First Mover: Bitcoin Rises More in One Day Than Stocks Have Gained All Year
Bitcoin prices surged 5% on Wednesday, outpacing stocks and gold amid calls for more government stimulus, as the economic toll of the coronavirus mounts. The...
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German Police Seize $30M in Crypto From Streaming Site Operator
After a lengthy joint investigation with the American FBI, German police have seized over 25 millions euros worth of cryptocurrency associated with the illegal movie...
Honeywell Creates a Blockchain ‘Search Engine’ for Aircraft Parts Data
Honeywell International Inc has created a blockchain-based system to solve the complex documentation and data storage processes of the aerospace industry. The company announced that...
Bitcoin P2P Trading Soars in India as New Exchange Launches
Bitcoin P2P trading volume in India has been growing rapidly, hitting record highs over the past weeks. Meanwhile, a new P2P trading platform has launched...
Swiss banking giant unites Ripple and SWIFT on one platform
Payment solutions company IBIS Management Associates Inc. eto RippleNet through SWISSRoute service. The connection allows customers to connect to several banks through a single secure...
Bitcoin Supply Chain Transparency Market: Good Value & Room to Grow Ahead Seen
The Latest research study released by HTF MI “Global Bitcoin Supply Chain Transparency Market” with 100+ pages of analysis on business Strategy taken up by...
Privacy Could be One Reason DASH, XMR & ZEC are Gaining in Sync
Quick summary: DASH, Monero (XMR) and ZCash (ZEC) seem to be following a similar trajectory in the crypto markets. Their uncanny correlation could be tied...
Ethereum.org Gets Redesigned With New Content and Doge Illustrations
The official website for the Ethereum Foundation updated some of its under-the-hood infrastructure and refreshed much of its look. According to a development update from...
‘Crypto Instagram’ Is Becoming a Thing, Scams and All
The same type of crypto scams that plague Twitter are running rampant on Instagram in 2020. For example, there are more than 1.3 million Instagram...
Forget Bitcoin! I’d buy cheap UK shares in a Stocks and Shares ISA today
Forget Bitcoin! I’d buy cheap UK shares in a Stocks and Shares ISA today UK markets close in 6 hours 8 minutes FTSE 100 6,024.39...
STEEM, Zcash, Litecoin Price Analysis: 06 August
The month of July re-introduced the cryptocurrency market to price volatility, one that resulted in the market’s large-cap cryptos surging and even dumping slightly on...
Canadian trial sees blockchain plastic tracking step closer
The trial uses a blockchain solution with an aim of strengthening the circular supply chain, extending the lifecycle of plastics, incentivising recycling, reduce waste and...
Coronavirus Crisis Will Make Bitcoin ‘More Important’ And ‘Stronger’
The coronavirus pandemic has caused an unprecedented global economic crisis, not unlike the 2008 global financial crisis that led to bitcoin’s creation. A number of...
Crypto Corner: Bitcoin price surges, Ethereum casinos hit the gas
The CryptoGamblingNews.com team rounds up the trading, trends and takeaways from another busy month for the crypto gambling sector. Trading places Bitcoin added roughly 20...
LINE : Crypto Asset ‘LINK’ Launches on BITMAX Exchange
TOKYO – August 6, 2020 – LVC Corporation, a subsidiary of LINE Corporation and operator of LINE’s crypto asset and blockchain-related businesses, today began offering...
Bitcoin Is for the Young and Gold for the Old, Says JPMorgan
Bitcoin (BTC) and gold appear to be the popular asset choices for investors depending on their age group. Haven assets are seeing significant price increases...
Booking Holdings’ lay-offs could ripple through OTA sector, warns expert – Comment
Booking Holdings is to cut up to 25 percent of its employees, around 4,000 in total, due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. While there...
Crypto lending volumes set record as Ethereum DeFi tokens surge
The Lending and Borrowing News Category was brought to you by the CryptoSlate and Cred Partnership. Crypto lending is back in vogue. Lending firm Genesis...
US Congressmen Want IRS to Balance Taxation and Innovation in the Cryptocurrency Space
A bipartisan quartet of US congressmen wants the IRS taxation policy not to dissuade taxpayers from participating in blockchain token staking. These politicians believe America’s...
