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Two Rubygems Infected With Crypto-Stealing Feature Malware Spotted by Researchers
New infected Rubygems packages have been spotted in its open-source software repository and which contained malicious code mainly used to...
FBI Warns Ransomware Gangs Are Harassing Victims via Telephone Calls to Pay Crypto Ransoms
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an alert that warns private industry in the country about incidents of...
Bitcoin’s Early Days: Reporter Recalls $200K Sushi Dinner After Spending 10 BTC, Former Bitcoin Dev Sells 55,000 BTC for Under $30 a Coin
As bitcoin touched an all-time price high this week, the tech reporter at the New York Times, Kashmir Hill, recalled how she spent 10 BTC...
South African Regulator’s Probe Into Mirror Trading International Unearths Previously Undeclared Losses and Missing Bitcoins
South African financial regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), has filed criminal charges with local law enforcement...
$1 Million Bitcoin Giveaway: Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Hands Out Free BTC on Twitter
American rapper and hip hop artist Megan Thee Stallion is giving away $1 million in bitcoin on Twitter to Cash App users. Thousands of...
DeNations, a Blockchain-Powered Metaverse, Launches the First INO – Initial Nations Offering
PRESS RELEASE. Smatoos, which is already known in the blockchain industry as a token economy platform, has released the blockchain-based...
Bitcoin Addresses Holding $1 Million Goes ‘Parabolic,’ 10% of BTC Supply Sits Idle for 10 Years
While bitcoin trades above the $20k handle, onchain data shows that the number of bitcoin addresses holding at least $1 million has...
Bitcoin Options Daily Volume Crosses $1 Billion, $100K Strike Introduced for 2021
Cryptocurrency derivatives markets have been seeing significant demand, as daily volumes for bitcoin options crossed $1 billion on...
$1 Billion in Bitcoin and Ether: One River Hedge Fund to Increase Holdings From $600 Million
Hedge fund management firm One River Asset Management has invested $600 million in bitcoin and ether with a plan to increase its holdings...
CoinEx Celebrates Third Anniversary With Overall System and Product Upgrade
PRESS RELEASE. CoinEx, a global and professional cryptocurrency exchange service provider, celebrates its third anniversary and announces...
Technical analysis: Polkadot, ChainLink and Dogecoin
Polkadot (DOT), ChainLink (LINK) and Dogecoin (DOGE) tokens have all traded higher since Bitcoin’s (BTC) rush to highs near $24k ...
Litecoin (LTC) enters top 5 as price crosses $100 barrier
Litecoin’s price has traded as high as $112 in the past 24 hours, breaking into the three-digit price level for the first time since...
Guggenheim Investments: Bitcoin Is Worth $400,000 Based on Scarcity, Relative Valuation to Gold
Guggenheim Investments, an asset management firm with over $230 billion under management, has valued bitcoin at $400,000 based on...
Mastermind of $25 Million Crypto Debit Card Scheme Sentenced to Prison
The mastermind behind a $25 million cryptocurrency debit card scheme has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison, in addition to...
Hong Kong Grants First License to Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Hong Kong now has its first regulated cryptocurrency trading platform. The Securities and Futures Commission has just given out the...
Major Exchanges Experience Technical Issues as Bitcoin Price Drives in Massive Traffic
Bitcoin has finally broken the $20k resistance level. The record-breaking price caused massive traffic on a myriad of crypto exchange...
SM Digital Holding and Wallex Prove That Bulgaria Is the Next Leading Hub for Fintech Companies
Many fintech startups and established companies are now looking for a new home across Europe due to Brexit. Bulgaria is shaping up to be...
Major Latin American University Launches Specialization Featuring Crypto-Related Topics
One of the biggest and most laureate universities in Latin America approved the launch of a Financial Engineering specialization course,...
QE Infinity: US Fed to Keep Rates at Zero, Billion-Dollar Bond Purchases Until Economy Recovers
This week the U.S. Federal Reserve met for two days at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and detailed that it would keep...
Coinbase Files Paperwork With SEC to Launch Public Offering
U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase had confidentially filed a draft registration for a public offering to the Securities and Exchange...
IMF Cautions Central Banks May Have to Rethink What Constitutes Reserves
The IMF warns that central banks may have to rethink what constitutes their reserve currency holdings. In a recent study, the global...
Yolo Investments Firm Makes First Portfolio Exit With 5.8x ROI
PRESS RELEASE. Gaming venture capital firm Yolo Investments (formerly known as Vereeni Investments) exited its investment in Estonia-based...
