Mick Mulvaney / Raining Cash / Ethereum Price / XRP

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (1:20 p.m. EST): $3,488.85 (6.63%) // 90-day high: $7,382.19 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (1:20 p.m. EST): $91.00 (10.61%) // 90-day high: $703.41// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (1:21 p.m. EST): $93.39 (7.51%) // 90-day high: $365.71 // 90-day low: $85.11 // More… $LTC (1:21 p.m. EST): $29.05 (10.72%) // 90-day high: $74.80 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (1:21 p.m. EST): $0.31 (7.56%) // 90-day high: $0.61 // 90-day low: $0.26 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today       1. Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's incoming chief of staff, has been vocal in his support of bitcoin. In a 2016 speech, Mulvaney said the Federal Reserve had "effectively devalued the dollar" and emphasized that the exercise of such control was not possible with cryptocurrencies because of their decentralized nature. He said bitcoin is "not [able to be manipulated] by any government." How that translates to bitcoin today is yet to be seen, but bitcoin enthusiasts argue it is certainly a positive to have someone pro-bitcoin high in the administration. –CCN       2. A bitcoin millionaire in China rained cash from the top of a building onto one of Hong Kong's poorest neighborhoods. Wong Ching-kit, known online as Coin Young Master and the owner of Epoch Cryptocurrency, threw HK$100 bills, which are worth about $13 USD. Police said that officers at the scene had collected around HK$5,000 ($640 USD). Wong claimed in a Facebook video later that the stunt was aimed at "robbing the rich to help the poor." –SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST       Meet the Owl featured in This Week in Startups 2018 Year in Review No one has time for awful meetings! The Meeting Owl is a game changer and we use it all the time at Inside. Their smart 360° conferencing camera is seamless and the autofocus feature is LEGIT. If you have a remote team, you need to try a Meeting Owl. Use the 30-day return policy but we don't think you'll need it. Use code INSIDE to get $100 off Meeting Owl Pro Kit.       3. The price of ethereum passed the price of bitcoin cash for the first time. Since its creation last year, bitcoin cash had traded above the market price for ethereum, even as the price of ethereum surpassed $1,400 late last year. Ethereum was a number of major coins that saw price increases early Monday. Bitcoin saw a slight jump, while litecoin and EOS both saw nearly double-digit gains. –COIN TELEGRAPH       4. Travala, a blockchain-powered travel site, has added XRP as a payment option. That means customers can now use XRP to book accomodations at more than 500,000 properties from across more than 200 countries around the world. Travala already accepts a number of major cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and etherehum, but also takes some lesser-used ones such as binance coin and True USD. –CRYPTO NEWS REVIEW       Get started with your own Kubernetes cluster in minutes. DigitalOcean Kubernetes is now available. Learn more.       5. Bitcoin hit its all-time high of $19,900 on this day last year. –FINANCIAL NEWS 6. New York Magazine profiles John McAfee who has become one of the most public cryptocurrencies personalities – for better or worse. –NY MAG 7. Status, an ethereum-based chat platform, has laid off 25 percent of its staff due to the recent cryptocurrency market decline. –COIN TELEGRAPH 8. XYO Network will partner with Esri to bring blockchain-based technologies to the spatial analytics market. –SMART CITIES WORLD 9. Blockstream broadcasted the entire bitcoin blockchain from outer space. –FORBES 10. Big money continues to stay away from bitcoin. –TECH CIRCLE       Written and curated by David Stegon. He has been a reporter for 15 years, the past 10 focused on technology. Follow him @davidstegon. Editing team: Lon Harris (editor-in-chief at Inside.com, game-master at Screen Junkies), Krystle Vermes (Breaking news editor at Inside, B2B marketing news reporter, host of the "All Day Paranormal" podcast), and Susmita Baral (editor at Inside, recent bylines in NatGeo, Teen Vogue, and Quartz. Runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).       ASC 606 on mind? Get exclusive access to expert advice on our live Webinar. Register Now.

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