The Daily: Russians Used Bitcoin to Hack US Elections, Trader Bets on the Price of BTC

Russian intelligence officers accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential elections in the US have used bitcoin to finance their campaign, cover the tracks and obscure their identities, a new federal indictment suggests. You can check the details in today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief. Also in the daily, billionaire Steven Cohen invests in crypto … Read more

Are Gates, Buffet, and Munger All Threatened by Bitcoin?

The price of Bitcoin slipped this week after Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Charlie Munger all spoke poorly of the digital asset. But the question remains, do these billionaire heavyweights know what they’re talking about? Gates insisted that Bitcoin was a ‘greater fool’ investment, as well as “one of the crazier, speculative things” he had ever seen, and … Read more