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South Korea Taking Steps to Ban Bitcoin

January 12, 2018

Updated 7mo ago

A big glitch in cryptocurrency is impacting some shoppers online. Last week, a bank security firm uncovered Overstock.com unknowingly accepted Bitcoin Cash instead of Bitcoin as payment for a product. The glitch has since been fixed. Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byne responds to this mix-up.

South Korea taking steps to ban Bitcoin. The news shining a light on regulation of cryptocurrency, and ways government can and would step in. InfoTech's President and CEO Matti Kon explains potential dangers of the cryptocurrency space.

John Detrixhe, future of finance reporter at Quartz weighs in on all the latest headlines.

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Tanaya Macheel and Brad Smith take a look at how some of the biggest cryptocurrencies are trading in this week's edition of The Crypto Craze. Bitcoin is trading flat, still struggling to break above the $4,000 mark. Meanwhile, Litecoin is off to a good start in 2019, up around 70 percent on the year.

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In this week's edition of The Crypto Craze, Tanaya Macheel and Brad Smith take a look at some of the biggest stories from the crypto world. Bitcoin is still struggling to break above that $4,000 dollar mark while Litecoin is up 70 percent so far this year. We also chat with Tom Forte, senior research analyst at D.A. Davidson, about why he's bullish on Overstock after the company pivoted from retail to blockchain.