New Law in Germany Embraces All-Electronic and Blockchain Crypto Securities
The German government has passed new legislation to introduce all-electronic securities as part of the country’s wider blockchain...
Nigeria Is Paxful’s Second Biggest P2P Bitcoin Market, Trades Top $566 Million in Five Years
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, traded more than $566 million worth of bitcoin between 2015 and 2020,...
Kim Dotcom Says Bitcoin Cash ‘Great for Payments,’ Expects BCH to Cross $3K in 2021
On December 17, the internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom spoke about bitcoin being a “great asset for...
LEAD Wallet Launches Its Super Simple Application; Even Your Grandma Would Be Able to Use It
PRESS RELEASE. Lead Wallet, a new crypto wallet application, has officially been launched on Google Play Store, and it will also launch...
Bitcoin’s Value Surpasses $23,700, Critics Claim Its a ‘Bubble,’ Onchain Analyst Says $100K Prices ‘Ridiculously Low’
The crypto economy has gained a massive amount of value during the last few days, as the aggregate market cap of all 7,500+ digital assets...
Massive Fake Celebrity-Endorsed Bitcoin Investment Campaign Duping Google, Facebook Traced to Moscow
A massive bitcoin ad scam campaign — which features celebrities and mainly targeted Australians — has been traced. The...
Ethereum sees 2020 high as analyst forecasts rally to $1,000
Ethereum price surged to a new 2020 high of $670 following Bitcoin’s remarkable jump to highs of $22,500 Bitcoin’s surge to...
Technical analysis: Bitcoin targets growth curve above $22k
Bitcoin (BTC) price has hit a new all-time high above $22,500 but could still rise to $120k if its 2021 trajectory targets the log growth...
Bitcoin Fund Debuts on Canada’s Biggest Stock Exchange
CI Global Asset Management has begun to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada. The fund’s initial public offering managed to...
Christmas Festivities Unfurl at Bitcoin Games With 60,000 Free Spins Giveaway
Merry Christmas! Bitcoin Games celebrates 12 Days of Christmas with the biggest giveaway of the year! 60,000 Free Spins Up For Grabs...
Millions of Venezuelans Voted via Blockchain in an Unofficial Anti-Maduro Referendum
An unofficial referendum pursued by the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took place over the weekend in Venezuela powered...
21M Bitcoin and the Promise of Scarcity
In Bitcoin, the promise of a limited supply is great. This was one of the biggest things that initially appealed to me when I heard about...
LPNT’s Strategy For Increasing LPN TOKEN’s Utilization, Circulation, Demand and Supply
PRESS RELEASE. Forex trading is the world’s largest decentralized liquidity market. LPN TOKEN is an undisputed leader in this domain...
Bitcoin Mining Rig Prices up 35% Since Start of November — Shortages Force Miners to Turn to Secondary Market
The prices of the latest generation mining rigs have gone up 35% since the beginning of November, according to Hashr8. The observed price...
Report Claims US President Trump Considering Clemency for Ross Ulbricht
According to two anonymous sources, U.S. President Donald Trump is considering clemency for Ross Ulbricht. White House reporters Asawin...
CoinsLoot Launch World’s First Crypto Loot Boxes, With 10% Free Crypto, Prizes and Staking Rewards
PRESS RELEASE. CoinsLoot is a decentralized crypto platform offering a range of benefits for gamers, investors and cryptocurrency...
CME Group to Launch Ethereum Futures in February Pending Regulatory Approval
On December 16, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced that CME Group is expanding the company’s crypto derivatives and...
Cryptocurrency index funds
When building the long-term investment portfolio, cryptocurrency indices are a way to track the crypto price movements. In addition to...
Asset Manager Ruffer Confirms $750 Million Bitcoin Investment as Hedge Against Fiat Currency Devaluation
Investment management firm Ruffer, with over $27 billion under management, has confirmed that its bitcoin investment now totals $750...
Quontic Bank Launches Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account With Debit Card for US Customers
Quontic Bank is launching a bitcoin rewards checking account with a debit card. Customers can earn 1.5% back in bitcoin on their debit...
Brand New Protocol, DIGITALAX, Brings NFT Adoption Into the Real World
DIGITALAX, a digital fashion focused NFT protocol on Ethereum, launched less than 2 months ago at the end of October and is already making...
Capital Review 2020: What is Capital.com?
The crypto market has seen an astonishing rally in 2020, with more volatility set to come. Capital.com’s award-winning trading platform...
Snowden Reacts to Bitcoin’s New Price Milestone — Whistleblower Tweets ‘One word: Bitcoin’
The price of bitcoin has just hit a historic milestone in a turbulent year, crossing the $20,000 threshold, refreshing its all-time high,...
