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Sorry Charlie (Munger)! Bitcoin Could Be Less Important For Cybercrime And Kidnappers Soon
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - 7:57pm | 703Leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin is known for many things, whether its used to buy a pizza, held on the balance sheet of companies, used as a currency in countries such as El Salvador or as a store of value. One famous use case could be less important in the future and silence critics. What...
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Alert: This Malware Steals Your Crypto Via 'Free Bitcoin Mining' Links On YouTube
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 - 4:37am | 493A new type of crypto-malware identified on Alphabet Inc-owned (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google's YouTube has been found to infect users' devices and steal from 30 different types of cryptocurrency wallets and browsers. What Happened: According to a recent report from cyber...
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ZCash: How Network Upgrade 5 Improves Privacy, Scalability And Trust
Monday, June 6, 2022 - 4:57pm | 214The ZCash (Crypto: ZEC) network has recently undertaken a considerable network upgrade that further protects its user privacy by removing the need for a "trusted setup," thus cementing user privacy. What Happened: According to Cryptonews, the Network Upgrade 5 occurred ...
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Edward Snowden Helped Create Privacy Crypto Zcash: Report
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 12:18am | 564NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was reportedly involved in creating the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (CRYPTO: ZEC). What Happened: According to Forbes, Snowden was revealed to be one of the six creators of Zcash, which has a $2 billion market cap. A...
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In Colorado You Can Pay Taxes In Crypto: Will Other States Follow?
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 3:47pm | 856This article was originally published on Gokhshtein Media and appears here with permission. Colorado has become the first state to accept cryptocurrency for payment of taxes and fees. Governor Jared Polis made the announcement in February saying the rollout of the system to accept cryptocurrency...
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Don't Worry About Bitcoin Or Ethereum But These Cryptos Could Be Used To Evade Sanctions, Top US Think Tank Warns
Friday, March 11, 2022 - 6:48am | 529Brookings, an institute described as one of America’s most prestigious think-tanks, believes that law enforcement has a misguided perception of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) as a way to evade sanctions. What Happened: In a report...
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Why Privacy-Oriented Alternatives To Bitcoin Are Really Shooting Up Today
Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - 2:08am | 712Privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies Monero (CRYPTO: XMR) and ZCash (CRYPTO: ZEC) on Wednesday surged 28.3% and 20.9% over 24 hours to $204.90 and $142.52, respectively, seemingly following the news that President Joe Biden would sign an executive order regulating cryptocurrency this week....
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These Are The Crypto Transaction Fees That Increased The Most
Wednesday, February 2, 2022 - 2:00pm | 760Cryptocurrencies are having a hell of a ride these days, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) dipping again after the Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates in March. And besides the —sometimes— mind-bending fluctuations of these digital assets, transactions have also soared to...
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Zcash Rises More Than 6% In 24 hours
Friday, August 6, 2021 - 5:34pm | 357Over the past 24 hours, Zcash's (CRYPTO:ZEC) price rose 6.66% to $126.73. This continues its positive trend over the past week where it has experienced a 15.0% gain, moving from $109.56 to its current price. As it stands right now, the coin's all-time high is $3191.93. The chart below...
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Dogecoin Among Cryptocurrency To Be Accepted By InCommPayments and Flexa Partnership
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 5:57pm | 636A global payment leader is partnering with a digital payments network to facilitate transactions made at retailers with cryptocurrencies that include the popular meme coin Dogecoin. What Happened: InComm Payments is partnering with Flexa, the leading pure-digital payments network to offer a...
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Ethereum, Dogecoin And Other Cryptocurrencies You Can 'Create' Using Your Laptop
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - 5:34am | 650Bitcoin (BTC) hit its all-time high of $41,941.56 just at the beginning of this year, but the apex cryptocurrency is not rising in isolation, the so-called altcoins are also experiencing new highs. Investors can wet their feet in cryptocurrencies by buying the coins directly from exchanges like...
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Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Ethereum & Zcash – American Wrap: 6/23/2020
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 4:10pm | 352Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC/USD Bull Flag Awaits Confirmation To Launch Bitcoin Above $10,000 After rumors from PayPal and Venmo adding cryptocurrency payments, Bitcoin and the rest of the market saw a big pump. BTC/USD peaked at $9,786 before a slight correction to $9,600 but still...
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For Cryptocurrency Traders, The (Down)trend Is Still Your Friend
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 - 9:01am | 1004Well, that was fast. An 18 percent rally during July had Bitcoin investors feeling good for the first time in months. The world's largest cryptocurrency briefly broke above $8,000 and exceeded 6 billion in 24-hour trading volume late in July. That marked the first time it reached those numbers...
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Cryptocurrencies And Crime: A 'Cat-And-Mouse Game' With Law Enforcement
Tuesday, January 2, 2018 - 11:45am | 497Cash was once the preferred form of currency for criminals, but the difficulty in tracing cryptocurrencies has many turning to them for underground activity. The Currency Of The Dark Web Bitcoin — encrypted data that's based on blockchain code and is transferrable between...