Worldpay from FIS – a top global fintech provider – recently released a joint report with Crypto.com covering attitudes around cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange. It found huge interest among both merchants and customers in using cryptocurrencies to transact in 2022. Consumers ‘Hungry’ for Crypto According to the report, titled “Crypto for Payments”, there is currently a ~10X disparity between customers and merchants transacting in crypto. Whereas 40% of customers would...
Read More »Crypto.com’s CRO Rebrands to Cronos, Token Mechanics Remain Unchanged
Say goodbye to Crypto.com Coin, and hello to “Cronos” – the popular crypto exchange’s new name for its CRO utility token. The token, which is native to the Crypto.org and Cronos EVM chains, will see neither its ticker symbol nor mechanics change. A Symbol of Decentralization Crypto.com announced its rebranding in a medium blog post earlier today. It said that the new name is meant to reflect the “decentralization of the coin and tremendous growth of the Cronos ecosystem.” ...
Read More »“South Park” Pokes Fun at Matt Damon and Crypto
Oscar-winning writer and actor Matt Damon has taken quite a bit of flak for his appearance in a recent advertisement for Crypto.com. Now, it looks like the popular animated television program “South Park” is the latest to jab at Damon for his work with the digital currency exchange. Matt Damon Just Can’t Catch a Break Not long ago, a commercial was featured on television that included the presence of Matt Damon, who is known for his work on films such as “Good Will...
Read More »CryptoCom Becomes The Official Partner Of The Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix
Crypto.com has made a new move in its aggressive sports marketing campaign, partnering once again with Formula 1 to become the official title partner of the new Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix. The announcement comes just days before the airing of the Super Bowl LVI, the most watched sporting event in the United States, in which the exchange bought a spot to air an ad that could be seen by at least 96.4 million people – if last year’s figures are repeated, which by the...
Read More »Crypto.com Joins Hands with the AFL
The Australian Football League (AFL) has signed a deal with Crypto.com, one of the largest digital currency exchange firms in the world. Unfortunately, the deal has not made everyone happy. The AFL and Crypto.com Have Formed a Partnership The partnership is set to last a whopping five years, and Crypto.com will be the official crypto exchange and trading platform for both the AFL and the AFLW. Presently, Crypto.com also has deals with large sports leagues and...
Read More »CryptoCom Says No Users Suffered a Loss Despite the $34 Million Stolen
The digital asset exchange – CryptoCom – came up with an official statement regarding the latest attack on its platform. The company revealed that the incident affected nearly 500 people, but they were fully refunded. The Saga Had a Happy End In its most recent report, CryptoCom disclosed that it first found out about the issue in the early hours on Monday (January 17). The monitoring systems of the trading venue detected unauthorized activity on a small number of user...
Read More »CryptoCom Becomes Financial Backer of the Australian Football League and the AFLW
The digital asset platform CryptoCom inked a five-year collaboration with the AFL to become a financial backer of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season and the NAB AFL Women’s championship. The trading venue will also feature as the exclusive naming rights partner of the tournaments and the Final Series matches. CryptoCom Expands in Australia According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, the AFL became the first Australian sports league to partner with CryptoCom. At the same...
Read More »CryptoCom NFT Appoints Former Apple and ESPN Executive as Senior Director
Jeff Zeller has been named by CryptoCom NFT as its Senior Director of NFT Partnerships and Business Operations, a PR from the exchange said on Wednesday. Zeller previously occupied senior positions at Sony Music and Apple and was the director of Entertainment Partnerships and Marketing at ESPN before joining the crypto firm. New CryptoCom NFT Senior Director The announcement shared with CryptoPotato informed about the hiring of Zeller, who came directly from ESPN. The company...
Read More »Matt Damon Crypto.com Ad Gets Criticized On Social Media
What could have easily been an innocent gimmick is getting mocked mercilessly on Twitter and other social media platforms. Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News put out an article discussing a new crypto commercial starring Oscar-winner Matt Damon, who won an Academy Award for penning the screenplay to “Good Will Hunting” in 1997. Matt Damon Is Getting Some Flak It appears the commercial has not sat well with many viewers, with some sources calling it an “embarrassing cash...
Read More »CryptoCom CEO Slams CoinMarketCap for Misreporting Exchange Trading Volumes
Kris Marszalek, the CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange CryptoCom, slammed data aggregating resource CoinMarketCap for misreporting their trading volume. In a tweet on Christmas Day, the CEO of CryptoCom slammed CoinMarketCap for failing to report their trading volume accurately. Merry Christmas to team CoinMarketCap who, a week after my response to their poorly worded tweet, arbitrarily reduced our exchange ranking to 14th. We are 2nd/3rd on CoinGecko, so you guys know...
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