Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as Tesla and SpaceX – and Jesse Powell – the CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken – are duking it out on Twitter, and the bitcoin price is taking it hard. Elon Musk and Jesse Powell Go Head to Head The fight began when Powell called out Musk over recent comments regarding the bitcoin mining process. Elon Musk had originally stated a few months ago that he would permit bitcoin...
Read More »Coinbase Is Setting Up a New Home in New York
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is setting up an office in New York. Coinbase Is Opening an Office in New York Based in San Francisco, Coinbase has established itself as a leading digital currency trading hub following news in April that it would be the first crypto exchange in the history of the space to go public on the Nasdaq, though share trading has been somewhat of a rocky process. In addition, the company has recently added Dogecoin to its list of...
Read More »Coinbase Employees Can Now Invest in Crypto Through Their 401(k) Plans
Leading crypto exchange Coinbase has partnered with a 401(k)-plan provider known as For Us All to give its employees the chance to use their retirement funds to invest in crypto. The idea is to ensure that all employees of the digital trading giant are not just working in the crypto industry but taking advantage of it as well and benefiting from all it offers. Coinbase Employees Can Now Take Advantage of Crypto Individuals will have the opportunity to invest as much as...
Read More »New York Crypto Firm Coin Seed Is Ceasing Operations
Crypto trading firm Coin Seed has decided to shut its doors for good following a lawsuit brought forth against it earlier in the year by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The company has been accused of fraudulent activity after moving customer funds without permission and for selling “worthless” tokens in what is alleged to have been a phony initial coin offering (ICO). Coin Seed Is Closing Down for Good In a statement, Del Davaasambuu – the CEO and co-founder of...
Read More »Crypto Exchanges in India Are Garnering a Lot of Money
Cryptocurrency has never been looked at through a positive lens by India, and the Asian country has always had a certain sense of animosity towards it. Nevertheless, cryptocurrency exchanges and related firms have continually put their money into India, hoping that things will change in the coming future. India Is Getting a Lot of Financial Attention India really set itself up on the “crypto enemies” list back in early 2018 when it was announced that the country was...
Read More »PayPal Users Can Soon Move Their Crypto to Other Outlets
Crypto fans around the world were excited to hear last October that PayPal would soon be allowing users to purchase and store cryptocurrencies through the trading platform. In addition, PayPal said that it was on the verge of allowing customers to pay for items and services with digital currencies. PayPal Is Changing Things Up a Bit This got things hopping up and down and the bitcoin boom ultimately began, though things came with a catch as users soon began to find out...
Read More »Coinbase Hit with Technical Problems Following BTC Crash
The price of bitcoin has taken another nasty dive, and this means the currency is trading in the $30,000 range. It has now fallen close to $30,000 per unit from its April high of nearly $64,000 and exchanges like Coinbase are experiencing huge technical problems as a result. Coinbase Is Having Some Problems The price of bitcoin has been on a downward spiral for the past several weeks, and Coinbase is ultimately at the center of this story. BTC rose to its new all-time...
Read More »Bitcoin Is Falling, and It’s Taking Coinbase With It
Bitcoin is king of the crypto space. There is no denying that. Therefore, whichever way it goes – either up or down – other assets and blockchain-based entities are likely to follow. If bitcoin is in the green, others tend to do quite well, but if it is in the red, things are dropping like flies. Coinbase knows this all too well. Coinbase Ain’t Doing So Hot As one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the western hemisphere, Coinbase made the...
Read More »Coinbase Customers Can Soon Buy and Sell Dogecoin
Customers of Coinbase – one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – are about to get a big surprise if they are Dogecoin fans. The asset – which has recently become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap – will now be supported by the San Francisco-based trading platform, meaning clients can buy, sell, and trade the currency granted they have supported payment methods attached to their accounts. Coinbase Is Going to Support Dogecoin Dogecoin has...
Read More »Switzerland’s UBS Group Looks Into Providing Crypto Tools to Customers
The line between crypto and traditional banking services is beginning to thin out even more. UBS Group, one of the largest investment firms in Switzerland, has announced that it is looking into potentially offering its wealthiest clients varying crypto options as demand for digital assets has grown exponentially in the past few years. UBS Group Has Joined the Crypto Rankings Crypto continues to boom in popularity, with the space now becoming more legitimized and...
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