By Lubomir Tassev CEBL, the Canadian men’s basketball league, will offer its professional basketball players the option to receive a portion of their salary in cryptocurrency. The new payment option has been enabled through a partnership with the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy. Bitbuy to Convert Canadian Dollar Salaries Into BitcoinContinue Reading
By Sergio Goschenko A group of Spanish deputies filed a proposal that seeks to accelerate the implementation of a digital euro. The proposal, presented on June 8, asks for the creation of a group to study the implementation of a digital currency in the Eurozone. This study group, if created,Continue Reading
By Sergio Goschenko Ledger customers are receiving fake wallets by mail to steal their cryptocurrency. A user in Reddit reported receiving a suspicious package that claimed to be mailed by Ledger. The package included a letter stating the user needed to substitute the current wallet for safety reasons. Ledger hasContinue Reading
By Rohan Jethi Bitcoin and Ethereum prices start to fall as the weekend approaches, a move that has become a familiar pattern in the past few months. It can be seen that weekends recently have been ‘red’ for the cryptocurrency markets as the volume drops along with the price. AContinue Reading
By Andrew Hayward Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) enable users to trade directly with one another, without going through a centralized intermediary, such as Coinbase and Binance. That means they can offer access to a wider variety of cryptocurrency tokens and financial services than you’ll find at popular centralized exchanges, plus theyContinue Reading
By Lubomir Tassev Danske Bank will not block credit cards used in crypto trading, according to its newly announced position on cryptocurrencies. The Danish bank would also accept deposits related to crypto investments, although it follows a cautious approach towards decentralized digital assets. Denmark’s Largest Bank Clarifies Its Stance onContinue Reading
By Samuel Wan Image: Digital currency asset managers Grayscale has announced the addition of 13 new crypto projects to their list of assets under consideration, including newer chains like Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL). The firm currently operates 13 single asset trusts, the biggest one being the Bitcoin Trust, withContinue Reading
By Jamie Redman Galaxy Digital’s co-president Damien Vanderwilt announced today that his firm has partnered with Goldman Sachs to help provide bitcoin futures products. The partnership marks one of the first occasions where an American multinational investment bank has partnered with a crypto asset service provider. Galaxy Serves as Goldman’sContinue Reading
By Jeff Benson In the past month, top US exchange Coinbase has announced listings for a pair of cryptocurrencies that are based not on battling inflationary monetary policy or creating a censorship-free internet, but on…dogs. After Dogecoin (DOGE) made dog cryptocurrencies cool, a host of other projects got in theContinue Reading
By Ana Grabundzija Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, who became known as a decentralized finance (DeFi) enthusiast and a high tier investor, told Bloomberg he was lazy and failed to do his own due diligence, causing him to lose money in a recent bank run. Cuban invested in a DeFiContinue Reading
By Jamie Redman The American professional stock car racing driver, Landon Cassill, has announced he has partnered with the crypto-asset platform Voyager Digital Ltd. in order to get paid in cryptocurrency. Cassill’s announcement notes that the racer will be paid in crypto for the remainder of the 2021 NASCAR XfinityContinue Reading
By Bitcoin.com PR Are you a crypto trader looking for a fun opportunity to earn more returns or a soccer fan who wants to add some excitement during the Euro Cup? Great news, crypto-powered investing app SimpleFX launches a trading contest with a $50,000 prize pool. The SimpleFX Euro 2021Continue Reading
By Mathew Di Salvo Bitcoin ATMs are coming to Texas supermarkets. Twenty nine crypto Coin Cloud ATMs will be set up in H-E-B stores, according to local media. The crypto ATMs, which allow users to buy and sell over 30 different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Dogecoin, will first be availableContinue Reading
By Jeff Benson The London hard fork, a scheduled upgrade to Ethereum, is first making its way to the blockchain’s test networks. Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation announced today that London will go live on the Ropsten testnet around June 24, followed by Goerli on June 30, and RinkebyContinue Reading
By Will Gottsegen Canadian crypto miner Hive Blockchain Technologies says it has received approval to list shares on Nasdaq. The company went public in 2017—since then, its shares have been trading on the Canadian exchange TSX.V. As with other crypto-reliant stocks, fluctuations in the price of HIVE.V have more orContinue Reading
