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Opera – The First Major Browser Allowing Direct BTC Payments

Opera - The First Major Browser Allowing Direct BTC Payments

Reading Time: 2 minutesOpera is now allowing you to make a payment with the use of Bitcoin right from the browser. This was announced in a press release and means that the 350 million browser users can receive and send BTC while also being able to buy services and goods from e-commerce websites through cryptocurrency payment. In addition, … Read more

Lightnite – The Bitcoin-Integrated Battle Royale Game

Lightnite

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Lightning Network can now host multi-player gaming due to the work of Satoshis.Games. In the latest LN conference, the game platform introduced the game, allowing players to spend BTC and earn directly in their account, while gaming. Lightnite is practically directly crediting and debiting BTC based to what happens in-game. The Satoshi.Games team declared: … Read more

Layer1 Receives $50 Million To Mine Cryptocurrency In Texas

Layer1 Receives $50 Million To Mine Cryptocurrency In Texas

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLayer1, a cryptocurrency infrastructure and investment platform, just secured $50 million from many industry stakeholders during their Series A funding round. According to a report by Fortune, Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder, early Shastra Ventures investor and venture capitalist, together with other industry players committed the mentioned amount. This was done in order to build a … Read more

The LinkedIn Crypto Problem

The LinkedIn Crypto Problem

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen it comes to social media, it seems to be way too simple to build profiles that claim to work for a company. This became instantly obvious with the recent case exposed, with LinkedIn and Binance being involved. Binance is the largest cryptocurrency in the world since it has 642 employees. However, when we look … Read more

Bitcoin Is Still Preferred By Cybercriminals

Bitcoin Is Still Preferred By Cybercriminals

Reading Time: 3 minutesBitcoin has always been used by people involved in various black market activities. In fact, so many users first interacted with this cryptocurrency as they saw it as an option to buy something that was illegal. Obviously, most of the online black markets were shut down but this does not mean cybercriminals do not still … Read more

Samsung Pay Partnering With Finablr For International Payments

Samsung Pay Partnering With Finablr For International Payments

Reading Time: 2 minutesSamsung Pay will soon offer an international remittance feature. This will be possible through a Finablr-owned platform. For those that are not aware, Finablr is a Ripple partner and is London-listed. Samsung Pay brands this new service as Money Transfer. It is just available in the US, except for Oklahoma. In the following months, the … Read more

In Japan, Cryptocurrency Donations For Politicians Are Legal

In Japan, Cryptocurrency Donations For Politicians Are Legal

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSanae Takaichi, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister in Japan, declared that cryptocurrency donations are accepted when offered to political parties. In addition, the cryptocurrency political donations will not have to be disclosed, which is the case with securities and cash in the Political Funds Control Low. So, cryptocurrency donations will not have a limit in … Read more

Sacramento Kings To Offer Crypto Tokens To Loyal Fans

Sacramento Kings To Offer Crypto Tokens To Loyal Fans

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Sacramento Kings can now claim that they are the very first professional sports team in the US that created a crypto token in order to reward their fans. According to Ryan Montoya, Kings CTO: “Fans can get those points and put them in their wallets and experience it all on the blockchain platform.” As … Read more

The 10 Worst Crypto Trading Mistakes That Make You Lose All Your Money

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Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen it comes to crypto trading, the fact that everything is done online makes it so simple to think that you do not have to worry about many things. Unfortunately, most people make huge mistakes when they get involved in the crypto market. They end up broke really fast and have no idea why it … Read more

PayPal Withdraws From The Libra Crypto Project

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday, PayPal decided to withdraw from the Libra crypto project by getting out of the Facebook-led Libra Association. According to a PayPal spokesperson that discussed the topic with CoinDesk, the company “made the decision to forgo further participation” in order to basically “continue to focus on advancing our existing mission and business priorities as … Read more

Indian Police Unable To Move Seized Bitcoin Because Of Local Anti-Crypto Law

Indian Police Unable To Move Seized Bitcoin Because Of Local Anti-Crypto Law

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Indian Police in Pune, Maharashtra, had a huge problem as they seized $1.2 million worth of Bitcoin from a Ponzi scheme and cannot transfer it because of the country’s anti-crypto laws. As a result, a court order was requested. In an article published by Times of India, it was mentioned that the cyber police … Read more

