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Paid in Bitcoin: NFL Offensive Tackle Russell Okung Considered the Highest Paid in the League
At the end of December, the Carolina Panthers offensive lineman, Russell Okung told the public he would be getting half of his 13...
Janet Yellen Stresses Importance of Crypto Regulation, Making Sure Bitcoin Is Not Used in Illicit Transactions
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has reaffirmed that it is important to ensure that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not used...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Enters Bitcoin Space — Discusses What’s Driving Up BTC Price
The world’s largest asset manager with almost $9 trillion in assets under management, Blackrock, has started investing in bitcoin....
Bitcoin’s Watershed Moment- Crypto Asset Commands a $1 Trillion Market Capitalization
Bitcoin’s market capitalization has crossed the $1 trillion zone after the price per coin surpassed $53,650 per unit. The valuation...
North American Bitcoin ETF’s First Trading Day Captures $165M in Volume
The North American Purpose Bitcoin ETF launch on Thursday saw massive demand, as more than $165 million in trade volume was recorded. In...
Litecoin price: Breakout could see bulls target $300 next
If LTC resumes upside and breaks above resistance near $238, a breakout above another key resistance zone could see bulls attack $300 or...
How PIVX Is Bootstrapping the Revival of Privacy Coins
Throughout its history, PIVX has marked many firsts on the crypto market. These include being the first PoS project to use zk-SNARKs,...
Binance Coin price: BNB spikes 54% to $283, flipping Tether (USDT)
BNB is now the 3rd largest cryptocurrency after soaring 54% to reach a new all-time high of $283 Binance Coin (BNB) continued its...
Binance Coin Topples USDT to Become the Number Three Crypto After a 300% Price Surge
The Binance token has toppled the stablecoin Tether to become the third-largest crypto asset by market capitalization. After starting the...
TimeCoin’s Special Token Sale
PRESS RELEASE. The Special Token Sale of TimeCoin (TMCN) will be launched on February 15th with a 93% discount on the token’s...
Tezos Announces Major Upgrade to Improve Network Functionality
Open-source platform Tezos has just announced Edo, its fifth and most ambitious upgrade to its blockchain to date. This upgrade will add...
US Authorities Take Action to Shut Down Crypto Trading Platform Allegedly Defrauding Thousands of Investors
The New York attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have filed charges against a cryptocurrency trading...
US Government Expands Charges Against North Korean Hackers- Authorities Describe Them as The ‘World’s Leading Bank Robbers’
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed new charges against the North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus Group. The hackers are...
‘More Valuable Than Gold’- The Motley Fool Announces $5 Million Investment Into Bitcoin
The fifth-largest investment website globally with over 80 million monthly visitors, The Motley Fool’s positive outlook for the...
BTC Transaction Stuck? Bitcoin Cash-Powered Accelerators Can Speed Up Transfers
At the time of publication, there’s more than 69,000 transactions waiting in line to get confirmed by a bitcoin miner. Since...
Venture Capital Fund Yolo Invests in Digital Marketing Specialists eCartic
PRESS RELEASE. Tallinn-based venture capital fund Yolo Investments has announced a new investment in digital marketing company eCartic....
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Bitcoin Sells for $76K as Deposits on Centralized Exchanges Plummet
According to a website that tracks the price of bitcoin across the globe, the crypto asset’s selling price in Nigeria as of February...
As Millions Drown in Today’s Poverty Trap, Macro Strategist Raoul Pal Says ‘Bitcoin Is a Life Raft’
Global Macro Investor CEO, Raoul Pal, discussed the current economy this week and asked his 394,000 followers if people are using the...
Canada Has Approved Two Bitcoin ETFs — First One Starts Trading Today
Two bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been approved in Canada. Evolve Bitcoin ETF has become the second bitcoin ETF to get...
XRP drops to 7th in market cap as Binance Coin (BNB) surges
Ripple (XRP) has fallen to 7th place by the surging Binance Coin (BNB), whose market cap stands above $29.6 billion Binance Coin dethroned...
Binance Coin (BNB) price explodes by 48% to new high above $190
Binance Coin price shot 48% to a new all-time high of $196, with bulls likely to see $200 shortly Binance Coin (BNB) has skyrocketed by...
Ethereum price: ETH primed for $2000 as BTC looks to settle above $52k
Ethereum traded at a new all-time high of $1,918, registering a new milestone of its own as Bitcoin created history by rallying to $52.6k...
Blockchain-Backed NFT Market Value Grew 299% in 2020
A report has unveiled figures that confirm the bullish run of non-fungible token markets over the last year. Two analytical firms behind...
Pionex Is a Crypto Exchange With Built-in Automated Trading Tools You Can Trust
The international Pionex cryptocurrency exchange has been one of the fastest growing trading platforms in Asia in 2020 and it is now set...
