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Credit card giant Visa has opened an entirely new division designed to provide cryptocurrency advisory services to companies looking to get involved in the growing financial arena. Visa Is Offering Crypto Advice The irony of the situation is that Visa provides users with one of the biggest payment options available today. All one needs to do is sign up, go through a quick background check, and boom! They can get their new card mailed to them granted there isn’t anything...

The Austin Community Foundation has garnered a crypto-based gift worth more than $1 million USD. The donor remains anonymous at the time of writing, though we know he (or she) may have gotten involved in crypto at an early stage. Austin Community Foundation Is Crypto Wealthy The person opened a donor advised fund with Austin Community, which allows individuals to decide how to send money to various nonprofits across the country. The big clincher is that all money offered...

2021 saw many Americans jumping into the crypto space. In fact, according to a new report from Grayscale Investments, more than half of Americans owning crypto began trading just this year. Grayscale Issues New Report Detailing Crypto Ownership It can be said for many reasons that 2021 was the era of crypto. One of the main reasons is because assets like bitcoin and Ethereum hit all-time highs, with the former reaching $68,000 per unit in November and the latter spiking...

Google has filed a lawsuit against two individuals living in Russia over a botnet they used to infect several computer networks for the purpose of mining cryptocurrency. Google Goes After Glupteba The botnet not only stole crypto assets but the personal information of unsuspecting victims. Google has worked with several internet infrastructure companies to remove servers that the hackers were using to control the networks they infected. The botnet has been deemed null...

Craig Wright has won his bitcoin-related civil suit, casting doubt on all those who said the London-based Australian computer scientist wasn’t Satoshi Nakamoto. Craig Wright Is Victorious in Court The suit centered around an alleged stash of cryptocurrency and bitcoin units worth approximately $54 billion at the time of writing. A jury in Florida has dismissed approximately six of seven charges brought forth by the family of David Kleiman, who allegedly worked with...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from $585 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $500 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $500 the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must gain pace above $500 for a fresh increase in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is showing bearish signs below $500 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....

Constitution DAO may have lost its bid on a piece of American history last month, but this has helped to launch the company into the digital spotlight. Its meme currency is now up by 900 percent, marking one of the largest surges to occur over the span of just a few weeks. Constitution DAO Is Still Accomplishing Something Big Coin Market Cap was one of the first sites to report on the data. The currency has been dubbed the “people token” given that it is offered to those...

It’s happened again, folks. Another crypto exchange hack is in the books. This time, the alleged victim is Bit Mart, which appears to have lost $150 million in digital currency funds at the time of writing, though some firms – such as Peck Shield, a blockchain analytics company – believe the company may have lost closer to $200 million. Bit Mart Has Been Compromised Peck Shield was the first entity to notice the breach. Analysts saw that around $100 million in crypto was...

The government of India has announced in a statement that despite submitting a bill to regulate crypto and recognize it as an asset class rather than ban it, it will not engage in any marketing or promotion of the cryptocurrency industry. India Is Not Looking to Market Crypto Not long ago, crypto investors in India got some good news when the country announced that its previous plans of banning all digital currencies were likely to become null and void. Rather,...

Litecoin price is facing resistance near the $180 zone against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $180 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $180 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a fresh decline if it fails to stay above the $150 support. Litecoin price is consolidating below $180 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. LTC price...