Cash App is paying Joe Rogan big bucks to talk up Bitcoin according to his scripted spiel on his most recent podcast. Podcaster Joe Rogan used the first few minutes of a recent episode to read out an advertisement for his sponsor Cash App and to tell listeners to buy Bitcoin. On Episode 1515 of […]
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Tech giants face hearing before Congress that will ask whether they violate antitrust and monopoly laws in the U.S. Facing rising accusations of running monopolies, the CEOs of four of the world’s biggest tech firms are testifying before the Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee today, July 29. The hearing was originally scheduled for July 27 and […]
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Discussing the reasons for why we need a blockchain estate registry and the constraints of the technology. Since 2015, the blockchain industry has generated a variety of economic concepts and supported them with relevant technologies: initial coin offerings, initial exchange offerings, security token offerings, data access object, permissioned ledgers, stablecoins, decentralized finance, etc. In a […]
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The increasing institutional interest in Bitcoin is “not hard to see” as U.S. regulators green light custody this week. Bitcoin (BTC) will pass $20,000 if United States banks invest even 1% of their assets, one analyst believes. Discussing institutional uptake of Bitcoin on July 23, Capriole digital asset manager Charles Edwards said that it was […]
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BRD’s chief executive shares his experience of operating a ‘Bitcoin help hotline’ during 2015. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Adam Traidman, the CEO of wallet provider BRD, recounted operating a phone support line for cryptocurrency users during the company’s infancy. After starting BRD, formerly Breadwallet, in 2015, Traidman recalls the firm’s CMO deciding to launch […]
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Grayscale’s $1.4-billion inflow in the first half of 2020, along with two other key factors, shows institutional demand is surging rapidly. Since early 2020, the institutional demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has been steadily increasing. In the second quarter of this year, data show that the appetite for BTC spiked significantly. According to crypto asset fund […]
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Another class action lawsuit against Plaid has been filed citing the company violated user data privacy. A new class action lawsuit complaint against fintech startup Plaid has been filed with more plaintiffs alleging the company violated the data privacy of users. The new complaint filed on behalf of four new plaintiffs alleged that Plaid—which was […]
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Zap, the crypto wallet which allows users to purchase Bitcoin instantly via the Lightning Network, raised $3.5M in April, filings show. Zap, the Lightning startup behind a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet, has raised $3.5 million in a seed round in April. As reported by Forbes on July 15, previously undiscovered filings by the U.S. Securities and […]
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The African American driver who made headlines after pushing NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag from events, will drive a Cash App car. Darrell “Bubba” Wallace, the only African American driver in NASCAR’s top racing series, will now be flying around the track in a car adorned with the Bitcoin logo. According to a tweet […]
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Crypto regulation in 2020: The U.S. tightens regulation of crypto, while India has finally allowed banks to get involved with firms. Cryptocurrencies have been around for more than 10 years, but the legal status of Bitcoin (BTC) and most other cryptocurrencies remains unclear and has different definitions in various jurisdictions. Are they money, an asset, […]
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