Capital Review 2020: What is the Capital.com?
The crypto market has seen an astonishing rally in 2020, with more volatility set to come. Capital.com’s award-winning trading platform...
Market Update: Bitcoin Price Hits New All-Time Price High Over $20k
The price of bitcoin surpassed its all-time high once again touching $20,800 on Wednesday morning (EST). At the time of publication, the...
Lawyer Who Represents Victims of Alleged Spanish Crypto Ponzi Says It Could Be the ‘Biggest One’ in the Country
The Arbistar case victims’ defense lawyer claims that the overall number of those affected amounts to 32,000 families with at least...
Bitcoin among the most crowded trades in fund manager survey
It comes as no surprise that Bitcoin is ranked high among the most crowded trades The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost all fronts of...
SushiSwap targets resistance blocking price rally to $4.0
SushiSwap (SUSHI) price could rally to $4.0 or higher in the next few days if current momentum carries it past a key barrier at $2.80...
Elrond (EGLD) sees massive 30% rally as bulls target new ATH
Elrond Network’s EGLD token has rallied to $25 and could retest resistance around $28 short term The price of Elrond token has risen...
Bulgarian Electricity Company Unveils Details of Historic Power Theft Linked to Illegal Bitcoin Mining
One of the largest exporters of electricity in Europe has revealed details of the most significant theft they have had in history, linked...
Mt. Gox Trustee Submits Rehabilitation Plan — Creditors May Soon Be Repaid 150,000 Bitcoins
Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi has finally submitted a draft rehabilitation plan to a Japanese court — meaning former users of...
CryptoWars Is an Ideal Combination of Gaming and Liquidity Mining
Decentralized finance (Defi) has сaused a mighty furor recently. Users have forgotten almost about everything while searching for...
No Need to Convince Shareholders – Microstrategy’s Investors Already Sold on Bitcoin, Says Analyst
Investment banker Ellie Frost has put out a Twitter thread showing that four of Microstrategy’s top 10 shareholders had already been...
Defi Protocol Founder Tricked, Hacked for $8 Million in Personal Funds
Nexus Mutual founder and chief executive officer Hugh Karp’s personal wallet address has been hacked for more than $8 million. The...
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Buys Bitcoin, Reveals Strategy to Increase Holdings
Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money and co-founder of The Street, has bought some bitcoin with the intention to keep increasing his...
Antier Solutions Expands Its Offerings With Crypto Friendly Banking Solutions Development
PRESS RELEASE. Antier Solutions, a blockchain development company headquartered in Mohali, India – with two global units in North...
Italian Insurance Giant Generali Gets Into Bitcoin via Banking Arm, Launching Crypto Custody Service
Banca Generali, the banking arm of Italy’s largest insurance group, has announced that it will be offering cryptocurrency custody...
SBI’s Acquisition of Crypto Firm Helps the Asian Giant Create Full-Fledged Digital Asset Trading Desk
Japanese financial group SBI Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom-based crypto services firm B2c2 for an...
Bank of America Investor Survey Highlights the Most Crowded Trades: ‘Long Tech, Short USD, Long Bitcoin’
The highly anticipated Bank of America fund manager survey has been published, and this December fund managers who participated in the...
Free TON Community’s Meritocratic Token Distribution Model to Revolutionize Tokenomics
Free TON is a community driven PoS network with a focus on decentralized governance. It is based on the open-source TON project which was...
P2P Bitcoin Trading: Venezuela, Colombia Account for Over 23% of Total Localbitcoins Volume
A study revealed a rising trend in bitcoin (btc) volume trading across Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation,...
Acclaimed NFT Artist’s Blockchain-Backed Digital Art Auction Raises $3.5 Million
Blockchain-backed digital art is continuing to make waves and this week an artist who calls himself ‘Beeple’ raised $3.5...
Bancor price analysis: Coinbase listing propels BNT/USD
Bancor (BNT) price rocketed over 28% in 24 hours as traders prepared for the listing of the token on major crypto exchange Coinbase Bancor...
Chinese State Media Surprises With Forecast of Bitcoin Outshining Gold
Chinese state-operated media outlets keep adding cryptocurrencies — specifically bitcoin — on their reporting agenda. Lately,...
Paypal’s Stock Soars to All Time High as Demand for BTC on the Platform Now More Than Supply of New Coins
E-commerce giant Paypal’s stock price surged to a new all-time high of $223.16 on Monday, December 14. Since November 12, when the...
