Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Metaplanet, a publicly traded corporation listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced on Tuesday that its board of directors passed a resolution to purchase an additional 250 million yen (approximately $1.6 million) worth of bitcoin. For BTC held f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Riot Platforms has announced a proposal to acquire Bitfarms to create “the world’s largest publicly listed bitcoin miner.” This offer includes cash and Riot stock, representing a 24% premium. Despite the initial rejection from Bitfarms...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a remarkable showcase of growth and enthusiasm, Penguiana, the unique penguin-themed meme coin on the Solana blockchain, has successfully launched its $PENGU token on Raydium. Buy $PENGU here on Raydium. This milestone comes after a highly success...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
According to the latest statistics, U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced ten consecutive days of positive inflows. Notably, during a third of those days, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) faced outflows and neutral activit...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland, May 28, 2024 – The TRON DAO has officially announced LayerZero support for the TRON blockchain, making TRON the second non-EVM chain to be integrated into LayerZero’s cross-chain interoperability prot...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has issued a warning against the practice of spraying naira notes at social events, emphasizing that it diminishes the dignity of the currency. In a recent post on its official X page, the Nigerian...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The London-based digital bank Kroo has barred its clients from engaging in cryptocurrency transactions, joining other U.K.-based banks in this decision. The bank cites the increasing cases of online fraud incidents involving cryptocurrencies as the r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
This week, bitcoin’s price briefly exceeded $70,000 per coin before declining after the movement of Mt Gox bitcoins, yet the premium for bitcoin in South Korea has significantly increased. Having fallen below the 1% range, the premium on South...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. Road Town, BVI, May 28, 2024 – In a significant move for cryptocurrency and mobile technology enthusiasts, LBank Exchange, a premier global digital asset trading platform, has announced the listing of Artdollar (AD) on May 28, 2...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Solana validators have voted to pass Solana Improvement Document number 96 (SIMD-0096), which proposes that 100% of priority transaction fees will be awarded to validators. This breaks the current model that passes only 50% of these funds to validato...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after pleading guilty to criminal charges, including engaging in an unlawful pol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin’s hashrate has rebounded to the historic highs seen just before the fourth reward halving event. According to the seven-day simple moving average, the network’s hashrate reached a record 657 exahash per second (EH/s) this week....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
It’s been another volatile 24 hours in the meme coin market. Dogwifhat (WIF) and Bonk (BONK) have cooled off from their recent rallies as traders opted to take profits. Meanwhile, the new seal-themed token Sealana (SEAL) is in the spotlight after pas...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On Tuesday, the publicly traded medical technology firm Semler Scientific announced its decision to allocate bitcoin to its treasury. The company disclosed that it had acquired 581 bitcoins for a total of $40 million. Semler Scientific Embraces Bitco...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Digital asset investment products have experienced unprecedented inflows, totaling $1.05 billion this past week alone, pushing the year-to-date figures to a record $14.9 billion. This surge, highlighted in a recent Coinshares flows report, marks a co...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Based on onchain metrics, the Mt Gox funds, once consolidated into a single address holding over $9.6 billion in bitcoin, have now been distributed to three separate addresses as of Tuesday morning. Mt Gox Funds Redistribution An examination of the o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a recent social media post, Stani Kulechov, the founder of Aave, announced that the Aave Network is expected to launch following the completion of the Aave V4 protocol. This development is eagerly anticipated by the defi community, as the Aave Net...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Zurich University of Applied Sciences has said it will kickstart a 16-day Bitcoin economy training course in March 2025. The short course aims to help students understand how bitcoin influences the financial system. Understanding Bitcoin’s...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a series of positive developments, the cryptocurrency market appears to be entering a bullish phase, marked by significant regulatory approvals and an apparent shift in political relevancy. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s unexp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. On April 21st, MetaToken, a casino project on Ethereum and TON, announced the successful closure of its private funding round. The project attracted $5 million in just one week, establishing itself as a powerful new player and highligh...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a social media post, Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, provided a status update on the recent situation. He assured followers that “everything is fine with MtGox” and revealed that the tr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
David Bailey, CEO of Bitcoin Magazine and a cryptocurrency aide of the Trump campaign, revealed that the former president asked if Bitcoin could be leveraged to solve the U.S. national debt problem. During an X space on Sunday night, Bailey revealed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The price of bitcoin (BTC) fell sharply after Mt Gox, the infamous cryptocurrency exchange that went bankrupt a decade ago, began moving billions worth of the cryptocurrency to a new wallet, Mt Gox’s first bitcoin transfers in five years. So f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The surge in Russian traffic to global cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the last two quarters has prompted officials to issue a warning about the risk of Western sanctions. According to a central bank study, Russian traffic to some of the largest...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has proposed a directive regarding crypto asset transfers. This directive follows the licensing of 75 crypto asset service providers (CASPs) by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in South Africa. The FIC ai...
