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Here’s What Happens When Click on a Spammy Cryptocurrency Ad

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As a sensible web user who enables Adblock, you probably don’t encounter many adverts while browsing. And on the rare occasions when you do, you’re smart enough to resist the clickbait’s overtures. But what would happen if you did click to discover “the next bitcoin”? Where would the experience lead you, and could you profit … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Shoots Past $9,500

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After heavy speculation over the past few days regarding whether bitcoin could break newfound resistance levels, the currency has spiked to approximately $9,561 at press time. This is the highest point for bitcoin since it struck $9,000 in mid-March, and it looks as though $10,000 may be right around the corner. Perhaps the biggest pusher … Read more

Tim Draper on Bitcoin: “Why Would I Sell the Future for the Past?”

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One of the most intriguing things about the cryptocurrency space is the diverse, eclectic, and often eccentric characters it attracts. Everyone from Wall Street brokers to cypherpunks and from industrialists to anarchists can be found staking their claim in the fledgling crypto economy and saying their piece. In a recent interview, venture capitalist Tim Draper … Read more

Forbes’ Inaugural Crypto Rich List Is Crass Yet Compelling

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Ogling the fortunes of the filthy rich is a popular pastime with the poorer segments of society. It’s been that way for centuries, with 1849 marking the debut of Who’s Who, a 250-page guide “of living noteworthy and influential individuals, from all walks of life, worldwide.” In more recent years, Forbes has picked up the … Read more

The Rise and Fall of Ripple is a Case Study in Mass Hysteria

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Through late 2017 and early 2018, ripple was the darling of cryptocurrency. Mainstream media couldn’t get enough of it, South Koreans couldn’t get enough of it, and nor could crypto newcomers, who had XRP top of their shopping list. Crypto moves at a blistering pace, though, and ripple’s decline has been as rapid as its … Read more