Cryptocurrency

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 […]

Cuba to recognize and regulate cryptocurrencies

Cuba’s government said Thursday it will recognize — and regulate — cryptocurrencies for payments on the island. A resolution published in the Official Gazette said the Central Bank will set rules for such currencies and determine how to license providers of related services within Cuba. The popularity of such currencies has grown among a technologically […]

PayPal welcomes cryptocurrency service to the UK

PayPal announced on Monday that it will allow UK customers to buy, hold, and sell digital currencies, starting this week. The cryptocurrency world is growing by the second, prompting organizations around the globe, like PayPal, to take notice. However, there’s a trick to the equation. Initially, the online payments giant will introduce only Bitcoin, Ethereum, […]

Binance hires former IRS investigator amidst money laundering allegations

On Tuesday, Cryptocurrency trading platform, Binance revealed that it had hired Greg Monahan, a former IRS criminal investigator as the platform’s Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer (GMLRO), to investigate crypto money laundering allegations. As it bets on reinforcing its existence in the digital currencies market, Binance played its latest card to reinvent itself as a […]

Robinhood's crypto trading surges, as overall growth slows

After helping a new generation of investors get into stocks, Robinhood is increasingly doing the same for cryptocurrencies. More than $4 of every $10 that Robinhood Markets Inc. made in revenue during the spring came just from customers trading dogecoin, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Robinhood also said Wednesday that it lost $501.7 million, or $2.16 […]

$600 million stolen in the largest cryptocurrency heist in history

More than $600 million in cryptocurrency has been stolen from the protocol PolyNetwork, in a scheme that’s regarded as one of the largest thefts in the history of cryptocurrency.  In a letter posted on Twitter, PolyNetwork, a decentralized platform that allows crypto coin holders to trade assets across a variety of blockchains, pleaded with hackers to return the haul on Tuesday.  “Dear Hackers,” the […]

Bitcoin jumps on speculation that Amazon considering crypto

Bitcoin’s price surged again Monday after speculation that Amazon may be entering the cryptocurrency sector after it posted a job seeking a “digital currency and blockchain product lead.” Bitcoin jumped more than 14% in the past 24 hours, nearly reaching $40,000 per unit before settling closer to $37,000. The five-week intra-day high reached Monday comes […]

Amazon seeks to look into Blockchain amongst latest hype

Amazon displays a lenient approach towards digital currencies as a new job listing was posted on Friday on the e-commerce site seeking a digital currency and blockchain specialist to lead its payments team. As one of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world, Amazon is responsible for securing some of the widest transactions through various […]

Jack Dorsey announces Bitcoin plans for Twitter

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed to investors the significant role Bitcoin will play in the platform’s future by planning to incorporate cryptocurrency into the company’s current products and services. Dorsey has been a die-hard Bitcoin advocate since its inception into the market, but now the world is witnessing his commitment to cryptocurrency as he plans […]