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Google Stadia Shuts Down Internal Studios, Changing Business Focus
1.2.2021
Google Stadia, the late 2019 streaming platform that promised to revolutionize gaming by letting users stream games without needing to own a powerful PC or console, is altering course, getting out of the game-making business and will now offer its platform directly to game publishers alongside...
Goldman and Interactive Brokers Execs Claim Wallstreetbets Trend Could ‘Take Down the System’
31.1.2021
The heavy hitters in traditional finance have been concerned about the recent stock market action fueled by Redditors and a colossal number of retail investors. This week a Goldman Sachs executive warned that if these short squeezes continue it could “snowball through the market.”...
Indian government looking to crack down on crypto scams with proposed ban: Cashaa CEO
31.1.2021
Kumar Gaurav said "there is no way any government" can outright ban crypto given its nature as a global and decentralized system
Guggenheim Investments’ Scott Minerd Says There Is Insufficient Institutional Support to Sustain BTC Prices Above $30K
29.1.2021
As bitcoin struggles to kickstart yet another record-breaking rally, Scott Minerd, the CIO at Guggenheim Investments says this could be down to the inadequate institutional support. According to Minerd’s assessment, this lack of sufficient institutional investor support means it will be hard...
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29.1.2021
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BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack
29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...
DeFi in the spotlight as legacy brokerages break down
28.1.2021
As retail trust in the stock market comes under strain, DeFi developers champion an alternative system
Davos Watch: 'The Old World of Currency Now Has To Catch Up'
28.1.2021
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Experts say that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the pace of the shift from cash to digital payments, triggering an estimated 8% rise in non-cash payments in the euro area alone last year. But at the same time, a glut of central bank digital currency (CBDC)...
Crypto Fans 'LOL' At BIS GM Claims that Bitcoin 'May Break Down'
28.1.2021
The crypto community has reacted with incredulity after a senior Mexican economist and the boss of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) appeared to dismiss the notion of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin (BTC).
In a recent speech, Agustín Carstens, the General Manager of...
Twitch Is Cracking Down On Small (But Not Big) Streamers Who Made Channels Before They Turned 13
27.1.2021
AverageHarry, a 15 year-old aspiring Twitch streamer from the UK, was in spitting distance of his dream. He’d had a breakout 2020, amassing an audience of nearly 90,000 followers, somewhat ironically off the back of a viral clip in which randos in a hotel lobby made fun of him for streaming. Late...
Iran Finds Scapegoat In ‘Easy Victim’ Bitcoin as Officials Shut Down 1,600 Mining Farms
27.1.2021
As Iran experiences rolling electricity blackouts, the country’s authorities have responded to the crisis by targeting bitcoin mining farms. The sanctions-hit country’s campaign against miners has seen a total of 1,600 mining centers being shut down. This Iranian blitz on cryptocurrency...
Ex-Goldman CEO Blankfein Says Governments Would Likely Try to Shut Down Bitcoin If Becomes Too Successful
26.1.2021
Blankfein misrepresented bitcoin's traceability and falsely claimed users are blind to their counter-parties
Crypto Lending Heats Up, Jihan Wu Steps Down, FinCEN News + More
26.1.2021
Jihan Wu. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bitcoin.com - Official Channel
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Konami Has Not Shut Down Its Video Gaming Division
25.1.2021
Rumors circulating today stemming from a week-old news release suggest Japanese entertainment conglomerate Konami has shut down its video gaming division. Konami assures us it has not.Read more
It’s time to put the dukes down and work together for blockchain’s future
25.1.2021
Blockchain’s further success is contingent on the establishment of a strong free market and positive competition
In Japan, Pokémon Company Cracking Down On Sword And Shield Cheaters
25.1.2021
The Pokémon Company issued a statement in Japan regarding cheats being used in Pokémon Sword and Shield as well as in Pokémon Home.Read more
Chris Brummer Said to Be Biden’s CFTC Chair, Crypto-Friendly Tarbert Steps Down
21.1.2021
Georgetown Law professor and former CFTC Commissioner nominee Chris Brummer is reportedly Joe Biden's leading candidate to succeed Heath Tarbert, who announced his resignation Thursday
Craig Wright ultimatum: Take ‘my’ Bitcoin whitepaper down or face lawsuit
21.1.2021
Legal threats by self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, have caused one site to remove what he claims is “his” Bitcoin whitepaper. But others are refusing to give up so easily
83% of cryptocurrencies that peaked in 2018 are still down by 90%
21.1.2021
Data compiled by Messari indicates that the 157 crypto assets that posted record highs in 2018 are still bumbling along at prices more than 90% down from their ATHs
Major Darknet Marketplace for Stolen Cards Shuts Down After Making Over $1 Billion in Bitcoin
20.1.2021
The longest-running marketplace for stolen credit cards on the darknet has announced the shutting down of its services. The administrator of Joker’s Stash, founded in 2014, stated that the site would be taken down in February. Site Generated Over $1 Billion in BTC ‘Over the Past...