegged, blockchain-based cryptocurrency and crypto platform that claims extreme transparency as one of its benefits, has been grabbing headlines over recent days after it has...

Cryptocurrency mania continues to drive investor appetite for digital currencies, even as some hedge funds have grown cautious on the asset class. Bitcoin's extreme volatility may have begun to wear...

As global regulators, financial institutions and governments grapple with the concept of digital currencies, and Bitcoin traders and investors begin to run up against systemic problems created by the...

Bitcoin, arguably the world's most popular cryptocurrency, has endured a rough 2018 so far. After enjoying a banner year in 2017, prices are down about 20% so far this year.At around $11,500, the...

During the course of this month, a number of widely traded cryptocurrencies have suffered major corrections as Asian authorities escalate their crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges and...

Recent star performers in the cryptocurrency space have included Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash Litecoin, Cardano and lately Stellar (XLM), which started 2018 with great strength, elbowing...

As global cryptocurrency mania flourishes and new alt-currencies ICO at a relatively rapid pace, it's inevitable that government regulators across the world are beginning to feel the need to take a...

Gold Continues To Advance Despite Interest Rate HikesAfter the dollar’s worst year since 2003, gold has been seeing its longest advance since mid-2011. The precious metal currently on its 12th...

Risk rose in 2017—via North Korea’s ongoing saber rattling in the form of ballistic missile tests; the re-emergence of global populism which this past year included Donald Trump’s...