Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has said new regulations compelling operators of crowdfunding platforms to ensure their products are suitable for clients are set to replace existing rules which were first issued in 2017.
Segregation of Client Money...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Anatoly Yakovenko, one of the co-founders of Solana, the proof-of-stake based, smart contracts enabled blockchain, issued a series of statements criticizing bitcoin’s consensus algorithm. In an interview on CNBC, Yakovenko stated that bitcoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Indian government is exploring “several commercial use purposes and not just financial inclusion” for its central bank digital currency. India’s finance minister clarified that the aim is for the digital rupee, which...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Investors will be focused on the U.S. central bank this Wednesday as Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to raise the benchmark interest rate aggressively. The top U.S. stock indexes saw significant losses at the end of the week, and the Nasdaq...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Switzerland’s central bank, the Swiss National Bank, says buying and holding bitcoin as a reserve currency is not a problem for the bank. “We can arrange the technical and operative conditions relatively quickly, when we are convinc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, says that he does not particularly like crypto but will defend your right to invest in it. However, he sees benefits in some aspects of digital currency.
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon on Crypto, Digital Currenc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The finance department of the U.S. state of Idaho has warned investors of a series of cryptocurrency scams promising returns as high as 80% every 24 hours with no risks to investors.
Crypto Scams Promising High Returns
The Idaho Department of Finance...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been acquiring high ticket items over the last 12 months and on April 28, the Degods DAO revealed it acquired a Big3 professional basketball team called the “Killer 3s.” The Big...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A draft law tailored to regulate cryptocurrency mining has been filed with the lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma. The legislation provides a legal definition for the extraction of digital currencies and envisages the establishment of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Three years ago there were a lot of discussions concerning data embedded in bitcoin transactions and the block size space consumed by these OP_Return transactions. However, in recent times, the use of OP_Return transactions has dropped a great deal a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to a report from the blockchain company Blocsec, Rari Capital’s Fuse platform has lost roughly $80 million from a “reentrancy vulnerability.” On Saturday, Fei Protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Brazilian Senate has approved a recently presented cryptocurrency policy, advancing the project to discussions in the deputy chamber. The proposal will have to be greenlighted by the deputies of Congress and signed by President Jair Bolsonaro to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
FTM was down by as much as 12% to start the weekend, as crypto markets were once again under a red wave. ATOM was also victim to this wave, falling to its lowest level since last August during Saturday’s session.
Fantom (FTM)
Fantom (FTM) was...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin and ethereum were both trading lower to start the weekend, as crypto markets continued to face bearish pressures. The current uncertainty surrounding next week’s Federal Reserve meeting has seen prices consolidate for most of the week,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The U.S. Labor Department has “grave concerns” about Fidelity Investments allowing investors to put bitcoin into their 401(k) accounts for retirement savings. An official of the Labor Department said it risks the retirement secu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Only a small share of cryptocurrency transactions have illicit purposes and the use of digital coins in illegal activities is for the most part a myth, a high-ranking Russian lawmaker has recently stated. Andrey Lugovoy, who is one of the deputies wo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The World Bank has said it expects the price of gold to rise by 3% in 2022 but warned the price might fall sharply if the Russian central bank decides to offload large quantities of the commodity.
The Russian Factor
After the price of gold surged pa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Exchange of digital assets Binance has suspended accounts associated with relatives of Russian government officials. In the face of escalating international sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the trading platform has stated th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. LBank Exchange is an innovative crypto assets trading platform with 6.4 million global users. Since the start of its journey, LBank Exchange has continuously expanded in the global market, serving users in over 210 countries and region...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Eric Schmidt, a former Google CEO whose net worth is $22.8 billion, reveals that he has put “a little bit” of money into cryptocurrency. He added that he finds Web3’s economics “interesting,” noting...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly offered its first-ever loan backed by cryptocurrency. The cash loan was collateralized by bitcoin owned by the borrower. A spokesperson for Goldman Sachs explained that the deal is interesting to th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Argentinian government has taken the first steps in the launch of its own central bank digital currency (CBDC). A new decree identified the number 207/2022 gives new faculties to the Argentinian mint to involve in the investigation, development,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On April 29, photography-focused tech start-up Picture This is finally launching the ‘Polar Bear’ NFT, which raises awareness and money towards climate change and the impact humans have on our planet.
Digital artworks have s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In recent times, cryptocurrencies that burn tokens have been very popular and a number of well known blockchain projects have destroyed large sums of digital assets. While a number of crypto projects have different burn schemes, the overall effect is...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The non-fungible token (NFT) collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has seen its floor value jump to 152 ether ($430K) for the cheapest Bored Ape NFT. Since September 1, 2021, the floor value of the BAYC NFT collection jumped from 25 ether ($70K) to...