Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Let’s say you want to lose your Bitcoin (BTC) totally, irretrievably and forever. Hey, it’s not our place to wonder why. Maybe it’s part of some elaborate performance art piece, like the guy who destroyed all his possessions or perhaps you’ve always...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On March 11, the United States Department of Labor warned employers that sponsor 401(k) retirement plans to “exercise extreme care” when dealing with cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, even threatening to pay extra legal attention to retireme...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The amount of Ethereum‘s native token Ether (ETH) kept with crypto exchanges has fallen to its lowest levels since September 2018, signaling traders‘ intention to hold the tokens in hopes of a price rally in 2022.Notably, nearly 550,000 ETH — worth a...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
BTC $41,338 ETH $2,914 BNB $395 SOL $91 XRP $0.82 BCH $334 XMR $194.2 DASH $119 EOS $2.21 ZEC $171 NEO $22.69 XLM $0.199 USDT $1.0000 MIOTA $0.75 DOGE $0.12 UNI $9.60 YFI $20,307 MATIC $1.49 BAND $3.79 LINK...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
New Jersey-based crypto financial institution BlockFi confirmed a data breach incident via one of its third-party vendors, Hubspot. BlockFi’s proactive warning about the breach aims to deter the intentions of bad actors in repurposing the user data f...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The proposed European Union Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets, or MiCA, (hereinafter the “regulation”) was put to a vote in the European Union Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on March 14, 2022, and in the end, the propose...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The world is becoming more connected as cryptocurrency, blockchain, nonfungible token projects, the Metaverse and other online communities gain popularity. However, we’re also seeing rates of depression and feelings of isolation and loneliness skyroc...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Cointelegraph journalists at South by Southwest, or SXSW, in Austin, Texas reported that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were everywhere this year, marking a new phenomenon for what began as a music festival in 1987. Since evolving into a film, tech and ge...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Businesses in El Salvador have been slow to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) ever since the country famously recognized the digital asset as legal tender in September 2021, according to a recent survey by the Salvadoran Chamber of Commerce. Of the 337 companies s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Layer-1 (L1) protocols are the foundation of the decentralized application ecosystem, with the Ethereum network dominating the landscape in terms of the number of protocols launched on-chain and total value locked (TVL), followed by BNB Chain and Fan...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
BTC $41,086 ETH $2,894 BNB $393 SOL $90 XRP $0.81 BCH $332 XMR $193.3 DASH $120 EOS $2.19 ZEC $170 NEO $22.33 XLM $0.198 USDT $1.0000 MIOTA $0.74 DOGE $0.12 UNI $9.48 YFI $20,224 MATIC $1.48 BAND $3.69 LINK...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
BTC $41,109 ETH $2,895 BNB $393 SOL $90 XRP $0.81 BCH $332 XMR $193.5 DASH $120 EOS $2.19 ZEC $170 NEO $22.33 XLM $0.198 USDT $1.0000 MIOTA $0.74 DOGE $0.12 UNI $9.48 YFI $20,256 MATIC $1.48 BAND $3.70 LINK...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
ApeCoin (APE), the governance token of the well-known Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT project was airdropped to BAYC and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) owners at 8.30 am EST on March 17 and only eight hours after APE became tradable in the open market,...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) saw brisk upwards action during the Wall Street trading session on March 18, conforming to predictions that higher levels would see a retest.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBets placed on $46,000Data from Coin...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
BTC $41,109 ETH $2,895 BNB $393 SOL $90 XRP $0.81 BCH $332 XMR $193.5 DASH $120 EOS $2.19 ZEC $170 NEO $22.33 XLM $0.198 USDT $1.0000 MIOTA $0.74 DOGE $0.12 UNI $9.48 YFI $20,256 MATIC $1.48 BAND $3.70 LINK...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) is facing a challenging environment in 2022 due to the surging inflation and geopolitical turmoil. Although gold has outperformed Bitcoin year-to-date, Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone believes that Bitcoi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The energy usage and environmental impact of Bitcoin (BTC) mining have been frowned upon and been under the scanner by various international financial institutions. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mentions how Bitcoin mining consumes “vast amou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) recommended that the nation’s commercial banks ramp up monitoring users’ transactions that could be aimed at circumventing CBR’s “special economic measures to counter the outflow of foreign currency abroad,” local med...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Much has been said about Bitcoin‘s carbon emissions. Far less has been said about the potential of blockchain to increase the efficiency of renewables by transparently managing supply and demand. Blockchain doesn‘t pose a threat to the planet — it’s...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Dušan Matuska is, among many other things, a Bitcoin educator and consultant. The Slovak’s dream is to educate 100 million people about Bitcoin (BTC) by 2030 through talks, podcasts, webinars, workshops and even a Bitcoin education center in a far-fl...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) is reportedly investigating the possibility of launching a digital currency and issuing digital bank licenses. According to the head of the fintech section at QCB, Alanood Abdullah Al Muftah, the central bank is expected...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Bitcoin (BTC) is set for a “bigger move” as soon as next week, fresh analysis says as volatility faces a breakout situation.In its latest market update, trading suite Decentrader told readers that the time would soon come to “pull the trigger” with l...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
It's a hard rock life for one crypto user. A clumsy keystroke and the actions of a sniper bot caused a million-dollar mistake on March 10. A rock valued at 444 Ether (ETH), or $1.2 million, sold for 444 Wei ($0.0012) to a bot as the seller, DinoDeale...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
While the Ukrainian government has moved to legalize Bitcoin (BTC) amid the ongoing attacks from the Russian military, some of the largest local banks have reportedly banned their clients from buying BTC using the national currency.PrivatBank, the la...