Ethereum (ETH)

Bitcoin saw the light of day a decade ago, and since then, it attracted serious interest in the financial sector. Even though a lot of people use it mainly to get exposure to its price denominated in fiat currencies, there are a lot of businesses that accept Bitcoin as a payment method.Traveling With BitcoinBack in 2013, the popular American travel agency Cheapair began accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment. This led to other companies implementing it as well, and now clients can use their...

The cryptocurrency market has spiked the interest from the media and regulators over the last several years. Its actual lack of established regulations leads to numerous alleged criminal activities, and the U.S. government is reportedly preparing to act against potential money-laundering schemes.The director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Kenneth Blanco, has recently said that the country is looking for a way to introduce more strict enforcements on several...

Tom Lee has always been very adamant about bitcoin, but in a recent interview, he says that the space is way too small for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) to work.Lee: Now Just Isn’t the TimeThere have been many attempts to get cryptocurrency ETFs approved over the past several years, but none have been successful. One of the ETF proposals that many believed would really pave the way for future bitcoin and blockchain-based products was the ETF application submitted by Van Eck Solid...

You can retire today on 20-30 BTC depending on where you live1 BTC, 32 ETH: it’s important to diversifyDon’t count on Bitcoin to retireIs there a right answer or it’s all individual?Bitcoin’s price has always been a hot topic within the cryptocurrency community. There are plenty of predictions on what it would be in the not-so-distant futures, and the estimates vary from $0 (from crypto skeptics) to $1 million by the end of 2020 coming from the popular proponent John McAfee.With this in mind,...

Over the years, the iGaming industry has gained quite the reputation; and with its rapidly evolving ecosystem being latently influenced by the emergence of technologies such as the blockchain, the growth potential looks almost limitless. However, the industry is still being plagued by entities that limit gaming experience – a subject the DAOBet platform is wholly devoted to redefining with its newly-launched blockchain.DAOBet, an iGaming 3.0 blockchain layer, aims to maximize the...

La rumeur de la sortie d’un ouvrage mystérieux consacré à Bitcoin se précise : Présenté comme un essai « richement illustré », Objective Thune aborderait, à travers les aventures de « Loumi et de son tiers de confiance », diverses facettes (économique, sociale, politique, philosophique, symbolique, etc.) de Bitcoin. Nous informerons bien entendu nos lecteurs de la sortie officielle de cet objet...

The environmental effects of cryptocurrency mining on our planet are allegedly more costly than we might have thought, according to a new report.Cryptocurrency Mining Report Provides a Dollar FigureThe document, which is entitled “Crypto Damages: Monetary Value Estimates of the Air Pollution and Human Health Impacts of Cryptocurrency Mining” has been published in the scientific journal “Energy Research and Social Science.” It was authored by several researchers at the University of New Mexico...

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...

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)...

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...