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Millennial Surrenders Bitcoin Sum Worth $210,000,000 to Feds After Helping Launder 350,000 BTC
A millennial from Ohio is handing more than $200 million worth of Bitcoin over to federal law enforcement after operating a cryptocurrency laundering site on the darknet. Thirty-eight-year-old Larry Dean Harmon admitted on record to operating the site, Helix, from 2014 to 2017. Harmon reportedly offered Helix services to those on the darknet who wished …
What Are the Best Sites to Play Bitcoin Roulette On?
Why are some casinos better sites to play Bitcoin roulette games at than others? Find out as we explore the topic in our guide. Not every online casino offers Bitcoin roulette, and even amongst those that do, there is often a discrepancy between the very best sites offering those games and some relatively poor counterparts. …
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Whales Move More Than $1,340,000,000 in Ethereum As Markets Improve – Here’s Where the Crypto Is Going
As the crypto markets start to heat up after a season of cooldown, Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) whales are staying active, moving nearly $2 billion in crypto assets over the past 24 hours. In a series of six transactions, crypto whales relocated 411,799 ETH worth more than $1.34 billion to various wallets within five …
Coinbase Investing $500,000,000 in ‘Diverse Portfolio’ of Bitcoin and Crypto Assets
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that the cryptocurrency exchange will purchase digital assets worth more than half a billion dollars to add to its existing holdings. Armstrong says that Coinbase will be allocating 10% of its quarterly profits toward the purchase of crypto assets in the future. ADVERTISEMENT “We recently received board approval to …
DeFi proves that charities could be doing more with their money
Most of the stories coming out of the crypto industry this past year have centered around enormous numbers flowing in and out of the space. From stablecoins topping over $100 billion, with Circle raising $440 million in private investment in the spring, to decentralized finance (DeFi) projects like Solana completing a $314 million fundraiser, people love …
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DeFi needs more tangible assets on-chain to see a successful future
In a business school lecture hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a senior executive for Safaricom gave a prediction of decentralized finance and the future of commerce to a room of keen but confused MBA students. “You will be able to buy your first home on WhatsApp! Smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain …
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Cardano Could Skyrocket to This ‘Insane’ Price, According to Crypto Trader Michaël van de Poppe
A prominent crypto trader is sharing his bullish price targets for the smart contract platform Cardano (ADA). In a new video, market analyst Michaël van de Poppe tells his 115,000 YouTube subscribers that he believes Cardano’s meteoric rise is not over yet. The third-largest crypto asset has appreciated by more than 110% in the past …
Unicorns in crypto: A growing herd of billion-dollar crypto companies
The second half of 2021 just started and there is already a rise in the number of unicorns emerging in the crypto world as years of resistance towards crypto from mainstream investors start to fade. Since the year began, more than 50 cryptocurrency and blockchain-related projects have risen to the much-coveted unicorn status, with market …
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You can now invest in CryptoPunks NFTs for just $1
Talk about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the term ‘CryptoPunks’ is sure to pop up. For those out of the loop, these are a collection of 10,000 pixelated ‘punk’ faces—each of them unique, each of them with a different characteristic—that have been making the rounds in art circles since the past year. Say hi to the …
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Cardano (ADA) sets price highs ahead of smart contract update
Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK), a blockchain infrastructure research and engineering company behind the development of the proof-of-stake Cardano (ADA) platform is on track with completing its smart contract mission as the announcement of the hard fork date, which will mark the downing of the new era, boosted the token’s price to its record high of …
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Ethereum Outpacing Bitcoin to New Record High, According to CryptoQuant CEO
The CEO of on-chain analysis firm CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, thinks that Ethereum (ETH) could outperform Bitcoin (BTC) over the long term. Ki Young Ju tells his 239,700 followers that Ethereum could hit a new record high before Bitcoin does. Part of the CEO’s reasoning is that Ethereum is closer to its all-time high (ATH) relative …
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Crypto mining needs to be redefined before simply casting it away
Blockchain mining networks are often victims of their success. The two contemporary realities that demarcate the mining landscape and cause blockchains to fall short of what they promise are 1) the ongoing technological arms race driven by inherent competitive greed; and 2) the rising energy costs associated with proof-of-work (PoW) mining. Blockchains built on the …
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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction: BTC/USD Hits $49,400 High as Bitcoin Resumes Upside Momentum
Bitcoin Takes Bold Steps above $50,000 as Bitcoin Resumes Upside Momentum– August 20, 2021 BTC/USD – Daily Chart Buy Bitcoin Now Bitcoin bulls have broken the $48,000 overhead resistance as Bitcoin resumes upside momentum. Buyers have earlier cleared the resistance zones between $30,000 and $42,451. Buyers have the opportunity to resume upside momentum. The current …
Bitcoin Partnership Unlocks BTC and Ethereum Payments for 85,000 Merchants
The Zurich-based crypto-financial service provider Bitcoin Suisse is partnering with European payments firm Worldline to unlock instant Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) payments for 85,000 merchants in Switzerland. The new service, called WL Crypto Payments, enables merchants to accept BTC and ETH payments at the point of sale and in e-commerce, according to a Worldline …
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