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In one sudden and swift move payments giant PayPal has cut off the thousands of performers on adult behemoth Pornhub that depended on the payment service to receive their payments. The pornographic platform indicated this in a blog post in the help section on the website. They wrote:“We are all devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods.”This, of course, has fundamentally changed the way and manner in which the...

Mining giant Canaan Creative is set to launch its IPO later this month. The Avalon miner maker proceeds with its IPO despite massive devaluations. The company appears to be betting on a strong bull market, which would dramatically increase demand for mining equipment. Bitcoin mining is a delicate balance of these three factors: equipment efficiency, electricity costs, and bitcoin price. Miners often have control over the first two factors but they are at the mercy of the dominant...

Brave Software, a company co-founded by Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, has announced the launch of its free open-source browser Brave 1.0. Brave is based on the Chromium web browser and blocks malware ads and website trackers, keeping users’ data safe and secure.It offers the so-called Brave Rewards program that monitors users’ attention on sites they visit and rewards them with the corresponding amount of Basic Attention Token (BAT), based on the total support for each site. Initially, Brave was...

Bis 2022 soll sich der Bitcoin als Zahlungsmittel etabliert haben. Tim Draper, ein Grossinvestor, prognostiziert auf dieser Basis einen starken Anstieg der marktführenden Kryptowährung. Diese Annahme verriet er in der vergangenen Woche auf der Malta K.I. & Blockchain Konferenz innerhalb einer Fragerunde. Das Bitcoin-Lightning-Netzwerk soll eine grosse Rolle dabei spielen, Bitcoin als Zahlungsmittel zu etablieren. Draper: Bitcoin wird bis spätestens 2023 einen Kurs von...

PayPal suspends services for Pornhub. Over a hundred thousand pornographic actors are now cut off. Cryptocurrencies could thrive as a censorship-resistant payment method. In a drastic move, PayPal suspended its services to the world’s largest free pornographic site, Pornhub. Although the reasoning behind it is unknown, this could be an opportunity to show the intrinsic value that cryptocurrencies have. Traditional Services Without Censorship Resistance PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to...

EOS price struggled to surpass the $3.660 and $3.680 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is currently declining and it is facing resistance near the $3.500 area.There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support near $3.480 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could continue to correct lower below the $3.400 and $3.320 support levels.EOS price is currently correcting gains against the US Dollar, while bitcoin is declining....

PayPal has recently stopped processing payments connected to the popular adult website, PornHub. The news wasn’t received well by numerous affected users. However, the company accepts cryptocurrencies, and famous crypto proponents seem to be pushing for further adoption.PornHub’s Payment Future Is With Crypto?PornHub announced today that PayPal cuts off payouts to “over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods.”PayPal was one of the more commonly used payment...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 749. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Telegram schießt zurück: SEC betreibe „Ad hoc“-Justiz, Canaan Creative $100 Millionen IPO Ziel & Bitfinex plant neue Produkte in 2020. 1.) Telegram schießt zurück: SEC betreibe „Ad hoc“-Justizhttps://www.btc-echo.de/telegram-schiesst-zurueck-sec-betreibe-ad-hoc-justiz/ 2.) Canaan Creative Sets Terms, Plans to Rake in $100 Million in Upcoming US...

Litecoin price failed to surpass the $65.00 resistance area and declined recently against the US Dollar.LTC price is currently trading well below the $62.50 and $62.00 support levels.There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $61.00 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair remains at a risk of more losses below the $58.80 and $57.50 support levels.Litecoin price is facing an increase in selling pressure against the US Dollar and...

Développé la semaine dernière lors d’un Hackathon à The Block, café et espace de co-working à Lisbonne, LightningCashback est une nouvelle expérimentation des nombreuses possibilités offertes par le Lightning Network. L’idée est simple : offrir aux commerçants qui perçoivent des paiements en espèces la possibilité de rendre la monnaie en bitcoin via le réseau Lightning qui permet d’effectuer des...