Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Localbitcoins, the Helsinki, Finland-based bitcoin exchange founded in 2012, is closing operations after over a decade of service. The company’s operators attribute the shutdown to the “ongoing crypto-winter,” which has l...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bitcoin dropped to a two-week low on Feb. 9, with prices falling below the $23,000 mark after a brief rally on Wednesday. Cryptocurrencies moved lower across the board, as uncertainty surrounding the state of the global economy impacted investor conf...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Rosbank has brokered Russia’s first deal involving the exchange of tokenized gold with the digital version of the Russian national fiat currency, the ruble. The successful transaction demonstrates the growing interest in digital financial assets and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bitcoin.com is excited to announce that Verse Farms are live on the Verse DEX. Anyone can now deposit select Liquidity Pool (LP) tokens into Verse Farms to earn additional rewards on top of the trading fees already earned for providing liquidity. The...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Russian authorities have reportedly arrested the second co-founder of seized cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato. The man, who recently promised to restore the platform’s operations from Russia, was detained at the request of Interpol and may fac...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
With just a few days left before the old naira banknotes are demonetized on Feb. 10 as scheduled, a court in Nigeria has blocked the country’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, and the central bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, from further extending t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Indian crypto exchange Wazirx has denied the allegations made by Binance regarding the relationship between the two crypto exchanges. Emphasizing that the allegations “are false and unsubstantiated,” Wazirx stressed. “As far as Bina...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says that most crypto tokens are worthless and they will eventually drop to zero in value. He added that he now owns seven cryptocurrencies and he is getting the same volatility he did when he o...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Bloomberg Intelligence’s senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone has warned that “cryptos may be facing their first real recession.” The Federal Reserve tightening despite the risk of a recession “could be a primary headwind...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Major crypto exchanges have offered to help the people of Turkey to overcome the consequences of this week’s devastating earthquake. While the crypto industry pledged support, the country’s financial authorities allowed the raising of r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
According to recent court filings, Kyle Davies, co-founder of the defunct cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has allegedly failed to respond to a subpoena from the firm’s current liquidators, despite it being sent via Twitter...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Polygon rose to its strongest point since last April, as prices rose by as much as 6% on Feb. 8. The token surged for a second straight session, after snapping a three-day losing streak on Tuesday. Cosmos also surged higher in today’s session,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Over the past 90 days, the top privacy coins by market capitalization have seen an increase of just over $2 billion, rising from $4.65 billion on Nov. 9, 2022 to $6.69 billion today. However, while crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum saw gains...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Ethereum closed in on the $1,700 level on Wednesday, as markets reacted to comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking after Tuesday’s session, Powell hinted that the Fed could continue to hike rates, should the data show...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Elon Musk’s Twitter has fallen into revenue difficulties, hoping to find new sources of revenue outside the original $5 billion a year advertising business model. According to a recent Financial Times report, Musk is betting this ambition for r...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
According to the findings of a study by Recap, the crypto asset management firm, the Nigerian city of Lagos is ranked among the world’s top 20 crypto hub cities. Besides Lagos, five more African cities, namely the Angolan city of Luanda, Nigeri...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Elementus, a New York-based blockchain firm, has raised $10 million as part of its Series A-2 funding round, led by Web3 VC company Parafi Capital. The raise, which values the company at $160 million, aims to allow Elementus to keep improving its pro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Nouriel Roubini, an economist known as “Dr. Doom,” has warned about the demise of the U.S. dollar and the rise of a “bipolar” world. Roubini believes that the Chinese renminbi might be a substitute for the dollar, as new techn...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The regime in North Korea has managed to steal more cryptocurrency last year than in previous years, according to a draft U.N. report. Despite the difference between quoted estimates, the authors conclude that 2022 was a record-breaking year for cryp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) expects the U.S. dollar to “continue to lose its appeal as the safe-haven currency of last resort.” The $1.74 trillion asset management firm added that the USD “is likely to fall further...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
submitted by /u/seniorbatista19 [link] [comments]
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Investment management and advisory firm Goehring & Rozencwajg expects gold to hit record highs this year. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see a $3,000 price this year,” said an executive of the firm. “It’s time for peopl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
File transfer service giant Wetransfer announced Monday it is collaborating with blockchain platform Minima to offer a non-fungible token (NFT) minting product in March. Wetransfer’s announcement details that users leveraging the Minima coopera...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
submitted by /u/kirtash93 [link] [comments]
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On Feb. 6, 2023, law firm Kirkland & Ellis issued a subpoena to FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and top executives on behalf of Voyager Digital. The subpoena requested they produce documents and communications related to the “Alameda Loan...
