Microsoft has hinted that its upcoming game streaming service xCloud, will be officially launched next year. The company has also announced a few new games that will be launched along with xCloud and will also be available on the current Game Pass feature available.At the company’s XO19 Xbox event currently ongoing in London, Microsoft made the revelation about xCloud, adding further details including that all xCloud subscribers will have access to the over 100 games available currently on...
Read More »Aston Martin’s New $189,000 SUV is the Last Card for the Automaker
In what has been a series of woes for a British icon, Aston Martin, which has been one of Britain’s most successful automakers in its heyday, has been unable to get its act together after its October 2018 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Best known for being the favorite of Ian Flemming’s James Bond when it comes to cars, the holding company Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc hasn’t fared that well since last year.With its current premier brands (Vantage, DBS, and DB11 Volante)...
Read More »Coinbase Visa Card Expands Offerings in Europe with 5 New Cryptos
It is no secret that cryptocurrency is been used more and more around the world as both an investment tool but also for everyday use and this is being facilitated by many merchants around the globe who are starting to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for their goods and services and also the many platforms that are facilitating the easy spending of cryptocurrency. One of these is the Visa debit card by Coinbase that allows customers to spend the cryptocurrency out of their Coinbase...
Read More »Crypto Lending DeFi Startup Compound Finance Raises $25 Million Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Compound Finance, a crypto lending and decentralized finance (DeFi) startup has recently raised a massive $25 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital Andreessen Horowitz. This is reportedly one of the largest investments in any DeFi startups to date.Andreessen Horowitz will be pouring money into Compound through its a16z crypto fund. Besides, other investing firms include Bain Capital Ventures, Paradigm, and Polychain Capital.Currently, Compound holds nearly $103 million...
Read More »Feds Nab Two Suspects in Alleged $550K Crypto-Fueled Scam
Two men have been charged with carrying out a nationwide cyber scheme. The U.S. DOJ alleges the men stole, or tried to steal, more than $550,000 in cryptocurrencies. The case comes in the wake of an uptick in cybercrime. Two Massachusetts men were arrested on Thursday and charged with carrying out a nationwide scheme to steal people’s social media accounts and their cryptocurrency. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Eric Meiggs, 21, and Declan Harrington, 20, targeted at...
Read More »Swiss Bank SEBA Is Looking to “Bridge the Gap” Between Fiat and Crypto
SEBA, a cryptocurrency bank based in Switzerland, has announced that it is now authorized to handle both traditional fiat currency as well as digital money like bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).SEBA Offers Both Traditional Money and CryptoCustomers can open accounts with the bank as a means of storing both their traditional funds and their cryptocurrencies. Clients of SEBA typically rank as asset managers, private investors and corporate businesses.Switzerland is one of the most prominent...
Read More »Coin Up Executives Earn Prison Sentences for Running Alleged Ponzi Scheme
It seems like Ponzi schemes and fraud are a recurring event in the cryptocurrency space, and one exchange in South Korea known as Coin Up is the latest venture to allegedly try its hand at stealing people’s crypto.Coin Up: A Wolf In Sheep’s ClothingThe CEO of Coin Up, as well as several additional executives who worked with the company, have been found guilty in a Korean court of defrauding users out of nearly $385 million in digital currency funds. All those tried have been given sentences...
Read More »Crypto Ratings sieht Cardano vor EOS
EOS gehört zu den aufregendsten Projekten des Cryptomarktes. Gelingt, was sich die Macher mit ihrem Projekt vorstellen, kreiert EOS ein eigenes Ökosystem, welches nicht nur den Cryptomarkt, sondern den gesamten Tech-Markt revolutionieren soll. Doch Weiss Crypto Ratings sieht das Konkurrenzprojekt Cardano derzeit vor EOS.Crypto News: Crypto Ratings sieht Cardano vor EOSCardano kann als Projekt mit Ethereum und eben EOS verglichen werden. Jedoch hat man bisher noch nicht den...
Read More »Overall Crypto Trend Sways Ether to Sideways Trading
Overall, the cryptocurrency market is pressured and this includes Ethereum as majority lost steam for the upside zone. The bullish momentum eased out as buyers look to supply zones to make another entry. The total market capitalization of crypto as of Monday had lost a total value of $ 6.8 billion. Most of the important coins currently remain at supply levels over the last 24 hours, while ETHUSD ended Wednesday at 187.49, gaining $ 0.40 (0.21%).As at the time of composing, Ethereum (ETH) is...
Read More »PayPal Axes Pornhub Performers Payments Model as Verge Stands to Gain
In one sudden and swift move payments giant PayPal has cut off the thousands of performers on adult behemoth Pornhub that depended on the payment service to receive their payments. The pornographic platform indicated this in a blog post in the help section on the website. They wrote:“We are all devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods.”This, of course, has fundamentally changed the way and manner in which the...
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