Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
A Texas man, who calls himself “Doctor Bitcoin,” has pleaded guilty to running an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business, converting cash to bitcoin. He faces five years in federal prison. Crypto Exchange Operator Pleads Guilty The U.S....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. Beyond Oil™ has officially launched the Solar Oil Project &- the blockchain powered decentralized oil production platform that recycles abandoned oil wells to produce oil while eliminating a trillion dollar ecological nightma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
A major British bank, Natwest, has put a limit on fund transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges over concerns of fraud and scams related to cryptocurrencies. The bank is also blocking payments to a number of cryptocurrency asset firms. Natwest says the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
As crypto markets saw some recovery on Tuesday, decentralized finance tokens and applications have once again started swelling in value. Decentralized exchange (dex) trade volumes have increased a great deal, as daily swap volumes stemming from Ether...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Compound, one of the leading defi-based protocols, is launching a new service called Treasury. Compound’s Treasury is a new product designed to help institutions enter the defi space. Launched in partnership with Circle and Fireblocks, it skips...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Small hydropower plants have been put up for sale in China as demand for their cheap energy decreases following the government’s crackdown on crypto miners. Just as with mining rigs, their prices have been going down, leaving owners with limite...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Coinbase, the largest exchange in terms of crypto reserves held, has announced the introduction of a savings program tied to usd coin. The company’s high yield USDC savings program allows customers to gain 4% APY interest on stablecoin accounts...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. One of the leading blockchain-based NFT & Metaverse platforms, Dvision Network, has revealed that its long-awaited “Open Beta Test” (OBT) is going live on June 30th 2021. According to Dvision Network, the Open Beta Test...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
FTX Trading Limited has announced the company has partnered with seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady and Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen in a long-term deal. Both celebrities will have an equity stake in FTX and receive payments in crypto,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
A growing number of crypto firms in the U.K. are withdrawing their applications to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Around 64 firms have already withdrawn their applications and will not be able to operate in the U.K. The list of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Mexico’s central bank, finance ministry, and banking regulator have jointly issued a warning about cryptocurrency. Finance Minister Arturo Herrera emphasized that cryptocurrencies are prohibited from being used in Mexico’s financial syste...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
All cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea except the largest four may be unable to meet the bank account requirements needed to stay in business. A number of Korean crypto exchanges are considering suing the government and financial authorities, cl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Crypto investments in India have been gaining significant traction over the past year, blockchain data indicates. Despite the ambiguous regulatory situation in the country, more than 15 million Indians have bought or sold digital currencies. Indian...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Ark Invest, the investment company founded by Cathie Wood, filed for approval to offer a Bitcoin ETF yesterday. 21Shares, an investment firm with experience launching related products in Europe, will help Ark to launch the product. Ark Invest is the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
On Tuesday, Deutsche Börse Group, marketplace manager for the trading of shares and other securities, explained the company has acquired a major stake in Crypto Finance AG. The move adds to Deutsche Börse’s extension into the cryptocu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, has won a default judgment in London’s High Court in his copyright infringement case against the pseudonymous operator of bitcoin.org. According to a report, the website and its owner Cobra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has obtained approval from Germany’s financial regulator, Bafin, to provide cryptocurrency trading and custody services. Coinbase Germany will launch in the coming weeks. Coinbase, a Nasdaq-listed company, anno...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Fidelity, Standard Chartered Bank, and TP ICAP are collaborating to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. It will feature a marketplace for spot crypto trading and provide “connectivity and post-trade infrastructure into a network of digita...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Have you ever dreaded pressing ‘send’ on a crypto transaction, fearing you might have entered a wrong address by mistake? Kirobo is the innovative company that developed a solution for that, in the form of an ‘undo button’ tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, has been dipping his toes into the ocean of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles recently. The American rapper has also partnered...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
A learning institution in Nigeria’s Kano state, the New Oxford Science Academy, recently announced it will be accepting cryptocurrency as payment for school fees. According to the school’s proprietor, Sabi’u Musa Haruna, the institu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday, many other digital assets have seen hashrates drop significantly as well. Some of the largest digital currencies...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Total Locked Value (TLV) of 10M was reached in the first 4 hours of the farming program. Free TON, a community-driven blockchain with decentralized governance, has announced its 15M TON Yield Farming program will take place on TON Swap (Free TON&rsqu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Mpex founder and Bitcoin evangelist Mircea Popescu reportedly drowned off the coast of Costa Rica, adding to the mystery surrounding the man, his purported bitcoin fortune, and what it might mean for the future of the network. Father of “Bitcoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Fresh reports from South Africa suggest that the transfer of locally acquired cryptocurrencies to overseas crypto exchanges will now be subject to the country’s exchange control regulations. Consequently, transactions where an individual purcha...
