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BTC Could Hit $10K, ‘Stay Away from North Korea,’ Akon City: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 13–19

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBitcoin ready to push above key

How Real World Use Cases Will Drive Crypto Growth in 2020

As Bitcoin enters its twelfth year, the past eleven offer a meaningful amount of time to identify key trends that have emerged around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. These trends provide insights that are helpful in projecting the future of the digital asset space and how it will take shape

Peter Schiff Lost His Bitcoin, Claims Owning Crypto Was a ‘Bad Idea’

On Jan. 19, famous crypto skeptic and gold bug Peter Schiff claimed on Twitter that he has lost access to his Bitcoin wallet and that his password is no longer valid.Schiff added that his BTC is now intrinsically worthless and has no market value. He also added that:“I knew

Top-5 Cryptos This Week (Jan 19): BSV, DASH, ETC, MIOTA, BCH

Bitcoin Price Drops Over $500 in 5 Minutes, Top Altcoins Also See Red

Sunday, Jan. 19 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting severe losses on the day by press time as well as Bitcoin (BTC) which now hovers just under the $8,600 mark falling from today’s high of nearly $9,200, making it a 7.32% loss.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin

Thailand’s Police Suspects Actor Involved in Kidnapping and $740K Bitcoin Ransom

A famous Thai actor (currently still unnamed), who was arrested for potentially kidnapping a businessman for a Bitcoin ransom, will be brought in for questioning by the authorities.After the 33-year-old businessman, Mark Cheng, was successfully able to escape from his abductors he immediately reported the event to local law enforcement

US SEC Cautions Investors from Investing in Initial Exchange Offerings

On January 14th, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a message on its official website of an alert to caution investors from investing in initial exchange offerings via online trading platforms. IEOs are initial offerings of digital assets to raise capital,