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[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Following two successful rounds of token sales in their Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), the third fundraising round for blockchain-based advertisement platform AdMonstar is off to an exciting start. AdMonstar is seeking to change the fundamental principles by which digital advertising operates, using the power of decentralization to cut through third-party costs while delivering more meaningful engagement to advertisers. The AdMonstar...

Bit Pay and Verifone are partnering up to allow the latter’s customers to pay for goods and services with digital currencies, thereby bringing the initial goals of bitcoin and its crypto cousins closer to reality. Bit Pay Is Looking to Push the BTC Agenda Forward Initially, bitcoin and many of its counterparts were established to be payment methods. One could use them to purchase things they needed, and they could eventually push the checks, fiat currencies and credit...

Popular social media giant TikTok has announced that it will be venturing into the non-fungible token (NFT) space by leveraging content from some of its top creators. The short video-sharing platform, which recently crossed 1 billion global users, said its NFT collection, dubbed TikTop Top Moments, will feature content from six “culturally” important videos from creators. Some of those names included Lil Nas X, Rudy Willingham, Bella Poarch, Curtis Roach, Brittany Broski, FN...

According to Deutsche Bank, Ethereum – the world’s second largest digital currency by market cap – is taking on the form of “digital silver.” Ethereum Is Growing in Popularity We have been hearing for years that bitcoin – the world’s primary virtual currency – is “digital gold.” Often, gold and bitcoin are compared as one and the same, and yet as of late, the currency has been falling thanks to growing scrutiny in China. The eastern nation has ruled that all crypto...

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange has admitted to being exploited earlier this year when hackers stole assets from approximately 6,000 users. The company vowed to reimburse all affected users. According to a copy of the letter sent to the affected customers, which was available on the website of California’s Attorney General, the exploits took place somewhere between March and May 20th this year. It reads that an unauthorized third party had gained access to the...

A popular internet meme of a side-eyed Chloe Clem has sold for more than $70,000 in cryptocurrency. The image – which became a popular staple of internet culture back in the year 2013 – has been sold in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT). Chloe Clem Has Made Her Family a Lot of Money The meme stems from a day in which Katie Clem told her daughters as they piled into the car that they were not going to school that day. Instead, they were headed for Disneyland. The...

Accesswire published a press release today claiming that Ripple had finished its battle with the SEC. Stuart Alderoty– General Counsel for Ripple– promptly responded by calling the story false. Accesswire has since removed the story from their site. What Did The Press Release Say? Though the original link has been taken down, Accesswire’s article was archived in advance. The story was titled “SEC vs. Ripple Legal Fight is Over” and claimed Ripple had announced that the SEC...

Ethereum Ethereum is up a solid 9% today as the cryptocurrency surges past $3000 again. The coin has now broken the upper boundary of the previous range that it was trading inside over the past fortnight. The range was between $3150 and $2800 and Ethereum bounced from the lower boundary on Wednesday, where it found support at the 100-day MA. Since then, ETH managed to break the September descending trend line and head back above the 20-day MA. Looking ahead, the first...

Bitcoin cash price started a major decline below the $550 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $520 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key contracting triangle with resistance near $500 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to rise towards the main $550 and $555 resistance levels in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is eyeing recovery above $500 against...

Not long ago, a crypto expert by the name of Virgil Griffith caused a stir when he attended a blockchain conference in North Korea – a country sanctioned by the United States – and offered a seminar on how blockchain could potentially be used to hide transactions and avoid financial prying from the West. Virgil Griffith Will Be Sentenced Soon The conference took place in 2019. Now, Griffith is facing the tune of his actions and has pled guilty to helping North Korea...