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Elon Musk Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Rakes in Millions of Dollars in BTC
21.6.2020
‘Elon Musk’ bitcoin giveaways continue to scam people on Youtube. Scammers have reportedly pulled in millions of dollars in bitcoin from people wanting to double their cryptocurrency. Some of them use bitcoin addresses containing the name Elon Musk, Spacex, or Telsa. Before sending...
US Regulators Have Double Standards When It Comes to Bitcoin
6.6.2020
VanEck's Gabor Gurbacs said U.S. regulators have not treated Bitcoin fairly in their exchange-traded fund denials
OKEx to Double Staff, Bitfinex Untethers Allegations + More News
4.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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OKEx said they plan to open new offices in unspecified regions and they have already started recruiting...
Relief to Bitcoin Miners as Double-digit Difficulty Adjustment In Sight
3.6.2020
With the second post-halving bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment set to occur shortly, miners might once again breathe a sigh of relief after the previous such event also made life easier for players in the highly competitive industry.
This time, difficulty, a measure showing how hard it...
Background Patterns, Simplified by Conic Gradients
28.5.2020
For those who have missed the big news, Firefox now supports conic gradients!
Starting with Firefox 75, released on the April 7, we can go to about:config, look for the layout.css.conic-gradient.enabled flag and set its value to true (it’s false by default and all it takes to switch...
Bitcoin Miners Double Revenue: Fees Spiked Over 200% in 10 Days Since the Halving
20.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) miners earned 44% more in transaction fees in the nine days since the halving than they did for the whole of April. If this continues miners will have more than doubled their income from transaction fees going forward. According to data from Coinmetrics, miners have collected...
Pantera Capital’s Crypto Hedge Funds Are Losing Double Digits, But Its Bitcoin Fund Is Up 10,000% to Date
15.5.2020
Internal documents show that Pantera Capital's bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts
Crypto.com Claims Industry Record for Insurance Coverage as Users Double
14.5.2020
After its user base doubled in six months, Crypto.com claims to have secured the largest insurance policy held within the crypto asset sector
US Mining Firm Plans to Nearly Double Hash Rate After Halving
10.5.2020
Riot Blockchain has announced the purchase of an additional equipment for its post-halving operations
Bitcoin's Halving Incentivizes Miners to Sell for Double, Decred Co-Founder Says
5.5.2020
Decred's co-founder thinks Bitcoin's halving could double its price as miners look to cover the costs of their work
Don Tapscott: Blockchain Enabled P2P Trust For First Time in History
3.5.2020
In the closing keynote for Virtual Blockchain Week, acclaimed author Don Tapscott argued DLT is the foundational technology of “the second digital era.”
Cardano (ADA) Price Dips After Hitting a Double Top at $0.037
20.4.2020
Cardano is seen drawing a bearish candlestick as the day called for a pullback and currently trades at $0.0349. Important to note that in the previous week, ADA coin price had hit a double-top around $0.037 and again corrected downwards, while unable to hit the resistance. Overall, the price trend...
Coinbase Custody Doubles Down on DeFi Governance Options
16.4.2020
Coinbase is making it easier for its Custody clients to vote their tokens on more DeFi protocols. New tools for Compound were announced Thursday
Andreessen Horowitz Looks to Double Down on Crypto With New $450M Fund
15.4.2020
Private U.S. VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz intends to form another crypto asset fund, shooting for $450 million in capital
BTC to INR: P2P Bitcoin Marketplaces Growing in India
9.4.2020
Ever since the supreme court quashed the banking restriction imposed by the central bank, interest in cryptocurrency has been rising in India, including on peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces. The local crypto community is growing despite the nationwide lockdown and rising covid-19 threat. Also read:...
Mobikwik to Offer 100 Million Indian Users Direct Cryptocurrency Trading Via Buyucoin Integration
2.4.2020
Mobile payment platform Mobikwik, which has about 107 million users in India, has partnered with Delhi-based cryptocurrency exchange Buyucoin. News.Bitcoin.com talked to the CEO of the crypto exchange to find out how Mobilkwik users can soon buy and sell cryptocurrencies within the Mobikwik app....
HIVE Blockchain to Double Bitcoin Mining Capacity Through $2.8M Share Deal
1.4.2020
HIVE shares have increased 10 percent since the deal to acquire a bitcoin mining farm in Canada became public
Indian State Ministry Discusses Cryptocurrency Plans With Founders of Crypto Bulls Roadshow
1.4.2020
An Indian state official recently met with the founders of the “India Crypto Bulls” initiative and discussed cryptocurrency development, investment, and innovation in India. News.Bitcoin.com talked to Kumar Gaurav, one of the founders, to find out more about the meeting. Also read:...
23 Approved Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Japan — Number Rises Amid Pandemic
31.3.2020
Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, Japan continues to approve more cryptocurrency exchanges to legally operate in the country. The latest one was approved on Monday, bringing the total number of legal crypto exchanges in Japan to 23. Also read: 2x Bitcoin — Wanna Double Your BTC to...
Microsoft Patents New Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data
29.3.2020
Microsoft has patented a cryptocurrency mining system that leverages human activities, including brain waves and body heat, when performing online tasks such as using search engines, chatbots, and reading ads. “A user can solve the computationally difficult problem unconsciously,”...