Bitcoin Bears Are Excited About Futures

Bitcoin futures start trading next week, and people who have spent the last few years convinced that bitcoin is a dumb bubble are very excited to finally be able to put their money where their mouths are and start shorting bitcoin. But  is this right ? "The futures reduce the frictions of going short more than they do of going long, so it's probably net bearish," said Craig Pirrong, a business professor at the University of Houston.

Price of bitcoin over $10,000 as rally gains pace

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The Blockchain Might Scare the Gig Economy to Death

"Skedaddle, an 'Uber-for-buses' startup, is launching a blockchain project that aims to completely eliminate tipping," is  the first sentence here , and then somehow "Users can rate any interaction with a service worker, which also functions as a tip, and follows a worker from job to job," is the second, and by that point your soul has probably already left your body. But it keeps going! The "Kudos Project" will run on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing customers to rate any transaction they make, Skedaddle co-founder and CEO Adam Nestler told Business Insider.

DOJ indicts Russian in alleged $4B bitcoin laundering operation

The Department of Justice announced that a Russian national was indicted for allegedly using the digital currency exchange he ran to launder billions of dollars for others and facilitate drug trafficking, identity theft and hacking. According to the DOJ, Alexander Vinnik operated BTC-e, one of the largest digital exchanges where users could trade bitcoin for other cryptocurrencies or legal tender.

Jared Kushner says a fake Guccifer tried to extort the Trump campaign for Bitcoin

The Kush sat before investigators in Congress on Monday to talk about his meetings with Russian folk leading up to last year's election, and he wanted the committee to know that at no point was he colluding with Moscow to elect Donald Trump. He may not have disclosed some of the meetings he had with Russians when he filed for his security clearance , but this does not mean the meetings were nefarious.