2021 was a huge year for the crypto industry. A few years ago, our elected officials probably hadn’t even heard of crypto before, let alone had an opinion on it. However, this year it seemed like crypto was the hot topic on the block all around the globe. Here is a list of the most outspoken crypto advocates and critics…
The prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum rose more than 6% overnight as the global crypto market added a staggering 6% to its total market capitalization, taking it up to $2.38 trillion according to CoinGecko. Bitcoin is currently trading just under $49,000—the last time it was trading at this level was on Thursday last week. It’s currently still 29% shy of…
Craig Steven Wright has suffered a massive loss in the almost four-year-old legal dispute with Ira Kleiman, who has claimed that his deceased brother, David Kleiman, was entitled to 1.1 million bitcoin that Wright seized from him following a business partnership. The Australian-born Wright — who is currently living in the U.K. after fleeing his home country during the heat…
press release PRESS RELEASE. MaximNFT – an NFT marketplace by Maxim magazine and xSigma – is excited to announce that former professional boxer Vitali Klitschko is launching an NFT collection on its platform for charity. Proceeds will go to the Ukrainian branch of Rotary International, a non-profit organisation promoting humanitarian services across the world. Once a professional boxer, Vitali Klitschiko…
A Bitcoin wallet containing millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has come out of dormancy. For one reason or another, the wallet has not transacted for years despite having what is considered life-changing money. The wallet had not been used since 2013, barely a few years after the mysterious Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared. The wallet currently contains $15…
Interest in cryptocurrencies has been growing in Russia, not least among non-qualified investors. According to recently quoted estimates, Russians have already put more than $67 billion into the crypto market, the capitalization of which has increased significantly this year. Russians Spent Some 5 Trillion Rubles on Crypto Russian residents have swapped 5 trillion of their national fiat (over $67.5 billion)…
ResearchHub, a scientific research site founded and self-funded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, is allegedly based on work stolen from its not-launched competitor, a new court filing suggests. Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt Labs filed on Dec. 17 a complaint with the Superior Court of the State of California, alleging that Armstrong’s ResearchHub has something to do with Knowledgr, a research platform…
Established in 2016, Cash2Bitcoin.com is one of the largest and fastest-growing cryptocurrency ATM deployment services in the United States. Cash2Bitcoin.com manages over 1000 locations throughout the country and is rapidly expanding its reach in the market. Ayman Rida is the CEO of Cash2Bitcoin. He recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the business: Ayman Rida is a proud…
Flori Marquez, the co-founder of cryptocurrency custodian BlockFi, says that upwards price action, new talent and regulatory clarity combine to create a bubbling FOMO atmosphere for crypto adoption in 2022. In an interview with Yahoo on Dec. 19, Marquez also shared insights regarding industry growth in 2021. While the number go-up technology of Bitcoin (BTC) remains the honey that draws…
LUNA, the native token of the Terra network, hit a new all-time high of $84.47 today, building on its solid performance over the last week. Despite backtracking to $83.40 at press time, LUNA is still up 8.4% over the last 24 hours, and an impressive 56% in the past seven days, according to data from CoinGecko. With a market cap…
