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Ukraine is utilizing bitcoin in crowdfunding campaigns to fight against the ongoing threat from Russia. Ukraine Is Using BTC to Prepare for War Ukraine is allegedly being stalked by its neighbor to the east. Russia currently has more than 100,000 troops amassed at the Ukrainian border. Needing funds to boost its military resources and keep up its strength in the face of adversity, Ukraine has turned to the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Thus far,...

Following green days, Bitcoin encountered resistance at $45K. Together with the negative momentum of the global markets, Bitcoin got heavily rejected and retraced below $42K. Looking at the Stablecoin Supply Ratio, there is a substantial amount of ‘dry powder’ sitting aside, indicating the potential buying power. Meanwhile, the price action sees a pullback phase back to the latest crossed dynamic resistance level. All in all, this short-term correction is a healthy step for a...

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...

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...

Chainalysis has identified more than $602 million worth of ransomware payments in 2021. But the firm is confident that the figure is still an “underestimate” and that the true total for the year is likely to be much higher. 2021 Ransomeware Payouts A report from the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis showed that at least $602 million worth of ransom payouts were identified in 2021. But the figures could be higher considering the fact that ransomware revenue in the first...

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, 10th February 2022] TRON DAO and BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) are launching the TRON Grand Hackathon 2022, registration begins on February 14th. The Hackathon is part of TRON DAO’s long-term efforts to promote the mass adoption of blockchain technology and innovative cross-chain solutions. The Hackathon’s primary goal is to empower developers to create and execute DeFi, GameFi, NFT, and Web3 projects and build a robust content and...

[PRESS RELEASE – New York, NY, 10th February 2022] Humanode, the first cryptobiometric network where one human = one node, has successfully closed its $2M seed round. Led by Republic Capital, the seed round was supported by institutions such as Tribe Capital, Blizzard – the Avalanche ecosystem fund, Wintermute, GravityX Capital, Shima Capital, Genblock, AU21, and StaFi, along with Polygon co-founders, Jaynti Kanani and Sandeep Nailwal. Humanode is the world’s first blockchain...

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, 10th February 2022] In support of its growing DeFi ecosystem, Flare has announced a recent partnership with Ola Finance, a platform offering customized lending networks. Ola plans to launch a lending network on Songbird – Flare’s canary network – with future plans to deploy on Flare mainnet. This partnership signifies Flare’s growing suite of DeFi offerings. Projects building on Songbird and Flare will have the ability to deploy a...