Dash Teams Up with Taurus.io, a Mexican Digital Asset Exchange, to Launch a Cryptocurrency based Debit Card
Dash has teamed up with Taurus.io, a Mexican digital asset exchange, in order to launch a cryptocurrency based Visa debit card in Latin American markets....
Travala Adds 1 Million More Holiday Homes You Can Book With Crypto
Online travel booking platform Travala.com has added one million new homes across 195 countries to its site with the release of a designated home bookings...
A Newly Discovered Vulnerability in Ledger Wallet Could Be Disastrous If Not Properly Fixed
A recent report contends that the Ledger app has failed to fix a major vulnerability that allows for a “Bitcoin Fork” attack. Mo Nokhbeh has...
Twitter Says Security Flaw in its Android App Exposed Private User Data
After facing a mega crypto hack last month, Twitter acknowledged on Wednesday that it has discovered and fixed a security vulnerability in its app for...
Two Charged For Selling Rx Drugs For Bitcoin
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Two Costa Rican residents have been charged with selling opioids illegally on the darknet for what amounted to...
New vulnerability in Bitcoin wallet Ledger
A new vulnerability in the Ledger hardware wallet can cause user funds to be stolen. Nofollow, an anonymous blockchain researcher, found a new vulnerability in...
Competitive Dynamics & Global Outlook 2026
The study of Bitcoin Mining Hardware market thoroughly analyzes the competitive landscape of this industry while focusing of market growth pattern over the past years...
BItcoin Cash community experiences turmoil, BCH/USD consolidated below $300
The Bitcoin Cash community is divided over the decision to change the asset’s difficulty adjustment algorithm. ETH co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the algorithm “is...
Chainlink Partnership Proposes its Own Take on Human Readable Ethereum Names
Chainlink (LINK), in partnership with a video game called War Riders, has introduced human readable Ethereum (ETH) names. These names will use a different approach...
OKEx Launches Indian P2P Trading Platform Despite Legal Uncertainty
Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has announced a new peer-to-peer trading platform launching Aug. 5, which allows users to buy digital currencies with zero transaction fees using...
ETH/USD spirals under $400 – Confluence Detector
Ethereum price fails on all accounts to sustain gains above $400. ETH/USD path of least resistance remains downwards but support is envisioned at $390 and...
Blockchain startup ShareRing launches anonymous COVID-19 contact-tracing e-passport
ShareRing, a tech startup focused on applying blockchain technology to travel and e-commerce industries, has just launched an anonymous contact-tracing e-passport app. In a press...
Blockstream’s Adam Back Slams Ethereum as a Ponzi-Scheme
Computer scientist and Blockstream CEO, Adam Back, has compared Ethereum and other high cap altcoins Ponzi-schemes in a Twitter tirade today: “Bitconnect, Charles Ponzi, Ethereum,...
AnChain.AI’s Twitter Hack Investigation to Keynote DEFCON Blockchain Village 2020
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — We are proud to announce that Victor Fang, CEO & Co-founder of AnChain.AI will present the keynote speech:...
Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Trading Tops $95 Million as Sub-Saharan Africa Records Set All Time High
Weekly peer-to-peer bitcoin trading volumes topped $95 million globally with several countries recording new all-time highs for the year. The record trading volumes coincided with...
Price Analysis 8/5: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, ADA, BNB, LINK, CRO
Square's Cash App product has generated $875 million in revenue from Bitcoin (BTC) trading in the second quarter of this year. This is a 600% …...
Set Protocol wants to make yield farming cheaper
Set will deploy yield farming strategies designed by Set Labs team and by the community. Yield farming has taken DeFi by storm with traders pouring...
S2F Price Model Suggests Bitcoin Price Hits $100K – Author Claims Model Is Perfectly on Track
The author of the controversial bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) price model said that at current prices the S2F model is “perfectly on track.” S2F shows the...
John Hume funeral: A ripple of applause, then a man called out ‘thank you John’ | Ireland
As the final bars of The Town I Loved So Well drifted out of the cathedral door the first crackle of applause sounded. Stuttering at...