Token-Driven Karaoke Platform Gets a Boost in South Korea as Pandemic Hits Over 2,100 Singing Rooms
Coronavirus-driven lockdowns and social distancing limits affect people’s way of entertaining themselves, such as going to karaoke....
Elon Musk’s Tesla Faces Scrutiny Over Potential Conflict of Interest in $1.5 Billion Bitcoin Purchase
Tesla is facing more scrutiny over its $1.5 billion dollar bitcoin purchase. A Tesla board member who reportedly approved the...
German Cannabis Firm Hedges Bitcoin to Protect from Massive Currency Devaluation
On Tuesday, the cannabis firm Synbiotic SE, a publicly-traded company in Germany that’s listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and...
Publicly-Listed Chinese Lottery Firm Acquires Bitcoin Mining Pool Btc.com
A U.S. publicly-listed Chinese sports lottery firm is extending its arms into the crypto industry by announcing another related maneuver....
xSigma Prepares to Launch Its Stablecoin DEX With Major Backers
PRESS RELEASE. xSigma is a decentralized exchange and liquidity mining platform that supports stablecoin swaps. It enables dollar-pegged...
Survey Finds Many Finance Managers Are Not Planning to Hold BTC— Volatility Cited as Key Concern
A new poll of finance managers by Gartner Finance finds that a majority are not planning to hold bitcoin as a corporate asset. In their...
Blockchain.com Raises $120 Million in a Strategic Financing Round, Firm’s Institutional Arm Swells
On Wednesday, as the leading crypto asset bitcoin has been riding above the $50k handle, the well known firm Blockchain.com announced the...
Privacy Coin Verge Suffers Third 51% Attack, Analysis Shows 200 Days of XVG Transactions Erased
According to various reports, the cryptocurrency network Verge has suffered a 51% attack that led to a massive 560,000+ block...
MahaDAO to List MAHA and ARTH With BitMax.io
PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io (BTMX.com), an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has...
Peter Schiff Admits Bitcoin Could Reach $100K After BTC Price Soars Past His Expectations
Gold bug Peter Schiff has revised his bitcoin prediction after the price of the cryptocurrency exceeded his expectations, reaching an...
Bitcoin Cash price analysis: parabolic rise takes price to $770
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) could target $900 if bulls establish support above its 52-week high of $774 Bitcoin Cash price has rallied nearly 70%...
Bitcoin price sees $51k as adoption momentum overshadows macro trend
Bitcoin rose to $51,050 on Bitstamp and could reach $55,000 if upside momentum holds Bitcoin (BTC) price broke above the $51k mark for the...
Dubai Government Licensing Entity Now Accepts Bitcoin for Payments
A government-owned entity in Dubai has started accepting bitcoin, ether and tether as payment for its services, according to local media...
Blockchain Firm Asks Nevada State for Permission to Build a Crypto ‘Smart City’ in Storey County
A crypto “smart city” could become a reality in Nevada’s desert, as a blockchain firm applied to make it possible. The...
The Man Behind Wallex and EURST
Simone Mazzuca is innovative in his style of management. Being the founder of Wallex and creator of the EURST, he is agile and motivated...
Spanish Treasury Secretary Says Cryptocurrencies Carry a ‘Risk of Default’, Repeats Bank of Spain’s Lack of Regulation Rhetoric
The government of Spain continues to harden its stance against widely adopting cryptocurrencies. The Spanish Secretary of State for the...
Polkadot Lays Out Its Plans for Parachain Rollout as the Token’s Price Climbs
The price of Polkadot’s native token hit an all-time high (ATH) this week, soaring above $30, as the company laid out the next steps...
Mexican Companies Are Willing to Join the Bitcoin Bandwagon in the Wake of Tesla’s Investment, Says Expert
Bitcoin-buying frenzy among major companies could hit Mexican firms soon, as interest keeps increasing across the country. An expert is...
NYDIG Registers for a Bitcoin ETF, Morgan Stanley Named a Participant in SEC Filing
Just recently, during Microstrategy’s “Bitcoin for Corporations” event, Stone Ridge Asset Management and New York...
Cream Iron Bank Flash Loan Attack: Markets Re-Enabled While Asset Borrow Is Paused
Following the Cream Iron Bank flash loan attack, preliminary findings of a probe have shown that contracts and markets still function...
Litecoin Attempts to Redeem Charlie Lee’s ‘Original Sin’ as LTC Markets Gain Momentum
Gradual warming to cryptocurrencies by financial companies combined with both retail investments and institutional interest has carved the...
