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It has been roughly seven months since the US government sent the first stimulus checks worth $1,200 to many citizens. Interestingly, that amount would now be worth nearly $3,000 if invested in Bitcoin as the asset price has significantly appreciated since then, unlike the dollar. Stimulus Checks: The History World governments were caught by surprise when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out earlier this year. One of the first orders of business included seizing regular life as we...

The largest bank in Belarus – the ASB Belarusbank – has reportedly launched a legal service enabling customers from the country and Russia to purchase cryptocurrencies. Users will be able to exchange digital assets for Belarusian and Russian rubles, US dollars, and euros directly with their Visa payment cards. Belarusbank To Allow Crypto Purchases According to the Prime Press coverage, the largest bank in Belarus by volume of equity, assets, loans, and deposits has partnered...

The famous hip hop artist Akon has announced that the digital asset Akoin has been listed on Bittrex, and trading has started earlier this week.  Akon and Akoin’s co-founder and president Jon Karas called the addition a “major milestone” in a recent livestream. The rapper believes that more exchange will follow the example set by Bittrex soon. He noted that Akoin aims to revolutionize the global payment network and especially in underdeveloped countries in Africa.  During the...

After marking a new yearly high of $16,500, BTC now seems to be retracing. The cryptocurrency dropped to as low as $15,750 and recovered to where it’s currently trading at $15,880. Most altcoins are following suit. The Correction Begins? There’s a saying for traders that goes – ‘what goes up, must come down.’ In other words, it’s completely typical and healthy market behavior for prices to correct. This gives buyers the opportunity to consolidate and continue accumulating....

A group of researchers has located a new type of ransomware attack called Pay2Key executed against several Israeli and European companies. The perpetrators have requested the ransom to be paid with bitcoins, which the researchers have followed the funds to an Iranian cryptocurrency exchange. A New Ransomware Attack On Israeli And European Firms The updated research from the cybersecurity company CheckPoint reveals several that firms based in Israel have complained about being...

Bitcoin payments for passport services? You read that, right! In a first, a nearly 50-year-old U.S based passport and visa processing firm, Peninsula Visa, will now be accepting BTC for select passport services. Coinbase’s crypto payments arm, Coinbase Commerce, will be assisting the company in the same. Peninsula Visa Is Now Accepting Bitcoin For Passport Services In an official press release, Peninsula Visa announced its plan to integrate bitcoin payments for selected...

Bitcoin marches confidently towards new yearly highs while most alternative coins have failed in pursuit. Consequently, BTC’s dominance over the market has climbed above 65%. Red Dominates The Altcoins On a 24-hour scale, most alternative coins have either decreased in value or remained stagnant. Ethereum initiated a leg up towards $470, but the bears didn’t allow any further increases. In fact, they drove ETH’s price south, and the second-largest cryptocurrency struggles at...

The giant online payment processor announced yesterday that all “eligible PayPal account holders in the US can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly with PayPal.” The update of the original statement reads that users can interact with digital assets from their PayPal application or through their desktop accounts. The cryptocurrency community remains split in its opinion-whether this is actually good for Bitcoin in the long run.  From one side, people believe that...

The popular Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX has taken a step towards improving its trade surveillance and AML efficiency endeavors by collaborating with Eventus Systems. Founded in 2013, Eventus is a global provider of multi-asset trade surveillance and market risk solutions.  BitMEX will integrate the cloud-based version of the Eventus Validus platform with its already existing processes in the upcoming weeks. As a result, the exchange will “be able to more efficiently...

The US-based venture capital firm Social Capital will launch a new program enabling investors from all backgrounds to employ the company’s resources to generate “outsized returns on an initial capital base of millions of dollars.” SC’s founder and CEO, Chamath Palihapitiya, announced the new venture called Emerging Managers on Twitter. He highlighted several issues new investors could face when starting. Those include establishing a capital base without a track record,...