Ethereum (ETH) price ready for 20% breakout in coming weeks
ETH/USD currently trades within an ascending triangle pattern and could see a breakout to highs of $770 by end of December Ethereum price...
VaultSwap Announces Its Token Sales and Exchange Listings
PRESS RELEASE. Swapping cryptos on an exchange can be incredibly inefficient, as no exchange has all the coins in one fold. VaultSwap...
Brazil Revenue Collector’s Data Shows Cryptocurrency Volumes Exceed $6 Billion Between January and September
Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and...
Estonia Revokes More Than 1,000 Crypto Firms’ Licenses This Year
Over 1,000 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses have been revoked in Estonia this year as the country tightens the oversight of the crypto...
Amon, AI-Powered Crypto Wallet and Card Is Fundraising on BnkToTheFuture
PRESS RELEASE. Amon, known for their innovative app that aims to make using digital currencies stress-free, will soon release their debit...
JPMorgan Sees $600 Billion Demand for Bitcoin From Global Institutional Adoption
JPMorgan’s analysts have predicted significant demand for bitcoin following the $100 million purchase of the cryptocurrency by...
Controversial Ukrainian Oligarch Is Reportedly Mining Bitcoin in the US
One of the wealthiest oligarchs in Ukraine and a former governor in one of the country’s regions are reportedly mining bitcoin in a...
The Great Reset Agenda: ‘Bitcoin Is a Decentralized and Rational Strategy to Opt-Out’
Every single day the conversation about the Great Reset continues to amplify. More recently, mainstream media publications have been...
Flash Loan Attack: Origin Protocol Unveils Compensation Plan that Excludes Founders
The Origin Protocol team has unveiled a compensation plan for its depositors who were adversely affected by the flash loan attack in...
Pornhub’s Premium Services Now Default to Crypto Payments, 13 Digital Assets Supported
During the first week of September, the world’s largest adult web portal Pornhub expanded its payment options by adding bitcoin and...
Chaintip Creator Unveils New Tipping Tool Sharetip
Tipping internet users with cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin Cash, seems like a great way to spread adoption. The creator of one...
Indian Crypto Trader Arrested for Allegedly Using USDT to Launder Money on Behalf of Chinese Online Betting Scammers
An Indian law enforcement agency has arrested Naisar Kothari, a cryptocurrency trader, for his role in a money-laundering scheme linked to...
Price Analysis: Monero (XMR), Stellar (XLM) and Aave (AAVE)
Monero, Stellar and Aave are among the top altcoins looking to rally higher after weekend gains Monero and Stellar could see their prices...
BTC facing ‘typical price reversal’ after spiking to $19.4K
BTC bottomed out at $17,500 before an impressive weekend rally saw it retest resistance around $19,500 Bitcoin price spiked to highs of...
Peter Schiff Blames Government for the Massive Dollar Depreciation — Still Refuses to Accept BTC is Digital Gold
Gold bug and bitcoin opponent Peter Schiff says the U.S. government’s actions in the past 78 years are partly responsible for the...
Bitcoin on Exchanges Drop to Lows Not Seen Since 2018, Long-Term Holders Realize Profits
According to data, bitcoin balances on exchanges are shrinking a great deal and have dropped to levels not seen in two years. Arcane...
YieldFinanceFarm Is Next Generation DeFi Farm to Maximize Rewards – YIF Presale Is Now Live
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Finance Farm (YIF) is a high-yield Defi farm that allows you to Stake, Farm, Lend, Borrow, and Earn. Bringing real...
France Approves New Cryptocurrency Measures to Fight Anonymous Transactions
The French council of ministers has approved a series of new measures to combat the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Anonymous...
Authorities Shut Down Darknet Marketplace Sipulimarket, Seize Bitcoin
A major darknet marketplace, Sipulimarket, has been shut down and its assets, including bitcoin, were seized by Finnish Customs, in...
8 People Arrested in Argentina Linked to Onecoin Ponzi Scam
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Argentine city of Córdoba has indicted 12 people in connection with the Onecoin Ponzi...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs Order Compelling Government Workers to Disclose Crypto Holdings
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order compelling the country’s government workers to disclose their cryptocurrency...
Ten Years Ago Satoshi Nakamoto Logged Off – The Final Message from Bitcoin’s Inventor
Ten years ago today, the pseudonymous programmer (or programmers) Satoshi Nakamoto logged into the forum bitcointalk.org one last time,...
Ledger Wallet Customer Data Leak Invokes Threats, Phishing Scams, User Allegedly Loses Life Savings
The cryptocurrency hardware wallet firm Ledger was hacked last June and over a million emails were exposed, according to reports from the...