Bitpoint exchange briefed fiscal year losses, Binance donated masks to Japanese nursing homes, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included BitBank exchange adding three trading pairs, Bitpoint exchange posting decreased fiscal year totals, Bitpoint adding information on its 2019 hack, and Binance donating masks to Japanese nursing […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. The halving came and the halving went, which means that miners now only get 6.25 Bitcoins for each block and we only have about 1450 days to wait until the next one. That’s something to look forward to, especially as this halving didn’t seem to do much harm. […]
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Spencer Dinwiddie has launched a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to sell his NBA contract to his fans for the cash equivalent of 2,625.8 BTC. The latest development in pro basketballer Spencer Dinwiddie’s efforts to tokenize his NBA contract has seen the star launch a Gofundme campaign in an attempt to raise the cash equivalent […]
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Binance founder CZ sees the African continent as an untapped environment for exchanges to drive cryptocurrency adoption. Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, otherwise known as CZ, believes that the African continent holds some unique opportunities for cryptocurrency adoption and development. The Binance leader provided a number of interesting insights during an exclusive “ask me […]
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If you can’t join ‘em… there’s still beats. Summer festivals and concerts are canceled, but you can enjoy the world’s top electronic dance music acts LIVE in your own home. Lockdown shouldn’t mean pop and lock-down. That’s just one takeaway from today’s free electronic dance music concert organized by The Giving Block and Multiplied to […]
Continue ReadingOne of the most successful investors of all time, Warren Buffett might be killing his reputation by being so harsh on Bitcoin, Max Keiser believes. Warren Buffett, the fifth-richest person on the planet, has repeatedly expressed his unfriendly stance toward Bitcoin (BTC). One of the most successful investors of all time, Buffett might be killing […]
Continue ReadingPeer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxul is expanding its charitable program to Africa amid the COVID-19 crisis. Peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful announced on May 4 the expansion of its #BuiltWithBitcoin charitable initiative in Africa with the launch of the “Africa Fund.” The fund will use Bitcoin (BTC) donations to purchase essential resources for the fight against […]
Continue ReadingLeaders throughout the Blockchain space came together to share their views on the future of the industry at Virtual Blockchain Week. Over the past week, Cointelegraph has participated in Virtual Blockchain Week — a pandemic-proof crypto conference that invited participants from all over the world to join talks with some of Blockchain’s greatest luminaries. At […]
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At Virtual Blockchain Week, Binance’s CZ argued that stablecoins and charity initiatives are driving significant crypto adoption worldwide. Speaking at Virtual Blockchain Week (VBW), Binance founder and chief executive Changpeng Zhao (CZ) argued that stablecoins and charity initiatives can drive meaningful cryptocurrency adoption. CZ also discussed Binance Academy’s work with Chinese government institutions on blockchain […]
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Waves is allowing users to place bets on whether the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases peaked earlier this month. Blockchain platform Waves has launched a new betting market allowing users to speculate on whether the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has passed its peak. Customers can now purchase ‘COVID-UP-SEP20’ and ‘COVID-DOWN-SEP20’ tokens to bet […]
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