The first cryptocurrency hasn’t recovered yet its last All-Time-High (ATH) since April this year. However, it seems like the bullish sentiment is slowly coming back among the Bitcoin (BTC) investors. During the last seven days, its price increased by over 27%. This way, it reached again the $40k mark since mid-June.
May and June were hard for Bitcoin since some bad news gathered around the currency. Tesla stopped accepting BTC payments, China started to seriously limit Bitcoin use and the crypto-mining, and, in general, a lot of regulations have been appearing worldwide. …
The Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are becoming more and more popular these days. They’re, basically, digital art or collectibles registered inside a blockchain. You’re probably imagining some digital drawings, paintings, and, of course, collectibles like the classic CryptoKitties and CryptoPunks. But we’re here to talk about the weirdest NFTs available to date.
We already told you how to make your own NFTs, and listed the most expensive NFTs sold to date. Now it’s time to see the weird offers in the NFT market, either because of its theme or (especially) because of its non-common building methodology. Not everything is paintings, drawings…
Until now, the European Union has adopted a friendly attitude towards cryptocurrencies. Few practices around crypto are fully banned in there. However, this can partially change in the next years. Now, the European Commission is considering banning non-identified crypto-wallets and related transactions.
According to a report by Reuters, some European policymakers proposed on Tuesday a law to apply the “travel rule” on crypto transactions. This would imply that the users won’t be able to deposit, withdraw or transact coins from or to their own (non-identified) wallets, but only between different crypto exchanges.
No matter the personal beliefs or religion: digital assets are available for everyone, in any part of the world. Cryptocurrencies and religion are compatible, although sometimes it doesn’t seem so. That’s because some specific religions, like Islam, consider the use of these tokens as a sin. But there’s always a solution for them and even more opportunities for the rest.
Sometimes it’s easily forgotten, but cryptocurrencies are nothing else than a useful (financial) tool. Just like any other new technology. So, the religious people can also take this tool and make with it whatever they want, in the way they…
This is the year in which Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $64k and a country adopted it as legal tender. However, this is also the year for Bitcoin regulations worldwide. The cryptocurrency world is now mainstream enough for governments to notice it. So, they’re keep going with a bunch of new regulations, and even bans. That’s probably why BTC is dropping right now.
If we calculate since the last All-Time-High (ATH) in April, the bitcoin price has decreased by over 50%. Last week hasn’t been so kind either, since BTC seems stuck between $31k and $34k. Some analysts are still bullish, and…
The cyber-crime isn’t stopping. Every day more, the criminals have new tricks for stealing cryptocurrencies from the owners and the exchanges. And the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants everyone to know that they’re out there, waiting for the smallest mistake of the victim. This time, they’re stealing cryptos by using the victim’s own phone number.
As indicated by a recent warning, issued by the FBI via a TLP: GREEN Private Industry Notification (PIN), some malicious actors are targeting cryptocurrency owners worldwide with different kinds of attacks. One of the most popular lately is the so-called “SIM-swapping” or SIM…
China has been a Bitcoin epicenter since the beginning. Sadly, its authorities aren’t fond of decentralization, so, they’ve been taking measures against the crypto-world through the years. Now, Bitcoin payments were banned, and it seems like they’re aiming to completely ban Bitcoin mining as well. That’s why a great Bitcoin mining exodus is bound to happen from China soon.
Since 2017, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency exchanges are banned in the territory. Just recently, the authorities in the provinces Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Yunnan, and Sichuan have been taking actions to ban or seriously limit the Bitcoin mining operations…
No matter what is: inside the digital world, every kind of service can be hacked sometimes. Sadly, custodial cryptocurrency exchanges and some related services aren’t the exceptions. The blockchains are generally safe, and it’s almost impossible to break them. However, when huge amounts of cryptocurrencies are controlled by only one company, the biggest crypto-hacks are bound to happen.
According to the blockchain security firm SlowMist, the total amount stolen by hackers from crypto platforms and services is over $17.4 billion since 2012. And they’re not even including the numerous incidents inside the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). …
The beginning of July hasn’t been kind to the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. It’s been facing some regulatory issues worldwide since months ago, and now its customers won’t be able to make SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) transfers either. This, apparently, until further notice.
Binance spread the news through a short e-mail to their customers. It reads that the suspension it’s “due to events beyond our control” and it’ll be effective from 8 a.m. UTC on July 7, 2021. They didn’t make a public notice through their channels yet (i.e. Twitter, blog). However, it’s very likely that the reason behind the…
Alfacash is already offering the trading of 30+ cryptocurrencies for fiat (and vice versa) in a fully non-custodial and automatic process. Several payment methods, including credit cards, are available. Now, the users will enjoy a wider offer when using this payment, thanks to the new partnership between Alfacash, Coinify, and Mercuryo.
Founded in 2014, the Denmark-based Coinify is a global virtual currency player offering two-way virtual currency to fiat conversion services. They take care of all the hurdles (KYC, AML, Source of Funds, etc.) to offer seamless trading for the users.
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