Recent advertising campaigns by cryptocurrency fund management firms are well timed as investors look for safe havens from inflation. Amid turbulent times for the world at large, the cryptocurrency space seems to be cruising on its own steam in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has put a major strain on economies around the world, and countries […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. Last week, the Bitcoin news was all about lift-off. This week, it’s all about the leveling off. Bitcoin ends the week around $11,400, a fall of about 2.7 percent over the last seven days. That drop included a correction of $700 in one day so the question now […]
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The NCSC has gone scorched earth on crypto scams. Over the past four months, the National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, removed over 300,000 URLs pertaining to fake celebrity-endorsed investment opportunities. More than a half of these sites belonged to fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes. Per an announcement published by the NCSC on August 14, an […]
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‘Now is the time to invest in Bitcoin,’ the full-page ad in UK-based international business newspaper Financial Times states. Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital is following in Grayscale Investments’ footsteps by releasing an ad for cryptocurrency to the general public, this time using print media. A full-page ad for the cryptocurrency investment bank appeared in the […]
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Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff is about to become non-fungible. BBC Studios has officially entered the blockchain gaming space after partnering with Reality Gaming Group to develop a digital trading game for the popular TV series, Doctor Who. This marks the first time that the British public service broadcaster has used blockchain technology to market […]
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File this one in the “stranger than fiction” category. A resident from Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, was accused by local authorities of attempting to blackmail the supermarket chain, Tesco. According to The Yorkshire Post, Nigel Wright, a sheep farmer, allegedly wrote Tesco a series of letters claiming that he had planted contaminated baby food in their […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. Stability? What stability? Bitcoin has burst through its ceiling, leapt 15% and is now tickling a new ceiling of $11,000. The new move has put Bitcoin’s actual price at around double the realized price. On Black Thursday, the realized price was higher than the actual price. So how […]
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EToro is reportedly moving ahead with its debit card plans as it acquires a U.K. Visa Principal Member. The crypto-enabled investment app eToro is set to launch its debit card in the United Kingdom as it acquired Marq Millions Ltd, a licensed e-money business holding a principal Visa membership. As reported by TechCrunch on July […]
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Ads boasting that the price of the controversial HEX token has risen 11,500% in four months appeared at English Premier League soccer games. Richard Heart’s controversial HEX token has launched an advertising blitz in the U.K., plastering ads on London public transportation, in newspapers, and during English Premier League soccer games. As reported by Twitter […]
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Opera users in the United Kingdom can now purchase cryptocurrency directly via bank accounts or digital banking app Revolut. Opera, a popular web browser, continues to expand its cryptocurrency integration by extending crypto wallet top ups to the United Kingdom. After introducing the service to the United States and some European countries earlier this year, […]
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