Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees decentralized finance (defi) and blockchain as real, new technologies that can be deployed in both private and public fashion. He also noted that JPMorgan is at the forefront of this innovation.
JPMorgan’s...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The National Bank of Georgia is taking steps to regulate the crypto market in the Southern Caucasus country, its governor revealed in a recent interview. While companies in the industry are to expect a licensing regime, financial institutions have al...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On April 7, the digital currency exchange Crypto.com announced that fighters from the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), will be able to win Fight Night bonuses that will be paid in bitcoin. Fight Night...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
LNURL-PAY enables other use cases like static QR codes that can be printed and re-used many times, provides a standard for receiving sats over Lightning without having the user paste an invoice.
A common example would be a printed sign that contains...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
At the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Block, Inc., formerly Square, Inc., announced three new bitcoin services for the company’s mobile payment platform. The mobile payment platform Cash App will feature a “paid in bitcoin&#x...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Ethereum classic was easily the biggest gainer in the top 30 on Thursday, as the global crypto market was trading 0.9% lower as of writing. ZEC was also higher on the day, in what was a choppy session, as volatility remained higher, following a recen...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. PALO ALTO – April 7th, 2022 — Syntropy, a transformative Web3 connectivity company, announces its new customer – the sports betting and gaming giant, Entain. The FTSE 100 company is leveraging Syntropy’s glo...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
This past Tuesday, April 5, was the 89th anniversary of Executive Order 6102 when the U.S. government would strictly “forbid the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States.” W...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
In response to the military crisis in Ukraine, Binance Charity has committed $10 million to major Intergovernmental Organizations and local NGOs, including UNICEF, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, iSans and People in Need. They also launched a crypto-fi...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
BTC and ETH were once again lower during today’s trading session, as both were trading close to two-week lows. Bitcoin dropped below $43,000 for the first time since March 24, while ETH hit a bottom near $3,100 on Thursday.
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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Nigerian central bank recently fined four financial institutions it accuses of failing to stop clients from using their respective platforms to conduct cryptocurrency transactions. According to one of the affected institutions, the central bank i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Jason Kilar, the outgoing CEO of Warner Media, has touted blockchain as a technology that could transform the entertainment industry. He also said the tech could bring about new forms of financing.
Transforming the Entertainment Industry
The outgoing...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The crypto space is growing at a rapid pace, and it’s beginning to change major industries around the world. Even with the widespread of crypto, some people still do not have any idea of what it is. According to a survey mabe by Financial Cond...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Central Bank of Russia has turned down a proposal to allow the use of digital currencies for the purpose of sanctions evasion. The monetary authority believes this is hardly an option as Western regulators are already taking steps to prevent such...
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 / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A newly established Ukrainian charity organization, Pray4Ukraine, has brought together hundreds of digital artists that are using art to raise funds for the Ukrainian army and civilians devastated by the war. The organization is also attempting to us...