Blockchain Salaries in China Are Exploding in Value As The Industry Expands
The latest figures from Chinese recruiting platforms show that blockchain-related salaries are on the rise across China. This is likely due to high demand for...
Billion-dollar software firm MicroStrategy eyes big Bitcoin buy
Not only are individual investors flocking to Bitcoin as a store of value during a time of economic uncertainty, but so too are companies—and a...
Taurus Unveils First Crypto Debit Card In Latin America
The first crypto debit card has been launched in Latin America. Dash, in partnership with Mexican cryptocurrency exchange, Taurus.io, has unveiled the first Visa debit...
U.S. Congress appeals for zero tax on crypto staking rewards
A group of Congress members in the US have sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking for zero tax on staking rewards,...
Russia Approves Legal Status of Cryptocurrencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly signed the cryptocurrency bill “On Digital Assets”, which effectively provides legal status to cryptocurrencies in the country. The crypto law,...
ALT 5 Sigma Digital Instrument Market Summary for BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH – Press Release
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 5, 2020 / Alt 5 Sigma Inc. an emerging leader in blockchain powered financial platforms, provides its daily digital...
Ethereum’s Rise is Speculative While Bitcoin’s Price Is Based on Fundamentals
In its August crypto outlook, Bloomberg remained unimpressed with Ethereum, calling its rally “speculative”. The publication contends, however, that Bitcoin’s (BTC) rise is based on...
Twitter hackers were caught after sending Bitcoin to verified Coinbase accounts
The trio behind the hacking of Twitter Inc. was allegedly arrested on Friday. The trio has been identified as Graham Ivan Clark from Tampa Florida,...
Bitfinex Offers $400 Million in Rewards to Get Back 120,000 Stolen Bitcoins
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is offering rewards of up to $400 million to the hackers who stole almost 120,000 bitcoins from its platform in 2016 as...
Square Lands Hard On Cryptocurrency
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Lost in the excitement of Square’s big earnings announcement Wednesday (Aug. 5) was its prowess in cryptocurrency. In...
More Blockchain Graduates Needed to Meet China’s Burgeoning Demand
Source: Adobe/xy China’s first batch of blockchain graduates will begin their courses later this year, but will not complete their studies until 2024 – with...
Twitter hack court hearing ‘zoom bombed’ with pornography
A judge was forced to suspend a virtual hearing for one of the teenagers accused of hacking Twitter after it was interrupted by pranksters. Graham Clark,...
Hutchens retires from Dorsett | Yadkin Ripple
David Hutchens Dorsett Technologies in Yadkinville celebrated the retirement of one its longtime employees last week. “David Hutchens served 31 years with Dorsett Technologies and...
MCO Price Explodes 45% While CRO Price Remains Flat, Investors not Happy
After Crypto.com announced the merge of their MCO token and CRO tokens, MCO had a massive 45% rally while CRO price stayed mostly the same....
Darknet Vendor and Pharmacist Charged With $270 Million Bitcoin Drug Trade
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has charged two Costa Rican residents for illegally selling opioids on the darknet. Originally from the...
Twitter hack raises massive security concerns
The recent Twitter hack in the middle of last month has gotten tongues wagging and rumors flying around as to how the security of the...
Indian Government Actively Working Towards New Crypto Ban
An Indian government official has claimed that two ministries and the Reserve Bank of India are actively working on a legal framework to ban cryptocurrencies...
South African Bitcoin Investment Company Faces Fresh Scam Allegations
FX Choice, a forex and crypto trading company, is making new allegations that South African bitcoin investment company, Mirror Trading International (MTI) is a multi-level...
a foreboding of what’s to come in December?
In what can be said to be a kick against money laundering and financial fraud, the Russian government championed by the legislature has placed a...
Barstool’s Dave Portnoy is finally diving into Bitcoin after branding it a “scam”
If you’ve read any financial news outlet over the past few months, you’ve likely heard the story of Dave Portnoy. Prior to the ongoing lockdown,...