IKEA: World First Smart Contracts and Licensed E-Money Transaction

IKEA World First Smart Contracts and Licensed E-Money Transaction

Reading Time: 2 minutesIKEA Iceland was recently involved in a commercial transaction with the use of Ethereum, licensed e-money and smart contracts. This was done in order to facilitate an order settlement with Nordic Store, a local retailer. The transaction in questions was done on a Tradeshift-provided platform. Tradeshift is a supply chain management company. It used Monerium’s … Read more

Coinbase Will Pay Interest For US Users Holding USDC Stablecoin

Coinbase Will Pay Interest For US Users Holding USDC Stablecoin

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you hold USDC (USD Coin) in your Coinbase account, Coinbase will give you an annual percentage yield interest of 1.25%. This was announced through a blog post. Coinbase declared that the eligible US accounts will start earning the mentioned 1.25% interest rate for every single USDC that is hold on Coinbase. Rewards are going … Read more

500% Increase In Bitcoin ATM Installations Since 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutesBitcoin is faced and will surely be faced with ups and downs in the future. Even so, demand keeps going up. This is made clear by the fact that, according to Statistica, there are 5,457 Bitcoin ATMs that are fully operational right now around the world. As reference, Coin ATM Radar believes there are 5,590 … Read more

Industry Commentator Believes Donald Trump Is Going To Ban Bitcoin When It Reaches $100,000

Industry Commentator Believes Donald Trump Is Going To Ban Bitcoin When It Reaches $100,000

Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, states that Bitcoin can be faced with a ban in the event that price will reach $10,000. This appears as Washington quickly banned flavored e-cigarettes without prior warning on September 11. Tom Lee practically vented concerns about the fact that lawmakers are more than willing to … Read more

Lightning Network Developers: Bug Can Cause BTC Losses

Lightning Network Developers Bug Can Cause BTC Losses

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLightning Network Developers recently disclosed that there is a security hole present in different Lightning Network versions. The hole can cause the user to lose funds in the event that the software is not updated. Initially, the bug was reported on August 30 by Rusty Russel. Then, it was confirmed by Lightning Labs CTO, Olaoluwa … Read more

Finney Becomes Available In Bangladesh

Finney Becomes Available In Bangladesh

Reading Time: 2 minutesFinney, the first smartphone that is blockchain-enabled in the world, is going to soon be available for purchase in a new market, in Bangladesh. The news was made by The Daily Star, with a highlight that the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in the country approved the smartphone in August for import. It is expected that Finney … Read more

Burger King Now Accepts BTC Payments In Germany For Online Orders

Burger King Now Accepts BTC Payments In Germany For Online Orders

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBitcoin starts to be more accepted all around the world. The latest important news comes from Germany. There, Burger King’s German arm accepts Bitcoin payments on the orders made on the fast-food chain’s delivery website and through mobile applications. The option to use BTC appeared all of a sudden on the official BK delivery site. … Read more

Manny Pacquiao Launches His Own Cryptocurrency

Manny Pacquiao Launches His Own Cryptocurrency

Reading Time: 2 minutesManny Pacquiao, world-renowned celebrity and boxing champion, just launched his proprietary cryptocurrency. It was reported by the South China Morning Post on September first that the boxer turned singer and politician just did this while being supported by private investors like Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Michael Owen. The new token will be called … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S10 Adds Major Stablecoin And Bitcoin Wallets

Samsung Galaxy S10 Adds Major Stablecoin And Bitcoin Wallets

Reading Time: 2 minutesSome months ago, the Samsung Galaxy S10 saw the addition of the proprietary Samsung Blockchain Wallet. This supported just Ethereum, together with different ERC20 tokens. Now, this changed as the wallet supports BNB (Binance Coin), Bitcoin and the major stablecoins. Since many of the big cryptocurrencies are now supported, Samsung worked hard to add different … Read more

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