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Cryptocurrency Prices for the 19th of September: Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Recovering, Ripple Skyrockets

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, Dash, Monero: Cryptocurrency prices today

According to the online platform Coin360,  Bitcоin (BTC) added 1.31% over the past 24 hours. The price at the time of writing is $6375 per coin.

Cryptocurrencies are also recovering:

Bitcoin Cash increased by 4.54% over the past day and costs $436 per coin;

Ripple rose by 20.38% and is now at a price of $0.33;

EOS added 5.27%, and its price is $5.13;

Litecoin grew by 4.05%, and its value is $54;

Cardano gained whopping 15.24% and costs $0.073;

Stellar rose by 6.96% and is worth $0.21;

IOTA lost 0.14%, and its value is $0.53;

Dash increased by 0.30%, and its price is $188;

Monero grew by 5.12% and is worth $192.

In the past 24 hours Ethereum added 6.67%. The cost of the coin is $212. Ethereum news

The total market capitalization is $200 billion. Bitcoin accounts for 55.1% of the total volume. It is $110 billion in monetary terms.

 

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Cryptocurrency Prices Today, February 15: Cryptocurrencies “Stand Still”

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, Dash, Monero: Cryptocurrency prices

According to the online platform Coingecko, Bitcoin (BTC) remained stable over the past 24 hours. The price at the time of writing is $3604 per coin.

For the most part, cryptocurrencies did not change in price throughout the day:

Bitcoin Cash lost 0.99% over the past 24 hours and costs $121 per coin;

Ripple dropped by 0.03 and costs $0.30;

EOS added 2.3%, and its price is $2.85;

Litecoin grew by 0.18%, and its value is $42;

Cardano gained 0.27%, and its cost is $0.040;

Stellar added 2.66% and costs $0.078;

IOTA grew by 0.87%, and its cost is $0.27;

Dash lost 0.6, and its price is $79;

Monero fell by 0.06% and costs $47.

Over the past 24 hours, Ethereum remained stable. The exchange rate of the coin is $122.

The total market capitalization is $120 billion. Bitcoin accounts for 52.7% of the total volume. In monetary terms, it is $63 billion.

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Japanese Giant GMO Internet Lost ¥1.3 Billion in 2018: Report

One of the biggest Internet companies in the world, Japan-based GMO Internet Inc., posted a report on its financial performance. An operating loss accounts for ¥1.3 billion (~$11.75 million) in 2018.

GMO’s mining business

According to the report, mining business fared very poorly in 2018 which resulted in great losses. The company explained that the business did not increase as expected due to the collapse of cryptocurrency market in Q4. The report provides  the table where we can see the real revenue and real loss of the company. The data provided below does not include “extraordinary losses” of approximately $319.2 million.

Source: GMO Fiscal Report 2018

Alongside, Internet giant announced that it would implement a policy change regarding to their mining business model. The company will sell its bitcoin mining assets at cheaper rates to compensate for a portion of its annual losses.

Moreover, GMO plans to relocate mining centers to the regions where power supply is cheaper. The centers allegedly will be somewhere in Northern Europe.

GMO’s Bitcoin exchange

Source: GMO Fiscal Report 2018

According to the report, the company’s quarter-revenue has fallen by 66.7%, even though the company annually posts about its 7% profit from its crypto exchange GMOCoin.

In 2018, GMOCoin recorded a net sales of ¥4.02 billion (~$36.33 million). In Q1, crypto exchange has lost about ¥76 million, yet, high sales of next quarters compensated them. The fall of cryptocurrency market has also played a significant role in GMO’s revenues. Each phase ended on a lower note than a previous one in terms of sales, while the profits remained marginal.

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Cryptocurrency Prices Today, February 14: Cryptocurrency Did Not Catch The Romantic Atmosphere And Began To Fall In Price

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, Dash, Monero: Cryptocurrency Rate

According to the Coingecko online platform, Bitcoin (BTC) lost 0.35% over the past 24 hours after a period of growth. The price at the time of writing is $3607 per coin.

Cryptocurrencies have returned to the red zone:

Bitcoin Cash lost 0.6% over the past 24 hours and costs $121 per coin;

Ripple fell by 1% and costs $0.30;

EOS decreased by 4.1% and its price is $2.78;

Litecoin dropped by 3.2% and its value is $41;

Cardano lost 2.5% and its cost is $0.040;

Stellar fell by 1.1% and costs $0.076;

IOTA decreased by 1.6% and its value is $0.26;

Dash lost 1.9% and its price is $78;

Monero dropped by 2.5% and costs $47.

Over the past 24 hours, Ethereum has lost 0.7%. The rate of the coin is $122.