Congresspeople Call on IRS to Take It Easy on Taxing Staking Rewards
On Aug. 4, four U.S. congressional representatives wrote to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the tax authority not to overtax rewards from Proof-of-Stake blockchains. ...
Victims Of Cryptocurrency Scam Launch A Scam Of Their Own
By Lacie-Mae Durham Posted on 4 August, 2020 0 Comments After being deceived by a crypto MLM scheme, a group of Chinese investors sought to...
Alibaba and Tencent Face Serious Competition and Regulation from the Digital Yuan
China’s version of the digital currency, Digital Yuan, is set to “revolutionize” the ability of regulators to scrutinize the nation’s financial and payment systems. It...
US DOJ After $7.2 Million Crypto Ponzi Banana Fund
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a complaint against an alleged cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme to forfeit over $7 million in Bitcoin and...
China’s Digital Yuan to Reportedly Target Dominance of Alibaba and Tencent
The People’s Bank of China is purportedly planning to use its digital currency electronic system (DCEP) — another moniker for its central bank digital currency...
CoinDesk warns that cryptocurrency scammers are using its name to send phishing emails
CoinDesk warns that cryptocurrency scammers are using its name to send phishing emails CoinDesk warns users to be wary of emails with suspicious-looking links. Cryptocurrency...
Whetting Wall Street’s Appetite for Bitcoin and Crypto
OUR STORY DISCOVER CRYPTOCURRENCIES NEWS AND UPDATES It’s been more...
Restaurant Association Protests PPP Changes
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email The National Restaurant Association sent a letter to prominent U.S. political leaders in protest of a modification to...
Russian Government Bans Anonymous Wallet Deposits
The Russian Federation has banned anonymous deposits to online wallets in a move that will affect 10 million users across the country. According to lawmakers,...
Poll: Laid Off Workers Doubt Jobs Will Return
Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email Almost half of furloughed workers in the U.S. don’t believe their jobs are coming back, according to a...
US Prosecutors File a Forfeiture Lawsuit Against the Banana.Fund’s $6.5M Crypto Ponzi Scheme
U.S. prosecutors have filed a lawsuit seeking the forfeiture of crypto funds under the management of Banana.Fund, an alleged crypto Ponzi which operated at the...
An Avalanche of Innovation, Ava Labs Wants to Sweep up DeFi and Traditional Finance
Key Takeaways Ava Labs recently raised $42.5 million to continue building out their suite of blockchain products. Less an “Ethereum Killer,” Ava is positioning itself...
Korean behind YFI fork “Asuka” leads $60,000 exit scam
The developer behind Asuka, a short-lived fork of DeFi project Yearn Finance (YFI), conducted an exit scam this morning, with sources noting the loot was...
US Banks Get Crypto Custody Nod, but Instant Demand Surge Is Unlikely
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the United States Treasury that supervises banking in the country, on July 22, issued...
YouTube bans crypto channel for “promoting illegal activities.”
Another cryptocurrency-related YouTube channel appears to have fallen afoul of the platform’s community policies. According to a July 31 tweet from crypto community members and...
Is Bitcoin Legal | Cryptopolitan
If you are wondering whether Bitcoin is legal or not, you are not alone. In fact, since the creation of Bitcoin, one of the most...
Twitter hack masterminds charged in the US
Three individuals, two of whom are teenagers, were on Friday charged for their alleged roles in the Twitter hack that occurred on 15 July. The...
Travel Management Company CWT Pays $4.5M Bitcoin to Hackers
U.S.-based corporate travel firm CWT paid $4.5 million in a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who stole sensitive files from the company. According to a July...
Family tragedy of the Bognor Regis teenager charged over Twitter hack
The British teenager charged with hacking Twitter and stealing thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin was today described as ‘a nice lad’ whose father passed away around...
$3,000,000 Worth of Bitcoin Found in Twitter Hacker’s Coffers
Alex Dovbnya The Florida teenager who masterminded the Twitter hack has $3 mln in his coffers Contents The biggest Twitter hack A $3 mln Bitcoin...
How Not to Lose Your Cryptocurrency License in Estonia
Recently, there have been discussions regarding Estonia’s new law on cryptocurrency, the revocation of 500 crypto licenses in Estonia, and companies exiting from Estonian regulatory...
