Cointelegraph interviewed merchants and executives from Crypto.com and Pundi X to learn about the current state of crypto payments for retail customers. Paying with crypto has long been at the center of the discussions of why cryptocurrencies exist and why they are useful. But despite promising growth and excitement during crypto’s bullish phases, payments with […]
Continue ReadingAfter expansion across Europe, Crypto.com is now set to roll out its MCO Visa Cards in Canada. Leading cryptocurrency payments platform Crypto.com announced that it has received regulatory approval for its Visa card program in Canada, and will soon be rolling out MCO Visa cards in the country. MCO Visa cards are prepaid cards that […]
Continue ReadingJudy Shelton, President Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors, has advocated for getting back to a gold standard, possible “in a very cryptocurrency way.” President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors is reiterating her advocacy for the gold standard — and adding digital currency into the mix. In […]
Continue ReadingExchange reserves hit an 18-month bottom while miners keep selling despite lower revenues after the halving. Bitcoin (BTC) is failing to retake $10,000 due to a fresh wave of miner selling, fresh data suggests ten days after the halving. Compiled by monitoring resource CryptoQuant, the figures show that over the past five days, combined outflows […]
Continue ReadingThe Harmony mainnet claims to be the first blockchain network to integrate both sharding and staking into its infrastructure. The open blockchain platform Harmony announced that it will now support staking in a bid to create a blockchain infrastructure that attains high scalability without compromising on decentralization. In a press release published May 19, 2020, […]
Continue ReadingThe drop-off in Bitcoin mining revenue to 2019 levels show a macro bottom for BTC is near as the impact of the halving is starting to be felt. The revenue of Bitcoin (BTC) miners dropped to early 2019 levels for the second time in 2020. Every time it declined to a multi-year low, it marked […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin has 140 times more daily active addresses than XRP, but has fewer addresses with a positive balance in them than ETH. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to lead the popularity contest among the top cryptocurrencies — but it has fewer addresses with actual coins in them than Ethereum. According to data from on-chain market analyst Glassnode, […]
Continue ReadingOverstock has successfully distributed its controversial ‘digital dividend’ security token airdrop. Overstock has successfully distributed its ‘digital dividend’, issuing ‘OSTKO’ security tokens to its stockholders on a basis of one digital token for every ten company shares owned on May 19. In total, 4.37 million OSTKO tokens were airdropped to shareholders via transfer agent Computershare […]
Continue ReadingThe Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research has been tracking transactions made by local terror groups. A report published by the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR) reveals that terrorist groups related to Islamic State (IS) in Southeast Asia have recently made their first transactions using cryptocurrencies. According to the […]
Continue ReadingCoinText founder Vin Armani moved to Saipan in April, fearing being labeled an “undesirable” in the continental US and “disappeared”. Vin Armani, the crypto YouTuber and former star of Showtime’s “Gigolo’s”, packed up his life and family and moved to a tiny Pacific island in April to ride out the pandemic and escape the ‘totalitarian […]
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