Block Unveils Bitcoin Conversion Feature for Square Merchants
On Wednesday, Block, the financial services firm, disclosed that merchants using Square can convert their daily sales into bitcoin through...
Tag: 25. April 2024
Iconic ‘Buy Bitcoin’ Sign From Janet Yellen’s Testimony Sells for $1 Million in Crypto Auction
Christian Langalis, famously known as “Bitcoin Sign Guy,” has auctioned the “Buy Bitcoin” sign he displayed during Janet Yellen’s 2017...
BlackRock has ‘no commercial relationship’ with Hedera, HBAR sinks 32%
A BlackRock spokesperson confirmed the firm wasn’t directly involved in Archax and Ownera’s decision to tokenize shares of BlackRock’s ICS...
Banks could flood into stablecoins if new bill passes: S&P Global
The Lummis-GillibrandPayment Stablecoin Act introduced to the Senate could see big banks encouraged to take steps into the stablecoin market,...
Token airdrops targeted by farm accounts and ‘Sybil attacks’
Airdrop squatters are creating fake accounts on platforms for the sole purpose of farming airdrop tokens, thus taking away share...
Tether vows to freeze assets after Venezuela looks to crypto to bypass oil sanctions
USDT-issuer Tether says it will block payments made to OFAC-sanctioned entities after sources claim Venezuela’s state-run oil company is using...
Hedera’s HBAR token pumps 96% on misinterpreted BlackRock announcement
A widely misinterpreted announcement from the HBAR Foundation has sparked confusion among crypto influencers and sent the price of HBAR...
BlackRock aware that RWAs are ‘multitrillion-dollar opportunity’ — Kinto co-founder
Kinto co-founder Victor Sanchez says real-world asset tokenization could be the future of finance and explains why BlackRock has decided...
‘I’ve moved on to other things’ — Satoshi Nakamoto’s final email revisited after 13 years
In the last known communication in 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto disclosed they had moved on to other things, handing over Bitcoin...
Jack Dorsey’s Block announces development of ‘full Bitcoin mining system’
The Block — then Square — CEO initially suggested the idea of a collaborative approach to decentralize Bitcoin mining in...
Bitcoin miner profits get squeezed as hash price drops to lowest since October 2023
After enjoying record profits during Bitcoin’s recent halving, miners now face a sharp decline in hash prices.
Hong Kong Bitcoin, Ether ETF structures revealed ahead of April 30 launch
The spot exchange-traded funds will be denominated in the United States dollar, Hong Kong dollar and Chinese yuan.
North Korean Lazarus hacker group using LinkedIn to target and steal assets: Report
Lazarus group first surfaced in 2009, and since then, it has primarily targeted crypto firms, stealing billions of dollars worth...
Wallets linked to Coinbase and Vitalik Buterin have millions ‘stuck’ in bridge contracts
Arkham Research tagged and notified wallet owners to look at the addresses and retrieve their funds, which have been stuck...
Stacks Launches Nakamoto Upgrade to Enhance Bitcoin L2 Functionality
Stacks has initiated the rollout of its Nakamoto upgrade introducing improvements to its Bitcoin layer two (L2) solution. The upgrade...
