First Mover: Bitcoin Breaches $16K as (Committed) Holders Diss Dalio’s Diss

As bitcoin surges, bullish analysts (and greedy traders) see few stopping points before prices challenge the all-time-high near $20K.

PayPal gets conditional N.Y. state license for crypto. Bitcoin prices shoot past $12K. Dollar stablecoin USDC grabs market share from tether.

Many enthusiasts see the blockchain as a perfect solution to address a lot of problems in different sectors. But at the same time, industry experts think the first-mover advantage doesn’t apply to blockchain technology right now. First-Mover Disadvantage? Though the blockchain industry has seen a lot of attention from financial institutions and other....

A reading of Dalio’s first long-form essay on his thoughts about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

The Swift payment network breaches have been making media headlines for several weeks now. But it appears more than three banks may have been breached, as researchers are investigating 12 similar incidents. Although nothing has been confirmed yet, this news does not bode well for the financial ecosystem. A lot of people were concerned about Swift when it became clear more than one bank lost funds due to a breach. To make matters even worse, the scope of these attacks may be much broader than anticipated. FireEye researchers are investigating a dozen incidents involved computer breaches....