Although crypto business is still booming in India, the fear of a possible ban by the Modi government remains. Certainly now that the Prime Minister of India has lost a major role model through the defeat of Donald Trump, and with Covid-19 still ravaging India’s economy, some wonder which magic trick he will pull to […]
I must admit having heard about this scandal before (on Reddit) but didn’t believe it at the time. Apparently in Europe several banks have the nasty habit of all of a sudden being unable to transfer moneys from their customer’s accounts to any crypto platform like Kraken or Coinbase. Customers have shared rumored screenshots of […]
As we draw closer to the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork there is an increased activity of BCH deposited on exchanges. Analytics firm Chainalysis revealed that over $130 million worth of BCH had been transferred to exchanges in the past week. This increased flow has seen the total amount currently on exchanges has hit the […]
The new head of the European Central Bank, Ms Christine Lagarde, is set to start a two-day virtual conference involving several high profile names in global finance. On the agenda are the highly anticipated topic of Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs. As Bitcoin is on track to have a fabulous year, even in a […]
It would appear that the Canadian government of Justin Trudeau is eager to get their hands on the crypto purchasing and selling data of some 200,000 Canadians. Via the tax authorities, the liberal government of the Prime Minister has asked a federal judge to forge company Coinsquare to hand over the data. The Canadian opposition […]
The conspiracy theory which alleges that blockchain tracking (or storage as Cardano CEO Charles Hoskinson labeled it) can prove alleged cheating in the Pennsylvania result of the Presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is getting ever more traction. By now, a USPS Pennsylvania worker named Richard Hopkins, the Washington Post and a pending […]
Bitvavo, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the Netherlands, has officially registered as a digital asset exchange with the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). The crypto exchange obtained the registration on the 11th of November 2020. All crypto companies operating from and in The Netherlands need to obtain a registration from the Dutch Central Bank as a […]
Except for a year of pandemic plague, a year of extreme weather and great year for both crypto and DeFi, 2020 is also turning out to be a time of many Bitcoin ransomware attacks. Criminal actors have become specialized in inserting viruses into company computer systems and demanding Bitcoin as payment for releasing those files […]
Legendary Hedge Fund manager Bill Miller came into the crypto news this week, by having recently urged on financial channel CNBC that:Everyone should be buying Bitcoin at the current prices. […] Bitcoin has been very volatile, but I think right now it’s staying power gets better every day.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcqXLp7uCckI think the risks of bitcoin going to […]
The UK distinguished itself from other countries in Europe by stepping away from Central Bank Digital Currencies. But that just changed, as announced by the Treasury Department.The UK will also have its digital currencyUK Treasury Chancellor Rishi Sunak shared the news yesterday. The press release explains the government’s strategy with regard to the post-Brexit UK […]
