Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has publicly praised the prediction market Polymarket for their impressive performance. He commended the platform not only for accurately predicting outcomes well in advance but also for actively contributing to...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Boyaa Interactive, a public gaming company based in Hong Kong, has announced a strategic investment in the UTXO Bitcoin Ecosystem Fund. The company plans to allocate $1,000,000 to this initiative, aimed at promoting the Group’s business development a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The recent addition of laser eyes, a feature popular among bitcoin enthusiasts, to Elon Musk’s profile picture has spurred speculation around his potential involvement in the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 Conference to be held in Nashville, Tennessee....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Welcome To Latam Insights Encore, a deep view of Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency-based news last week. In this edition, we discuss the import duties exemption measure President Nayib Bukele pushed for and passed in Con...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Invest Hong Kong, the government department responsible for attracting foreign direct investment, has announced the 7th edition of the Global Fast Track (GFT) 2024, a program designed to empower business connectivity among fintech startups, corporate...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $220 million for alleged data privacy violations. The investigation centered on Whatsapp LLC and Meta’s failure to allow users to consent to t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Delhi police have arrested seven individuals, including a contractual bank employee, for allegedly defrauding a man of ₹91 lakh ($111,000) by promising high returns in stock and cryptocurrency trading. The suspects, identified as Ajay, Mohit, Shankar...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Cboe, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, is preparing to list five new ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday, pending regulatory effectiveness. These five spot ethereum ETFs are from 21shares, Fidelity, Franklin, Invesco Galaxy, and Vaneck....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
On July 21, 2024, a Sunday evening around 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time, presidential meme coins experienced notable fluctuations. A Solana-based meme token called kamala horris (KAMA) surged over 78% within 24 hours, while crypto coins linked to the Biden...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki predicts a major opportunity for wealth accumulation as real estate markets crash. “The time to make money in your sleep is arriving now,” he stressed, adding that his Rich Dad has taught him, R...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
South Korea’s Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users went into effect on July 19, 2024, aiming to protect users and ensure market stability. Initially revised in 2021 to mandate virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to register and adhe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
On Sunday at 4:30 p.m. EDT, bitcoin (BTC) is trading between $67,968 to $68,108 per unit, following a flash dip to $65,833 per coin after U.S. President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 election. The volatility on July 21 led to the l...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: President Nayib Bukele eliminated import taxes for basic products for a decade in El Salvador, Argentina defi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The African Union (AU) has approved its Continental Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and African Digital Compact to drive Africa’s digital development. These initiatives aim to accelerate digital transformation by leveraging new technologies whi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Following the announcement that President Joe Biden will withdraw from the 2024 election, the prediction market Polymarket now indicates an 81% probability that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee at the upcoming national conv...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Seven U.S. states have united in a coalition to challenge the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) regulation of cryptocurrency. The states filed an amicus brief arguing that the SEC’s “power grab” would stifle inno...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The highly anticipated Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Conference is set to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 12 to October 14, 2024. The event, hosted at the stunning Calima Eventos in the Puerto Madero area, promises a blend of networking, inno...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
While regulations are generally meant to protect consumers, in practice, they create hoops for crypto companies to jump through, thus diminishing the overall user experience, said Ivo Georgiev, co-founder and CEO of Ambire Wallet. Georgiev argues tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Indian crypto exchange Wazirx has announced a $23 million bounty program to recover assets stolen in a cyberattack on its multisig wallet. Emphasizing community involvement, co-founder Nischal Shetty outlined the rewards for tracking, freezing, and e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
In a recent social media post, Justin Sun, the crypto entrepreneur, shared his experience with the HTX app on his Apple Vision Pro. He expressed his satisfaction with the app’s performance, highlighting its capabilities to view cryptocurrency a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Former U.S. President Donald Trump experienced a surge in prediction market odds for winning the presidential election after an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Ripple’s CEO and legal chief celebrated their firm’s landmark...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
Dylan Meissner, 31, of Westport, has pleaded guilty to fraud in Hartford federal court, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Meissner, a former Vice President of Finance at a cryptocurrency research firm, admitted to stealing over $4 milli...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The recently detained Nigerian self-proclaimed cryptocurrency billionaire, Linus Williams, has been released on bail. According to a controversial Instagram celebrity, Verydarkman, the crypto billionaire begged for release but is expected to answer f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
According to Paul Thomas, a seasoned technologist and founder at Somnia, artificial intelligence (AI), like the metaverse before it, is currently experiencing hype. This hype cycle will continue to be in vogue before eventually waning. Thomas argues...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 11 months ago
The Central Bank of Nigeria recently sold U.S. dollars to Bureaux de Change (BDC) at a flat rate of NGN1,450 per greenback. The central bank stated that eligible BDCs can sell the dollars to end-users at a margin of no more than 1.5% above the purcha...
