India: Drug Dealer Busted for Smuggling LSD from the Dark Web with Bitcoin: Samburaj Das
Indian police in the south Indian city of Chennai (formerly Madras) have busted a drug dealer who allegedly procured synthetic drugs from the dark web before smuggling them into the country. During the bust, police seized LSD and ecstasy from 32-year-old Nikh…
Alleged SIM Swapper Teen Purchased Luxury Cars with Stolen Bitcoin: Jimmy Aki
Law enforcement officials in California have arrested another hacker accused of stealing cryptocurrency by hijacking phone numbers. 19-year old Xzavyer Narvaez has been charged with seven counts of computer crimes, identity fraud, and grand theft, according t…
Market Overreaction? Bitcoin Price Drops 4% as More ETFs Get Rejected: Joseph Young
Over the past 24 hours, the crypto market has dropped slightly in value, led by the 4 percent decline in the Bitcoin price. Ethereum, Ripple, and Bitcoin Cash fell by 5 percent. The majority of analysts in the space have attributed the recent fall in the Bitc…
Rejected Again: SEC [Predictably] Denies 9 Bitcoin ETF Proposals: Yashu Gola
The hopes of Bitcoin bulls ate dust once again as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disapproved nine more Bitcoin ETF applications. The US regulator rejected two ETFs by ProShares that would track Bitcoin future contracts, five inversed and leverag…
Norwegian Bitcoin Mining Firm Hit with Bomb Threat Risks Being Shut Down: Mark Emem
Barely a week after receiving bomb threats, Kryptovault now has to contend with another threat — forced closure by local authorities. According to the Norwegian edition of The Local, one of the bitcoin mining facilities that Kryptovault runs in Norway is at r…
VeChain Loses Grasp on Recent Gains, Falls in Line with Market Trends: Lester Coleman
VeChain, this week’s standout cryptocurrency, on Wednesday saw a reversal of fortune when its price tumbled 11.06% in a 24-hour period and its market cap fell to $764.218 million, according to CoinMarketCap. The price for the 19th-ranked cryptocurrency droppe…
Newsflash: SEC Slaps Down Two NYSE Bitcoin ETF Proposals: Josiah Wilmoth
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday denied two more bitcoin ETF applications, continuing its stance of hostility toward the much-anticipated cryptocurrency investment products. Those proposals, filed by NYSE Arca, sought to list bit…
Bitcoin Will Supplant Gold as the Most Trusted Store of Value: VC Lou Kerner: Lester Coleman
Gold has been the global store of value for thousands of years, but one cryptocurrency-focused venture capitalist thinks bitcoin will eventually capture that mantle. Lou Kerner, co-founder of CryptoOracle, which provides cryptocurrency advisory services and o…
U.S. Lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard Discloses Ethereum And Litecoin Investments: Lester Coleman
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has become the second congressperson to disclose cryptocurrency investments, reporting holdings of both ethereum and litecoin. Virginia Republican Robert Goodlatte became the first lawmaker to disclose cryptocurrency holdings in…
Canadian Government Launches Ethereum Block Explorer: Jimmy Aki
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has launched a blockchain explorer built on Ethereum. According to a news release, the organization said the blockchain explorer application, dubbed Catena, was developed by Bitaccess and will be hosted by its Ind…
‘Bitcoin Craig’: Ethereum Creator Buterin Lambasts nChain’s Planned BCH Fork: Josiah Wilmoth
The creator of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency has weighed in on the burgeoning hard fork dispute within the Bitcoin Cash community. Writing on Twitter, outspoken Ethereum creator Vitailk Buterin said that the Bitcoin Cash community should avoid the…
Android App Scam Tricks Users into Buying Fake Ethereum: Yashu Gola
If you are an Android user looking to download cryptocurrency applications, be careful of malicious app developers masquerading themselves as legitimate sources. Tricksters are taking advantage of the cryptocurrency hype, especially among the amateurs who wan…
This Morning’s Bitcoin Price Pump Was Fueled by $100 Million in New Tethers: Josiah Wilmoth
Early this morning, the bitcoin price leaped nearly $300 in just one minute, spurring a rally that carried the flagship cryptocurrency from $6,466 to $6,899 during a frenzied half-hour of trading. Analyzing Wednesday’s Bitcoin Price Pump Unfortunately, BTC pr…
Revolut Launches Metal Debit Card With Cashback in Cryptocurrency: Conor Maloney
Today, Revolut launched a new metal debit card available to premium customers that allows them to withdraw up to 1% cashback in either fiat or cryptocurrency on transactions outside Europe, or 0.1% of any transaction within Europe. Revolut is a prepaid debit …
eToro Brings Bitcoin to Football: Press Release
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Atlas Protocol Secures Multi-Million Investment Led by Softbank China Capital, Defining Blockchain Interactive Advertising: Press Release
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Digitex Releasing Exchange to the Top 5000 on Waitlist with 5M DGTX Airdrop!: Press Release
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Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Analysis – Bullish Territory Before a Sharp Fall Near $6,400: Yashu Gola
At last, Bitcoin price stopped taking strikes from its crucial resistance level near $6,500 and went for a home run, instead. Then, the referee called it a foul. In simple words, Bitcoin crashed towards the same consolidation range that was holding it before …
Does Beijing’s Commercial Crypto Ban Signal a Further Govt. Crackdown?: Josiah Wilmoth
Commercial venues located in Beijing’s bustling downtown district have been banned from hosting cryptocurrency events, igniting speculation over whether China’s government is moving to tighten the noose on the industry, which continues to thrive despite last …
BitMEX Downtime Crypto Pump: Manipulation in the Bitcoin Market?: Joseph Young
As cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX initiated its scheduled maintenance on August 22, the Bitcoin price surged by 4 percent, during a period in which crypto traders could no longer short the dominant crypto. Analysts have stated that the strong rally of Bitcoin…
