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Live-Streaming Service Twitch Gives Subscribers 10% Discount if They Pay With Cryptocurrency
27.7.2020
The live-streaming service Twitch is now offering a 10% subscription discount for people who register with cryptocurrency. The new offer from Twitch leverages the Bitpay payment processor, as this is the first crypto-based discount promotion from a company of this magnitude. This week,...
Market Update: Crypto Cap Nears $300 Billion, BTC Hits $10K, ETH Rallies Hard
26.7.2020
The digital currency economy is steadily approaching a $300 billion market capitalization, as a great number of coins have been seeing decent gains. Bitcoin touched a high of $10,135 on July 26, during the early morning trading sessions, but ethereum is outpacing the top crypto measured by market...
Visa Moving to Integrate With Digital Currency Platforms
26.7.2020
Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed...
ESPN Announces Online Gaming That Allows Bitcoin Deposits and Withdrawals
26.7.2020
ESPN Global has announced the launch of a blockchain-powered gaming platform, which will allow competitors to deposit and withdraw using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through Cryptopay. The platform is also integrating an online treasure hunt, Satoshi’s Treasure, with $1 million worth...
Greatest Chess Grandmaster: Bitcoin Empowers Public and Protects Dissidents
26.7.2020
Russian human rights campaigner and chess supremo Gary Kasparov has said that the current economic crisis, which has led to unconventional monetary policy, will drive people towards bitcoin. Bitcoin’s finite supply compares favorably to agenda-driven printing of money by governments, noted...
Týden Živě: Budoucnost Windows 10X, fotografování od Adobe a ARM
26.7.2020
Microsoft u Windows 10X otáčí o 180 stupňů, nespustí běžné aplikace • Adobe se zaměří na mobilní fotky, přetáhlo inženýra z Googlu • Kdo koupí ARM?
Tron Obstructed Legitimate Attempts to Claim Its $1 Million Twitter Hack Bounty
25.7.2020
Company representatives declined to learn key details of the Twitter hack after offering seven figures for them
How Billion-Dollar Crypto Scams Lure Victims
25.7.2020
In the past week, reports emerged that some key members of the Onecoin scam were found dead in Mexico. According to reports, the two Oscar Brito Ibarra and Ignacio Ibarra may have been kidnapped and murdered but the motives behind their murder is unclear. Onecoin is one of the biggest...
Ant Group Explains What its 100m per Day ‘Digital Assets’ Uploads Are
25.7.2020
Alibaba affiliate Ant Group has revealed details about the nature of the 100 million+ “digital assets” it said are uploaded onto its AntChain blockchain network “every day.”
As reported, the Ant Group earlier this week announced that it has launched AntChain, calling it a “new technology brand...
Despite Stock Market Disaster Predictions, Bitcoin Markets Permeate Bullish Signals
24.7.2020
A number of Wall Street veterans like Bear Traps Report author, Larry McDonald, think that markets might see some “disastrous and unimaginable” impacts in the near future. Another seasoned analyst, Larry Williams, believes the S&P 500 will shudder after July 28. Despite the pending...
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Targets Record as BTC Price Nears $10K
24.7.2020
A week of solid gains for investors is sparking changes at CME, data shows as $9,500 continues to hold
Opera Brings Crypto Top-ups to UK, Has 170K Monthly Users Of Crypto Wallet
24.7.2020
Source: Opera, Instagram
The Opera web browser said it introduced their Crypto Wallet top-ups to the UK and revealed that the wallet has now more than 170,000 monthly active users globally.
The Norway-based company that claims to have 320 million active users partnered with Ramp, a crypto on-ramp...
Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While Twitter Hackers Direct Funds to Mixers
24.7.2020
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows current figures are well below those seen in 2019. In 2019, scams...
NBA Point Guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s Tokenized Contract Raises $1.3 Million
24.7.2020
NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie has finished the token sale of his contract that is hosted on the Ethereum blockchain. The sale of Dinwiddie’s tokenized contract raised $1.3 million which was only a tenth of what the project hoped to sell ($13.5 million). Even though the Brooklyn Nets guard...
New Russian Law Bans Bitcoin Payments for Goods and Services
24.7.2020
Russian lawmakers have passed a bill that gives legal status to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin – but bans them from being used to pay for goods and services. Legislators approved the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) bill on July 22 after its third and final reading. It had already won backing...
Crypto Race Heats Up: Bitcoin’s Dominance Ratio Drops to Lowest Level in 12 Months
24.7.2020
The largest digital asset by market capitalization, bitcoin has lost a significant share of market dominance during the last few weeks. Bitcoin’s dominance ratio dropped to 61.5% on Thursday, after hovering around 66% for months on end. The last time the crypto asset’s dominance level...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits 1-Month High; DeFi Value Locked Hits $3.3B
23.7.2020
Bitcoin is making gains, Ethereum’s DeFi value grows. (CoinDesk)
US Takes Down $25 Million Bitcoin ATM Operation, Seizes 17 Machines
23.7.2020
The U.S. government has taken down a $25 million bitcoin ATM operation and seized 17 machines along with some cryptocurrencies. The Department of Justice says the man behind this unlicensed bitcoin ATM operation has agreed to plead guilty and is facing up to 30 years in prison. US Dismantles...
Philippines Now Has 16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Approved by Central Bank
23.7.2020
The number of regulated cryptocurrency exchanges in the Philippines has grown to 16, according to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the country’s central bank. One of the regulated exchanges has been helping the government and Unionbank to launch an app for bond purchases. 16 Registered Crypto...
Ethereum Whales Send Exchanges $182M in ‘Likely Pre-Pump Positioning’
23.7.2020
Volatility is firmly on the radar as non-exchange balances suddenly decline by 700,000 ETH within just three days and resistance topples