Yesterday, actress and musical artist Lindsay Lohan publicly discovered Bitcoin. Well, sort of. She auctioned off an Ethereum-based NFT on digital collectible marketplace Rarible after predicting and/or demanding, “Bitcoin to the moon.” Over the following 24 hours, several of her 8.4 million Twitter followers and assorted onlookers painstakingly pointed out Read more…
Alabama resident has been charged in a SIM-swap hack, targeting victims to steal over $150,000 worth of cryptocurrency. According to local news, authorities alleged that the resident is a 22-year-old man named Joseph Chase Oaks who now faces a string of charges. Prosecutors have accused Oaks of identity theft, computer Read more…
As bitcoin has touched new price highs on Thursday nearing the $50k handle, people have been curious as to where the price will go in the future. Meanwhile, despite the gains so far, a number of luminaries, analysts, executives, and proponents from the crypto space believe the leading crypto asset Read more…
DeFi Pulse, the go-to website for metrics on decentralized finance projects, does not accurately measure the size of the industry. But there’s a reason for that. 1inch, a decentralized exchange aggregator that holds almost $2 billion in value, doesn’t appear on DeFi Pulse, which ranks top DeFi projects by how Read more…
The Nigerian Senate wants Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele and chief securities regulator Lamido Yuguda to testify about cryptocurrencies. Source Author: Sandali Handagama
Bitcoin prices climbed to a fresh record today. Several technical analysts weighed in on where it might go next. Source Author: Charles Bovaird, Senior Contributor
CryptoNinjas » Alkemi adds Monerium euro token to its stablecoin DeFi offering Alkemi, a permissioned liquidity pool platform where users can borrow/lend on 5 core DeFi markets, today announced a new partnership with Monerium, a regulated European-based electronic money institution. Holders of Monerium will soon be able to earn interest Read more…
Shark Tank star and millionaire investor Kevin O’Leary may be changing his tune on Bitcoin. O’Leary, who has been a vocal and longtime critic of digital assets, tells CNBC that he bought a small amount of crypto three years ago. “I have a crypto wallet. I really do, and I Read more…
Bitcoin’s price—currently near the $48,000 mark—is having an effect on people’s pocketbooks. That includes the wallets of those who mine it. According to data from blockchain analytics firm Glassnode, Bitcoin miners earned over $4 million in revenue in a one-hour period today. That’s the highest level ever recorded on the Read more…
Jim Cramer – host of the show “Mad Money” on CNBC – has stated in a recent interview that he does, indeed, own some bitcoin, and that he sees it as a powerful alternative to cash and fiat currencies. Jim Cramer Admits to Being a BTC Owner During the chat, Read more…
CryptoNinjas » Crypto mining pool service from Urkel now public with investment from Polychain Capital Urkel, a cryptocurrency mining pool provider, today announced the public access of its flagship product, Urkel Pool, a fair-pay mining platform that supports over 50 PoW blockchain protocols. Further, Urkel Pool is now publicly available Read more…
The whole party started after Tesla announced earlier this week it was investing $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Source Author: Aziz Abdel-Qader
Minecraft is one of the most popular games on the planet, still growing and enrapturing some 131 million monthly players as of October. While the multiplatform game itself is not built on blockchain technology, crypto gaming firm Enjin introduced non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to Minecraft last year via the launch of Read more…
A Reddit post that predicted Tesla’s $1.5 billion purchase of bitcoin on Monday has been revealed as a hoax, after the New York Post tracked down the user. Reddit User Says He Was High on Acid When Writing It Tesla’s record-breaking bitcoin purchase stunned the markets earlier this week, causing Read more…
US regulators have subpoenaed one of the traders that corralled Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets subreddit to pump video game store Gamestop’s stock last month. According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts regulators on Monday have subpoenaed Keith Gill, who posted videos on YouTube about the pump under the name “Roaring Kitty” and on Read more…
Bitcoin just set a new all-time high at $48,600 on top exchanges just days after setting its previous high of $48,300 on Coinbase. The cryptocurrency is up 8% in the past 24 hours, outperforming the stock market, though Bitcoin is underperforming some of its stock market peers. The rally comes Read more…
Bitcoin has been caught in one of the strong uptrends seen since its parabolic rally first began in late-2020 The cryptocurrency has been seeing tremendous growth as of late that has come about primarily as a result of multiple signs of mainstream adoption Examples of this include Tesla’s decision to Read more…
Cryptocurrencies are taking the center stage in worthwhile investments. Even mainstream corporations that once criticized the investment now buy digital assets. The latest is Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer buying $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin. More such investments are expected to flow into the space in 2021. As cryptocurrencies become Read more…
Crypto is coming to the UK markets and PayPal’s Venmo app for peer-to-peer transactions later this year. Source Author: Aziz Abdel-Qader
The digital payments company PayPal will introduce its suite of cryptocurrency services to UK customers in a few months. Jonathan Auerbach, an executive at the company, shared the update during its investor day. “We plan to expand our crypto offering geographically to the UK in a number of months,” said Read more…
Bitcoin today blasted through local resistance and set an all-time high price record. The powerful move came after a short-lived drop downward yesterday, providing enough short-sellers to pose as fuel to push prices higher. What also contributed to the “rocket fuel” was a sudden increase of stablecoins, which whales are Read more…
Everyone is talking about Tesla and bitcoin. While the news is more than 48 hours old, many are commenting that the latest move from the electric car company and its CEO Elon Musk is going to mark a significant time for the world’s leading digital currency by market cap. Tesla Read more…
A crypto whale is turning heads after moving nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin in a single transaction. The automated distributed ledger monitoring tool known as Bitcoin Block Bot detected the massive BTC movement. The whale in question moved 20,099 BTC worth $932 million for a fee of roughly $37, Read more…
The governor of the Argentine province of Catamarca, Raúl Jalil, submitted a written proposal earlier this week to the country’s president, Alberto Fernandez, urging him to create Argentina’s own national digital currency. Jalil’s proposal for an Argentine “digital peso” seeks to mobilize Argentina’s battered economy while taking advantage of the Read more…
Apple Inc. is well positioned to offer cryptocurrency trading, according to an analyst with global investment bank RBC Capital Markets. Not only will Apple gain instant market share in the crypto space, but the move could also generate the Iphone maker well over $40 billion in annual revenue. In addition, Read more…
Bitcoin has gotten off to a great start this year. The largest digital coin on the market has already seen many remarkable feats this year, setting different all-time highs, and now trades at over $47k. BTCUSD Chart By TradingView Its excellent performance on the finance scene looks set to continue Read more…
UK police have been arrested eight men as part of an investigation into a $100 million cryptocurrency theft, according to Europol and the UK’s National Crime Agency. The attacks were conducted throughout 2020, and originated in the UK; the victims were based in the US, and were “well-known influencers, sports Read more…
Bitcoin set fresh all-time highs today, with bulls taking full control of the cryptocurrency’s price action as they set their sights on $50,000 Where the crypto trends in the near-term should depend largely on whether or not bulls will be able to maintain their current momentum Any firm rejection could Read more…
Ethereum (ETH/USD) extended recent gains early in today’s North American session as the pair appreciated to the 1819 area after trading as low as the 1707.09 area during the Asian session, with the intraday low representing a test of the 38.2% retracement of the appreciating range from 1493.28 to 1839. Read more…
Ethereum (ETH/USD) extended recent gains early in today’s North American session as the pair appreciated to the 1819 area after trading as low as the 1707.09 area during the Asian session, with the intraday low representing a test of the 38.2% retracement of the appreciating range from 1493.28 to 1839. Read more…