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Musk’s Doge, Bitcoin Tweets May Spur Double-Digit Returns - Report
5.2.2021
Elon Musk. Billionaire and Tesla's head Elon Musk’s Twitter activity is not only stirring controversy, but it also triggers abnormal trading volumes and double-digit returns, according to a recent paper by the Blockchain Research Lab (BRL).
Musk, owner of a Twitter account with 45.5m followers...
South African Taxpayers Who Fail to Disclose Income From Cryptocurrency Trading Face Possible Jail Time
4.2.2021
According to a report, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has sent out audit requests to taxpayers asking them to disclose their cryptocurrency trades and purchases. Taxpayers that fail to correctly disclose their income from bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies may be “liable to a fine...
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition Out May 14
2.2.2021
This is big news for all Mass Effect fans but even bigger news for me, personally, as I won’t have to wait long to protect Garrus Vakarian from certain doom. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is out on May 14 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.Read more
Robinhood CEO May Testify Before US House Committee Over GameStop Allegations
2.2.2021
Vlad Tenev will likely appear before a U.S. virtual hearing as lawmakers investigate the firm's recent trading restrictions, a Politico report says
Grayscale may jumpstart the next phase of the Bitcoin bull run tomorrow
2.2.2021
A release of funds from lock-up traditionally heralds the start of price upside and ends consolidatory phases, data shows
US Resident Operated Illegal Bitcoin Exchange Business – Faces 25 Years in Jail
2.2.2021
An Ontario man based in San Bernardino County of the U.S. has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of illegally operating a bitcoin to cash exchange business. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the man, Hugo Sergio Mejia, 49, operated the unregistered exchange business between...
Facial Recognition Tech May Be Being Used Against Russian Protestors
1.2.2021
Russian police officials may be tracking attendees at pro-Navalny protests using facial recognition tools, detainees claim
So, I May Have Made A Mistake In Mass Effect 2
1.2.2021
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. I did everything right in Mass Effect 2. I slapped armor plating on the Normandy and equipped it with a shield. I gave it a big fucking cannon. I even tackled (most of) the game’s loyalty missions. I was ready for the final battle, and went through the Omega-4...
‘When alt season?’ eToro may have some answers
31.1.2021
In 2020, holding the top 100 altcoins equally was a more lucrative investment than Bitcoin up until Dec. 18, according to eToro
Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Says CEO
30.1.2021
The payments company works with wallets and exchanges to enable crypto purchases, and could eventually use digital currencies over blockchain in the same way it processes traditional money
To see eye-to-eye? Crypto industry should start embracing regulation
30.1.2021
Now it’s up to the crypto industry itself to start engaging with and accepting regulations
Analyst says Bitcoin price sell-off may occur as Chinese New Year approaches
30.1.2021
Bitcoin is struggling to retake the $35,000 level as one analyst predicts miners will continue selling BTC ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday
BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack
29.1.2021
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital...
MicroStrategy May Get Creative to Make Future Bitcoin Buys: CEO
28.1.2021
The business intelligence company already has 70,784 bitcoins
Blockchain tech may have arrived too soon, but now, it’s ready
28.1.2021
While the conceptual and technical beauty of blockchain was apparent to a small minority, this was never communicated to the market at large
Davos Watch: 'The Old World of Currency Now Has To Catch Up'
28.1.2021
Source: Adobe/Юрий Дьяконов
Experts say that the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the pace of the shift from cash to digital payments, triggering an estimated 8% rise in non-cash payments in the euro area alone last year. But at the same time, a glut of central bank digital currency (CBDC)...
Hard-Hit Argentinian Farmers May Get Boost From Trading Platform for Tokenized Produce
28.1.2021
Farm assets like soybeans will be tokenized on a platform from CoreLedger for trading against other assets like cattle or fiat currency
Mark Cuban May Be More Involved with Crypto, 'Shitcoins' than First Thought
28.1.2021
Mark Cuban. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, TMZSports
Crypto sleuths have taken a peek into the ethereum (ETH) wallet of the outspoken American billionaire Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball franchise. And it turns out that Cuban owns a lot more altcoins and what he...
Crypto Fans 'LOL' At BIS GM Claims that Bitcoin 'May Break Down'
28.1.2021
The crypto community has reacted with incredulity after a senior Mexican economist and the boss of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) appeared to dismiss the notion of decentralized digital currencies such as bitcoin (BTC).
In a recent speech, Agustín Carstens, the General Manager of...
Bitcoin Bull Palihapitiya May Stand a Chance of Becoming California’s Governor
27.1.2021
Chamath Palihapitiya. Source: a video screenshot, Youtybe/Bitcoin/CNBC
Crypto advocates getting involved in politics is not new – but there are suggestions that a bid from Chamath Palihapitiya, the chairman of Virgin Galactic and the CEO of the venture capital outfit Social Capital, could well...