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Russian president Vladimir Putin has stated that he is not a big bitcoin hater. In fact, he even hinted in a recent interview that Russia could be the next big country to declare the currency a national payment option in the coming future, though a specific timeline was not given. Vladimir Putin Discusses Crypto The discussion centering around crypto hails from a recent one-on-one Putin had with CNBC. A question regarding oil contracts being settled in crypto rather than...

Jurrien Timmer – the director of Fidelity – believes that the price of bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the year 2023. Timmer: The Price of BTC Is On the Verge of Exploding At first glance, this prediction seems a little farfetched, especially when one considers the major hurdles bitcoin has been through over the past few months. Following news that Elon Musk was rescinding his decision to allow customers to pay for Tesla vehicles with bitcoin and that China was expelling...

A Baptist church in the state of Mississippi has become the latest venture to accept donations in cryptocurrency. Back Bay Baptist Church in the city of St. Martin has announced that it will begin to accept digital currencies for any donations now that the coronavirus pandemic has allegedly made making standard fiat payments difficult for some attendees. Back Bay Gives a Greenlight to Crypto Payments Bitcoin and many of its digital counterparts were initially created to...

An international ring of scammers has its eyes set on crypto fans that are looking for love, according to Sophos cybersecurity researchers. The goal is to get them to give up control of their digital stashes, as well as their handsets. Sophos Discusses New “Crypto Rom” Scam The gang has been dubbed “Crypto Rom,” and according to Sophos, the organization has expanded from Asia into regions of both Europe and the United States. The structure of the scam works, in many...

Wild Pack Beverage Inc. has become the latest company to begin accepting bitcoin and crypto payments for products and services. Wild Pack Brings the Crypto Payment World Closer to Reality This has become a growing trend as of late. No doubt, the cryptocurrency space is becoming much stronger and heading deeper into mainstream territory as more and more view the asset space as something that is not only valid, but necessary. However, things didn’t start out on that path....

The Bank of England’s new deputy governor Jon Cunliffe is telling regulators to get to work quickly when it comes to the growing cryptocurrency space. Jon Cunliffe Says Regulation Is a Must Digital currencies were ultimately created to push credit cards, fiat, and checks to the side. Basically, anything that’s issued by a bank or traditional financial institution. The world of crypto is designed to ensure that all traders and users can have the one thing that standard...

Up to this point in time, China has always been the dominant country when it comes to mining bitcoin. Sadly, the region has done all it can to eliminate its standing in the industry, and now it looks like another nation – the United States – has opened itself up to become the world’s primary leader in the world of bitcoin mining. China Has Been Outdone By the U.S. China was – at one point – home to about 65 to 75 percent of the world’s crypto mining projects. It also is...

Jamie Dimon – the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase – has stated in a recent interview that he doesn’t care much for bitcoin, going so far as to call it “worthless.” Jamie Dimon Has a Negative BTC Attitude In the interview, he comments that he doesn’t think much of BTC, though his company is willing to offer bitcoin options given that there is an audience for them. He doesn’t want to serve as a regulator of any kind. Thus, he is not willing to simply push bitcoin to the...

United Masters – a music distribution company – is allowing many of its clients and recording artists to get paid in digital currency. United Masters Is Pushing the Main Goal of Crypto Forward Those who participate will be able to choose which currencies they get paid in through Coinbase, one of the world’s leading digital currency trading platforms. They can also select which portion of their royalties are doled out in digital assets, granted they wish to still receive...

Bitcoin “bull” Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as SpaceX and Tesla – is now the richest man in the world, with a net worth of approximately $222 billion according to the New York Post. Elon Musk Has the Most Money Second is Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, who at the time of writing, only has a net worth of around $191 billion. Musk couldn’t help but rub the news in Bezos’ face after the Amazon head posted the following...