All posts tagged with crypto-currency

(Natural News) Crypto-currency startup Tezos is encountering some headwinds despite raising $232 million in July through an initial coin offering (ICO). In a blog post dated October 18, founders Arthur and Kathleen Breitman revealed that progress has stalled for several reasons, including delays in hiring engineers. They also outlined a dispute with the head of the […]

(Natural News) Bitcoin cultists who believed they had discovered a perpetual money generation shortcut that bypassed the laws of economic reality are suddenly shocked to discover that governments can regulate Bitcoin out of existence. In fact, it looks like China is beginning to accomplish exactly that. Via CoinDesk: Shanghai-based bitcoin exchange BTCC has announced it […]

(Natural News) The potential for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin to eventually replace fiat currencies like the dollar and cut the private Federal Reserve out of the picture entirely is an exciting prospect for champions of the free market and decentralized money. But as usual, the powers that be can’t wait to initiate a hostile cryptocurrency takeover, […]

(Natural News) Questions continue to arise about the true anonymity of the popular online cryptocurrency Bitcoin. While many assume (or have been told by others) that Bitcoin is completely untraceable, new reports indicate that this may not actually be the case, as the blockchain ledgers are public and technically available to anyone who knows how […]

(Natural News) It’s long been presented as an alternative to fake fiat currencies like the Federal Reserve Note (often referred to as the “dollar”) because there’s a limited amount of it and it’s completely decentralized with no involvement from central banks. But the popular online “cryptocurrency” known as Bitcoin may just be another form of […]

(Natural News) The United States is mired in a debt crisis that stems from the nation being oppressed by a private central bank that maintains near-total control over its currency. The Federal Reserve lends its fiat notes – which are backed by nothing of actual value – to the Treasury on interest, and the American […]

(Natural News) In case you having been paying attention to the world of crypto currency, Bitcoin has now collapsed almost 40% from its high, plunging from $3,000 to nearly $1,800 in anticipation of the “Bitcoin civil war” that’s rapidly approaching. From July 21st through the end of the year, a timeline of serious obstacles threatens […]

(Natural News) For the past few weeks, I’ve been warning about the extreme volatility of crypto currencies, urging readers to steer clear of the outlandish risks of these unproven, untested “casino-style” betting markets. As if placing an exclamation mark on that very point, Ethereum flash-crashed by 96% today, plunging from $360 to $13 in a […]

(Natural News) As promised, we’ve just launched a new website to document the Bitcoin mania (i.e. “Tulip bulb mania”) that has now taken hold across our world of incredibly gullible people. Visit BitRAPED.com for news coverage of the Bitcoin bubble, the Bitcoin crash and Bitcoin hustlers who are running a Ponzi-style “pump and dump” scheme […]

(Natural News) I’m really enjoying the vigorous debate about Bitcoin taking place across the liberty movement. It’s really interesting that many of us who are anti-central bank actually have sharp disagreements now on the Bitcoin situation. Yet we’re all pro-crypto-currency, and we all hope Bitcoin succeeds in the long run. (I’ve been mining Bitcoin for […]