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Cyber Criminals Are Now Hiding Their Stolen Cryptos 13x Faster, Says Report
26.2.2021
A new report unveiled a growing trend of efforts from cybercriminals hiding their stolen cryptocurrencies through different transaction flows. Crystal Blockchain pointed out that since 2019, the volume of stolen bitcoin grew significantly. Only 8% of the Funds Were Transferred to Exchanges With...
Chicken and greens: $97B retail firm uses IBM blockchain to track food supply
26.2.2021
Multinational retail giant Carrefour will use IBM's blockchain tech to track two major food categories as part of a growing reorganization of global supply lines
Bitcoin Dump Saw Exchange Inflow Jump Over 1,000%, Whale Address Sells 2,700 Coins, F2pool Hawks 3,633 BTC
24.2.2021
On Sunday, February 21, the price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high (ATH) at $58,354 and at the time, inflow into exchanges spiked as well. According to data from the onchain analysis firm, Santiment, stats indicate that exchange inflow jumped 11x on Sunday and data also shows one whale...
Report: Bitcoin Mining Firm Northern Data AG Plans for a $500 Million IPO
24.2.2021
While the public prepares for the upcoming Coinbase public offering, the mining firm Northern Data AG is reportedly planning to go public as well. Sources say that the mining business is in talks with Credit Suisse Group to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. Report:...
Skybridge Capital Founder Predicts $100K Bitcoin Price This Year Due to ‘Heavy Demand’ and Diminishing Supply
22.2.2021
The founder of asset management firm Skybridge Capital, Anthony Scaramucci, has predicted that the price of bitcoin will reach $100,000 before the year-end simply due to supply and demand. “You don’t have a lot of supply out there and very heavy demand,” he said. His firm...
Gold Bull Jeffrey Gundlach Says ‘BTC Maybe the Stimulus Asset’ Ahead of the Precious Metal
21.2.2021
Renowned gold bull and CEO of investment management firm Doubleline, Jeffrey Gundlach says bitcoin may be the “stimulus asset” while adding it “doesn’t look like gold is.” Gundlach, a self-professed long-term dollar bear, had preceded his comments about bitcoin...
World’s Largest Asset Manager Blackrock Enters Bitcoin Space — Discusses What’s Driving Up BTC Price
19.2.2021
The world’s largest asset manager with almost $9 trillion in assets under management, Blackrock, has started investing in bitcoin. Sharing his view on what’s driving up the price of the cryptocurrency, the firm’s chief investment officer says the technology and the regulation have...
UK firm launches service for company treasuries to invest in Bitcoin
19.2.2021
U.K.-based crypto firm BCB Group is looking to provide corporations with a way to put Bitcoin on their balance sheet by launching a dedicated treasury
Fortune 500 firm Geely to launch joint blockchain venture in China
19.2.2021
A Swiss blockchain developer and Geely will provide enterprise blockchain solutions to clients, with a focus on digital identity, regtech and privacy enhancement technologies
Firm in Portugal to accept Bitcoin for electricity bills
19.2.2021
Some Portuguese residents will reportedly be able to pay for electricity in Bitcoin starting from February
Another crypto firm hit with fines for violating U.S. sanctions
18.2.2021
BitPay apparently screened merchants but not customers
Libra Co-Creator’s VC Firm Co-Leads $12M Round in ‘Decentralized GitHub’
18.2.2021
“Web 3 developers should be building on open protocols,” NFX General Partner Morgan Beller said of Radicle, a platform for crypto-native code collaboration
Russian crypto mining firm scrambles to meet foreign demand
18.2.2021
Russian crypto mining giant BitRiver is rushing to build two new data centers to meet increasing demand from global crypto miners
German Cannabis Firm Hedges Bitcoin to Protect from Massive Currency Devaluation
18.2.2021
On Tuesday, the cannabis firm Synbiotic SE, a publicly-traded company in Germany that’s listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Xetra, has announced it is leveraging bitcoin to hedge against the euro. Synbiotic’s chief executive officer, Lars Müller explained that the company...
Publicly-Listed Chinese Lottery Firm Acquires Bitcoin Mining Pool Btc.com
17.2.2021
A U.S. publicly-listed Chinese sports lottery firm is extending its arms into the crypto industry by announcing another related maneuver. 500.com Ltd announced it has acquired Btc.com, the well known bitcoin mining pool. Jihan Wu Is the ‘ Biggest Beneficial Owner’ of the Mining Pool...
Blockchain.com Raises $120 Million in a Strategic Financing Round, Firm’s Institutional Arm Swells
17.2.2021
On Wednesday, as the leading crypto asset bitcoin has been riding above the $50k handle, the well known firm Blockchain.com announced the company has raised $120 million in a strategic financing round. Blockchain.com says the financing comes at a momentous occasion, as the firm’s wallets have...
Listed German Cannabis Firm to Buy Bitcoin, Slates Euro and USD
17.2.2021
Companies outside the United States look set to follow Tesla and others into bitcoin (BTC) buying, after the German listed cannabis company SynBiotic announced that it has “started to shift some of its free liquidity into bitcoin.”
Although the German company did not disclose the size of...
GPU hardware firm riles gaming community by flirting with crypto miners
17.2.2021
Hungry for coin? A computing hardware firm has angered gamers after apparently marketing the already scarce Nvidia RTX 30 series to cryptocurrency miners
Blockchain Firm Asks Nevada State for Permission to Build a Crypto ‘Smart City’ in Storey County
17.2.2021
A crypto “smart city” could become a reality in Nevada’s desert, as a blockchain firm applied to make it possible. The investment company asked the state of Nevada to form a local government in Storey County. Crypto City Aims to Host 33 Million Square Feet of Commercial Space...
Chinese Lottery Firm 500.com Acquires Crypto Mining Pool BTC.com
16.2.2021
BTC.com is currently owned by Bitdeer Technologies and former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu