Filecoin’s history has been turbulent since its creation in the early days of the crypto-verse. But investors can probably agree that nothing resembles what happened last week. Filecoin Traders Had a Hard Week… Speculators are having a rough time. The token initially had a brief and sudden rise of more than 100% immediately after its launch. Traders, analysts, and Filecoin fans were debating everywhere about the project’s fundamental value and how it could revolutionize the...
Read More »Despite Negative News, Bitcoin Only $1K Away From 2020 High: The Weekly Crypto Update
Another week passed on the cryptocurrency market, and it surely wasn’t a boring one. The cryptocurrency started off strong, causing many to believe that it might finally breach the coveted $12,000 mark. However, the excitement was short-lived because, just today, news broke out that the founder of OKEx, one of the primary cryptocurrency exchanges, has been ‘taken by the police’ and hasn’t shown up to work for a few days now. More importantly, he’s also one of the private key...
Read More »Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Calls for Bitcoin Donations in Nigeria’s EndSars Protest Against Police Brutality
Twitter chief Jack Dorsey has urged his followers to donate Bitcoin to support the protest over police brutality in Nigeria. Earlier today, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, showed his support for the ongoing #EndSars protest over police brutality in Nigeria. Dorsey, a Bitcoin proponent, encouraged Bitcoiners to make BTC donations towards the fight against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the largest black nation. #EndSars: The Genesis SARS is a unit of the...
Read More »The BitMEX v CFTC Case: The Good and the Bad For The Crypto Industry
Yesterday, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC) filed charges against BitMEX and its executive team, pressing both criminal and civil allegations. Its CTO, Samuel Reed, was arrested. The platform’s CEO, Arthur Hayes, and its cofounder Ben Melo are still under the radar.The news spread quickly throughout Crypto Twitter, and of course, the community reacted with mixed but well-argued opinions.The Bitmex Case is BadAs soon as the news came out, the nervousness of the...
Read More »Jack Dorsey: Twitter will in Zukunft auf Bitcoin- und Blockchain-Technologie setzen
Twitter-CEO Jack Dorsey hat jüngst über Cybersicherheit geredet. Dabei sprach er darüber, dass die Bitcoin ein Positivbeispiel hierfür sei. Die Blockhain-Technologie ist längst nicht mehr nur auf die Anwendung im Finanzwesen beschränkt. Jack Dorsey, der CEO von Twitter, unterstreicht dies, indem er es in Betracht zieht, Blockchain für den bekannten Kurznachrichtendienst zu nutzen. Am 25. September hat es Jack Dorsey auf dem Virtual Oslo...
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Admits: I Only Own Bitcoin, It Is Direct Activism
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has openly criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong following a recent controversial post urging employees of the exchange to steer clear from political discussions. Dorsey, however, believes that the whole purpose of the cryptocurrency field is social activism.Armstrong Highlights The Coinbase Core MissionIn a post shared over the weekend, Armstrong outlined that 2020 has already been a challenging year. The upcoming US Presidential elections also raise massive...
Read More »Dorsey Implies Twitter Will Be Blockchain Controlled
Jack Dorsey is back in the news, and once again, he’s pushing the power of both bitcoin and the blockchain technology that supports it.Jack Dorsey Is Still Pushing BitcoinAs the CEO of Square and Twitter, Dorsey has always been there to push the bitcoin agenda he holds so dear. He has stated in the past that within the next ten years, he can easily see bitcoin becoming the world’s only currency. He has also stated that it’s the best internet currency, and that he would at some point travel to...
Read More »Twitter Vows More Secure Protocols After Bitcoin Hack
Twitter says it is ramping up security following the major hack that occurred several months ago.Twitter Says Its Fixing Up Its SecurityWhile not much money was stolen, it was scary to see the accounts of such high-profile people get overtaken by a small string of hackers. Some of the people involved in the scam were Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame, Elon Musk (CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla), former president Barack Obama and Microsoft mogul Bill Gates.To be fair, these figures themselves were not...
Read More »India Prime Minister’s Twitter Account Compromised: Attackers Demand Cryptocurrencies
Twitter continues to experience technical issues trying to protect high-profile accounts as the social media giant has confirmed another hack. This time, it involved India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Upon taking over the account, the perpetrators had requested donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Twitter Hacks – The Indian EditionLess than two months ago, the social media giant experienced a significant security breach. The hackers, which turned out to be led by a teenager,...
Read More »Woman Allegedly Caught Holding Illegal Bitcoin in the UK
Crypto crime is relatively common within the space, and the latest instigator – a 35-year-old woman in the United Kingdom who remains unnamed at the time of writing – has been caught with roughly 115,000 pounds of illegally garnered bitcoin in her possession.Bitcoin Is at the Center of a Lot of CrimeThe news comes by way of the Met’s Proactive Money Laundering Team. Detectives first opened an investigation into the woman’s financial dealings after she applied for several “bounce back loans,”...
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