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The bitcoin crash that occurred roughly 24 hours ago has caused Coinbase – a popular cryptocurrency exchange – to experience a brief period of inactivity before finally restoring its services later in the day.Coinbase Crashes for the Second Time in WeeksThis marks the second time the trading platform has crashed in the last two weeks. The first occurred when bitcoin first rose into the high $9,000 range and gained virtually $1,000 overnight. At that time, the exchange was experiencing such...

Cascadia Blockchain Group Corp. in Vancouver has announced that it has developed a new payment system that would allow for crypto to fiat transactions.Cascadia Empowers Crypto to Fiat PaymentsThe entire payment platform would be powered through debit cards, which would contain the fiat currency that has come from the digital coins in question. Once digital coins are transformed into fiat, they are stored on cards that the customers keep in their wallets. They can then be used for purchasing...

Binance – the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume – has issued a new report praising Libra.Libra Gets Touted by a Major ExchangeThe exchange refers to Libra as a “gamechanger” in the payments industry and believes that it could potentially bring financial services to people who would otherwise always be cut out by banks and traditional finance institutions. The report explains:It is important to note that there are very few payment systems, and most of...

Bitcoin is on the rise, and according to new evidence, the reason may be due to increased buying on cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase.Coinbase Is Bursting with BTC TradesBitcoin is trading for just shy of $8,900, though last week, it briefly shot up to the mid-$9,000 range. While originally it was believed that buying activity had increased on derivatives platforms, some analysts believe purchases on spot crypto exchanges may be the real “culprit” behind bitcoin’s meteoric...

Several cryptocurrency exchanges are looking to build their own blockchains, which means that somewhere down the line, we’re likely to see the birth of several crypto exchange-birthed tokens.Exchanges Are Making Their Own BlockchainsSome trading platforms have already made this goal a reality. Binance, for example, is the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by volume. The asset trading company has given rise to both Binance Coin (BNB) and Binance USD (BUSD), which is the...

Yele Bademosi is the 29-year-old director of a venture capital firm known as Bundle. A division of Binance – the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume – the venture is based in Africa, which appears to be a growing hub for cryptocurrency activity.Bademosi: Using Blockchain to Help OthersAmong the most recent “African adventurers” touting crypto include Jack Dorsey, who stated a few months ago that he would spend anywhere between three and six months...

It’s rare when a black hat hacker fixes the wrongs that he or she commits. It’s even rarer when they return the money they’ve stolen, but that appears to be the case this time around. Recently, Live Bitcoin News reported that roughly $25 million was stolen from Lendf.me, though now it appears that money has been returned.Lendf.me Gets Its Money BackLendf.me is part of a larger organization called DForce. The company recently earned more than $1.5 million in seed funding led by Multicoin...

It’s happened again, folks. Another cryptocurrency theft is in the books. This time, the victims are the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf.me lending platform, both of which are reporting combined total losses of more than $25 million.Uniswap and Lendf.me Have Been CompromisedCryptocurrency theft is nothing new, but what’s arguably the most frustrating about stories like these is that while many companies and organizations in the industry are seeking to improve their security protocols, hackers...

It looks like many Americans are potentially spending their newfound stimulus checks on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Several digital currency trading platforms, such Coinbase, are reporting purchases of exactly $1,200 over the past few days, the maximum amount of the checks that citizens are receiving from the federal government.Paper Checks Are Going Towards CryptoThese checks are designed to give Americans some relief from the coronavirus pandemic that first began wreaking havoc on...

Bitcoin SV (BSV) has been at the center of controversy since it first arrived in late 2018. Nevertheless, it looks like many crypto providers and exchanges are moving hell and high water to ensure its customers have access to it.Bitcoin SV: It’s Presence GrowsThe latest exchange to offer bitcoin SV comes in the form of Indacoin, which is now allowing users to purchase BSV with a Visa or Mastercard. Indacoin – which is available to customers in more than 170 countries – is also facilitating...