New Bybit User? Get up to $600 in Welcome Rewards
New Bybit users can get up to $600 in welcome rewards upon completing simple tasks and hitting trading milestones after signing up. The rewards include an exclusive $50 coupon when…
How Henry Ford Envisaged Bitcoin 100 Years Ago — A Unique ‘Energy Currency’ That Could ‘Stop Wars’
55 days from now will be the hundred-year anniversary of when the American industrialist and business magnate Henry Ford talked about a unique “energy currency” that could “stop wars.” The…
Chinese blockchain project BSN expands to Turkey and Uzbekistan
Chinese blockchain project BSN comes to Turkey and Uzbekistan after launching the BSN Hong Kong and Macau portal. The Chinese government-backed blockchain project, the Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), continues expanding…
Texas should use Bitcoin mining to capture wasted natural gas: Sen. Ted Cruz
Senator Cruz predicts that Bitcoin mining will be used to capture wasted renewables and Texas’ power grid within five years. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz believes The United States should be…
Bitcoin network tags record high for daily settlement volume
More than $30 billion was settled on the Bitcoin blockchain in a single day last week. The value settled on the Bitcoin network has been surging recently, reaching a new…
El Salvador to build $4M veterinary hospital using profits from Bitcoin trust
Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele said no Bitcoin will be sold to fund the investment, with the state instead drawing USD from its Bitcoin trust. Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele has announced…
Nuclear engineer sells classified data to undercover FBI agents for crypto
The FBI paid tens of thousands worth of cryptocurrency to a nuclear engineer in exchange for SD cards containing classified data. A nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested…
5 Countries Will Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender by End of Next Year, Says Bitmex CEO
By the end of next year, at least five countries will have accepted bitcoin as legal tender, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitmex has predicted. He cited three key reasons…
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Criticizes Shiba Inu Crypto After SHIB Soars 230% — Says It’s ‘Pointless’
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, thinks the dogecoin rival shiba inu token (SHIB) is “pointless,” criticizing its supply. The cryptocurrency skyrocketed 230% over…
SEC Commissioner: True Decentralized Projects Pose a Challenge to Crypto Regulation
A commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that true decentralized projects pose a challenge to crypto regulation. Noting that “decentralized finance carries within itself inherently some…
Regulators are coming for crypto: Is digital identity the answer?
It’s time to give control over personal data in megadatabases managed by a handful of corporations and governments back to the people. The regulators are closing in. It’s one thing…
Refinable Authenticates Fine Jewelry Sale on Sotheby’s
PRESS RELEASE. HONG KONG – 10th October 2021 – Refinable, a leading decentralized NFT marketplace, is taking a step forward in realizing advanced use cases for NFT applications. In a…
BTC’s Price Rise Gives 5-Year-Old Mining Rigs New Life — Bitcoin Hashrate Jumps Close to 20% Since Last Week
As bitcoin’s value has increased, the global hashrate has been steadily climbing higher week after week. On Sunday, the hashrate dedicated to the Bitcoin network is hovering just above the…
Sri Lanka’s E-commerce Platform Kapruka to Introduce Crypto Payments
Sri Lanka’s leading online retailer, Kapruka, has unveiled plans to introduce support for cryptocurrency payments. The news comes as the South Asian country intensifies efforts to adopt legislation tailored to…
Beltracchi’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ — Notorious Art Forger Banned from Selling at Galleries Steps Into the NFT Game
While the world of non-fungible token (NFT) assets continues to swell, the notorious artist and art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has joined the NFT industry with a collection of NFTs called…