Microstrategy to Sell $600 Million Worth of Convertible Notes to Buy More Bitcoin
The publicly listed company Microstrategy announced that it has plans to purchase more bitcoin after acquiring 71,079 bitcoin during the...
Bitcoin Hits $50K, Crypto Asset Jumps 200% in 3 Months, USD Shorts Touch a Decade High
The price of bitcoin touched an all-time high surpassing the $50k handle on February 16, 2021. Cryptocurrency advocates celebrated the...
Cardano (ADA) price rebounds 15% to eye multi-month high near $1.00
Cardano bulls are targeting an uptrend to recent highs near the psychological price level of $1.00 Cardano’s price is looking to...
Elon Musk Urges Dogecoin Whales to Dump Their Coins — Even Offers to Pay Them
Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that too many dogecoins are held by too few whales and has made them a huge offer. He will give his full...
Polkadot price analysis: DOT ready for 10% spike above $30
Polkadot (DOT) has rebounded from a $23.04 low and could break to $33.00 if bulls maintain the upside momentum Polkadot has rallied 11% in...
Argentinean Prosecutor Investigates an Alleged Bitcoin Scam Ganancias Deportivas
In Mendoza, Argentina, law enforcement launched an investigation against a sports-related investment site for presumably being a bitcoin...
Bluezelle is Resisting Censorship with a New Developer Grant: Interview with Neeraj Muraka
Online censorship has taken front and center since the sweeping ban of former U.S. President Donald Trump from every social outlet...
Nigeria Crypto Ban: Stakeholder Body, Politicians Assail Central Bank’s Directive to Financial Institutions
A body representing cryptocurrency and blockchain stakeholders in Nigeria has joined other crypto industry players in assailing the recent...
Bitcoin Payments for Private Flights Soar, 20% of Privatefly’s Revenue Stems from Crypto
Cryptocurrency users are leveraging their new-found wealth to fly more often with private jets. This week the directional aviation company...
Mexico’s Third-Wealthiest Individual Adds Bitcoin to His Twitter Bio
Just recently the Mexican billionaire, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, joined Elon Musk and a number of high-profile people, by adding the bitcoin...
Tackling Crypto Mass Adoption: Jax.Network’s Mission
PRESS RELEASE. Even though Bitcoin and Ethereum are called ‘cryptocurrencies’ people still treat them like assets instead of...
Paypal to Expand Its Crypto Services Offering to the UK
Paypal’s cryptocurrency services are coming to the United Kingdom, as the digital payments giant is now targeting non-U.S....
Allianz Economic Advisor Says Argument for Bitcoin Is Evolving — More Companies Will Embrace BTC as Form of Payment
Allianz’s chief economic advisor, Mohamed El-Erian, says that the argument for investing in bitcoin has reached a pivot point. He...
Morgan Stanley: Cryptocurrencies Here to Stay as Serious Asset Class, Bitcoin Making Progress to Replace Dollar
Morgan Stanley’s chief global strategist says that “regardless of where the price of bitcoin goes next, cryptocurrencies are...
Bitcoin Snaps Back After Slight Dip, Current BTC Chart ‘Is Near Identical to August 2017’
Digital currency prices are on the move again, after tumbling a hair downwards during Sunday evening’s trading sessions. On Sunday...
IOTA price outlook: 20% dip puts IOTA/USD in the red zone
New partnership news send IOTA/USD flying to its highest level since 2018, but a dip in sentiment is threatening further gains IOTA is...
Bitcoin Games Releases ‘The Angry Banker’, Hosts a $12,000 Tournament
Bitcoin Games releases its first exclusive slot game The Angry Banker with a $12,000 tournament! First Exclusive Slot Game Since Launch...
Bitcoin and Ethereum prices saw strong growth last week: What now?
The second week of February was a very profitable one for the crypto industry. Prices began to surge rapidly around 8th February,...
Bitcoin comes stunningly close to $50,000: Here’s what BTC could do next
BTC/USD rose to $49,714, just shy of the highly coveted $50,000 level Bitcoin (BTC) came extremely close to hitting $50,000 this weekend...
US Government Won’t Allow Corporates to Keep Replacing Dollars With Bitcoin, Warns Investment Advisor
Dan Nathan, the founder of Risk Reversal Advisors, says that the U.S. government will not keep allowing corporations like Elon...
Jed McCaleb Sells $22 Million Worth of XRP, Ripple Cofounder’s Stash Could Run Dry by May
During the last few weeks, the former Ripple executive Jed McCaleb has reportedly been selling millions of XRP tokens and every sale has...
Red Envelopes and BCH: Prominent Mining Execs Jiang Zhuoer and Jihan Wu Bolster Bitcoin Cash
In recent days, bitcoin cash has seen significant gains, and supporters of the digital currency have been positive about specific...
