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Trading apps move to get a live person to hear your problems

It’s one of the downsides of apps that make things like ordering food or buying stocks and cryptocurrencies easier: What happens when something goes wrong? It’s often a frustrating chase, tapping through menu after menu in hopes of reaching a person to fix the problem. It’s also something that upstart companies upending the investment and […]

UK upholds Europe’s cryptocurrency empire in 2020-2021

In one year, the United Kingdom has set the stage for its drastic growth in the cryptocurrency movement among all European countries. The Land of the Rose’s fascination with blockchain technology resulted in more than $170 billion in received value, according to a Chainalysis report. The report revealed that the Central, Northern, and Western divisions of Europe […]

Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology across borders

The Daily Stormer website advocates for the white race, posts hate-filled, conspiratorial screeds against Blacks, Jews and women and has helped inspire at least three racially motivated murders. It has also made its founder, Andrew Anglin, a millionaire. Anglin has tapped a worldwide network of supporters to take in at least 112 Bitcoin since January […]

China outlaws all cryptocurrency transactions, Bitcoin value yields

The People’s Bank of China doubled down on Friday its crackdown on all cryptocurrency mining and trading activities by instituting its latest regulation prohibiting overseas cryptocurrency exchanges from accommodating to Chinese citizens under threat of criminal penalty, yielding Bitcoin value. China’s perception of decentralized currencies is not a thing of the past. As the first […]

More than 100 cybercriminals arrested as part of massive Italian mafia groups

European police officers recently announced the arrest of 106 cybercriminals accused of working for a number of Italian mafia groups, as well as money laundering over $11 million. Operating from headquarters in Spain’s Canary Islands, the Italian mafia cybercriminals allegedly victimized hundreds of online users by conducting several online schemes, including phishing operations, attacking internal […]

CFTC delves into Binance’s insider trading conduct

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sharpens its regulatory gaze as it initiated a condensed investigation into cryptocurrency trading platform Binance Holdings Ltd. for probable crypto exchange abuse for insider trading and market manipulation, according to Bloomberg.  It seems that even though not everyone can stand its probing scrutiny, the U.S. is feeding its recently found […]

UK watchdog calls out Kardashian West's Instagram crypto ad

A British financial regulator concerned about the lack of rules for online promotion of cryptocurrencies has called out celebrity influencer Kim Kardashian West’s use of her Instagram account to pitch Ethereum Max to her followers. Charles Randell, chair of the Financial Conduct Authority, said Kardashian was recently paid to ask her 250 million Instagram followers […]

Robinhood’s stable feature for crypto investing

Robinhood revealed on Wednesday its latest feature allowing users to invest in the cryptocurrency market customarily and regularly for just one U.S. dollar without any additional fees in a bid to augment the company’s fast-growing parts. The trading company announced that the reason behind releasing this feature is to provide a secure way to minimize […]

Bitcoin brings hopes, doubts for Salvadorans sending money

El Salvador is betting that this week’s pioneering adoption of Bitcoin will spur its economy, especially one of its most crucial sources of revenue: money sent home by Salvadorans in the United States. A fervent proponent of the cryptocurrency, President Nayib Bukele has asked the more than 2 million Salvadorans who live overseas to send […]

Billionaire John Paulson bets against cryptocurrency’s climb

Billionaire investor, John Paulson, is setting his bets against cryptocurrency, predicting the crypto market’s vacant financial fantasy is bound to collapse as it will “go to zero,” as he gives gold the knighthood of a “safe haven.”  Since digital coins are the desired novelty of this era, from the looks of it, cryptocurrency will stand its ground as […]