By Ana Grabundzija Dogecoin‘s history showed crypto why it’s haste to dismiss a good meme that could manifest into concrete progress, said Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam in his interview with Emily Chang on a Bloomberg TV appearance. The largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, Coinbase, was launched out of aContinue Reading
By Jamie Redman A report published by the independent marketing intelligence company, Miq Digital, explains that Hawaii has seen the most crypto demand of all the states in the U.S., with a 687% increase since 2020. As far as increased cryptocurrency demand since last year, Nevada, California, Florida, and ColoradoContinue Reading
By Liam J. Kelly Founded in 2018, Galaxy Digital sought to bridge the gap between Wall Street and crypto. Three years later, the firm appears to be living up to this ambition in a partnership with Goldman Sachs. According to a press release, the New York-based broker-dealer will become aContinue Reading
By Jamie Redman Miami’s Mayor Francis Suarez told the press on Thursday that his city was open to bitcoin miners from China who are flocking to find new homes. Suarez says he hasn’t actually talked to any miners from China but said he wants them to know the opportunity isContinue Reading
By Shaurya Malwa Institutional digital asset Fireblocks announced today it had integrated Crypto.com into the Fireblocks Network, the largest and most active digital asset transfer network for institutions. The move will allow Crypto.com to expand its reach to over 400+ institutional participants through the Fireblocks Network, which includes some ofContinue Reading
By Ben Munster Here we go again! Though this recent crypto crash doesn’t seem to be as bad as the last bloodbath (when Bitcoin and its hapless shitcoin followers retreated more than 80%) the ongoing “market correction” has seen prices plummet more than 50%, just in the last month orContinue Reading
By Ben Munster Here we go again! Though this recent crypto crash doesn’t seem to be as bad as the last bloodbath (when Bitcoin and its hapless shitcoin followers retreated more than 80%) the ongoing “market correction” has seen prices plummet more than 50%, just in the last month orContinue Reading
By Samuel Wan Michael Saylor discussed what he perceives as the biggest risk to Bitcoin, and it’s not to do with environmental, social, or governance (ESG) factors. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ESG refers to a set of standards that investors use to determine how a particular company stacks upContinue Reading
By Lubomir Tassev Leading Chinese banks have introduced digital yuan withdrawals at more than 3,000 ATM locations in Beijing. Residents of the capital city will now be able to exchange their e-CNY funds for cash and vice versa. Some of the teller machines are located in a popular shopping area.Continue Reading
By Ekin Genç One of the odd things about Bitcoin is that, as a decentralized network, it is very difficult to lobby for it in any “official” capacity. Bitcoin has no CEO, the pseudonymous founder has been missing for a decade and the network’s users share no unifying aim. It’sContinue Reading
By Scott Chipolina BBVA Switzerland has announced a crypto-asset trading and custody service to its private banking clients. The service comes after a period of testing that lasted six months. The testing period allowed the bank to better examine risks associated with the asset class, BBVA Switzerland CEO Alfonso Gómez.Continue Reading
By Kevin Helms Spain’s second-largest bank, BBVA, is opening up its bitcoin trading and custody service to all private banking clients in Switzerland in a few days. The bank has been testing the cryptocurrency service for six months. “The bitcoin management system is fully integrated” in the bank’s app, “whereContinue Reading
By Adriana Hamacher Leading crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments is exploring 13 additional investment products. Announced on Thursday, the list includes three top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap: Solana (SOL,) Polygon (formerly Matic Network) (MATIC) and Internet Computer (ICP) tokens. The asset manager is also looking into 1inch (1INCH), BancorContinue Reading
By Shaurya Malwa Archer DAO combats one of the most criticized problems plaguing the DeFi market today: That of opportunist bots and front-running programs that result in burgeoning GAS costs on networks like Ethereum. The problem Termed ‘Miner Extractable Value,’ the tactic is used by a proof-of-stake miner’s ability toContinue Reading
By Bitcoin.com PR PRESS RELEASE. A South Korean blockchain-based community messenger “Nestree” has announced that it is launching an innovative and cutting-edge reward-based digital commerce platform called “Nestree Mall’. Nestree Mall is part of the roadmap of the blockchain platform that will expand the core business of Nestree and increaseContinue Reading
By Jamie Redman According to regional reports, bitcoin miners in Sichuan have been told by the Ya’an municipal government that they have until June 25 to shut down operations. Sichuan has been eyed closely in recent times as it’s estimated that a large demographic of miners are situated in theContinue Reading