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Bitwala: Dieses Bankkonto gibt 4.74 % Zins Diese Nachricht scheint in einer Phase der Niedrigzinsen beinahe aus einer anderen Zeit zu kommen. Die Neobank Bitwala wirbt derzeit mit einem Angebot von 4,3% Zinsen (*) auf die dortigen Einlagen. Während andere Banken Strafzinsen erheben, scheint dieses Angebot zu schön um wahr zu sein. Ein genauer Blick darauf ist daher angebracht. Der Name Bitwala ist vermutlich noch nicht jedermann bekannt....

AXA Schweiz: Bitcoin als neue Zahlungsoption Die Schweizer Gruppe der AXA-Versicherung akzeptiert Bitcoin als Zahlungsmittel, wie AXA diese Woche auf dem Firmenblog bekannt gab: Als erste Allbranchenversicherung der Schweiz bietet die AXA ihren Versicherten neu die Möglichkeit an, ihre Rechnungen in Bitcoin zu bezahlen. Damit investiert sie in ihre digitale Entwicklung und reagiert auf das wachsende Kundenbedürfnis nach mehr Wahlfreiheit...

Just a day after its official public listing, Coinbase is already creating multi-billion-dollar success stories. The popular angel investor and founder of Initialized Capital, Garry Tan, told his story in which he turned a $300,000 invested in Coinbase upon the company’s launch into $2.4 billion. Tan’s Initial Story with Armstrong and Coinbase Long before Coinbase became the US’s largest crypto exchange and be valued at about $100 billion, Brian Armstrong’s brainchild had a...

Following yesterday’s freefall in which bitcoin risked dipping below $60,000, the asset has bounced off and recovered about $2,000 of value. Most altcoins have also regained some ground, with some more than others. Apart from the top performer DOGE, Bitcoin Cash has spiked by 25% and has re-entered the top ten. Bitcoin Reclaims $62K After the latest all-time high registered earlier in the week of $65,000, the primary cryptocurrency reversed its price trajectory. Bitcoin...

Multinational blockchain technology company Emurgo initially announced the AgeUSD stablecoin in January 2021. The firm has since announced a partnership between the Ergo Foundation, Emurgo, and Charles Hoskinson’s Input-Output Global, the parent company of IOHK. The AgeUSD stablecoin will be available on Cardano as soon as smart contract capabilities are launched on the blockchain, it revealed. Do We Need Another Stablecoin? Emurgo aims to prevent events like MakerDAO’s Black...

Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock are all huge companies in the financial space, but they cannot hold a candle to Coinbase, which is arguably on track to becoming one of the largest – if not the largest – crypto exchanges across the globe. Coinbase Is the Biggest One on the Block Coinbase has now been trading publicly on the Nasdaq for a couple of days, and the exchange – which was already quite large – is growing thanks to its new IPO (initial public offering)....

Stock market expert and television personality Jim Cramer allegedly would not mind being paid in bitcoin. Heck, he said he might even demand it in the coming future. Jim Cramer: I Want BTC-Based Paychecks His comments stem from a recent news story that MicroStrategy – one of the first official institutions to publicly support bitcoin and buy billions of dollars-worth of the digital currency – would be paying its board of directors’ salaries and fees in BTC rather than...

There is a new cryptocurrency being added to the mix. Known as DIGau, the currency will be tied to physical gold, meaning that it has the support of something many investors consider a set deal and a store of wealth, which qualifies it as a stable coin. The coin is coming our way through the efforts of a New York City real estate mogul named Kent Swig. Kent Swig Sees Cryptocurrency in a Whole New Light There are cryptocurrencies being added to the digital industry on a...

This week was particularly eventful in the cryptocurrency market. Without a doubt, the highlight of it was the direct listing of Coinbase shares on Nasdaq. This is the first major cryptocurrency exchange to go public, and it did so in style. The trading opened at around $381 per share (ticked COIN), putting an opening value of around $100 billion. But that’s not the only exciting thing that happened. The week started off with a blast as bitcoin surged past $60K on Saturday....

The sector of non-fungible tokens has reached the living soccer legend, Pelé. The Brazilian will have his own NFT collection honoring his legacy, dropping on May 2nd on the popular Ethernity Chain platform. 90% of the proceeds will be donated to the Pelé Foundation. Pele’s Legacy to Live as NFTs Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known in the soccer world as simply Pelé, is the latest celebrity to embrace the rapidly growing world of non-fungible tokens. According to a press...