Tag Archives: social

Bitcoin whales seem not to care about Elon Musk’s comments on bitcoin anymore as they have continued accumulating significant portions of the asset. Such wallets have expanded their BTC holdings by roughly $2 billion since the market started dumping. Bitcoin Whales Keep Purchasing Bitcoin whales are typically described as wallets containing between 100 to 10,000 bitcoins. According to data from the analytics company Santiment, such addresses have been unfazed by the latest...

The antivirus company NortonLifeLock announced a new feature on its platform, named Norton Crypto. Its mission will be to enable customers to mine Ethereum in a safe and accessible way. Mining ETH In a recent announcement, the cybersecurity firm notified its nearly 13 million customers about a new service on its platform. Called Norton Crypto, it will provide a “safe and easy way” for consumers to mine one of the largest digital assets by market capitalization – ether (ETH)....

Bitcoin could be heading towards a significant price boost, at least according to several on-chain features. Miners have ceased disposing of their coins, and so have long-term hodlers. At the same time, the Stablecoin Supply Ratio has dropped substantially lately. Miners and Long-Term Holders Refuse to Sell Apart from being the backbone of the Bitcoin network, miners also have a notable role when it comes down to the price of the underlying asset. As previously reported by...

The stimulus bill signed by the US government pushed Miami’s pro bitcoin mayor to purchase portions of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. In a recent interview, Francis Suarez also touched upon the role that Elon Musk plays in the market and said that BTC could serve as a valid hedge only after it stops going up and down by double-digits after interactions by Tesla’s CEO. Miami Mayor Owns BTC and ETH Ever since the start of the year, Francis Suarez, the current...

The Solana Foundation has partnered with the large South Korean blockchain accelerator ROK Capital to launch a $20 million fund. It aims to develop the Solana blockchain ecosystem by enhancing various projects, including those related to DeFi, NFTs, and Web3. Solana and ROK Capital Launch a $20M Fund Founded in 2017, Solana is a web-scale blockchain providing “fast, secure, scalable, and decentralized applications and marketplaces.” By employing the intra-shard parallelism,...

Elon Musk’s debacle with the cryptocurrency community over BTC’s energy consumption levels has turned people against him, revealed a recent report. A company tracking social sentiment has outlined a significant reversal in social media engagements, with the majority taking a negative approach towards Tesla’s CEO. Elon Musk Sentiment Goes Into Negative Territory It’s safe to say that Elon Musk is among the most influential people these days. The billionaire runs some of the...

The Biden administration plans to enhance cryptocurrency tracking as part of macro endeavors to reduce the pain from ransomware attacks, said the Deputy Press Secretary. The government’s actions come amid several consecutive hacks on US soil. What is Ransomware and US Attacks? Ransomware attacks mean that the perpetrators infiltrate individuals or organizations to encrypt sensible information. By doing so, they cripple the victims’ operations and request some sort of a ransom...

Google has lifted its ban on cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets, prohibiting them from using Google’s advertisement service, a policy that lasted almost three years. According to the document, Google will update its Financial products and services policy in August to further clarify cryptocurrency exchanges about all the requirements needed to allow advertisement through the platform. Some of the requirements include being registered with the FinCEN (Financial...

Residents of the Chinese capital will receive 40 million renminbi ($6.2 million) of the digital currency. They can use two banking apps to apply to win one of the 200,000 so-called ”red packets”, each containing 200 yuan, as part of a lottery. Simultaneously, the governor of Russia’s central bank called digital currencies the future of money. Another CBDC Trial in China In yet another attempt to test its CBDC, the Chinese officials decided to distribute 40 million renminbi...

The skyrocketing demand towards cryptocurrency assets has pushed the veteran US exchange Kraken to release a mobile application in the country. In another development coming from American exchanges, Coinbase integrated its debit card with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Kraken Mobile App Arrives in the US Founded almost a decade ago, Kraken is among the latest and most popular digital asset trading platforms. The firm’s latest expansion initiative comes through a mobile application...