Benjamin Pirus

Benjamin (BJ) is a full-time writer and trader in the crypto space. A former college hockey player, BJ loves a good burger, volatile Bitcoin charts and chatting about crypto.

Author’s posts

News

Another action-packed week for crypto in Japan has passed.

Cryptocurrency news from Japan: Aug. 23 - Aug. 28 in review

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2020-08-29T20:00:00+01:00

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News

Another story that helped pave Bitcoin's early road to adoption.

This early Bitcoiner sold BTC on eBay for a 100% markup in 2015

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2020-08-29T17:00:00+01:00

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Breaking news

They even wrote a self-help book about becoming a millionaire. Sounds like that may need to be updated.

Ministers used influence to pilfer millions in alleged Ponzi Scheme

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2020-08-28T22:09:14+01:00

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News

An employee allegedly used his credentials at Shapeshift to steal from the company.

Another inside job at Shapeshift cost the company nearly $1 million

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2020-08-27T21:50:33+01:00

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Breaking news

Two Chinese crypto exchanges allegedly lost millions of dollars to North Korean hackers.

US authorities go after 280 crypto accounts allegedly tied to North Korea

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2020-08-27T21:09:04+01:00

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News

Peter Schiff is back at it again.

Wealthy Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff is soliciting BTC birthday gifts for his son

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2020-08-27T20:26:45+01:00

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News

Crypto is truly a global asset class.

African crypto exchange raises $1.5M from Polychain and others

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2020-08-27T20:04:52+01:00

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News

Mainstream finance continues piling into Bitcoin.

Latest Fidelity filing outlines mainstream Bitcoin trading product

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2020-08-26T22:14:49+01:00

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