Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. It’s been a relatively calm time for Bitcoin this week. The price has dropped a little, but not much and it’s still tickling $10,000. That makes concerns about a correction that takes the coin as low as $7,700 feel moot. If it happens, some experts say it would […]
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Bitcoin price dropped below $9,000 for the second time this week but traders continue to buy on each dip. Within the last hour Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below $9,000 to a daily low at $8,813. Since June 24 Bitcoin price has been losing momentum while pinned below the 20-MA and today’s drop to $8,813 coincided […]
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Decred’s co-founder said cryptocurrencies may not fit PayPal’s model. PayPal could be gearing up to work with crypto assets, according to recent rumblings, although Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt is unsure of those rumors’ validity. “It’s hard to say whether these are rumors or not regarding PayPal accepting cryptocurrencies soon,” Yocom-Piatt told Cointelegraph via email correspondence when asked […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments worldwide to focus on bringing blockchain tech to their financial services. Famed currency speculator George Soros, who in 1992 broke the Bank of England to emerge a billionaire overnight by forcing the pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, believes: “We will not go back to where we […]
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New findings show a major domain provider as a focal point for massive global spying. A mammoth global spying and data theft effort currently leaves web surfing citizens at risk, with several Bitcoin and crypto domains included in the mix, according to research from Awake Security. At the heart of the problem — a web […]
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BitFlyer Holdings held a general shareholders meeting by using a blockchain voting app which went “without any troubles.” BitFlyer Holdings, which runs one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, held its general shareholders meeting Friday and, for the first time, used a blockchain voting app. In the “new normal” where social distancing is required, blockchain technology […]
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A DeFi lending platform for cryptocurrency, Kava Labs, could be described as the “Uber of Bitcoin,” as the platform represents an Uber-like business model. Today’s most successful entrepreneurs tapped into their wealth through startup technology companies such as Amazon, Oracle, Facebook and Microsoft. Just ask Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, who […]
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SBI announced a crypto investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings used blockchain-based voting for a shareholder meeting, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included SBI announcing a digital asset investment fund, Bitflyer Holdings using blockchain for shareholder meeting voting, Japan’s Financial Services Agency warning two unregistered crypto exchanges, a […]
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Using digital assets to earn yields and borrow capital became possible thanks to crypto lending, one of the fastest-growing sectors in the crypto ecosystem. Crypto lending, one of the fastest-growing industries in the blockchain ecosystem, has made it possible to earn yields and borrow capital using digital assets. According to a report by research company […]
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After the great rise in national crypto regulation in Estonia, the new European Union laws have forced the crypto industry to leave the country. Back in 2017, the Estonian government rocked the legislative side of the crypto world when they introduced a raft of new laws designed to support crypto projects. These licenses split into […]
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