Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The third-largest metaverse, Next Earth, has been on fire lately. As discussed in a recent Business Insider article, the platform has seen tremendous growth, with over 230,000 users and a host of exciting new features. This has been the moment the co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is advising banks to contact it if they are currently engaged in or intend to engage in cryptocurrency-related activities. The FDIC notes that exposure to crypto assets may pose “safety and soundness hazards,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Disclaimer: The following article represents the views of the author, and may not necessarily reflect the views of Bitcoinist. Bitcoinist is an advocate of creative and financial freedom alike. Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir Technolog...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
At the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, the Bitcoin Lightning Network seems to be getting closer to mass adoption as large companies start to partner with Strike. The digital payments platform built on the BTC network announced that it will integrat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin hash rate has come a long way from the China crackdown that saw it fall by 50% in a matter of weeks. Its recovery has not only been swift but has been strong in the same regard. It continues to do well in terms of growth. However, with th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The UFC has been criticized in the past for the compensation allocated towards it’s talent, who put their all in on one of the most physically enduring sports on the planet. The league can look to counter critics this week, courtesy of their ex...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows the Bitcoin mining hashrate seems to have hit a phase of stagnation over the past couple of months after riding a continuous uptrend since last July. Bitcoin Mining Hashrate Has Stagnated In The Last Two Months As per the latest weekly rep...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
At the Bitcoin Miami Conference 2022, brokerage firm Robinhood’s Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada announced support for the second-layer payment solution Lightning Network. This will allow Robinhood users to send and receive instant BTC tra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The growth of the web3 space has been unprecedented and unstoppable. Be it cryptocurrencies to the Metaverse and NFTs, and even Decentralized Finance (DeFi), the space is ever-growing, and those who know how to tap it right can advance the growth sig...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Speaking at the Bitcoin Miami Conference 2022, former SoftBank CEO Marcelo Claure announced the allocation of 10% of its wealth into crypto. Specifically, the former SoftBank executive will put a portion of his capital into BTC as a hedge against inf...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
There is no doubt that there are many short-term gains that can be generated by meme-based or hype-based crypto tokens and assets. However, over the long run, as the saying goes, “Only the relevant survive.” As the market matures and blockchain and c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin funding rates have been less than encouraging even when the digital asset was on an uptrend. This indicated that perp traders were not actually feeling the market or the recent recovery enough to do anything. Leading to less money flowing int...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin 2022 conference started with a muffled bang. On the one hand, it generated several headlines and got people talking. On the other, the valuable content wasn’t there. And they mentioned “crypto” way too often in those first-day talks. The...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Meta Platforms is preparing to integrate cryptocurrencies into its family of apps, with the goal of using them to reward creators and to facilitate lending and other financial activities. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Meta is conside...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Twitter and crypto have gone hand in hand for the longest time, which is why the talk of an edit button has direct implications on the crypto community using the social media platform. The talk of adding an edit button had been one that has been goin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Cardano developer Input Output Global (IOG) recently partnered with iceaddis to support its ecosystem. The partners launched Ariob as part of an incubator scheme that will improve the growth of those projects supported by Project Catalyst. Related Re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows the share of the bitcoin hashrate in control of publicly-listed mining companies has shot up to 19% recently. Public Mining Companies’ Share Of Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes To 19% As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
During the Bitcoin Miami Conference 2020, Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary made a major prediction for the crypto industry. In his keynote, Mr. Wonderful talked about the innovation happening in the industry, the need for regulations, and the capital re...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The latest cryptocurrency project to join the metaverse adoption wave is the decentralized finance (DeFi) project, DAO Maker. DAO Maker has launched its NFT issuance market. Its first lineup is a profile pic NFT avatar for global sports stars with hu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
NFT-focused blockchain startup bitsCrunch has announced its upcoming partnership with leading payments service provider MasterCard. Set to be incubated through MasterCard’s Start Path program, a global startup engagement program designed to hel...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
MicroStrategy has proved it is not slowing down anytime soon when it comes to buying bitcoin. Not long after news broke that the firm had taken a $200 million loan to purchase bitcoin, it has made its first announcement that it has purchased BTC pres...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Taro protocol is the first big announcement to come out of the Bitcoin 2022 conference. With “bitcoinizing the dollar” as its target and Lightning Labs behind it, the news blew up in Bitcoin-Twitter after being strategically released the night be...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Forbes has officially released its list of the year’s 10 leading crypto tycoons, who have amassed enormous fortunes in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. The Forbes annual list of crypto billionaires has been revised, and the number...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Miami, a city known for its opulent lifestyles and cryptocurrency-friendly laws and mayor, has seen one of the most aggressive crackdowns on cybercriminals using bitcoin. Federal prosecutors confiscated roughly $34 million in cryptocurrency from a ma...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The blockchain is where the future of movies and entertain is headed. Jason Kilar, who was designated chief executive officer of WarnerMedia by AT&T nearly two years ago, informed the company’s workforce Tuesday that he was resigning after...
