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FIO Protocol Marks First Year Anniversary
25.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) celebrates the first year anniversary since the community launched the mainnet of the open-source FIO protocol. With over one-hundred and fifty thousand users and some of the industry’s leading service providers such...
Coinbase Says It Aims to Improve Customer Service, Integration w/ Pro
24.3.2021
As their company is readying for its USD 100bn initial public offering (IPO), Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and CFO Alesia Haas reached out to Reddit users through an ask-me-anything session. The resulting discussion has revealed the company’s plans to enhance the integration between Coinbase...
New FATF Guidance Applies Regulatory Standards to Decentralized Exchanges, Defi and NFTs
24.3.2021
On March 19, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published draft guidance on the risk-based approach to virtual assets. The newly updated guidance now applies anti-money laundering and know-your-customer rules to stablecoins, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible token (NFT) assets....
DeFi Goes Mainstream: B26 Finance Becomes Official Sponsor for the Falcons, Dubai’s Basketball Team
22.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. B26 Finance, the world’s first blockchain-based self-banking service, has recently been released to the world. Being a relatively new project, developed and worked on for years, but officially launched 2 weeks ago (8/03/2021), B26 Finance has seen massive growth and adoption...
'Shop Contest: The Rock Edition
21.3.2021
According to weirdos on the internet, The Rock might be in Fortnite. Maybe? Who can really say? (Besides The Rock, his PR team, and Epic.) Regardless, let’s put The Rock in some video games!Read more
South Koreans Are Required to Pay Taxes for Crypto Holdings in Overseas Exchanges, Authorities Warn
20.3.2021
South Korean tax authorities are unstoppable in keeping crypto holders in their eyes and making them accountable to pay taxes. The National Tax Service (NTS) has issued a warning to the crypto traders that they have to report their earnings even from tokens held in foreign exchanges. No Details...
Which Crypto Exchange Has the Best Service in Canada?
19.3.2021
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One way to distinguish between cryptocurrency exchanges is by evaluating their customer service. There are countless ways to invest in cryptocurrencies these days. While this is an exciting time to be...
GeForce Now Video Game Streaming Service Doubles In Price
18.3.2021
Nvidia is raising the price of its GeForce Now video game streaming service from $5 a month to $10, the company announced in a blog post this morning.Read more
South African Exchange Ice3x Suspends Trading After Noting Discrepancies in Balances of BTC and LTC
18.3.2021
A South African crypto exchange, Ice3x, suspended trading on its platform on March 16 after noting discrepancies in balances of bitcoin and litecoin held on the platform. At the time of writing, the exchange had not revealed the cause of the mismatches in balances or when it expects trading...
Coca-Cola Is Launching A Vending Machine Subscription Service In Japan
18.3.2021
Like Coke? A lot? Well, according to Nikkei (via Gearoid Reidy), the drink maker is rolling out a special subscription service in Japan.Read more
What is a Bitcoin Escrow Service?
17.3.2021
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Escrow is not a new term. In fact, escrow services have been around for centuries and have since become commonly recognized as being a third-party service that is the middleman for transactions. This...
South Korean Tax Agency Identifies Over 2,400 Evaders Who Used Cryptocurrencies to Bypass Taxation
17.3.2021
South Korean authorities seem to be focusing on strengthening measures to combat tax evasion across the nation. The country’s tax watchdog profiled thousands of evaders that relied on cryptocurrencies to hide assets worth billions of Korean won. Evaders Hid a Total of $32.24 Million in Assets...
PlayStation Communities, A Service I Didn't Even Know Existed, Is Going Away
16.3.2021
This week marks the first and last time I have ever heard of PlayStation Communities, a service that apparently let users hang out in custom forums/group chats on the PS4 and talk about specific stuff.Read more
'Shop Contest: Bethesda+Microsoft
14.3.2021
It’s official. Microsoft has completed its purchase of Bethesda. They had a whole roundtable discussion about it and everything. (More importantly, it was officially approved by regulators.) Let’s have some fun with these two companies now stapled together like some hideous mega-beast. Read more
Binance Rolls out Crypto Pay Service for Bitcoin, Ether, Fiat and More
12.3.2021
The crypto exchange giant Binance has come good on claims last year that it was poised to join the payments sector, moving its Binance Pay platform out of beta and into the full rollout.
Following a similar move from rival crypto trading platform Bitfinex earlier this month, Binance wrote, in...
Umbrella to List UMB Token With BitMax
10.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io (BTMX.com), an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of UMB Tokens (UMB) under the trading pair of UMB/USDT on March 10th at 9:00 a.m. EST. Umbrella Network is a community-owned, decentralized...
Heartbreaking Stories of People Who Got Scammed on Tinder During the Pandemic
9.3.2021
Every social media site has scammers, but there’s something extra depressing about people getting scammed on dating sites like Tinder. Unfortunately, it happens all the time, and that hasn’t stopped with more people turning to dating apps during the pandemic.Read more
IRS Launches ‘Operation Hidden Treasure’ to Target Unreported Crypto Income
8.3.2021
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reportedly launched an operation to target cryptocurrency investors. Dubbed “Operation Hidden Treasure,” the team consists of agents trained in the field of cryptocurrency and transaction tracking. Damon Rowe, Executive Director at the...
Paypal Acquiring Crypto Security Firm Curv to Expand Digital Asset Initiatives
8.3.2021
Payments giant Paypal has announced that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based crypto security infrastructure provider Curv. According to Paypal, this acquisition will help the company “expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets.” The deal is reportedly worth less...
ProfitChief Service Launches AirDrop on Bitcoin.com Crypto Exchange
8.3.2021
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The analytical service Profit Chief, widely known in the CIS crypto community, launches a large-scale AirDrop on the popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin.com. Anyone can participate and get any amount of...