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2021-10-31 19:17:34+00:00
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2021-10-31 13:58:22+00:00
Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game firms, says it intends to invest in and create blockchain games.
“Blockchain will enable more play-2-earn that will enable more players to earn content, own content, and we think it's going to grow the industry quite a lot.” - CFO
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2021-10-29 17:05:08+00:00
🆙 Decentraland Up 44% as Metaverse Tokens Surge in Wake of Facebook's Meta Rebrand
Tokens for metaverse-related crypto projects have seen their prices rise by double digits after Facebook's announcement that it would rebrand as Meta.
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2021-10-28 18:27:47+00:00
JUST IN: Facebook's new name is Meta
This is the new logo.
"Facebook" will invest $10 billion into the metaverse.
Meta’s focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses.
- Meta
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2021-10-28 13:40:07+00:00
🇸🇻 El Salvador Buys The Dip, Adds 420 More Bitcoins
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took to Twitter to announce that the country had added 420 more BTC during the dip, pushing up the total BTC under management to 1120.
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2021-10-27 09:37:56+00:00
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2021-10-26 10:59:48+00:00
NEW: SEC documents filed by Tesla hint that the company may soon accept Bitcoin payments again
“We may in the future restart the practice of transacting in digital assets for our products and services,” the company wrote in its 10-Q filing, published Monday. “We believe in the long-term potential of digital assets both as an investment and also as a liquid alternative to cash.”
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2021-10-25 17:59:14+00:00
MasterCard will soon announce the following Bitcoin services available to all banks and merchants:
- Bitcoin wallets
- Credit/debit cards
- Earn rewards in Bitcoin
- Spend in Bitcoin
- Loyalty programs where airline or hotel points can be converted into Bitcoin
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2021-10-25 13:47:12+00:00
BREAKING: Mastercard set to announce plan to allow all merchants to accept Bitcoin and offer BTC rewards.
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2021-10-24 09:18:06+00:00
🐶 Shiba Inu Soars 35% to New ATH: $1K Invested in SHIB on Jan-1 Worth Now $500 Million
SHIB has charted a fresh ATH record at over $0.000039 earlier on October 24th after rumors that the meme-coin could be listed on Robinhood. Additionally, the token found its way on another popular app – Public – and enjoys enhanced adoption from retail investors.
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2021-10-23 09:02:33+00:00
⚠️ Hackers Hijacking YouTube Channels to Broadcast Crypto Scams
Google’s Threat Analysis Group said that a group of hackers is taking over popular YouTube channels, then rebranding them from the top down to mirror the branding of well-known crypto or tech companies.
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2021-10-22 16:41:45+00:00
NEW – Bitcoin volume on PayPal surged to a new high of over $140 million this week 🚀
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2021-10-22 14:27:57+00:00
U.S. public pension fund buys $25 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether
The Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund, which has over $4 billion of assets, said it invested $25 million in Bitcoin and Ether through NYDIG, a Bitcoin-focused subsidiary of asset manager Stone Ridge.
“It became an asset class we could not ignore anymore,” Ajit Singh, the chief investment officer for fund told Bloomberg.
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2021-10-22 14:15:27+00:00
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2021-10-21 15:53:26+00:00
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2021-10-21 14:17:11+00:00
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2021-10-20 14:07:27+00:00
⚠️ Bitcoin Price Breaks All-Time High Surpassing April’s $64.8K Peak
The fresh record high came after ProShares successfully launched the very first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund on Oct. 19.
The Bitcoin price approached daily lows shortly after the ETF commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange, but bulls later stepped it and pushed the largest cryptocurrency to yet another lifetime peak the following day.
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2021-10-19 13:44:46+00:00
JUST IN: Facebook has chosen Coinbase as its custody partner for its pilot of the digital wallet, Novi.
Novi enables people to send and receive money abroad instantly, securely, and with no fees.
Source: coinbase
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2021-10-18 13:33:37+00:00
BREAKING: Grayscale announces plans to convert its $38 Billion Bitcoin Fund into a BTC ETF.
