The first real estate purchase with Bitcoin has been registered in Colombia last week. The company, called La Haus, sold one property in Santa Marta to a buyer that was not in Colombia at the time of the purchase. While Colombia is just starting to consider bitcoin for real estate payments, in neighboring countries like Venezuela, it is becoming more…
Singapore has seen a tenfold increase in crypto-related investments last year worth $1.48 billion, up from $110 million in 2020, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech report. As per the study, the city-state has long been recognized as a center of cryptocurrency activity, with over $1.48 billion in investment completed last year alone. KPMG suggests that the increase is in…
Bitcoin (BTC) hit new multi-week highs above $45,000 on Feb. 8 as the largest cryptocurrency’s comeback continued. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $40,000 becomes popular retest target Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $45,500 on Bitstamp in its latest surge before consolidating. Volatility was once again in evidence as the pair fluctuated by $1,000 on…
A new partnership between global crypto exchange Binance and South Korean entertainment company YG will see the two companies strive for a more sustainable framework for future NFTs collaborations. YG manages a number of notable Kpop stars including BLACKPINK, BIG BANG, and WINNER. The Feb. 8 announcement stated the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will reportedly give Binance access to develop…
press release PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Feb. 8, 2022, LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list FutureCoin (FUTURE) on February 9th, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the FUTURE/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 16:00 (UTC+8) on February 9th, 2022. The digital currency market is growing rapidly, along with the platforms…
Stock brokerage firm DriveWealth has entered the cryptocurrency industry by launching two subsidiaries designed to allow its partners to offer crypto trading to retail investors. DriveWealth is a New Jersey-based company backed by Japanese tech giant Softbank and is valued at $2.85 billion. The push into the crypto space was motivated by traders who are forced to trade across what…
Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are concerned about the future legislation revolving around the cryptocurrency industry and money spent on lobbying cemented this fact. A recently published study indicates that money spent on crypto lobbying jumped 116% in 12 months with $9.56 million leveraged to seek to influence from politicians and public officials. Millions of Dollars Were Spent on Crypto Lobbying…
The Kazakh government is considering a three-pronged proposal designed to make crypto miners pay much more for operating in the country, which could make Kazakhstan less attractive to the industry. On Feb. 4, Kazakhstan’s First Vice Minister of Finance, Marat Sultangaziyev, proposed a price increase from $0.0023 per Kwh to $0.01 (around a 335% increase) specifically for crypto miners. He…
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX.US will be giving away free Bitcoin as part of its upcoming advertising campaign at the Feb. 13 Super Bowl LVI. However, the amount of Bitcoin given away has yet to be determined because it will depend on what time the ad runs on the East Coast. For example, if the ad runs at 8:50 PM, the Bahamian-based…
The Meter Passport token bridge platform has incurred $4.4 million in losses due to a smart contract hack which also caused Hundred Finance to lose $3.3 million through under-collateralized loans. Meter.io’s Meter Passport (MTRG) is a token bridge that is compatible with Ethereum and its sidechains. This attack affected the Moonriver side of the bridge. Moonriver is a smart contract…
