Tag Archives: Bitcoin News

Kraken – a popular cryptocurrency exchange based in San Francisco, CA – has partnered with the University of Wyoming to ensure all future tech students get the resources they need for positions in the growing crypto space. Kraken and Wyoming Continue Their Working Relationship Kraken says it will offer scholarship support to students pursuing PhDs at the university. It will also work with college professors to create programs for students in the K through 12 range that...

It’s happened again, folks. Another major cryptocurrency scam is in the books, and a man simply going by the name of “Joseph” is the 70-year-old victim sadly paying the price. Joseph Has Lost Some Serious Dough Joseph ran his own business for many years and saved up a lot of money for his retirement. At 70 years of age, he was looking to the days where he could kick back and possibly purchase a mortgage-free bungalow that would allow him and his wife to enjoy their...

Idan Abada is a man who lives in Los Angeles. Getting into bitcoin a few years back, Abada has made a real name for himself in the mining sector of the crypto space, though the circumstances surrounding his situation are quite unique. Idan Abada Is Running a Successful – and Simple – Mining Rig Normally, we hear of people running mining rigs that consist of many machines. They are all lined up in rows in a large warehouse somewhere as they work tirelessly to extract new...

Leading digital currency exchange Binance – arguably the biggest cryptocurrency trading platform in the world – is taking heavy action against unverified users. Binance Moves Towards Limiting Unverified Customers In a series of tweets, Changpeng Zhao – the company’s CEO – announced that Binance would be limiting how much money customers can remove or withdraw from their accounts daily, granted they have not gone through the verification process with the exchange. Zhao...

We have constantly been hearing arguments in the past that bitcoin is “digital gold.” Both bitcoin and the precious metal the entire world has grown to love are consistently being compared, though according to one expert – Pavan Sukhdev – there is still too much speculation involved. Pavan Sukhdev – Bitcoin Is Not a Currency Sukhdev is the president of environmental advocacy group WWF International. In a recent interview, he commented that both bitcoin and gold remain...

Botswana – a country in Africa – is becoming a regular bitcoin hotspot. Over the past several months, residents of the nation have regularly turned to the world’s number one digital asset for their daily financial needs, and many businesses are making it easier for them to do so by saying “yes” to crypto payments, though there are still several barriers to overcome. Botswana Is Becoming a Regular BTC Hub Botswana is located within the southern central region of the...

In a public filing last Tuesday, electric car company Tesla and its CEO – South African entrepreneur Elon Musk – revealed that they have lost more than $1 billion in bitcoin. Musk and Tesla’s BTC Stash Has Gone Down the Tubes The company’s balance sheet grew by approximately $1.5 billion in BTC last February, and within two months, bitcoin had reached a new all-time high, jumping from the low $50,000 range to about $64,000 per unit. However, things took an ugly turn from...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News reported that Amazon – arguably the biggest retailer in the world – was going to begin accepting cryptocurrencies by the end of the year as forms of payment. However, now it looks like this idea was a simple rumor, and Amazon has come out to suggest that it has no plans whatsoever in accepting bitcoin or other forms of digital assets as payments for goods or services. Amazon Says “No” to BTC Payments… For Now At this stage, bitcoin...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is advising all countries to avoid making bitcoin or any other form of crypto their national currencies. The IMF Advises Making BTC Anything Other Than a Speculative Asset In a blog post, the IMF advises against making any sort of digital asset the currency of a national people. While the post does not mention any specific region, many countries – such as China – have turned towards making digital versions of their national...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News published a piece discussing how few Americans are investing in cryptocurrency. While many residents of the region have no doubt heard of bitcoin and its digital counterparts, it appears many of them have not actually taken the leap into buying them. However, in Singapore, it seems that these results are the exact opposite, as the country has full-on embraced BTC and its virtual brothers and sisters. Singapore Really Loves Its Crypto...