Bitcoin (BTC)

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An international ring of scammers has its eyes set on crypto fans that are looking for love, according to Sophos cybersecurity researchers. The goal is to get them to give up control of their digital stashes, as well as their handsets. Sophos Discusses New “Crypto Rom” Scam The gang has been dubbed “Crypto Rom,” and according to Sophos, the organization has expanded from Asia into regions of both Europe and the United States. The structure of the scam works, in many...

AquaGoat is a decentralized utility eco-token. The automatic liquidity-locking and self-staking direct distribution system ensures safe and secure transactions and income creation for all token holders. AquaGoat is the AquaGoat.finance ecosystem native utility token. It is based on Binance Smart Chain, a Proof of Stake blockchain that is more eco-friendly than Bitcoin and Ethereum. The ecosystem is used for Network donation pooling and staking e-commerce integration NFT...

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) – a leading mortgage provider in the USA – has decided to stop allowing its customers to settle payments in cryptocurrencies, citing “regulatory uncertainty” in the industry as a reason. Change of Heart In August, the Michigan-based wholesale lender – United Wholesale Mortgage – announced that clients could pay for home loans in Bitcoin and thus became the first major US mortgage lender to adopt digital assets as a payment method. Later on, it...

Wild Pack Beverage Inc. has become the latest company to begin accepting bitcoin and crypto payments for products and services. Wild Pack Brings the Crypto Payment World Closer to Reality This has become a growing trend as of late. No doubt, the cryptocurrency space is becoming much stronger and heading deeper into mainstream territory as more and more view the asset space as something that is not only valid, but necessary. However, things didn’t start out on that path....

The Bank of England’s new deputy governor Jon Cunliffe is telling regulators to get to work quickly when it comes to the growing cryptocurrency space. Jon Cunliffe Says Regulation Is a Must Digital currencies were ultimately created to push credit cards, fiat, and checks to the side. Basically, anything that’s issued by a bank or traditional financial institution. The world of crypto is designed to ensure that all traders and users can have the one thing that standard...

Several months after initially outlining plans to become a publicly-traded firm, Bakkt has announced that the event will take place on Monday – October 18th. Thus, Bakkt will join the likes of Coinbase as a cryptocurrency-related company having its shares traded on giant stock exchanges. CryptoPotato reported at the start of this year Bakkt’s intentions to go public through a merger with VPC Impact Acquisitions Holdings. The two parties indeed merged shortly after clearing...

BTC has been showing strength lately, driven by anticipation of the futures-backed ETF and potential launch early next week. It closed at $61.6k with more than double the daily average volume on Coinbase, showing strong spot buying. Possible Correction for BTC? Although near-term price action has been very bullish with a strong breakout above $52.9k in the last 2 weeks, we need to approach the BTC ETF launch with caution. The risk of a near-term pullback is increasing because...

Up to this point in time, China has always been the dominant country when it comes to mining bitcoin. Sadly, the region has done all it can to eliminate its standing in the industry, and now it looks like another nation – the United States – has opened itself up to become the world’s primary leader in the world of bitcoin mining. China Has Been Outdone By the U.S. China was – at one point – home to about 65 to 75 percent of the world’s crypto mining projects. It also is...

North Vancouver, part of the Canadian district of British Columbia, is on a path to become the first city that employs bitcoin mining for heating residential and commercial buildings. The initiative should be available from 2022 after a partnership between the cryptocurrency miner – MintGreen – and the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC). BTC Mining as an Alternative Heating Option Bitcoin mining’s impact on the environment has been causing significant controversy recently,...