MetaGold Explains Why Ethereum is a Game Changer for Online Gaming (The Cryptoverse #228)
**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:** Introducing online gamers to the benefits of blockchain technology through in-game digital goods may be an ideal gateway to them embracing cryptocurrencies more widely. In this episode I look at the specifics of how one project is aiming to do this. The new segment begins at 7:10
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Bitcoin is scarcer than people think, as most look at the current distribution at close to 16 million BTC released so far. However, far fewer Bitcoins are actually accessible. Many people don’t account for the thousands missing, some of them burnt, and wallet stashes that may never be spent.
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**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:**
Venezuelan authorities destroyed a bitcoin mining center in Valencia in Carabobo state, the most recent action taken in an effort to clamp down on bitcoin-related activity in the economically ravaged country.
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[The Bitcoin Price Chart Provided by BitcoinWisdom.com](https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bitstamp/btcusd)
[The Original Post on CryptoCoins News](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/venezuelan-authorities-destroy-bitcoin-mining-center-crackdown-continues/)
[LiteCoin SegWit Tracker](http://litecoinblockhalf.com/segwit.php)
[Coin Dance Bitcoin SegWit Tracker](https://coin.dance/blocks)
[The Death of Venezuela. A Conversation With Stefan Molyneux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YWzNoyoBSk)
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Bitfinex has issued its own digital asset in what analysts are labeling an unusual attempt to offset customer losses stemming from a $66m theft last week.
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**On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:**
The number of searches for earning Bitcoin have increased over the past few years and have now reached an all-time high according to statistics from Google Trends.
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[Cryptocurrency Prices Provided by CoinMarketCap.com](http://coinmarketcap.com/)
[The Original Article on The Coin Telegraph](https://cointelegraph.com/news/earn-bitcoin-searches-reach-all-time-high-most-come-from-us-india-philippines)
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On today's episode of The Cryptoverse:
Tuur Demeester, Economist, Investor and Editor in Chief at Adamant Research shares his indepth analysis of why he is bearish on Ethereum and bullish on Bitcoin.
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[Wikipedia Article on C++ Programming Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B)
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**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:**
A recent blog post by developers of the Lightning Network, has announced an alpha release of the protocol’s daemon. The release called v0.1-alpha of the Lightning Network is said to be a milestone that enables the platform to be publicly tested by developers.
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[The Bitcoin Price Chart Provided by BitcoinWisdom.com](https://bitcoinwisdom.com/markets/bitstamp/btcusd)
[The Original Post on Bitcoin.com](https://news.bitcoin.com/lightning-network-alpha-release/)
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Needham & Company has revised its bitcoin price projection as well as its outlook on the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC). The firm sees improvement in bitcoin’s fundamentals, but not in GBTC, downgrading the firm’s rating from “Buy” to “Hold.”
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According to multiple sources, including ZeroHedge, Reuters and Bloomberg, Italy’s banking system is beginning to implode starting with Monte dei Paschi, Italy’s third-largest bank, which has been lending money for over 540 years.
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[Wikipedia Article on Cypriot Financial Crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cypriot_financial_crisis)
[Wikipedia Article on Bail-Ins / 'Capital Levies'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_levy)
[Bitcoin Obituaries](https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoinobituaries/)
[Bitcoin Has Died Nearly 100 Times](https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-died-nearly-100-times/)
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**On Today's Episode Of The Cryptoverse:**
The United Nations (UN) is in the final stages of what could be one of the most epic blockchain projects of all time.
The news segment begins at 4:04
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