Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A crypto forensics firm announced the discovery of information on a digital wallet believed to be associated with Russian oligarchs and sanctioned officials. Tom Robinson, co-founder of Elliptic, disclosed Monday that the wallet has large digital ass...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
NFTs are all the rage right now, with the industry expected to grow at a CAGR of 39.6%. As this industry expands, buyers are looking for the next big project. Metasnacks might be that project, offering some very interesting never before seen incentiv...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The rivalry between Wasabi and Samourai wallets rages on. That shouldn’t be the headline, though. This story is about privacy, censorship, and regulatory pressure. It all started with Wasabi’s simple announcement, “The zkSNACKs coordinator will start...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ethereum whales have always been big on meme coins. Coins like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin have gotten massive love from these whales who hold a good chunk of the ETH supply. Even through the downtrends, these whales have continued to show love for these...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman has doubled down on his bullish stand on Bitcoin, crypto, and its underlying technology. In a recent interview with CTech, the executive talked about the future of finance, digital assets, and how the two will merge in the nex...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he still holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin, and that he doesn’t plan to sell. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Still Owns And Won’t Sell His Bitcoin, Ethereum, And Dogecoin Holdings Yesterday, the Tesla CEO...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The European Union voted against a de-facto Bitcoin mining ban. In a major event for the entire crypto industry, the coalition’s European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) rejected a proposal that would have p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Rapper French Montana has become the latest rapper to enter the metaverse. The critically acclaimed rapper announced that he was officially joining the crypto world through a partnership with a prominent crypto metaverse project. French Montana Enter...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Lots of crazy stuff happen on the dark web on a daily basis. The brains behind a highly sophisticated drug trafficking network was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Friday for making and distributing a variety of banned narcotics via the dark w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
https://www.tradingview.com/chart/ajrdy9Lf/ With the Biden administration spearheading the enactment of economic sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the G7 (Group of Seven) countries are joining forces to assure its effectiveness. R...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On Monday, Japanese authorities directed cryptocurrency exchanges to refrain from processing transactions involving digital assets that are liable to asset freeze restrictions on Russia and Belarus over the Ukraine war. The move comes in response to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The growth of the NFT market is a well-known story by now. The craze around NFTs is even more intense than any of its blockchain counterparts as it indicates a convergence of the digital and the physical world. Globally recognized brands are leveragi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As the United States and its allies intensified sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the US Justice Department reports the creation of a new task force that will go after crypto exchanges helping move Russian oligarchs’ money. Accor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Brad Garlinghouse working as CEO of Ripple, called the recent moves made by the New York Judge regarding the particular case of Ripple Vs. US Stock Exchange Commission (SEC) is a significant triumph for the well-established United States-based techno...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins — a former Canadian government IT professional — was charged with conspiracy to commit computer and wire fraud, and other offenses in a federal court in Florida, the US Department of Justice said Friday. The Ro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Alexandre Dreyfus, the chief executive officer and founder of fan token company Socios, is in hot water. According to Off the Pitch, Dreyfus has been accused of withholding payments in order to keep the price of Chiliz (CHZ), the cryptocurrency utili...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Currently, the pressure to suspend cryptocurrency and Bitcoin mining in the United States is gaining force in New York as the New York environmental agency evaluates the impact of crypto mining on the environment. On Monday, the New York state senate...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
It’s unsurprising that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have found their way into the dangerous realm of drug cartels. According to law enforcement officials, cryptocurrency is developing as a new front in Latin America’s fight against...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Russians are headed toward crypto platforms of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in an attempt to save their fortunes, requesting crypto firms to liquidate billions of dollars, as per Reuters. Similarly, some of them want to buy real estate in UAE, whil...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Former Goldman Sachs fund manager Raoul Pal updated an important chart comparing crypto adoption to that of the Internet. Shared via his Twitter account, the chart attempts to represent the pace at which the technologies reached a determined number o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Normally, a “major NFT acquisition” is a whale-sized buy, stuffing up big dollar NFTs in their wallet. However, this most recent headline-smashing acquisition news in the NFT space isn’t about a big whale purchase, but rather a broa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Many people are skeptical about cryptocurrencies due to the sector’s volatility. But more people in emerging markets are embracing it as a way to make more returns in the long run. No one can argue that investing in cryptocurrencies is very ris...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
From the situation surrounding the estate case of David Kleiman and Craig Wright, there is no possibility for a new trial. Though an Australian computer programmer, Craig Wright is reputable for his disputed claims as Bitcoin’s inventor. On Mon...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
It was too good to be true. A fingerprint sensor will be the authentication method of choice for Block’s hardware wallet. The company revealed new details in the March update of their newsletter, and some of them weren’t well received by the communit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Non-fungible tokens were one of the hottest topics in 2021, and a new study from industry tracker NonFungible.com demonstrates how NFT traders capitalized on the trend. According to the analysts, the combined trading volume of NFTs for the year was n...
