Crypto news

A new method of exchanging bitcoin for cash has emerged on the dark web. Several English and Russian dark markets are claiming that users can pay as little as $800 in BTC funds and receive $10,000 USD. Exchanging BTC for Cash Illegally on the Dark WebThe data comes from a new report issued by security-as-a-service provider Armor and its threat resistance unit (TRU). The company analyzes present dark market trends and compiles them all into an annual document explaining which trends are most...

The Trump administration sanctioned North Korea's Lazarus Group, which raked in $571 million from Bitcoin thefts. | Source: Shutterstock North Korea’s notorious state-sponsored hacker team Lazarus Group - the one responsible for stealing more than $500 million from Bitcoin exchanges around the world - has finally been sanctioned by the Trump administration. This is...

25ème épisode de 21 Millions, podcast du magazine Capital animé par Grégory Raymond : « Aujourd’hui je reçois Bertrand Perez, le directeur général de Libra, l’organisation internationale qui développe la cryptomonnaie au sein de laquelle Facebook joue un rôle moteur. Forcément j’avais au moins 21 millions de questions à lui poser et on peut dire que l’actualité ne manque pas. À peine 3 mois après...

Faced with crippling economic sanctions, Cubans are adopting cryptocurrencies in greater numbers. | Image: AP Photo/Ismael Francisco Ordinary Cubans are increasingly embracing cryptocurrency as a means to circumvent economic sanctions. Jason Sanchez, a 35-year-old Havan-local, recently told Reuters that he uses cryptocurrencies to purchase hardware for his cellphone...

Online dentistry company SmileDirectClub shares fell by huge 28% yesterday and it was pretty much the worst market debut for one unicorn start-up so far this year.The company’s shares closed at $16.67 after they have opened at $20.55. SmileDirectClub classifies as the fifth-worst debut of the 109 companies that went public this year. Just for comparison, shares of Uber, another unicorn or start-up valued at $1 billion or more went down by 7.6% on that stock’s first day on the public...

Facebook’s Libra, even with all the regulatory hurdles it currently faces, is still going strong and forging ahead with its plans to launch the digital currency next year. A while back, Libra Exec David Marcus, after enduring several hours of questioning from the United States Congress, promised that the Libra will not be launched until all regulatory concerns have been met and satisfied. The head of the Libra Association, the outfit in charge of the Libra project, has iterated this, given a...

Photo; ShutterstockCryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro has announced that it will be adding DASH to the platform starting the next week.In its announcement, the company wrote:“On Monday September 16, 2019, we will begin accepting inbound transfers of DASH to Coinbase Pro. We will accept deposits for at least 12 hours prior to enabling full trading. Trading will begin on or after 9AM Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, September 17, if liquidity conditions are met.”Once that adequate supply of...

Photo: ShutterstockThe Chicago Mercantile Group (CME) has seen a massive surge in the trading volumes for its Bitcoin futures contracts, over the last few months. Taking a step ahead, the CME group has requested the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow it to double the trading limits from 5000 BTC to 10,000 BTC tokens.Currently, CFTC has kept an upper limit of 1000 Bitcoin Futures contracts per individual trader using the CME platform. In a letter to CFTC, the CME Group...

If you are heavily into cryptocurrencies, you’d know of BnkToTheFuture, an investment platform that matches investors with investments. Based entirely online, they use their online investment platform to assist those high net worth investors who have limited knowledge about cryptocurrencies to invest in profitable ventures.They recently decided to allow for Security Token Offerings which are becoming increasingly popular with cryptocurrency investors. The firm is expected to invest a...

One of the largest music companies in the world, Warner Music announced their partnership with Dapper Labs, the company that stands behind CryptoKitties, all in order to create a new blockchain called Flow.The music giant that stands behind Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, as well as some other prominent celebrities, eventually decided to go on blockchain, joining an $11.2 million investment in above mentioned Dapper Labs.Just for a reminder, back in 2017, in December, CryptoKitties, the app...