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20 More Block Rewards from 2010 Spent Today— Why Are Decade-Old Bitcoins Waking Up?
8.11.2020
Following the 21 coinbase rewards from 2010 spent on November 7, another long string of so-called ‘sleeping bitcoins’ mined a decade ago were transferred on Sunday morning. According to onchain data, the 20 block rewards from 2010 with 1,000 BTC were transferred at 4:02 a.m. EST. A...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin at $15K, $1B Silk Road Bust
5.11.2020
Bitcoin’s price keeps climbing amid election uncertainty. A Russia power provider looks to crypto mining. Coinbase eyes Japan
Coinbase in Japan, Binance In Africa, Bybit On Football Field + More News
5.11.2020
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Coinbase said it is hiring more staff in Japan, in another hint...
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Is on a Hiring Spree in Japan
5.11.2020
Coinbase is hiring in Japan, with various roles up for grabs in the capital Tokyo
Hash Watch: Bitcoin Cash Services Reveal Contingency Plans for Upcoming Fork
5.11.2020
The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is set to upgrade on Sunday, November 15 and it’s still expected that the network will bifurcate. So far, a number of crypto services have revealed contingency plans for the fork, and today’s data shows that 754 out of 1,000 bitcoin cash blocks were mined...
ZenGo Joins Visa Fast Track Program to Get Non-Custodial Crypto Card Off the Ground
3.11.2020
Visa has added crypto wallet provider ZenGo into its Fast Track program. The startup hopes to launch a debit card in the U.S. in early 2021
Coinbase, Gemini and others join forces to combat human trafficking
3.11.2020
Leading exchanges are tracing suspicious crypto transactions to combat human trafficking
Former Google lawyer joins spate of high-profile attorneys entering crypto
31.10.2020
Coinbase leads a growing list of crypto companies attracting top-tier legal talent
OCC’s Brian Brooks Against Government Issued Digital Dollar – Supports Regulation of Privately Issued Stablecoins
31.10.2020
The acting director of the U.S. Office Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Brian Brooks says the creation of the U.S. digital dollar is a terrible one because the government is not good at building things. Instead, Brooks believes tech companies, which already possess the know-how, to be in a better...
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Card, Avanti’s Approval, FTX’s Fractional Stocks
29.10.2020
Meanwhile, The Graph's $12 million raise is one in a line of many public token sales this year
Visa powers one more crypto card amid ongoing antitrust charges
29.10.2020
U.S. regulator's growing distrust in tech companies is not stopping them from extending their services into the crypto industry
Coinbase Card Now Available in the US for Payments and Purchases
29.10.2020
Leading global crypto trading network Coinbase announced the launch of the Coinbase Card in the United States. As per the official tweet, Coinbase Card is a Visa debit card that will allow users to spend their crypto for purchases and payments wherever Visa is accepted, and earn up to 4% crypto...
Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
29.10.2020
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based...
Coinbase to Launch Crypto Debit Card in US for Retail Spending
28.10.2020
Coinbase is launching its Visa debit card in the U.S. early next year
Cryptoverse Doubts Coinbase's Upgrades After Another Incident
28.10.2020
The Cryptoverse is not happy after the major crypto company Coinbase was forced to disable trading yet again, this time on Coinbase Pro, while bitcoin (BTC) made a big step upwards - as the exchange's previous fixes apparently didn't do the job.
At around 23:00 UTC Tuesday night, Coinbase announced...
Coinbase Goes Down as Bitcoin Approaches 2019 Highs
28.10.2020
Coinbase has halted trading on its platform as bitcoin crawls to 2019 highs
Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
27.10.2020
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing...
Whale alert — crypto user moves $1.1B in Bitcoin
26.10.2020
An anonymous crypto holder just completed the largest dollar value Bitcoin transaction in history
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinhouse opposes Coinbase’s 'no politics' policy
26.10.2020
Brad Garlinghouse said tech companies have an obligation to contribute to solving societal issues