Bittrex is a good exchange, but it is closed for new registrations. You have to be a corporate or have a special invite before you can register. That puts Bitbay out of the reach of most newbies in the crypto world.

Bangladesh is in an extremely strong position at 374/4 at the end of day 1. I do not think they will look at specific targets like 500, but would look to bat out day 2. If they manage to do that, Sri Lanka would be under pressure right from the start of the innings and would find it tough to avoid the follow on. They may have won the ODI tri-series but have looked far from convincing in Bangladesh

They might decide to allow trading outside Russia, where domestic rules and regulations do not apply, but that cannot change the fact that they are based out of Russia. The government has ways of ensuring that companies fall in line, even in conduct outside the country. With Russia, you can be very sure that they will employ all the tools available at their disposal to ensure companies toe the official line.

Since paid ads on cryptocurrencies have been shown the way out by Facebook campaigns, I think that advertisers might focus more on facebook campaigns. This is the only way that they can target Facebook users now. So it should be a big positive for users who are in Facebook campaigns.

I would do something similar. I would convert half of it to fiat, I would invest it in a house and some stable sources of income. The remaining half would continue to remain in crypto and if it rises further I would take advantage of any upside.
Then I think I will be able to retire and relax. 

Lawyers accepting Bitcoin is nothing new. It is money and when lawyers can easily convert it to fiat, customers want to use it, it is natural that lawyers will accept it.
Lawyers will find a lot more cases related to cryptocurrencies coming their way. It is not just about big companies experiencing hacks - there could be cases involving taxation, contracts using cryptocurrencies, etc. I am sure that will increase going forward.

The view that cryptocurrencies are too small to matter seems to be opposite to the ones taken by organizations like the ECB.  Easy money has resulted in inflated prices across all asset classes, not just cryptocurrencies.
If a crash does occur (and this will be worse than Lehman), some people might be tempted to pin the blame on cryptocurrencies. They would be ignoring the root causes of the problem.

While China has shut down Bitcoin exchanges, trading of bitcoin through P2P platforms is still legal. When people have access to buy bitcoins, there is little the government can do to stop them from investing in overseas exchanges or ICOs. The virtual world knows no boundaries.
If the Chinese government is really worried, you can expect a direct crackdown on all aspects of Bitcoin (P2P exchanges, mining, etc) in the near future.

Apart from technical analysis, there are no parameters you can use to value Bitcoin. At least in equity valuations, you have earnings, cash flows, price multiples. etc. People trying to use similar parameters to value Bitcoin end up with ridiculous numbers.
That said, I think it is probable that Bitcoin will go below $9,000. That is more to do with Bitcoin's volatility and where it is trading now, rather than any deep technical analysis.

Firefox often gives a warning if a particular script on a webpage is slowing down your system. I think it will be a good red flag to use to find out if a webpage is infected. Of course if you are comfortable browsing with no-script, then nothing like it. Most news websites these days implement some kind of check to find out if any plugin like ad-block is being used.

The 55% (businesses infected by malware) quoted in the article seems to be an extremely high number to me. The number of businesses infected would be significantly lower than individuals infected, given that businesses are much more worried about security and have dedicated IT and security teams. They restrict the users of their systems from installing software

If you have purchased your coins sufficiently early, you can think of a slow liquidation starting now. Sell little by little every month. It doesn't matter that the price now is significantly down from its peak levels, if you sell only little amounts every month.

England's total was not great, but great bowling resulted in them winning the match and taking the ODI series 4-1. Tom Curran took 5 wickets for 46 runs and his superb spell of reverse swing bowling essentially won the match for England. Australia seemed to be cruising with the score at 119/2 at one stage, before they collapsed to lose all their wickets.

There is enough space for both coins to grow in value. It doesn't matter whether Bitcoin has a higher market capitalization or Ethereum has a higher market capitalization, as long as both continue to grow. Even if the 'flippening' does happen, I don't think it signifies anything. In the last couple of months, both Bitcoin Cash and Ripple have overtaken Ethereum, only for it to bounce back.

The US seems to dominate tech innovation because of its many advantages, of which fund raising is just one. The US is the world's largest economy and Silicon Valley benefits from access to it. The use of English is also an advantage, which say Eastern European countries may not have.
As far as ICOs are concerned, they tend to bridge the funding aspect but other disadvantages remain. That said, the Scandinvian countries are considered a hotbed of innovation, in spite of the above mentioned disadvantages.

India have won the test match by 63 runs. South Africa looked strong when Edgar and Amla were playing, but once Amla got out India kept chipping away. A whirlwind second session when South Africa lost seven wickets sealed the victory for India. The pitch was bad for test cricket and I am sure the match referee will penalize the ground.

Dictators would be the ones who are mostly against Bitcoin. It is something they cannot control by force, even in their own countries. Look at all the countries which are anti-Bitcoin - Venezuela, China, Russia... they aren't exactly proponents of free speech and free thought.
As far as his comments on Bitcoin's volatility hindering its use as a currency - they may very well be true. Bitcoin could evolve to be something akin to digital gold.

Hmm... This implies the market isn't really enthused about the prospects of Bitcoin right now. Less than a month back, we had people buying call options at $50,000 with expiry in 1 year. Now, the futures are trading real flat. Those who wrote those call options a month back will be very satisfied with themselves.

This is a sponsored article, yet again. The only press that Byteball seems to be getting is sponsored stuff these days.


Tony has made his views very clear on this. He is not going to try and switch the unit, just because a lot of newbie investors might start investing in Byteball. There may be a lot of gullible investors in the crypto world, but we shouldn't be taking advantage of them.

It is good that criminals are getting exposed based on their blockchain trail, whether it is done by the ICE or a company like Chainalysis. What is bad is that basic privacy practices are not being followed by people using Bitcoin. It is only a matter of time before anonymity-focussed cryptocurrencies are used for such purposes.

India have done well to reach 199/6 at tea on the third day. In all probability, this match will finish on the fourth day itself. If India can score another 30-40 runs, they will be firmly in the driver's seat, considering how this pitch has behaved.
As far as Kohli is concerned, he has performed well but his team hasn't. The reasons could be related to his leadership. As Ramachandra Guha said, maybe there should be somebody who can stand up to Kohli.