“Welcome the world’s newest Bitcoiner,” Pomp stated on Twitter. Bitcoin bull Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano may have just persuaded Jim Cramer, the outspoken host of CNBC’s Mad Money, to invest in crypto. In a Sept. 10 tweet, Pomp claimed to have converted the man who once stated that Bitcoin (BTC) was like “Monopoly money” in a […]
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The Square CEO remains a vocal champion of the Blockchain space. The world of cryptocurrency moves at a whirlwind pace but Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey remains committed to its earliest lodestone, Bitcoin (BTC). In an interview with Reuters on Sept. 10, Dorsey, who also founded the mobile-payment platform Square, said he believes the coin’s potential […]
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The price of Bitcoin is showing stability above $10,000, and traders explain where BTC’s next big move is headed. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been ranging between $9,800 and $10,500 for nearly a week after a short fall from almost $12,100 seen on Sept. 1. As BTC struggles to show any distinctive price movement, […]
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A major crypto company is offering outs to its employees as the situation in Belarus grows more tense. Amid the ongoing political unrest in Belarus, some local cryptocurrency-related companies are reportedly setting up backup offices in neighboring countries. Currency.com, a Minsk-headquartered crypto trading company, is reportedly planning to open an office in Lithuania to provide […]
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Crypto and blockchain get better legal clarity in the alpine country. Swiss parliamentarians on Thursday passed a new set of finance and corporate law amendments that recognize the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. As per a Swiss Info report, the government has amended several laws ranging from company bankruptcy to securities trading. The new set of […]
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Cryptocurrency mining technology, Marina Abramovic and Bill Gates provide new fodder for far-right conspiratorial politics. Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the feverish climate in 2020 — a year in which the line between mainstream politics and an online morass of conspiratorial theories is becoming ever more blurred. Former CIA counterintelligence and staff investigator Kevin Shipp, […]
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The new partnership targets Bitmain’s end customers. China’s mining giant Bitmain has entered a new partnership to streamline its operations in North America. As Bitmain officially announced on Sept. 10, the company has officially partnered with Foundry, a wholly-owned crypto mining subsidiary of major cryptocurrency firm, Digital Currency Group, or DCG. Within the partnership, Foundry […]
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Two big crypto companies enter Japan. Revolut, a major European cryptocurrency-friendly trading application is expanding to another major market. The London-based firm has launched its digital banking app in Japan, as Revolut announced in a Sept. 8 tweet. According to a report by The Nikkei, Japan is the first non-English speaking market for Revolut. Headquartered […]
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Africans are turning to cryptocurrencies to avoid high fees and currency instability, with transfers to and from the continent increasing 55% over the last year. Africans are increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies as a means of exchange over local fiat currencies, according to a new report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Data from the firm shows […]
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CipherTrace believes financial institutions are failing to identify up to 90% of suspicious transactions related to crypto assets Financial institutions worldwide have reported 134,500 suspicious transactions concerning virtual currencies in the past two years — but that’s just the tip of the iceberg according to a report published by blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace. The report […]
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