Ethereum’s fifth anniversary saw network near $1 trillion in aggregate transaction volume since launch
Ethereum’s fifth anniversary saw network near $1 trillion in aggregate transaction volume since launch – The Block We’re sorry but www.theblockcrypto.com doesn’t work properly without...
XRP Scam Impersonating Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse Gains Steam on Change.org
Contents Change.org Visitors Targeted by Scammers Extremely Primitive Scam A new scam for XRP tokens is aggressively being promoted on Twitter. Dozens of programmatically managed...
Why Banks Are the Key to Crypto Adoption in the United States
While countries are recognizing cryptocurrencies as legitimate forms of currency, it seems that the future of crypto adoption has never been brighter. Cryptocurrency is about...
Scam warning over fake celeb ads using Holly Willoughby and Meghan Markle that could cost you THOUSANDS
CELEBRITIES and business moguls are being used to trick Brits into clicking phoney ads – and even lure them into dodgy online scams. Top names...
Fan Token Platform Socios Secures Key Regulatory License
Socios.com, a blockchain startup aiming to tokenize the sports industry, has secured a major regulatory license allowing it to issue its own payments and loyalty...
The Crypto Weekly Market Update
This week was nothing short of exciting in the cryptocurrency markets. Bitcoin definitely woke up from its slumber and made a few aggressive moves upwards....
$5.7 Billion+ Cryptocurrency related Scam, Plus Token, Targeting Millions of Investors, Leads to Over 100 Arrests
Authorities in China have reportedly arrested 27 suspects who are allegedly responsible for conducting one of the largest cryptocurrency related scams, which is now well-known...
Longfin Ordered to Repay $223M to Investors
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that Longfin — a now defunct firm whose shares surged 1000% in 2017 after it bought an undervalued crypto...
Four suspects charged for roles in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam
Four suspects were charged today for their supposed involvement in this month’s Twitter hack according to press releases from the Department of Justice and State...
Top Cryptocurrency Online Events You Should Not Miss in August 2020
The crypto community is slowly coming back with in-real world conferences and summits, but for those of you who want to stay safe, you still...
Why Was The Official Apple Twitter’s Only Tweet Ever About Bitcoin?
Oddly enough, Apple is known for never using its official Twitter account to market its flagship iPhone or Mac computers. However, the one tweet the...
Russian Cryptocurrency Regulation Bill Signed By Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two bills on Monday that dramatically tighten government control over the Internet and the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin...
What is holding bitcoin back from mainstream adoption?
As the crypto space continues to grow, many people are wondering when bitcoin and the gang is going to go mainstream.
It’s a...
Bank of Japan Appoints Top Economist to Head Up CBDC Research Team
The Bank of Japan has appointed its top economist to lead a team tasked with accelerating its research into central bank digital currencies (CBDC). According...
The issue of scammers and bad actors within the crypto space
Unless you use bitcoin, many people believe that digital assets such as bitcoin are associated with criminal activity.
A lot of the headlines...
Best Crypto Wallet to Watch in 2020-2021
Internet and online investments are ruling the world in the 21st century. As more and more investors are engaged in online trading, the popularity of...
NY Court Orders Longfin to Pay $223M to Investors After Blockchain Pivot Turns Securities Fraud
Longfin, a now-defunct crypto firm that raised $27 million in 2017, has been ordered by a Manhattan federal judge to repay $223 million to its...
'Mrs. Antonia' Scam Preys on 1M Clients Affected by ePayments FCA Imposed Lockdown
The world of blockchain is no stranger to scams, and has resulted in multiple which were staggering in size. Onecoin. $4 billion stolen through Ponzi …...
Is decentralization the answer to DeFi’s SEC problem?
The creators of the third and fourth largest DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols, Synthetix and Aave, this week took steps to further relinquish control over the...
Twitter cyberattack ‘mastermind’ charged with felony, US police arrest teenage hacker
A 17-year-old Florida resident, suspected as the ‘mastermind’ behind the recent Twitter cyberattack, was charged with 30 felony counts on Friday, July 31 (local time). According to international...