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2021-10-18 10:16:10+00:00
Historically every time MVRV z-score reclaimed 3.0, Bitcoin went on a parabolic price run for the next 1-2 months.
Bitcoin just reclaimed 3.0
This indicator shows if investors are currently making profits. Above 7, there is a high probability that the market is in a bubble about to burst. Below zero, the market is bleeding.
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2021-10-17 14:04:49+00:00
💰 Elon Musk’s Tesla is already $1 billion in profit from holding Bitcoin
Tesla currently holds roughly 43,200 BTC, worth roughly $2.5 billion at today’s prices, according to online monitoring resource Bitcoin Treasuries.
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2021-10-16 16:23:31+00:00
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2021-10-16 09:08:17+00:00
🗯 Tether and Bitfinex Fined $42.5 Million by the CFTC
Tether will pay the majority of that fine for misrepresenting the backing behind its USDT stablecoin.
“This case highlights the expectation of honesty and transparency in the rapidly growing and developing digital assets marketplace,” the acting CFTC chairman Rostin Behnam explained on Friday.
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2021-10-15 16:32:35+00:00
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2021-10-15 05:58:25+00:00
SEC said to allow first bitcoin futures ETF to trade in US
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be allowing the first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), per a Bloomberg report.
The publication said in a report on Thursday night that the U.S. regulator "isn't likely to block the products from starting to trade next week," citing people familiar with the matter.
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2021-10-14 09:34:02+00:00
📢 Breaking: Vladimir Putin says he accepts crypto as a legitimate currency for making payments
Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled tolerance of cryptocurrencies, which are drawing increasing scrutiny from regulators around the world amid fears they can be used for money laundering and criminal activity.
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2021-10-13 16:04:07+00:00
🇷🇺 Russia Has No Plans to Ban Bitcoin Like China, Says Deputy Finance Minister
Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister – Alexey Moiseev – asserted that the Russian Federation has no intentions to impose a total crypto ban.
“The blockchain will obviously occupy its own niche and will be used where equal rights are needed.”
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2021-10-13 09:06:35+00:00
94mln potential users ready to step in crypto market
According to Bank of America, 94 million people from developing countries would be ready to buy digital assets more stable than national currencies, devalued by hyperinflation.
And if we consider the percentage of the unbanked population in the world, users could still increase.
In this context, the reserves of BTC in exchanges are at annual lows, causing a supply crunch.
If the digital gold rush really starts in emerging markets, the next few months will be decidedly overheated.
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2021-10-12 10:53:24+00:00
In case you missed- Twitter and TikTok embrace NFTs: mainstream adoption incoming?
Twitter, which has seen its user base steadily grow to surpass 185 million users last year, is experimenting with NFTs to allow users to display their collections as their profile pictures.
Monetizing intellectual property has been a hot topic for years and NFTs “exemplify verified scarcity,” a mix that could usher in “the next wave of crypto’s consumer adoption.”
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2021-10-12 06:39:13+00:00
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2021-10-11 13:57:34+00:00
📉 In 2018 George Soros claimed that Bitcoin would be a scam and would lose its value in the future.
💵 In early 2021 George Soros complained about Bitcoin taking away the buyer base of Gold, effectively moving Gold investors to Bitcoin.
💰In late 2021 George Soros' fund reveals that it has bought Bitcoin and expects DeFi to grow, claiming that Bitcoin has passed mainstream acceptance.
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2021-10-11 08:11:42+00:00
🔎 Google Partners With Digital Asset Company Bakkt To Make Crypto Payments More Accessible
This partnership will enable Bakkt users to add their virtual Bakkt Visa Debit Card (“Bakkt Card”) into Google Pay. Subsequently, the users will be able to purchase goods and services anywhere that accepts Google Pay. Digital assets, like Bitcoin, in the users’ wallets, will be converted to fiat currency for these payments to occur.
