Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The prominence of Nelson Mandela as a symbol of South African democracy remains intact, as demonstrated by the sale of an NFT of his 60-year-old arrest warrant for $130,000. The proceeds from the NFT sale will benefit the Liliesleaf Museum Heritage S...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Polkadot’s parachain auctions have been one of the most hotly anticipated events in the platform’s history. After the first raft of projects battled it out during November and early December, now the auctions for slots six through eleven are underway...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The tables have turned in Russia as the country’s energy minister calls for the legalization of crypto mining. Russia has had to fend for itself in recent months as it has faced escalating sanctions from the West and other nations. On Saturday,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Anonymous keeps its promise by renewing its attack on the cybersecurity firewalls of Russia’s Central Bank. According to various news sources, the international hacker collective Anonymous claims to have hacked Russia’s Central Bank and i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bware Labs, which aims to solve the centralized node problem within decentralized systems, has recently announced that its API infrastructure platform is now fully functional. The main issue that has been affronting blockchain for quite some time is...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second-largest city, will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments for property taxes in 2023, reports said Saturday. According to a notice from the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, the city will contract multiple companies...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Emerging as one of the biggest bitcoin supporters out there, Ricardo Salinas made the pilgrimage to El Salvador. The billionaire took journalists Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert on a private plane to the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. T...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Increasingly, charities worldwide accept crypto donations and are even experimenting with equally exciting opportunities in NFTs to further their novel causes. Cryptocurrencies and NFTs are a global phenomenon launching from public chains such as Eth...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Last year, Facebook rebranded to Meta and announced that they are ‘developing exciting new technologies to help people connect and explore in the metaverse.’ Ever since metaverses have been making mainstream headlines. If you’ve been watching from t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Non-fungible tokens, or more generally referred to as NFTs, continue to be a hot topic of discussion within the crypto market. Some argue that they have virtually run out of energy, yet a few recent events appear to indicate the contrary. XCOPY, a ps...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Obtaining the “Verified by Machinations” seal elevates the appeal of Mavia in the world of eSports and competitive blockchain gaming. Heroes of Mavia illustrates its commitment to sustainable play-to-earn gaming by partnering with Machina...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A Nevada man has acknowledged to participating in the money laundering plan for the Bitclub Network, a $722 million fake crypto operation. Gordon Brad Beckstead of Henderson, Nevada, pled guilty Friday in connection with the Bitclub Network scheme, t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Goldman Sachs’s home page now reads, “From cryptocurrencies to the metaverse, explore the megatrends that are reshaping economies”. The investment bank has featured information on cryptocurrencies and metaverses, which is quite the change...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Anyone watching the charts recently will have noticed that Solana (SOL) has been on an impressive uptrend recently. The digital asset had grown from where it had been trending around the $88 price range and has once again made it above $100. While th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation just launched the Meta History NFT Museum. “WE WILL NEVER LET ANY SINGLE DAY OF THIS PERIOD DISAPPEAR FROM THE LEDGER OF WORLD HISTORY.” – The Meta History Museum of War The mission o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitcoin core developers and former core maintainers will not have to stand trial against Craig Wright. A judge in the United Kingdom ruled out that Wright via a company called Tulip Trading Limited (TTL) lacks the foundation to be tried “on the merit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Web3 tumbles as the Solana-based stablecoin Cashio lost its value after an experienced attacker exploited it for around $28 million. As the bloodshed of rug pulls grows, it is worth discussing what is at stake in the bigger picture. SOL trades at $10...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to a Reuters report, Leumi, the biggest banking institution in Israel, has enabled crypto trading. The first bank in this country to provide its users access to this nascent asset class, clients will be able to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum. Rela...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Florida has announced that it would allow citizens to pay their state taxes in bitcoin. The state has been a hotbed for crypto activities as Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has made it his mission to make the city the crypto hub of the nation. This has pa...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Decentralized Finance is about to undergo a major shift in the blockchain industry. By enabling cross-chain exploration, the Panda DeFi Blockchain aims to simplify the creative economy through high performance and zero fees. It incorporates new DeFi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
A New York man was charged Friday with operating a crypto money laundering scam that he publicly promoted on social media, bragging to clients he could help them stay “totally off the radar.” The individual, a former party organizer, was...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
QuickSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Polygon, announced on Wednesday that its token, QUICK, would undergo a 1:1000 split. The decision was put to the vote earlier this month, with an overwhelming majority of more than 93% of participants supp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Buyers who invest in trendy new projects are harmed by a so-called NFT rug pull or other related scams. However, the crypto space’s pseudonymous nature does not mean that alleged crooks may always vanish without repercussions, as a pair of NFT...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Activity has been on the rise on the Cardano network ever since smart contract capability was introduced last year. However, this has ramped up this year as more decentralized applications (DApps) continue to debut on the blockchain. Alongside this h...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Exxon Mobil, the largest oil producer in the world, is mining Bitcoin. Per a Bloomberg report, the company is running a pilot program to leverage BTC mining using an excess of natural gas from their oil wells and to prevent a process known as flaring...