The total market capitalization fell to $120 billion. Bitcoin accounts for 52.5% of the total. In monetary terms, it is $63 billion.

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The Most Dangerous Crypto Crimes: What About SIM Swappers?

Cyber attack and crypto crimes in every shape and form are quite abundant on the market of digital assets right now. They all have different goals and different levels of harm. The careful and thorough analysis of such attacks will make it possible to predict them and protect sites, platforms and companies from breaches and money losses.

However, there is a weird tendency going on among the analytical reports, which we will try to explain down below.

Two major cyber security companies Chainalysis and CipherTrace released their analytical statements at the end of last year. Both reports contained statistics on hacker attacks and crypto crimes and an outline of current trends.

The main focus of CipherTrace was different money laundering techniques, cryptocurrencies that are the easiest targets for crypto criminals that choose this path, AML regulations and other related info.

Whereas Chainalysis told its readers on the scale and profitability of such Ethereum scams as phishing and various Ponzi schemes.

Surprisingly, there seems to be nothing about the infamous SIM-swapping.

Just to remind you, SIM-swapping is a kind of a cyber attack aimed at money theft. Simply speaking, a hacker convinces the phone provider to “swap” the number of a victim to a new device. In such way, criminals get full access to the personal information of their victims, still their identity, and later money.

SIM-swapping scams have been involved in multiple scandals with the biggest cell-phone providers of America, the crimes involving this technique resulted in huge money thefts and loud arrests of witty hackers, yet very few reports actually mention it.

However, this still does not diminish the dominance of SIM-swapping over many other types of crypto crimes. In order to fight it, we not only need more coverage from the mass media and analytical firms, but also the cooperation from the cell phone companies to protect the users, their info and their money.

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Cryptocurrency Prices Today, February 13: Cryptocurrencies Are Showing an Upward Trend

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, Dash, Monero: Cryptocurrency prices

According to the online platform Coingecko, Bitcoin (BTC) added 0.4% over the past 24 hours after a period of growth. The price at the time of writing is $3620 per coin.

Cryptocurrencies once again moved to the green zone:

Bitcoin Cash added 0.57% over the past 24 hours and costs $121 per coin;

Ripple grew by 1.96% and costs $0.30;

EOS gained 5.78%, and its price is $2.92;

Litecoin lost 1.48%, and its value is $42;

Cardano increased by 1.31%, and its cost $0.041;

Stellar added 0.2% and costs $0.076;

IOTA grew by 3%, and its value is $0.27;

Dash remains stable, and its price is $82;

Monero gained 2.51% and costs $49.

Over the past 24 hours, Ethereum added 2.37%. The exchange rate of the coin is $123.

The total market capitalization is $121 billion. Bitcoin accounts for 52.6% of the total volume. In monetary terms, it is $63 billion.

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Bitcoin Trading in Venezuela Hit All-Time High: The Possible Future of Bitcoin

According to the report of TrustNode, Bitcoin volumes have surpassed all time high in Venezuela, rising above 2,000 BTC for the first time on peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins.

Bitcoin is the only way to feed family in Venezuela

You may have heard that Venezuela has been experiencing economic crisis as the national currency – the Venezuelan bolivar – has collapsed and become valueless.

The citizens suffer from a lack of basic supplies, including products, medicines, etc. The supermarket shelves are bare. Children are fainting from hunger in their classrooms. The situation changed even worse when the government of Nicolas Maduro blocked U.S. humanitarian aid from coming into the country through the Columbian border.  

The administration of the opposition leader Juan Guaidó remain optimistic, they are convinced that they are able to pass the aid to the people. However, the Venezuelans do not trust anyone anymore, and the only hope left is Bitcoin. People started mining Bitcoin to convert it into dollars to purchase foods and other necessities.

All-time high of the Bitcoin trading

As the 2019 Venezuelan protests caused by presidential crisis are in full swing, people started to trade Bitcoin at full. That is why, the weekly volume of the BTC-to-Venezuelan bolivar (VES) pair increased to 2,454 BTC. It is worth $8.95 million per week and $1.29 million per day.

Bitcoin Future in Venezuela

Tuesday is going to be a big day for Venezuela, according to the Washington Examiner, on Tuesday, February 12, the Venezuelan people plan to demand Maduro’s resignation on the streets all over the country, and try to bring U.S. aid across the Colombian border. Nicolas Maduro has ordered his military to stop them. So the future of Bitcoin depends on who will win.

If Nicolas Maduro remains to be the President of Venezuela, then Petro coins will have more power than Bitcoin. However, if the opposition leader Juan Guaidó overthrows the current government, then Bitcoin will definitely have future in Venezuela as Juan Guaidó gives preference to Bitcoin over Petro.

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