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2021-10-10 11:28:33+00:00
SEC Approves ETF for 'Bitcoin Revolution Companies', Portfolio Includes Tesla and Twitter
The new ETF from Volt Equity will give investors exposure to a range of companies like MicroStrategy and Square that hold crypto.
The SEC approved an ETF consisting of companies holding large amounts of Bitcoin on their balance sheet.
The ETF's portfolio will include around 30 companies, including Tesla and PayPal.
The approval comes as the crypto world continues to wait for the SEC to approve a pure Bitcoin ETF.
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2021-10-09 07:12:20+00:00
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2021-10-08 18:04:16+00:00
🥊 Breaking News: Tether fires back against report it is using reserves for investments and making crypto-backed loans
In a Thursday report, Bloomberg journalist Zeke Faux made numerous claims against Tether, including that its chief financial officer Giancarlo Devasini has used the company’s reserves to make investments, that seem to contradict Tether’s public position that the holdings were fully backed at all times.
Tether called the report a “tired attempt” to undermine the company based on “innuendo and misinformation.”
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2021-10-08 16:15:54+00:00
Bitcoin moves $2.9 million dollars in value around the globe each and every second
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2021-10-07 19:32:21+00:00
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2021-10-07 13:40:26+00:00
🏦 Bank Of America Gives Its Altcoin Picks
Bank of America launched its digital asset research with the publication of a report entitled “Digital Assets Primer: Only the first inning,” led by Alkesh Shah, head of Global Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Strategy.
Report Finds Digital Assets are Too Large to Ignore
“Bitcoin is important,” said Shah, “but the digital asset ecosystem is so much more. Our research aims to explore the implications across industries including finance, technology, supply chains, social media and gaming.”
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2021-10-06 14:48:57+00:00
🚀 Bitcoin Recaptures $55,000 For First Time Since May
Bitcoin has hit $55,000 for the first time since mid-May, as the 'Uptober' price boom continues. The cryptocurrency peaked at $55,530 on price tracking site CoinGecko, before falling back to its current price of just above $54,000. It continues a run of upward momentum that saw Bitcoin's price cross $50,000 just yesterday. The cryptocurrency last saw levels of $55,000 on May 12.
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2021-10-06 11:19:37+00:00
OFFICIAL: Soros Management owns crypto
Soros Fund Management has $28 billion AUM
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2021-10-05 07:38:06+00:00
JUST IN: Bank of America's crypto research team has launched its first report
"Digital assets are too large to ignore."
"Digital assets are transforming the way in which markets, businesses, and central banks operate"
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2021-10-04 18:27:54+00:00
Data of over 1.5 billion Facebook users is being sold on a popular hacking-related forum. Data contains users’ names, emails, phone numbers, locations, gender, and user ID.
This is the largest and most significant Facebook data dump to date and seemingly unrelated to an earlier 2021 Facebook data dump.
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2021-10-04 14:00:05+00:00
World’s Largest Monero Accepting Darknet Market Reveals Retirement Plan — White House Admins Say DNM ‘Reached Its Goal’
One of the largest darknet markets DNM, White House, announced the market is retiring as the DNM’s administrators say the team has reached its goal. After revealing the retirement plan, White House admins explained that user registration and orders have been disabled.
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2021-10-02 14:34:41+00:00
EXCLUSIVE: Grayscale adds Solana and Uniswap to its Digital Large Cap Fund, which has $495 million AUM.
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2021-10-01 14:56:50+00:00
IRAN LIFTS BITCOIN MINING BAN, FARMS GET BACK ONLINE
The country has given licensed bitcoin miners the green light to come back online after a four-month ban.
• Iran has lifted its ban on bitcoin mining instituted in May, and licensed farms can come back online.
• The government sought to restrict energy usage during the summer's three months due to the high toll temperatures and air conditioning take on the country's power grid.
• Iran's cheap electricity attracts bitcoin miners, who set up shop there to increase profit margins.
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2021-10-01 13:08:16+00:00
An estimated 46 million Americans over the age of 18 have acquired Bitcoin since it was first created more than a decade ago, according to research from New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG).
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