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The son of ex-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn is said to have used the Coinbase platform to send funds in Bitcoin to two men to get his father out of Japan in December 2019.The escape of ex-Nissan chief executive Carlos Ghosn from house arrest late last year is alleged to have come at a cost of over half a million dollars in cryptocurrency. According to the media, an amount of $600,000 in Bitcoin was sent via Coinbase. U.S. prosecutors stated in a court filing that the escape was facilitated by the...

Steve Wozniak, Mitbegründer der für Smartphones und Tablets bekannten Firma Apple, hat die Social Media Plattform YouTube verklagt. Grund dafür sind einige Bilder und Videos von ihm, die dort in Werbevideos veröffentlicht wurden: Bitcoin-Betrüger verwenden Filmaufnahmen von Wozniak, um seinen Ruf als Computernerd und talentierter Hacker für sich zu nutzen. Zuschauer der hochgeladenen Videos werden...

Bitcoin-Börse Binance expandiert nach Deutschland. Eine der grössten Handelsplattformen für digitale Währungen wie Bitcoin „Binance“ verbessert seine Marktposition und kooperiert mit einem deutschen Finanzinstitut. Das 2018 von Changpeng Zhao gegründete Unternehmen stärkt die Verbindung zum Europäischen Kontinent. Für die Nutzer in Europa ein gutes Zeichen. Eine erste...

Bitcoin Suisse has raised more than CHF 45 million ($48 million) in its first-ever funding round. The Series A was for 16.4% of total equity and completed in four months.Swiss crypto-financial services pioneer Bitcoin Suisse announced it has successfully managed to finish its first-ever financing round of CHF 45 million ($48 million). According to the statement, the company managed to considerably widen its shareholder base with the main investor Roger Studer as well as a significant number...

ESPN Global has recently developed an online gaming platform with blockchain technology. The E-Sports Programming Network’s gaming environment will allow users to compete with each other in a variety of game battles and tournaments, where they’ll be able to win money.Players Can Make Payments Via BitcoinAccording to a news report, the upcoming platform will give users the chance to get a premium membership, which will allow them to play slots, plus early access to the latest and most...

Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is a supporter of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Bitcoin in particular. In a recent interview, he outlined some of the digital assets’ merits, including increasing personal protection and allowing people to reclaim control over their finances.Kasparov Believes Bitcoin Is Here To HelpArguably the greatest chess player of all time, Kasparov spent 225 out of 228 of his active months as the world number one. Upon his retirement in 2005, the former...

The total market capitalization has lost about 4 billion of its value in the past few hours, and the question is if this is simply a correction or a trend reversal.At the same time, the precious metal market continues to soar with record gains, particularly silver.Crypto Market Retraces By $4BVolatility returned to some extent for Bitcoin this week. Following weeks of stagnation, BTC firstly broke the resistance at $9,300 and then continue towards conquering $9,500.Bitcoin’s intraday high...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 932. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Bafin geht gegen Betreiber von Bitcoin-Automaten vor, Gemini Exchange bietet .Crypto Blockchain Domains an & Gefahr für Bitcoin Miner in China. [embedded content] 1.) Bafin geht gegen Betreiber von Bitcoin-Automaten...

Cette semaine nous allons revenir sur un sujet que nous avons déjà traité à plusieurs reprises, Taproot. Depuis la dernière fois que j’ai abordé le sujet, les BIP ont enfin obtenu un numéro, et la question est désormais celle de l’activation, avec l’ombre du dernier soft fork d’envergure, Segwit, qui n’a pas été exactement une partie de plaisir. Pour cette fois-ci je vous propose de rappeler rapidement en quoi consiste la proposition, quels sont ses bénéfices et...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority – or FINRA – has given the greenlight to new bitcoin cash and Litecoin funds being introduced by Grayscale, the crypto investment platform designed for institutional traders.Grayscale Brings BCH and LTC to Institutional TradersKnown as the Bitcoin Cash Trust and the Litecoin Trust, Grayscale is working to lessen the gap between crypto and the rest of the financial world. The company already has both bitcoin and Ethereum-based trusts in its...