Tagged: bitcoin

October 12, 2022 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale Investments, a large digital asset manager with listed products trading on OTC Markets, has sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to the agency’s refusal to approve a Bitcoin-based Exchange Traded Product (ETP) or spot Bitcoin ETF. According to a release, Grayscale filed… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since launching regulated and secure BTC trading in 2015, Gemini says it has been a passionate supporter of Bitcoin and the blockchain ecosystem. Importantly, Gemini provided grants and sponsorships through the Gemini Opportunity Fund to various groups “supporting the Bitcoin Network, including Bitcoin Developers.” In… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZenLedger, which claims to be the global leader in cryptocurrency tax software and blockchain analytics, announced the company is accepting cryptocurrency as payment for goods and services using BitPay, which is one of the largest providers of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services. The ability to… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of Lugano, Switzerland’s Plan ₿, a joint initiative between the City of Lugano and Tether to accelerate the use of Bitcoin, the city now accepts Bitcoin and USDT at the communities merchants. The service is using GoCrypto to enable crypto payments. USDT is… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC, a global digital asset trading platform, has entered into a partnership to support the launch of “a rollup solution that is secured by the Bitcoin network.” Rollux OPv1 is Syscoin’s first in “a series of planned rollup implementations secured by Bitcoin’s own PoW network.”… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwage has announced a new partnership with their third UFC ambassador, and they officially launched their preferred wallet feature. On August 1st, 2022, news broke that Bitwage were collaborating with Casa and Edge as preferred wallet partners. Simply put, this means that users “can now… Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, which claims to be the world’s leading digital payment provider built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced it has “raised an $80 million funding round led by Ten31 and joined by Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Wyoming, and other investors, with participation… Read More

September 21, 2022 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Described as the UK’s First Major Bitcoin Conference. Bitcoin is powering a new stage of financial evolution. This revolutionary technology will change money and how we use it forever. Bitcoin Collective is committed to creating an inclusive environment for an honest and open dialogue about… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the first of several other planned announcements to come from the region, OpenNode intends to test a bitcoin payment processing and payouts solution via the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB’s) Regulatory Sandbox. Bitcoin payments had “been non-existent in the island nation until now, which… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

With a huge sigh of relief, Ethereum supporters have declared the success of the MERGE. Ethereum has moved away from Proof of Work (POW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), thus improving the entire ecosystem. While reducing electricity usage, improving speed, and boosting scalability, the Merge… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

As the completion of the Merge nears, where Ethereum moves from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), Ethereum is poised for a significant, transformational upgrade that may migrate the blockchain from a pretty cool experiment to ongoing relevance in the land of… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Slice, an “innovative” startup in the AdTech space and ZEBEDEE, a Fintech and next-generation payment processor for the gaming industry, announced the launch of an integration that “lets anyone earn Bitcoin simply by browsing the web, with the help of Slice’s browser extension.” While passive… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 6:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

As Ethereum pushes forward with the Merge, Bitcoin has been ignored a bit – at least until yesterday when BTC rocketed beyond the $20,000 level nearing $22K. So what’s going on? Was it just Bitcoin’s time to move higher after watching Ethereum from the sidelines?… Read More

September 9, 2022 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qtum combines Bitcoin’s (BTC) security with Ethereum’s (ETH) programmability in one platform. One of the most innovative aspects of Qtum is that users can “enjoy both Bitcoin and Ethereum updates.” One of these new updates happens to Bitcoin’s Taproot. As explained in a blog post,… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After July’s green candles, August 2022 resumed a downward trend for crypto-assets across the board, the team at Kraken noted in a new report. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the crypto market “saw negative returns for the month.” Prices of BTC (-14%) and ETH… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

EnergyFunders has launched a new fund, Yield Fund II. EnergyFunders previously listed Yield Fund I which reportedly raised the most of any offerings on the platform to date. EnergyFunders is an energy-related investment platform that has also entered into the crypto mining sector – which… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

As Bitcoin struggles to hold onto $20K and Ethereum wobbles in advance of the Merge, Coinshares most recent report indicates that investors continue to de-risk from crypto – albeit with small aggregate amounts. According to the weekly report, digital asset fund flows delivered a net… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Transact365, a UK-based global payments platform powering merchants across the globe, has partnered with digital asset exchange FINECTUM. The partnership means that merchants using Transact365’s payments platform “can now accept and process crypto payments, including BTC, LTC, USDTE, USDTT, ETH and more, across five continents.”… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Valereum plc (AQSE: VLRM), a firm that is in the process of acquiring the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX), has announced that it will sell its Bitcoin mining assets to Vinanz Ltd. in exchange for shares of the firm amount to around 24% ownership. The deal… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 6:21 pm By Paolo Ardoino  |  

Inflation continues to rise globally, especially across Latin America where hyperinflation afflicts many countries. Could Bitcoin and the emerging digital token economy be the answer? Across Latin America, a story of inflation and ineffective central bank policy is the order of the day. In Mexico,… Read More