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GeForce Now Video Game Streaming Service Doubles In Price
18.3.2021
Nvidia is raising the price of its GeForce Now video game streaming service from $5 a month to $10, the company announced in a blog post this morning.Read more
South African Exchange Ice3x Suspends Trading After Noting Discrepancies in Balances of BTC and LTC
18.3.2021
A South African crypto exchange, Ice3x, suspended trading on its platform on March 16 after noting discrepancies in balances of bitcoin and litecoin held on the platform. At the time of writing, the exchange had not revealed the cause of the mismatches in balances or when it expects trading...
Coca-Cola Is Launching A Vending Machine Subscription Service In Japan
18.3.2021
Like Coke? A lot? Well, according to Nikkei (via Gearoid Reidy), the drink maker is rolling out a special subscription service in Japan.Read more
What is a Bitcoin Escrow Service?
17.3.2021
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Escrow is not a new term. In fact, escrow services have been around for centuries and have since become commonly recognized as being a third-party service that is the middleman for transactions. This...
South Korean Tax Agency Identifies Over 2,400 Evaders Who Used Cryptocurrencies to Bypass Taxation
17.3.2021
South Korean authorities seem to be focusing on strengthening measures to combat tax evasion across the nation. The country’s tax watchdog profiled thousands of evaders that relied on cryptocurrencies to hide assets worth billions of Korean won. Evaders Hid a Total of $32.24 Million in Assets...
PlayStation Communities, A Service I Didn't Even Know Existed, Is Going Away
16.3.2021
This week marks the first and last time I have ever heard of PlayStation Communities, a service that apparently let users hang out in custom forums/group chats on the PS4 and talk about specific stuff.Read more
'Shop Contest: Bethesda+Microsoft
14.3.2021
It’s official. Microsoft has completed its purchase of Bethesda. They had a whole roundtable discussion about it and everything. (More importantly, it was officially approved by regulators.) Let’s have some fun with these two companies now stapled together like some hideous mega-beast. Read more
Binance Rolls out Crypto Pay Service for Bitcoin, Ether, Fiat and More
12.3.2021
The crypto exchange giant Binance has come good on claims last year that it was poised to join the payments sector, moving its Binance Pay platform out of beta and into the full rollout.
Following a similar move from rival crypto trading platform Bitfinex earlier this month, Binance wrote, in...
Umbrella to List UMB Token With BitMax
10.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io (BTMX.com), an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of UMB Tokens (UMB) under the trading pair of UMB/USDT on March 10th at 9:00 a.m. EST. Umbrella Network is a community-owned, decentralized...
Heartbreaking Stories of People Who Got Scammed on Tinder During the Pandemic
9.3.2021
Every social media site has scammers, but there’s something extra depressing about people getting scammed on dating sites like Tinder. Unfortunately, it happens all the time, and that hasn’t stopped with more people turning to dating apps during the pandemic.Read more
IRS Launches ‘Operation Hidden Treasure’ to Target Unreported Crypto Income
8.3.2021
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has reportedly launched an operation to target cryptocurrency investors. Dubbed “Operation Hidden Treasure,” the team consists of agents trained in the field of cryptocurrency and transaction tracking. Damon Rowe, Executive Director at the...
Paypal Acquiring Crypto Security Firm Curv to Expand Digital Asset Initiatives
8.3.2021
Payments giant Paypal has announced that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based crypto security infrastructure provider Curv. According to Paypal, this acquisition will help the company “expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets.” The deal is reportedly worth less...
ProfitChief Service Launches AirDrop on Bitcoin.com Crypto Exchange
8.3.2021
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The analytical service Profit Chief, widely known in the CIS crypto community, launches a large-scale AirDrop on the popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin.com. Anyone can participate and get any amount of...
'Shop Contest: The Imps From Artifact Need New Jobs
7.3.2021
Artifact is dead, or at least it won’t be updated anymore which for online games is basically the same thing as dead. That means the two imps seen in Artifact, both in-game and in promo artwork, need a new gig. Let’s help ‘em out! Read more
Personal Finance Expert Suze Orman Says ‘I Love Bitcoin’ — Advises How to Buy BTC, Praises Paypal
7.3.2021
American financial advisor Suze Orman says she loves bitcoin. She has provided some advice on how to invest in the cryptocurrency a month, noting that she prefers to buy bitcoin through Paypal’s crypto service because the payments giant has made it easy to do so. Suze Orman Loves Bitcoin Suze...
Dogecoin Adoption Rises: Bitpay Lets Merchants Accept DOGE, Coinflip’s 1,800 ATMs Now List the Crypto
4.3.2021
Crypto merchant service provider Bitpay has added dogecoin to its list of supported cryptocurrencies. One of its merchants, the Mark Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks has become the first in the network to accept the meme coin. Meanwhile, a major crypto ATM operator Coinflip has made dogecoin available...
Gemini launches ETF and fund manager-focused custody, clearing, and trade service
4.3.2021
The new service will tailor to companies offering retail investors exposure to cryptoassets through traditional investment channels
IRS clarifies reporting requirements for crypto bought with fiat
3.3.2021
The United States IRS has clarified that crypto investors who only purchased digital assets using fiat and did not sell during 2020 do not need to report said activities
Goldman Sachs Brings Back Bitcoin Trading Desk as the Firm Sees Crypto Market Becoming More Mature
2.3.2021
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has brought back its bitcoin trading desk and will start handling bitcoin futures next week. The firm is also reportedly exploring the potential for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) and plans to provide a crypto custody service. Goldman Sachs Group Inc....
BSN and TON Labs to Provide Chinese Developer Community With Unique TON Technology
1.3.2021
Thanks to TON Labs, BSN will now be able to produce real-life applications that require a scalable backend and use cases in compliance with China’s regulatory framework while still using an inherently decentralized network to do so. China’s Developers Gain Access to TON Technology...