Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Yuga Labs, the team behind the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), lost access to their Instagram account. The team confirmed that their profile on this social media was hacked which allow the attackers to post li...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Elon Musk will acquire popular social media platform Twitter for $43.4 billion. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has long used the platform to promote crypto assets like Dogecoin and Bitcoin, post memes, and get himself in trouble with the SEC.
Musk aims to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Akutars, a highly anticipated Ethereum-based NFT project developed by Aku Dreams, which featured the character of a young astronaut, hit a snag after its launch on 22nds April and locked up $34 million due to the faulty code of the smart contract. Th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In the light of recent events concerning the curb on the Unified Payments Interface on cryptocurrencies, leading banks have now asked for a formal directive from the National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI).
The supposed “shadow ban”...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Per a recent report from the Wall Street Journal, crypto companies are strengthening their legal departments. As a reaction to an increase in regulatory and political pressure on blockchain-based companies, the repercussions have caused a ripple effe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The English Premier League side Liverpool FC has been looking into a crypto shirt sponsor, as suggested by a report.
Liverpool To Become First Club In The EPL To Have A Crypto Shirt Sponsor?
As per a report from the sports news website The Athletic,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Elon Musk’s support of Dogecoin has been a very public one, eventually leading the meme coin down one of the most impressive rallies in the history of the crypto market. The billionaire has not relented in his support for the digital asset too despit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Middle East has risen to prominence as a favored location for cryptocurrency exchanges, with Kraken becoming the latest to be granted a license by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).
Kraken is the first worldwide virtual asset exchange group to g...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Metaverse technology is at the forefront of media headlines these days. Everyone wants to explore the combination of a virtual world with innovative technologies and monetization options. Joel Dietz is the individual who will make the Metaverse more...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin is the first mover, and for that reason alone, it will always be the king of cryptocurrencies.
Every desperate attempt to kill the most sought-after crypto asset or claims of it being dead only seems to have made the crypto stronger and more...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In March 2022, Dubai took another step towards establishing itself as a global crypto headquarters by adopting its first law on virtual assets and establishing a regulator for the growing sector. The new law serves as a progressive regulatory framewo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Urban Change Protocol is the world’s first decentralized blockchain protocol that enables any urban community to have their own urban coins created to drive economic and social prosperity. $5.5 million has been raised towards the development of the U...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Over the years multiple blockchain platforms have emerged, bolstered by the demand for and acceptance of the technology, breakthroughs in blockchain innovation, and favorable price action generated by successful blockchain projects like the Bitcoin a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As it turns out, the Central African Republic did not adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Yesterday, a Forbes Monaco article took the bitcoin world by storm. It said an African country had followed El Salvador’s footsteps and adopted BTC as a currency wit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A globally recognized United States-based biggest crypto exchange, Coinbase, plans to acquire the Turkish oldest famous crypto exchange, BtcTurk, with almost $3.2 billion.
BtcTurk is a Turk-based crypto exchange established on July 01, 2013, having h...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
If Silk Road (Ross Ulbricht?) rings a bell then you might have heard about the dark web marketplace where you can buy the craziest stuff that you won’t find in “normal” stores or elsewhere because it’s illegal.
The Silk Road marketplace...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Are algorithmic stablecoins trying to clone the intrinsic qualities of fiat money or dollar; like security?
The recent craze over algorithmic stablecoins has stirred mixed reactions from the crypto community. For crying out loud, it has been an emot...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
We’re now into just the second year of play-to-earn prevalence, and while there is still a long journey towards market maturity for NFTs, blockchain technology, and P2E platforms, there is still plenty to takeaway in the brief time that the market ha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Sometime in January, everyone was puzzled with the sneak preview of an NFT called MNLTH, a silvery cube with the famous Nike logo.
Later on, to spice things up, RTFKT have set up a trail for their followers to complete quests to uncover what’s insid...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Media Markt, a chain of electronic retailers has decided to launch Bitcoin ATMs in Austria. The German multinational chain of retailers would install these ATMs across the whole nation, users can now withdraw Bitcoin from Kurant vending machines.
Med...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Apple’s App Store policies, according to Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, have impeded the company’s product plan. He blamed Apple for prohibiting features from their app and overall being unfriendly to the crypto business.
Brian Armstro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Stripe is pushing cryptocurrency to the forefront by allowing merchants who accept its payment processing service, StripsPayments, to pay their users in USDC. Starting this Friday, Twitter will let certain creators receive payments for features on Ti...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury last week connected North Korean hacking organization Lazarus to an ETH wallet used in last month’s $622 million Ronin Network hack, a sidechain established for the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.
Now, the T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The story of MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor buying Bitcoins aggressively has continued to make headlines over the last two years. However, according to one allegation, Mr. Saylor may be dumping his thousands of Bitcoins behind your back.
MicroStrat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Polygon has unveiled a $100 million budget for a new blockchain network dedicated to Web3 development.
The network, dubbed Supernets – application-specific blockchains with enhanced efficiency – aims to promote an ecosystem of activities centered on...