Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Catalan justice department has reportedly confirmed that the antivirus tycoon John McAfee was found dead in prison in Barcelona.
John McAfee, 75, was found dead in his prison cell in Barcelona, the Catalan justice department reportedly said, not...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Australia’s Lloyds Auctions now accepts major cryptocurrencies for any of the items offered on its marketplace. Within hours of the announcement, the auction house managed to sell an expensive caravan (camper/trailer) to a bidder who was happy...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Following the naming rights deal for the NBA’s Miami Heat arena and the partnership with the esports giant TSM, FTX Trading Limited revealed a long term partnership with the professional baseball organization Major League Baseball (MLB).
FTX Pa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The goal of cryptocurrencies is to give financial freedom back to the individual. In order to fully realize this vision, the world of crypto must remove its major barriers to entry. One of the biggest challenges for those new to the space is sending...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said that she is “really excited” about the low price of bitcoin, and is planning to buy the dip. “As soon as it drops a little more I’m going to buy some more,” she said. The senator believes...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Visa Inc. and Paypal have invested in Blockchain Capital’s new fund. The venture capital firm focuses exclusively on the crypto ecosystem and blockchain technology.
Blockchain Capital Raises $300M for Its New Fund
Blockchain Capital announced T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Upland has just hit a major milestone in their platform, and for the NFT landscape as a whole. Being one of the world’s fastest growing digital metaverses, Upland’s users have recently minted the millionth NFT property on the platform.
N...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Coinbase is now registered as a cryptocurrency exchange to operate in Japan. The Japanese financial regulator has approved Coinbase to trade five cryptocurrencies.
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), announced...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The American economist, financial commentator, and gold bug Peter Schiff had a lot to say about bitcoin’s price sliding on Tuesday. Schiff has always claimed bitcoin’s value will one day drop to nothing. This week he insists bitcoin&rsquo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A South African bank, Absa, has reportedly blocked use of its credit cards for users buying cryptocurrencies on international exchanges, according to one media report. The claims come after clients of the financial institution reported receiving a te...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Amber Group, a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency trading company, has attained “unicorn” status. The company managed to raise $100 million in its Series B funding round. With the new influx, the company is now valued at one billion dollars,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The STC Terminal will be launched by the end of July 2021 and will be a major milestone in the wide-scale tokenization of the economy. It will make issuing a token accessible to everyone, including individuals, organizations, corporations, startups a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On Tuesday, Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., an ESG-friendly cryptocurrency miner announced it has raised $105 million in two private equity securities funding rounds. Stronghold’s operations convert waste coal into alternative energy in order...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has become the latest African central bank to join the digital currency movement after an employee confirmed the institution is studying the possibilities of issuing its own digital currency.
CBDC Implications on Fi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Bank of France has successfully completed an experiment involving the use of CBDC to settle listed securities. The test has been carried out with the help of an alliance of partners led by SEBA Bank, a digital asset banking provider based in the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A new Bank of America (BOA) research study has found that both central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and private digital currencies hold “a lot of potential” for increasing financial inclusion in developing countries. In the report, the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On June 21, the wealth manager Vaneck filed a prospectus to launch what it calls a Bitcoin Strategy Fund. The prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) explains the fund will procure bitcoin exchange-traded products and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Jaime Guevara, a Salvadoran representative, presented a lawsuit against the recently approved bitcoin tender law today. Guevara alleges the law is unconstitutional and brings a series of changes that will cause problems for Salvadorans. Some people s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a call for EU institutions to uphold privacy when designing a digital version of the euro. The agency is ready to provide advice on data protection matters surrounding the project. Meanwhile, an EC...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
While on the surface it seems officials from five provinces in China have been cracking down on bitcoin miners, no one is quite sure how much hashrate is moving, which pools are affected, or where these miners will end up. A number of mining pools ha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Iranian police have reportedly seized 7,000 bitcoin mining machines operating illegally in the country. The machines were found in an abandoned factory west of the capital.
7,000 cryptocurrency mining machines have been seized by Iranian authorities...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The price of bitcoin dropped to a new low in 2021, hitting $28,600 per unit Tuesday morning (EST). BTC has shed more than 10% in value over the last 24 hours and its market capitalization is now less than $600 billion.
Bitcoin Price Plunges Below $29...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Shenzhen-based Bit Mining has started shipping bitcoin mining machines to Kazakhstan as the Chinese government cracks down on bitcoin mining operations in the country.
Bit Mining Ltd., a mining company based in Shenzhen, announced Monday that &ldquo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Analysts at Hedgeye Risk Management, an investment research and financial media company based in Stamford, Connecticut, have analyzed the Bitcoin stock-to-flow argument. This framework suggests Bitcoin’s price potentially reaching $1 million by...