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The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has reportedly taken down four major illegal Dark Web sites, which have made over $260 million in cryptocurrency proceeds from the sale of stolen credit cards. Those platforms are Ferum Shop, Trump’s Dumps, Sky-Fraud forum, and UAS Store. The Latest Seizures Known as “carding” websites, these illicit platforms offer stolen credit cards, and buyers can purchase them with premium gift cards, luxury goods, or (as in this case)...

Fly Coin – a digital currency travel rewards company – has raised more than $30 million through a new seed funding round. Fly Coin Raises $33 Million Fly Coin allows regular travelers to garner crypto-based rewards for all their travel habits. Whether they are checking into hotels, purchasing airline tickets, renting cars, or paying for carry-ons, they can garner these rewards granted they utilize Fly Coin every time they make a travel move. They are paid in the...

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A platform known as Engiven has announced that it will begin accepting crypto donations for the U.S. figure skating team currently competing in the Winter Olympic games. The company says that the donations will go towards several initiatives including Destination Beijing, which seeks to bring athletes’ friends and families together when they don’t have the means to travel on their own. Engiven Permits Crypto Donations Destination Beijing fully accounts for the ongoing...

Popular Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, also known mononymously as Drake, made a massive bitcoin bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl Game between the Los Angeles Rams (LA Rams) and the Cincinnati Bengals. Drake took a snapshot of his bet and posted it on Instagram for his over 100 million followers, with the caption “All bets are in on the family.” The rapper’s wager was a total of $1.26 million in bitcoin, which was made via Stake, a cryptocurrency sports betting platform. Drake...

L’ADAN, Association pour le Développement des Actifs Numériques, présentera lundi son étude sur l’industrie des cryptomonnaies et son adoption en France. Avec la présence de Cédric O, Secrétaire d’Etat chargé de la Transition numérique et des Communications électroniques. Quand ? – Lundi 14 février – A partir de 14h15 Inscription : https://adaneu.typeform.com/to/ghfDzrUK ...

Der Energieaufwand des Bitcoin-Minings bleibt ein Kritikpunkt der Umweltaktivisten. Zwar wird diese Kritik oftmals übertrieben, um eine Bitcoin-Regulierung voranzutreiben, allerdings stellt sich für die Zukunft dennoch die Frage, ob man das Mining von Bitcoin und anderen Cryptocoins auch umweltfreundlich umsetzen kann. In Norwegen wird die Antwort darauf bereits erbracht. Bitcoin News: Bitcoin Mining mit Grüner Energie in NorwegenIn einer kleinen Stadt, ungefähr 40 km von Oslo entfernt,...

Cash App adds Lightning as payment method. $cashtag The payment application ‚Cash App‘, mostly used in the US and UK, has added the Lightning Network as a payment method. This is good news for the future of bitcoin! With this addition to the app, paying with bitcoin has become much easier. Cash App is currently not available in many countries, but hopefully it won’t be long until others will follow! About Cash App: Cash App (formerly known as...

Kryptowährungen als Anlageklasse sind spätestens seit 2021 im Bewusstsein vieler Anleger angekommen. Starke Kurssteigerungen wecken Erwartungen – und Gier. „Die Bafin hat gerade vor Krypto-Anlagetipps über Social-Media-Kanäle gewarnt“, sagt Hartmut Giesen, Digitalisierungsexperte bei der Hamburger Sutor Bank. „Ein klares Zeichen dafür, dass Neueinsteiger in den Markt derzeit besonders aufpassen müssen, nicht auf Betrüger hereinzufallen.“ Dabei lässt sich das mit wenig Recherche an den...

Bitcoin started out as a technological experiment more than a decade ago. Since then, the global financial markets have undergone a tremendous shift. At the center of the digital currency revolution is blockchain technology which gave rise to the first-ever smart contract platform, Ethereum. Over the past years, the Ethereum network has become a significant driver offering users the ability to interact in a truly decentralized manner. Decentralized exchanges or DEXs are part...