This week, Miami will be home to the largest cryptocurrency conference in history. According to Fox Business, the conference will run from June 3 to June 5 at the Mana Convention Center in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Some of those who are expected to attend are Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and …
Read More »Paul Pierce Shades ESPN, Says He’s Making More Money With Cryptocurrency
Paul Pierce is letting ESPN know that he doesn’t need them as long as he has cryptocurrency. The retired basketball pro parted ways with the network back in April, where he served as an analyst. His termination followed a stripper party that Pierce shared to his Instagram account. On Wednesday, …
Read More »Venmo Activates Cryptocurrency Trading On Its Payment App
Venmo has incorporated cryptocurrency trending into its payment app. The move comes as Bitcoin continues to plunge into the mainstream. The PayPal-owned company will open crypto trading by allowing members to purchase, maintain and sell Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin, and Bitcoin Cash. Venmo users will also be able to buy a …
Read More »E11even Miami Becomes First Nightclub To Accept Cryptocurrency
E11even Miami has become the first major nightclub in the United States to accept cryptocurrency as a payment form. On Tuesday, the E11even Partners hospitality group announced that it had partnered with a cryptocurrency processing company to accept various purchases using Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Dogecoin, and several others. Patrons …
Read More »Azealia Banks’ NFT Sex Tape Has Been Resold For $275 million USD
Azealia Banks’ NFT sex tape has been resold for $275 million. The price just went up for Banks’ sex tape that she made with her fiancé Ryder Ripps as an NFT. A Twitter account by the name Pop Crave announced the news online. “Azealia Banks’ audio sex tape with fiancé …
Read More »Bitcoin Hits New High As The Currency’s Market Value Nears $1 Trillion
On Thursday morning, the bitcoin price held above $51,000 after hitting a record high on Wednesday of over $52,600. As recently as March 2020, bitcoins meteoric rise under $4,000 means that the largest cryptocurrency is not far away from a market capitalization of $1 trillion. On the Coinbase exchange, the …
Read More »Teen Cryptocurrency Scammer Who Had $23,000-A-Month Condo Arrested By Feds
A 19-year-old claiming to have the secret to cryptocurrency trading was a lie. Stefan Qin, a self-proclaimed math genius from Australia, told potential clients he had found a way to monitor cryptocurrency exchanges globally and could seize on price fluctuations. An algorithm he called Tenjin. After dropping out of college …
Read More »Mastercard Will Begin Allow Merchants To Accept Cryptocurrency
Mastercard will allow more merchants to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment in the wake of Elon Musk buying $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. The company announced on Wednesday. They revealed that they would open up their payment network to the digital coin this year. Raj Dhamodharan, Mastercard’s executive vice …
Read More »The Bitcoin Pizza Would Be Worth $470 Million Today
Ten years ago, someone offered up 10,000 Bitcoin to whoever would deliver him two Papa John’s pizzas. Factoring in for today’s Bitcoin prices, the pizzas would now be worth a whopping $470 million. According to Hypebeast, Laszlo Hanyecz logged onto BitcoinTalk, an online forum, and made the offer. At the time, BTC was trading under …
Read More »Robinhood Moves To Ban Users From Buying Bitcoin and Dogecoin Cryptocurrencies
As the prices of two well known digital coins spiked, Robinhood moved to ban users from hastily buying cryptocurrencies on Friday. Robinhood said it had temporarily disabled “Instant Deposits” for purchases of cryptocurrencies in a post on its website. That means that once the deposit clears, which may take up …
Read More »Facebook Cryptocurrency Renamed Diem
Libra, the cryptocurrency backed by Facebook, has been renamed “Diem.” The Diem Association changed its name and strategy to win favor from financial regulators worldwide. Instead of offering one coin, the Diem Association will offer several, which will be tied to different countries. Stuart Levey, CEO of Diem Association, acknowledged …
Read More »Facebook’s New Crypto Currency “Libra” Set To Launch In Limited Form Early Next Year
Libra, a new cryptocurrency created by Facebook and others, could launch as soon as January 2021 but in a very limited format. According to CNBC, a report from the Financial Times claims the Libra Association, The Geneva-based group, which has 27 members including Facebook executives, was originally planning to launch …
Read More »PayPal Joins the Cryptocurrency Market To Allow Customers To Buy, Sell, and Hold Bitcoin
As of today, PayPal Holdings Inc has joined the cryptocurrency market, which allows customers to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the U.S. digital payments company’s online wallets. In a statement, the company said that customers will be able to use the cryptocurrencies to shop at …
Read More »Facebook To Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency Called Libra
Facebook is getting ready to launch its own form of currency. On Tuesday, the social network released its plan to create a new digital currency, which would be similar to Bitcoin and be available globally. The currency would also push more e-commerce on its services and boost ads on its …
Read More »Millions In Customer Coins Withheld After Crypto CEO Dies With The Only Password That Can Unlock Funds
As technology continues to advance, developers are creating new ways to use new techniques and technology. Between cloud-based voice services, like Alexa and Echo, virtual assistants, like Siri and Cortana, and even digital asset exchanges in the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies. However, amid the ongoing technological advances, programmers were left …
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