Julie Moraine

For those who are not familiar, the bitcoin halving is a much-anticipated event in which BTC block rewards are reduced by 50 percent. One halving happens every four years.

The best cryptocurrency to invest in this year? The rise of Bitcoin has got my hopes up high again!

In a recent interview with Peter McCormack, Tuur Demeester, Founding Partner at Adamant Capital, spoke about the importance of exchanges’ privacy parameters and its effects on its holdings. Demeester stated that markets have a great ability to prove people wrong in the long run.

The risks associated with Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market, in general, have been a topic that has been discussed several times following several new malicious practices and the fact that privacy and security have become a primary focus among developers.

For XRP this week, Ripple, the blockchain-based payment network, suffered a setback after Japan’s Resona Bank said it would no longer use MoneyTap, a consumer-centric retail payments app that uses Ripple’s enterprise blockchain technology.

On the top, this week the prices of XRP were at USD 0.367036 and towards the bottom, it quoted USD 0.321167. The exchanges that were more active, in volumes, with XRP across various pairs this week were, ZBG (14.78%) Fatbtc (7.33%) and Bit-Z 5.08%)

Two leading UK bookmakers have pulled new high stakes betting games after a warning from the Gambling Commission. Paddy Power and Betfred faced criticism their roulette-style games undermined new rules on fixed-odds betting.

Gambling's reputation for fairness has continued to worsen with the British public according to the latest figures published by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission's report into gambling participation in 2018 found that 30%gambling "is fair and can be trusted".

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Prosecutors in Taiwan indicted seven bitcoin traders for allegedly operating a sham crypto investment scheme that bilked $51 million from more than 1,000 investors. https://t.co/ZeJbS16V2Q

What does 2019 have in store for Bitcoin! #Bitcoin #Bearish(?) https://t.co/Bv480OvAiV

AdFeedz is among the most recent crypto projects to get caught up with the due diligence process within the crypto markets right now. The project’s website is fairly shallow and does not provide information on its ownership status. https://t.co/ZRrUCqeREy

Is it just me, or was this team too good to be in the Championship last year?

Wolves @Wolves

76’ | #NEW 1-1 #WOL Nuno's made his final change as Joao Moutinho comes on for Helder Costa. Morgan Gibbs-White is now playing centrally, with Jimenez and Jota either side in the front three. #NEWWOL

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase indicated that support has now been extended to not just Ethereum Classic but also to the more than 100,000 ERC20 tokens which exist in the Ethereum blockchain. https://t.co/9122c3sWjS #Coinbase #EthereumClassic #ERC20

Where is the world heading! #Justice (?) Does a just life even present itself as a possibility?

Cory Booker @CoryBooker

Never forget this. There is no justification for shooting tear gas at children. None. This is ugly, cruel & cowardly behavior. We will not stand for this. https://t.co/x6JkS7VNmQ

Hi guys! It is great to be back after some much needed time off!