Hackers have threatened to release sensitive company documents supposedly belonging to USDT stablecoin issuer Tether unless the firm sends a 500 Bitcoin (BTC) ransom to a specified address. As revealed by the …
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Central Bank of Ghana To Launch Regulatory Sandbox Pilot for Blockchain and Financial Projects
The central bank revealed this development in a recent press release. According to the report, the sandbox will cover a wide range of innovations within the financial services sector and improve …
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The government of Belarus is exploring the possibility of switching to crypto-mining
Belarus is studying the cryptocurrency industry for a potential move into mining digital coins like Bitcoin (BTC). The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Belarus officially announced Friday that it …
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Billionaire Mark Cuban Says Cryptocurrency Will Change How All Businesses Work
Billionaire investor and Shark Tank veteran Mark Cuban says the crypto sector is going to fundamentally transform the way businesses function. In a new interview, Cuban tells Jason Calacanis of the Angel …
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Bill Gates on Bitcoin: If you have less money than Elon, beware of it
Over the recent months, Bitcoin has made significant strides towards becoming a mainstream asset, mostly inspired by institutional investors. Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) $1.5 billion investment in the digital currency largely inspired the new …
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JPMorgan to advise clients to expose 1% of their portfolio to Bitcoin
In a recent note to clients, strategists from JPMorgan suggested a one percent portfolio allocation to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As reported by Bloomberg, JPM strategists Joyce Chang and Amy Ho opined …
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Key Takeaways From House Hearing on Crypto & Domestic Terrorism
The House Financial Services Committee had a hearing this morning entitled “Dollars against Democracy”—a comprehensive look at how domestic terrorist organizations get their funding—and cryptocurrency was front of mind. Last month, crypto …
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Exchange listings & NFT boom back Enjin’s 52% rally to a new all-time high
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are rapidly becoming a focal point of the cryptocurrency market, as evidenced by stories of millions of dollars being raised in minutes for one-of-a-kind tokenized art pieces and rare …
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Elon Musk may be under scrutiny for promoting DOGE
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over tweets in which he promoted Dogecoin to cryptocurrency investors. Rumors of the investigation were initially reported …
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Everything You Need To Know About The Coinbase Direct Listing
Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, filed its S-1 on Feb. 25 to go public via direct listing on Nasdaq. In the lead-up to the IPO, Coinbase shares traded on the Nasdaq …
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