Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Today in Crypto: Voyager Starts Chapter 11 Restructuring; Texas Bitcoin Miners Shut Down as Power Grid Nears Breaking Point
Today in Crypto: Voyager Starts Chapter 11 Restructuring; Texas Bitcoin Miners Shut Down as Power...
July 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto exchange KuCoin is reportedly looking to hire 300 employees over the next few months, which runs contrary to the fears of a recession getting...

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Today in Crypto: UK Think Tank Calls for Global Rules on CBDC; Celsius Hires New Restructuring Lawyers
Today in Crypto: UK Think Tank Calls for Global Rules on CBDC; Celsius Hires New...
July 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As part of its ongoing investigation, India’s Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is looking into more details regarding foreign exchange violations from crypto firms, according to...

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El Salvador Weekly: Half of Chivo Wallet Transactions Are Completed in Dollars
El Salvador Weekly: Half of Chivo Wallet Transactions Are Completed in Dollars
July 08, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

El Salvador’s Chivo digital wallet has largely failed as a digital wallet for cryptocurrency, but it just might succeed as a dollar debit app for...

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Graff Diamonds Sues Insurance for Losses After Paying $7.5M Ransom to Hackers
Graff Diamonds Sues Insurance for Losses After Paying $7.5M Ransom to Hackers
July 06, 2022  |  Legal

Graff Diamonds, a British luxury jeweler, has paid a ransom in bitcoin of $7.5 million to Conti, the Russian hacking gang which leaked data on...

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El Salvador Weekly: President Bukele’s Bitcoin Policy Is ‘Magical Thinking’
El Salvador Weekly: President Bukele’s Bitcoin Policy Is ‘Magical Thinking’
July 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Giving Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele the courage of his convictions, bitcoin’s collapse below $20,000 from its November high of nearly $70,000 hasn’t dimmed his enthusiasm...

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A Bitcoin Declaration of Financial Independence
A Bitcoin Declaration of Financial Independence
July 04, 2022  |  Bitcoin

On America’s Independence Day, it’s worth looking back at bitcoin’s history, because both origin stories share a basic impulse: freedom from a system that controls...

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Report: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Considers Miner Acquisitions
Report: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Considers Miner Acquisitions
July 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto exchange FTX US co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he would consider making acquisitions among beaten-up crypto mining companies, Bloomberg reported Friday (July 1). Get the...

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Uber Eats’ BitPay Integration Allows Users to Pay With Crypto
Uber Eats’ BitPay Integration Allows Users to Pay With Crypto
July 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The BitPay Card can be used anywhere Mastercard can be used, including with DoorDash and Uber Eats, according to a post on BitPay’s blog. Get...

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The Metaverse Wants to Monetize, but Does That Require Crypto?
The Metaverse Wants to Monetize, but Does That Require Crypto?
July 01, 2022  |  Metaverse

There are some mighty big numbers thrown around when analysts and pundits talk about the potential size of the metaverse economy. Bloomberg says in-game transactions...

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