‘Black Swan’ Author Pulls a 180- Nassim Taleb Says ‘Bitcoin’s a Failure, at Least for Now’
On February 12, the well known Lebanese-American essayist and risk analyst, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, declared that the leading digital...
El Español Says Spanish Authorities Joint Statement Is a Warning to Companies in the Wake of Tesla’s BTC Buy
The Spanish financial markets watchdog and the country’s central bank criticized — again — cryptocurrencies as an...
Indian Official Provides Updates on Crypto Bill and Transition Period for Crypto Holders: Report
As the Indian government gets closer to moving forward with the cryptocurrency bill, an official from the Ministry of Finance reportedly...
Darknet Market Joker’s Stash Retires After Raking in $1 Billion in Cryptocurrencies
One of the largest darknet marketplaces for selling identity data and stolen credit card information, Joker’s Stash retired last...
Mirror Trading International Named Biggest Crypto Scam of the Year After Raking in $589 Million
Blockchain analysis firm, Chainalysis’ latest crime report has named Mirror Trading International (MTI) as the biggest...
Elon Musk Could Face SEC Investigation Over Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy, Lawyers Warn
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could investigate Elon Musk over Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase, some legal...
Candidate for Mayor Andrew Yang Plans to Make New York City a Bitcoin Hub
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is running for mayor of New York City. He has promised that as mayor he would invest in making...
Using Bitcoin With Apple Pay: Bitpay Adds Apple Pay Support — Google Pay, Samsung Pay to Follow
Bitcoin payments service provider Bitpay has added support for Apple Pay. Holders of a Bitpay prepaid Mastercard in the U.S. can now add...
Earn Yield Farming Rewards with DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP)
PRESS RELEASE. DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) is a decentralized yield farming platform that allows liquidity providers to earn rewards in...
Kim Dotcom Publishes a Website That Highlights the Benefits of Bitcoin Cash
On February 12, the founder of the now-defunct file-sharing website Megaupload and cryptocurrency proponent, Kim Dotcom tweeted about a...
Twitter Stock Jumps 20% Following Reports the Company Is Weighing the Possibility of Adding BTC
Buoyed by reports that Twitter has been studying the possibility of adding bitcoin to its balance sheet, the company’s stock surged...
Bitcoin’s Rapid Increase Should Compel Crypto Investors to Own Gold, Says Top Miner
Sandeep Biswas, chief executive officer of Newcrest Mining, one of the world’s biggest gold miners, has said that the sharp increase...
Amazon Is Working on Digital Currency Solutions— Pilot Project Set to Launch in Mexico
The e-commerce giant is preparing to explore the crypto business, as a recent job listing suggests. Amazon is looking to launch a pilot...
South Korean Court Orders Bithumb to Compensate Users for an Accidental BTC Withdrawal Case in 2018
A South Korean court ordered one of the biggest domestic crypto exchanges to compensate victims of an “accidental withdrawal”...
Colombia’s Financial Superintendent Approves Nine Crypto Platforms to Work With National Banks
In Colombia, the entity managed by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, the Financial Superintendence of Colombia (Superfinanciera)...
2021 Crypto Market Stats Show a Number of Other Coins Gained More Than Bitcoin
During the end of 2020 and into 2021, a great number of digital assets have seen significant gains and the bearish season that followed...
Bitcoin ETF Approved: First North American Bitcoin ETF Set to Trade on Toronto Stock Exchange
The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in North America has been approved to launch in Canada. Purpose Bitcoin ETF, an alternative...
Miami Going Full Bitcoin: City Supports Efforts to Hold Bitcoin in Treasury, Allow Tax Payments in BTC
The U.S. city of Miami is going full bitcoin. The city commissioners have voted to support the mayor’s resolution to allow payments...
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says ‘the Misuse of Cryptocurrencies Is a Growing Problem’
Janet Yellen, the new U.S. Treasury Secretary, has warned about “a growing problem” from “the misuse of...
Oldest US Bank BNY Mellon Sets Up Crypto Unit to Offer Bitcoin Services
The Bank of New York Mellon, BNY Mellon, has set up a digital asset unit. The oldest bank in the U.S. plans to “hold, transfer, and...
Anonymous DeFi Project Core Announces New Token Project
Core, an anonymous and hyped DeFi project, has announced Delta, a new product and token. Core says this will “close the gap”...
Price Analysis: Ripple (XRP) IOTA and Stellar (XLM)
XRP, IOTA, and Stellar are all primed for further gains as we head into the weekend As the weekend approaches, Bitcoin is looking to...
Cardano trims gains after 120% rally near $1: What’s next for ADA price?
Cardano’s ADA rallied almost 120% this week to see highs of $0.98 Cardano (ADA) surged by nearly 120% this week as prices reached...