Hodler's Digest, August 5-12: You Can't Actually Buy A Frappucino With Bitcoin, But You Can Ship More Things On Blockchain

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decision on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin exchange traded fund until September 30.

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks will not be accepting Bitcoin as payment for Frappuccinos or other drinks after a week of misleading article titles implied the opposite.

According to Bloomberg, Dimon further "Suggested governments may move to shut down the currencies , because of an inability to control them." Dimon had told reporters last October that he wasn't going to talk about Bitcoin anymore after a series of negative crypto comments in the fall.

"The potential for an is causing investors to decide that bitcoin is the best house in a tough market," - Tom Lee, Fundstrat's head of research.

"The main thing to remember is that bitcoin is very early-stage venture, but has real-time price feed - and that's a unique thing. People get excited about the price and overreact," - Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital.

According to his release, the Congressman has principally invested in Bitcoin, with some holdings in major altcoins Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash.

Renaissance Macro Research's head of technical research Jeff deGraaf concluded it may be "Game over" for Bitcoin in a new analysis if the cryptocurrency breaks its year-to-date support.

For the price of $25,000, criminals could purchase Bitcoin ATM malware accompanied by a ready-to-use card with EMV and near-field communication capabilities.

A Chinese Bitcoin trader has sued the crypto exchange OKCoin for reportedly not permitting him to withdraw Bitcoin Cash after the Bitcoin forked.

According to the lawsuit, the crypto investor has accused the exchange of blocking him from receiving 38.748 BCH that he was due after Bitcoin's August 2017 hard fork.