Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On Thursday, US-based financial firm Circle announced that its new SPAC deal with Concord Acquisition Corp to list on Wall Street had ballooned its value to $9 billion. Concord, a blank-checked company, is led by former Barclays boss, Bob Diamond. Ci...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Once again, bitcoin takes the big stage. Marty Bent, host of the “Tales From The Crypt” podcast, told a national audience: “They can only seize your digital currency, your bitcoin, if you’re holding it in an exchange.” It was in controversial TV per...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In 2021, many smart contract platforms competed for users’ attention and attempted to be the next Ethereum killer. The terms DeFi, GameFi, and NFT, have been all over the media lately, and any of these would not be possible without smart contra...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As Canada starts to clamp down on the crypto supply flowing into the Freedom Convoy’s coffers, protest leaders and truckers now face a harsh reality on the ground. Faced with the turmoil caused by massive protests, roadblocks, and other acts of...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Russia is making a headway in finalizing its crypto bill, with the Ministry of Finance seeking the assistance of the public in improving the regulation of digital assets by middle of next month. A prior notice the ministry calls “On Digital Currency,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Mass adoption of bitcoin is just a matter of time, and as the world faces that fact traditional financial institutions are warming up to the digital coin. Deutsche Bank analyst Marion Laboure has stated once more that Bitcoin could become “the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The protests in Canada and the subsequent turn to cryptocurrencies to fund protesters continue to rage on. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently evoked the Canada Emergencies, which has had serious ramifications for some of the protesters. As the Ca...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Per a press release, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s senior officials will be unable to trade crypto, purchase individual stocks, hold an investment in individual bonds, commodities, and even foreign currencies. The FED’s Federal Open Market Committee mad...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
United States Justice Department decided to appoint Eun Young Choi as head of a new unit to watch illegitimate cryptocurrency ventures. Eun will scrutinize the illegal activities of cyber culprits and other countries like Iran and North Korea. Eun Yo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows around $117 million in Bitcoin futures has liquidated within the last 24 hours as the price of the crypto slumps down to $40k. Bitcoin Futures Market Observes $117 Million In Liquidations Over The Past Day Today, the price of BTC has falle...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Founded by leading crypto exchange Coinbase and Circle, the Centre Consortium recently announced a set of decentralized data models and identity protocols for credential issuance under the name “Verite”. Per a press release shared with Bitcoinist, th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Criminal activity has always been linked with crypto by governments and individuals who would rather see the assets banned. Despite widespread beliefs that only criminals use crypto, it is still significantly less than the criminal activity related t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
As per the Nord VPN study on cryptocurrency, seven out of ten surveys have found that 68% of Americans are aware of crypto threats. And remaining 32% said they are not aware of risks involved in digital assets. The study found an equal number of 69%...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The WSJ proves once again that the Bitcoin Law in El Salvador is still the story of the century. Their latest article about it is… a little one-sided. The WSJ and other legacy publications are losing their minds. The press could focus on the legitima...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Legislators have given their nod to the Ukraine crypto bill, making the use of crypto assets in the country easier as Ukraine teeters on the verge of a military confrontation with Russia. With 272 votes, the Ukrainian parliament gave its thumbs-up fo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ariva Wonderland is set to begin alpha testing of its metaverse game. The metaverse focuses on the travel universe, providing users with novel experiences. It differentiates itself from other metaverse projects by offering users a complete second lif...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Poised to be the solution to the problems facing traditional financial institutions, decentralized finance [DeFi] as a nascent trend in the crypto space is introducing, as the name implies, the concept of decentralization which takes power away from...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Although many altcoin projects play host to DeFi and NFT projects nowadays, an overwhelming majority of them still live on the Ethereum blockchain. While both digital assets are making the concept of earning an income in a decentralized fashion more...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
If you’ve gone deep in the current crypto craze, you might need to prepare your heart once you do your crypto taxes. Crypto may have started out as a humble money gig, but with its total value at nearly $2 trillion, many are betting it’s “the future...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has released thoughts around leading smart contract platform Ethereum. In a recently published note titled “Cryptocurrency 201: What Is Ethereum?” the bank revealed its outlook for the future of the blockchain. E...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Research firm Morning Consult recently published their quarterly report and reveal interesting data on crypto adoption in the United States. The firm’s “The State of Consumer Banking and Payments” attempts to provide insights on the new dynamics, att...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, the Russian financial ministry expressed a soft corner for the development of cryptocurrency. The ministry asked for Government help to regulate crypto investing, trading, and mining in Russia rather than putting a co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows the ProShares Bitcoin ETF has reached a milestone number of assets under management (AUM), and has breathed fresh life into CME in the process. ProShares Bitcoin ETF AUM Sets New All-Time High Of 26.7k BTC As per the latest weekly report f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Payments processors PayPal and Venmo have announced some significant changes to their crypto offerings. Both companies had began offering users a way to pay with crypto in the past year and have recorded a lot of success doing so. It had put in place...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Users can now sign up to use the social investing and cryptocurrency trading platform NAGAX ahead of its official launch on March 7. The platform has announced official pre-registration is now live, giving ambitious traders the chance to become some...
