sponsored December 20, 2021: Seedify and Gamefi are the top gaming launchpads in the blockchain sector. ERTHA is pleased to have launched there and sold out the community pools in 53 and 32 seconds respectively. To back up, ERTHA metaverse is Heroes of Might and Magic game-type inspired economic and social life built on Binance Smart Chain. Users can explore…
Month: December 2021
Hong Kong NFT project Monkey Kingdom loses $1.3M in phishing hack, launches compensation fund
On Tuesday, Solana nonfungible token (NFT) project Monkey Kingdom, which has received notable backing from American DJ Steve Aoki, announced via Twitter that hackers made off with $1.3 million of the community’s crypto funds through a security breach on Discord. According to its developers, the hack first occurred with the breach of Grape, a popular solution for verifying users on…
Stratos Jet Charters Reveals Crypto Payment Acceptance for Flights via FTX Pay – Bitcoin News
The Orlando, Florida-based Stratos Jet Charters Inc. has announced the company has partnered with FTX US and the collaboration will make it so Stratos Jet customers can pay for services with crypto payments via FTX Pay. The CEO of Stratos Jet says the company has been in search of a crypto partner and noted that FTX was an “ideal fit.”…
Donald Trump Calls Crypto ‘Dangerous’ Even as Melania Launches NFT
In brief Donald Trump is still skeptical of cryptocurrency, warning in a new interview that it could be “a very dangerous thing.” His wife, Melania Trump, just released a Solana NFT that can only be purchased with cryptocurrency. Former United States President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of cryptocurrency in an interview on Fox Business this week, calling it a…
Essay El Salvador Moment In Time Bitcoin
This is the third installment in Okcoin’s “I am Satoshi” series, profiles of Salvadorans during the transition to bitcoin as legal tender. Read the first about Elina Marchenko’s visit with Enrique Barrios of Bitcoin Smiles. “I can’t believe I’m reading about El Salvador in the Wall Street Journal!” As I read that email from a friend, it struck me how…
Bigger Gains Than Bitcoin: Top-Performing Crypto Assets of 2021
Crypto assets started the year with a rally, slumped over the summer, rallied again in autumn and are currently in a rut heading into the end of 2021. The top two coins by market cap, Bitcoin and Ethereum, both hit all-time highs in 2021 and are ending the year up 67% and 450%, respectively—barring a giant crash in the final…
Why I Find The Bitcoin Community So Compelling
Listen To This Episode: Art and Bitcoin — both draw in some of the most creative minds in the world. I discussed this and more interesting intersections with Bitcoin Magazine’s PhoenixBTC. We touched on how bitcoin affects time preference, and how Bitcoiners can be more receptive to newcomers to the space. Finally, we talked about what Phoenix was excited for…
Turkish Lira Slump Contributes to Rise in Turkey’s Daily Crypto Trades to Over One Million – Economics Bitcoin News
The popularity of cryptocurrencies in economically embattled Turkey has continued to surge with the number of daily trades now surpassing one million, a report has said. This surge in trades has been attributed to the depreciating lira which plunged to a new low against the USD on December 20. Lira Plunges Cryptocurrency trades in inflation-stricken Turkey have surged to above…
Bitcoin Miners Exploit Cheap Siberian Energy
After China banned bitcoin earlier this year, Russia became the world’s second-biggest bitcoin miner country. Its cold climate nurtures the perfect conditions for bitcoin rigs to function at top performance for long periods without fancy cooling systems. But in addition to enterprise operations, home mining is also becoming popular in Russia. According to a report by The Telegraph, over 14,400…
Hive Blockchain on track to mine more Bitcoin, less Ether this quarter
Publicly traded crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain is expecting to produce 6,900 Ether (ETH) and 670 Bitcoin (BTC) for the fiscal quarter ending on Dec. 31, marking a respective drop and increase over that of the previous quarter. In a Wednesday notice to shareholders, Hive said it had mined 6,280 Ether from Oct. 1 to Dec. 21, and was on track to…