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MicroStrategy Begins Hiring for Bitcoin Knowledge Product
MicroStrategy is moving to assemble a blockchain analytics team. It would be the first bitcoin-related software product from a company best known for CEO Michael Saylor’s whopping bet on BTC as a reserve asset.The firm, based in Tysons…
Bitcoin Miners Earn Report Hourly Revenue of $four Million
Bitcoin’s price rally is proving a windfall for the miners of the world’s biggest blockchain. Miners collected a record single-hour revenue of $4.06 million during the 60 minutes to 17:00 UTC on Thursday, according to data provided by the…
First North American Bitcoin ETF Authorised by Canadian Securities Regulator
The first publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in North America has been given the go-ahead by Canada’s financial regulator.According to a decision document on Thursday, the receipt of approval from the Ontario Securities…
Reflexer Labs Raises $four.4M to Construct Out ETH-Backed Secure Asset, RAI
Pantera and Lemniscap have led a $4.4 million round for Reflexer Labs, the creator of a new gentlecoin, one that follows ETH’s price, minus the volatility. Several backers from its prior round followed on.If a purely crypto token had an…
SEC ought to monitor Tesla's Elon Musk for market manipulation: Roubini
According to economist and prominent Bitcoin critic Nouriel Roubini, the US Securities and Exchange Commission should “look for people” like Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, following the electric car maker's recent decision to include Bitcoin…
Mastercard Will Let Retailers Settle for Funds in Crypto This 12 months
Mastercard is planning to give merchants the option to receive payments in cryptocurrency later this year.According to a source familiar with the matter, the functionality will see Mastercard customers’ digital currency payments settled in…
Litecoin Hits Three-Yr Excessive as Costs Surge Throughout Altcoin Markets
Alternative cryptocurrencies such as litecoin, Cardano and Chainlink are flying high Wednesday, as bitcoin takes a bull breather.Litecoin traded at $195 earlier on Wednesday, its highest level since March 2018, according to CoinDesk 20…
EY, Quadriga Regulation Agency Warn of ‘Imitation’ Web site
A website imitating the defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been posted online as of Tuesday, hoping to lure unsuspecting victims.A warning notification was sent out on Tuesday from both the exchange’s law firm Miller Thomson,…
Blockchain Bites: Will Bitcoin See ‘Reflexive’ Buys After Tesla?
Sound bitesNic Carter argued that comparing bitcoin’s energy consumption to Visa’s is missing the forest for the trees. Bitcoin isn’t just a payments network, but a self-contained monetary system that proposes its own unit of account, he…
Blockfolio Apologizes After Racist Phrases Posted in Portfolio App
Blockfolio has apologized after racist posts were distributed over its cryptocurrency portfolio and news app.Overnight, at least two messages purporting to be from major cryptocurrency platforms were posted containing racist terms of abuse…