Was Jordan Belfort actually right the whole time? Did you know that Wall Street’s wolf, Jordan Belfort, was formerly an opponent of Bitcoin? Despite his enthusiasm for blockchain technology, he stated in an interview with Andrew Salt that he believed it was a bubble that would burst. And he was correct in the beginning. We were in […]
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Today sees the announcement of the launch of The NFT Magazine, the first online magazine in NFT form to be collected and read on Ethereum. The magazine will be on OpenSea 12 issues per year on a monthly basis, featuring rankings of crypto players, market trends, interviews and advice from industry experts. Every month there will […]
Bitcoin ETF Speculations Spreading in Crypto Community — Analysis, 18 Oct In the middle of last week, speculations about the potential launch of Bitcoin ETFs spread in the crypto community. First, most crypto-related forums and social media platforms published a copy of the pre-approval notice of Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF by Nasdaq: Source: Twitter Second, asset manager ProShares filed […]
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PRESS RELEASE. The ZoidPay Chrome extension will allow users to spend their cryptocurrencies on products, pay subscriptions, and even book flights with 40+ million online retailers. October 19th, 2021, Bucharest, Romania — ZoidPay has announced the launch of its Chrome Extension, allowing millions of users to shop using various cryptocurrencies with all online merchants across […]
Sandile Shezi, the young South African bitcoin trader who is facing fraud charges, has denied allegations he scammed shareholders in his Global Forex Institute. Shezi: Shareholders Signed Up for Education, Not Investments Despite his rejection of the allegations, a spokesperson for the country’s police told the Sunday Times newspaper that Shezi has agreed to turn […]
One of the biggest asset managers in Brazil, Kinea, disclosed it made an exploratory investment in Ethereum. The announcement was made by Marco Aurélio Freire, manager of funds for Kinea, who stated the company had invested a small amount of its holdings in ethereum starting two months ago. Kinea, the investment arm of Banco Itau, […]
The National Police have issued a warning for a wave of cryptocurrency-related investment scams in Spain. The amount that has been lost in these kinds of investments recently is €240,000 related to just two complaints. However, there has been a rise in the complaints presented by citizens due to the popularity that these financial instruments […]
FinCEN, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, linked more than $5 billion in bitcoin transactions to the most common ransomware variants out there. The organization stated in a report issued last week that the mean average total monthly suspicious amount of ransomware transactions was $66.4 million during the first two quarters of 2021. FinCEN also […]
Part 2 — Blockchain 101 In the previous part, we had a broad view of blockchain technology and how it is structured. We identified the key, core elements that make the blockchain such an interesting technology and so disruptive for so many fields, for its potential use cases and transparency. One, and perhaps the most important core […]
Part 1 — Blockchain 101 Welcome the BLOCKCHAIN What is Blockchain? Never like in the few years we have come across this term, and it suscitates both curiosities (covered in a layer of mystery) and, to certain extents, concern for a technology that yet, many struggles to comprehend. Although become mainstream in recent years, it is worth […]
Part 4 — Blockchain 101 We now learnt that Blockchain is a distributed decentralized network that provides immutability, privacy, security, and transparency. There is no central authority present to validate and verify the transactions, yet every transaction in the Blockchain is considered to be completely secured and verified. In the previous articles, we learnt how transactions are […]
Part 3 — Blockchain 101 Trust is the core element of the Blockchain, making it such a valuable technology From the previous chapters, we got acquainted with some of the key elements the blockchain bases itself upon, and indeed are disruptive in terms of the approaching modern-day transfer of “value” issues: TRANSPARENCY: each block of data is connected […]
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor has suggested Nigeria and Zimbabwe issue currencies that are backed by bitcoin if they want to fix their economies. He surmised that using the bitcoin standard will end starvation and allow citizens of both countries to have a decent life. National Currencies Backed by Bitcoin In a video clip where he […]
PRESS RELEASE. The Floor NFT’s are fresh, hand-drawn, non-PFP (Profile Picture), artistic collectibles on the Ethereum Blockchain, crafted with love by DAHR in his pleasing cartoonish art style. Only 7777 provably rare artworks were generated from 150 traits/attributes in order to gather together a first-ever NFT condominium community. The Floor NFT spawned from the idea […]
Registered investment advisors (RIAs) with about $110 trillion under management can now offer their clients cryptocurrency trading through Interactive Brokers. RIAs manage portfolios of almost 61 million clients. Registered Investment Advisors Can Now Offer Cryptocurrencies to Clients Global investment firm Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced Monday the launch of cryptocurrency trading for registered investment […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms to answer questions regarding their activities immediately. The letters to the companies published on the attorney general’s website indicate that the two platforms are Nexo and Celsius Network. New York Cracks Down on Unregistered Crypto […]
Cindicator, a crypto investment platform, announced today that its first NFT on Stoic, an automated crypto investment app with AI, has sold for 36.75 ETH or over $140,000 at the current rate. The winning bid came from someone named _satoshi. The Stoic NFT is named Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism. He believed that […]
Grayscale Investments has confirmed its plan to file for its bitcoin trust (GBTC) to be converted into a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). “The NYSE Arca will file a document called the 19b-4 to convert GBTC into an ETF,” said Grayscale’s official. GBTC to Become Bitcoin ETF Grayscale Investments has confirmed that it will convert its […]
The price of bitcoin recently jumped above the $60,000 per unit mark on October 15, and the leading crypto asset has not seen prices this high since mid-April six months ago. However, as far as the top digital assets are concerned, in terms of market capitalization, things are a whole lot different. For instance, ether […]