by Michael
Most cryptocurrencies traded lower on Thursday after Fitch Ratings labeled China’s Evergrande Group as an official defaulter. Equities also drifted lower as traders appeared to be concerned about the risk of a global slump resulting from China’s credit woes.Bitcoin...
by Michael
Jeremy Allaire, a technologist who has long seen the disruptive potential of the internet, founded Circle in 2013 with the aim of bringing bitcoin to the masses. The company has evolved over the years, counting its fair share of losses, but has indisputably played a...
by Michael
Michael Saylor has probably spent more on bitcoin at this point than anyone else – and he’s still buying. The CEO of MicroStrategy, a publicly-traded business intelligence firm that now operates more like an unregistered bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), started his...
by Michael
Consumer cybersecurity giant Avast (LSE:AVST) has acquired self-sovereign identity (SSI) company Evernym for an undisclosed amount, Avast announced Thursday. The acquisition is expected to close in the coming weeks.Prague-based Avast, which has a market cap of more...
by Michael
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) isn’t the only U.S. politician to look at the cryptocurrency industry with a critical eye, but she may be the most sharp tongued. “Instead of leaving our financial system at the whims of giant banks, crypto puts the system at the whims...
by Michael
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely the most influential man in crypto. Too bad he hates the stuff. As leader of the U.S. central bank, Powell perpetrated the largest monetary experiment in history in response to the coronavirus crisis – including expanding...
by Michael
If U.S. lawmakers ever target the crypto industry for antitrust activity, Digital Currency Group (DCG) might be top of the list. Founded by Barry Silbert in 2013, DCG is a crypto powerhouse with investments across the industry – including ownership of this...
by Michael
Celebrities are coming to the metaverse, and they’re bringing their merchandise with them.Universal Music Group (UMG) has partnered with avatar company Genies, the label announced Thursday. Previously, some of the label’s artists, including Shawn Mendes and Justin...
by Michael
Serey Chea is deputy director general at the National Bank of Cambodia, which is taking a unique approach to a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with its Project Bakong. Chea is adamant that the nation’s digital currency, built on the Hyperledger distributed...
by Michael
Crypto-friendly payments company Strike has launched a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) product in the U.S., the company announced Thursday.Users, except for those in Hawaii and New York, can create recurring bitcoin purchases for as little as 50 cents, with no fees. This...
by Michael
Few people expected the Nigerian crypto economy to explode after the country’s central bank and financial regulators banned crypto trading in the country. But it has and it’s now the eighth-largest crypto market, according to Chainalysis. It continues to grow thanks...
by Michael
This year Bitcoin took a serious hit to its hashrate, the measure of electricity going to secure the distributed network, when the Chinese Communist Party decided to ban cryptocurrency trading, mining and related activities. This had the immediate effect of cutting... Page 3,640 of 4,512« First«...102030...3,6383,6393,6403,6413,642...3,6503,6603,670...»Last » Translate »