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Xbox FPS Boost Coming Soon To Fallout 4 And Other Old Bethesda Games
12.3.2021
After launching the FPS Boost feature in February with a handful of games, Microsoft has announced that five more games, all from Bethesda, will soon be enjoying FPS Boost support.Read more
Highlander's Endless Imagination Gives It an Enduring Legacy
8.3.2021
Thirty-five years ago, a new phrase first entered the pop culture lexicon: “There can be only one.” It’s from Highlander, a 1986 sci-fi fantasy from director Russell Mulcahy. The film stars Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, a Scottish warrior who learns he’s an immortal being destined...
Bitcoin’s Watershed Moment- Crypto Asset Commands a $1 Trillion Market Capitalization
19.2.2021
Bitcoin’s market capitalization has crossed the $1 trillion zone after the price per coin surpassed $53,650 per unit. The valuation comes 145 months after the launch of the Bitcoin network on January 3, 2009. ‘The First Trillion Is the Hardest’ The price of bitcoin (BTC)...
Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Says Bitcoin ‘Is Here to Stay’
21.1.2021
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and economist Larry Summers says bitcoin is here to stay despite the concerns by some that it may be a bubble. The former secretary asserts that bitcoin’s price fluctuations are in fact a sign of its resilience. In his latest comments about bitcoin, Summers,...
The Relationship Between US Government Debt and Bitcoin, Explained
20.1.2021
Bitcoiners are looking for persistent USD inflation to validate their favorite asset. That’s unlikely to happen soon, economists say, but low interest rates are still a boon for BTC
Traders Complain About Exchange Issues and Downtime During Bitcoin’s Volatile Price Swings
12.1.2021
As bitcoin and a number of digital assets saw deep losses on Monday, a few crypto-asset exchanges had difficulties. Traders have been complaining about issues with exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, and other trading platforms during the volatile price swings. Bitcoin (BTC) and many other...
Financial Analysts Expect US Dollar to Soften Further, 2021 Could Be the Greenback’s ‘Worst Year Ever’
4.12.2020
Well before the coronavirus pandemic, global economists expected a grim-looking American economy and during the last ten months of the Covid-19 outbreak, the U.S. financial system looks even worse. Economists and analysts say the biggest concern is the U.S. dollar faltering into the unknown, as...
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink: Bitcoin Makes US Dollar Less Relevant, Can Evolve Into a Global Market
3.12.2020
The CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, said that bitcoin “can evolve into a global market.” Moreover, the cryptocurrency has a “real impact on the U.S. dollar,” making the need for the USD “less relevant.” Bitcoin Evolving Into a Global...
Exploits and Flash Loans Are Just the Beginning, Defi Economy Is Less Private Than People Think
22.11.2020
Decentralized finance otherwise known as defi has climbed significantly in value this year, as the total value locked (TVL) in defi today is over $14 billion. Meanwhile, numerous defi platforms are getting attacked with flash loans and there are so many new defi projects, it’s hard to keep...
US Financial Watchdog Fines Bitcoin Mixer Service for $60 Million
20.10.2020
Larry Dean Harmon, founder and operator of early bitcoin mixing services Helix and Coin Ninja, is being fined $60 million by the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Fincen) for allegedly violating anti-money laundering rules. According to documents published Oct. 19...
FinCEN Fines Bitcoin-Mixing CEO $60M in Landmark Crackdown on Helix, Coin Ninja
19.10.2020
Larry Dean Harmon ran the first bitcoin mixing services targeted with criminal allegations by U.S. authorities
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...
Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
27.9.2020
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ether and ERC20s to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap....
Americans to Buy Bitcoin With Their Second Stimulus Checks After Initial Investment Turned in 50% Profit
27.7.2020
U.S. investors may be planning to use their second $1,200 stimulus money to buy bitcoin – again. The U.S. government is, on Monday, expected to approve plans for this second payout, White House officials have confirmed. The bailout is intended to cushion families against the covid-19 fallout....
Us Federal Court Ruling — Bitcoin Is a Form of Money
25.7.2020
A US Federal Court said Friday that bitcoin is a form of money covered under the Washington D.C., Money Transmitters Act (MTA). The court made this conclusion as it denied a motion to dismiss criminal charges against Larry Dean Harmon, the operator of an underground bitcoin trading platform....
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...
The Twitter Hack Fiasco: Compromised Internal Tool, Paid Insiders, Direct Message Fears
17.7.2020
On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the hackers an internal tool that let them leverage high-profile social media accounts....
Money Reimagined: No, Secretary Summers, Money Privacy Is a Vital Freedom
15.5.2020
Responding to Larry Summers at Consensus: Distributed this week, Michael Casey argues that money needs more privacy, not less, and that, ultimately, our rights as financial citizens are at stake
Cryptocurrency Now Accepted at Arkansas Jewelry Retailer
2.4.2020
Diamond Gems Jewelry, in Jonesboro, AR has launched a new E-Commerce website accepting multiple forms of Cryptocurrency including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dai, Ethereum, Litecoin, USD Coin and you can even pay using your Coinbase account.
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Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate
16.3.2020
A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?