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Bitcoin's no good, very bad week continued into Wednesday trading as the leading cryptocurrency by market cap watched a whopping $150 billion shaved from its total value. As prices bombed, these were the top stories you can't miss from Wednesday, Jan. 17. Bitcoin's Drop Weighs on Everyone The most notable price decline Wednesday was bitcoin, which dipped under $10,000 for the first time since November. Breaking back under the psychological barrier is troublesome, especially since a $10,000 bitcoin has declined 50% from highs near $20,000 set in December. Bitcoin's low Wednesday reached as far as about $9,100. But bitcoin wasn't alone -- Ethereum fell as much as 18%, Ripple declined as much as Continue to Article

January 17, 2018 2:41:pm EST

Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, is worth an estimated $3.3 billion, according to Forbes. While the majority of this wealth can be attributed to two transactions he made during the dot-com era, he is a born entrepreneur and has been buying, trading, profiting and schmoozing his way to success from a young age. From his first business to today, here’s how Mark Cuban got rich. The 1980s During his undergraduate studies in Business Administration at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, Mark Cuban scrounged together $15,000 to buy a bar. A professor at the university considered the move daring and confessed that he had never seen an undergraduate, or even an MBA student, have Continue to Article

January 17, 2018 11:44:am EST

Billionaire star of ABC's "Shark Tank" and tech entrepreneur Mark Cuban says the Dallas Mavericks, the NBA team which he owns, will soon accept bitcoin. A Twitter user asked Cuban Monday when it would be possible to buy basketball tickets with the cryptocurrency. "Next season," the tech entrepreneur replied. "We will be adding a crypto payment ability," Cuban tells CoinDesk. "We will accept BTC, Eth, possibly some other currencies. [That's] to be determined." Cuban, currently worth $3.3 billion according to Forbes, has made investments in the cryptocurrency industry, but has cautioned others about buying bitcoin and its counterparts. In October, Cuban said you should only invest what you can Continue to Article

January 17, 2018 11:07:am EST

A Twitter user asked Cuban Monday when it would be possible to buy basketball tickets with the cryptocurrency. "Next season," the tech entrepreneur replied.Mark, when will I be able to purchase Mavs tickets with bitcoin? Continue to Article

January 17, 2018 11:07:am EST

The Dallas Mavericks will accept Bitcoin and other forms of cryptocurrency as payment for tickets in the 2018-19 NBA season, owner Mark Cuban has announced. Mark, when will I be able to purchase Mavs tickets with bitcoin? The story was first reported by Bloomberg, which noted that 59-year-old billionaire Cuban invested in Bitcoin in 2017 after calling it a “bubble” earlier in the year. Continue to Article

January 17, 2018 5:52:am EST