Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The Vice President of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) Martin Schlegel has caused a stir in the Bitcoin community with a new remark in a TV interview. Schlegel was asked to complete the sentences of the Swiss presenter who said, “I consider Bitcoi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Choosing a reliable and safe crypto trading platform can prove confusing for traders, especially with bad players and untrustworthy firms all over the market. Moreover, there are thousands of cryptocurrencies in the market, of which most exchanges su...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Shiba Inu is seeing increasing adoption in Web2 as companies look to take advantage of its massive supporter base. One of these companies is Travala, a travel company that started offering SHIB payments back in 2021. Once again, the travel booking co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Bitcoin is often pitched as a possible contender to become the next global reserve currency. However, it faces many hurdles, none more significant than the current reigning king: the almighty United States dollar.
The concept of a global reserve curr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
A new report by the United States Treasury Department highlights the growing concern of the US regulatory agencies regarding “illicit” actors exploiting decentralized finance (DeFi) services and their associated vulnerabilities.
The report defines D...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Reddit’s latest announcement unveils the deployment of Gen 3 NFT “Reddit Avatars” on the Polygon blockchain network, ushering in a new era of blockchain-based digital collectibles. Reddit launched these Non-fungible tokens on Polygo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) have canceled Binance’s derivatives license, a crypto exchange platform that has offered derivatives services in Australia since July 2022.
After deliberating on its mode of operations, ASIC has...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Our handy guide to the best Bitcoin casinos in 2023 will help you find trusted operators in the crypto-gambling space. To help you make an informed decision about where to spend your time and tokens, we have handpicked ten leading gambling sites, cre...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The three “VIP” quant trading firms named by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in its lawsuit against the Binance cryptocurrency exchange have been reportedly revealed to be Radix Trading, Jane Street, and Towe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Shibarium, the layer-2 scaling solution of Shiba Inu could become more decentralized than Ethereum – the layer-1 technology on which the Meme Coin is built – in the future. This is the goal of development firm Unification, which is consid...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Coinbase is backing plaintiffs who want sanctions imposed by the United States government against crypto mixer Tornado Cash removed.
The filing by Joseph Van Loon, Tyler Al-meida, Alexander Fisher, Preston Van Loon, Kevin Vitale, and Nate Welch, he...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
AI, or artificial intelligence, has been a topic of fascination and fear for years, and now an expert in the field is warning that a call for a six-month pause on developing powerful systems is just the tip of the iceberg.
Eliezer Yudkowsky, a renow...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
While the crypto industry has appeared to be in need of constant access to traditional banks like never before especially following the collapse of these major crypto-friendly US banks – Silvergate, Silicon Valley, and Signature, Singapore authoritie...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Bitcoin, the digital currency that emerged just over a decade ago, has been gaining momentum and popularity as a potential game-changer in the financial world.
With its superior purchasing power, some experts believe that Bitcoin could reshape the g...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Barely 72 hours after OpenSea, a top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, launched OpenSea Pro, it has been reported that one trader fat-fingered a Gemesis NFT bid, losing 100 ETH worth around $190,000 at spot rates on April 5.
Fat Finger Leads To A...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Is tech giant Apple a secret supporter of Bitcoin or did an employee act on his own? This is the question currently being asked by the Bitcoin community after independent blogger Andy Baio revealed in a post that the Bitcoin whitepaper is hidden in e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Ethereum is about to go through one of its most significant upgrades since “The Merge,” the event that allows it to transition to a proof-of-stake consensus protocol. On April 12, 2023, the network will implement the Shapella update at 22:27:35 UTC....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai has requested crypto exchange Binance and other international firms to provide additional information regarding their ownership, management, and auditing processes as part of their permit applic...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Bob Lee, who previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Square and was also behind the development of Cash App, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, due to injuries sustained from a stabbing incident that occurred in San Francisco.
Lee,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The BNB Smart Chain mainnet, which is a blockchain network that supports decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts, has announced a scheduled hard fork upgrade named “Planck”.
According to the announcement, this hard fork upgrade is to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
While some governments have expressed pushed back against the potential of crypto, the Swiss government seems to be bringing it closer to its citizens. Earlier today, PostFinance, a financial services firm fully owned by the Swiss government, rolled...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
As Bitcoin continues to gain traction as a decentralized, authority-free, censorship-resistant alternative asset, we’ve once again reached the anniversary of an event that reminds us why BTC is important.
90 years ago today, US President Frankl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
The founder of CryptoLaw, John Deaton, has revealed reasons why Judge Torres holds back on ruling the lawsuit between Ripple and the SEC. He made this clear in a video clip posted on Twitter.
The lawsuit has been ongoing since December 2020, with the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 month ago
Data shows a Dogecoin wallet that had previously been dormant for 9.3 years has suddenly shown signs of activity today.
Dogecoin Wallet Containing 1,215,614 DOGE Comes Alive After 9.3 Years
As per data from the cryptocurrency transaction tracker serv...