Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, earlier in his career, helped build Airbnb's payment platform and fraud detection system. "I'm really, really proud of what he's doing" now with the crypto exchange,
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Riot Blockchain Set To Boost Total Hash Rate To 7.7 EH/s By 2022
U.S.-listed company Riot Blockchain, a former biotech firm now focusing on bitcoin mining, is set to almost double its miner fleet and boost total hash rate to 7.7 exahash per
Continue reading »As Coinbase debuts, Powell calls cryptocurrencies 'vehicles for speculation'
Cryptocurrencies are largely for making bets on price increases and haven't reached the status of payment mechanisms yet, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday. "They're really vehicles for speculation," the
Continue reading »Crypto investor who bought Beeple's NFT for $69 million says he would have paid even more
The buyer of the $69 million NFT by the artist Beeple said he was prepared to bid even higher, since it will be seen by history as the starting point
Continue reading »Messaging App Signal To Accept Donations In Cryptos
Messaging app Signal is now enabling donations in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, through its app in partnership with crypto-donations company The Giving Block. These donations helps pay for
Continue reading »New York Grants BitLicense, Money Transmitter License To Bakkt Marketplace
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) granted BitLicense, the license of virtual currency activities, and money transmitter license to crypto trading firm Bakkt Marketplace, LLC, a wholly owned
Continue reading »How Mark Cuban and other experts say Americans should spend their stimulus check
As the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law on Thursday by President Joe Biden, eligible taxpayers could receive their third stimulus payments as early as this weekend.
Continue reading »Cryptocurrency firms Tether and Bitfinex agree to pay $18.5 million fine to end New York probe
Tether and Bitfinex reached an agreement with the New York attorney general's office to settle a long-running legal dispute. New York's top law enforcement official had been investigating the firms
Continue reading »Market bull Julian Emanuel sees rising Treasury yields accelerating a major leadership change. Here's how to play it.
While rising Treasury yields create jitters on Wall Street, BTIG's Julian Emanuel is seeing opportunities. The firm's chief equity and derivatives strategist said Monday he thinks economically sensitive stocks, cryptocurrencies
Continue reading »North Korean hackers charged in massive cryptocurrency theft scheme
Federal authorities said that three North Korean computer programmers have been indicted for conducting a series of cyberattacks to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency
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