In connection with the recent hacker attack on the Colonial Pipeline and the growing scale of bitcoin extortion, the US President plans to raise the issue of regulating the cryptosphere at the next G7 summit. Jake Sullivan, the current national security adviser to Joe Biden, told reporters about...
On June 7, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) stated that investigators succeeded in recovering huge amounts in crypto that were paid in ransom to cybercriminals who attacked the American oil pipeline system Colonial Pipeline. CNN was the first to publish the news. The hack took place in...
The US National Treasury issued a report which defines new regulatory terms for cryptocurrencies. Transactions worth $10.000 and more must be reported to the IRS. This proposal was made in terms of president Biden's suggested American Families Plan. It puts forward a number of changes like...
Newlyweds Rebecca Rose and Peter Kacherginsky from the United States have found a non-trivial way to tie the knot. Instead of wedding rings, they used something more secure - non-fungible tokens (NFT), which are tied to their blockchain accounts. The wedding began as a traditional Jewish ceremony,...
House of Representatives of the US state Georgia introduced a bill that suggests creating a new financial literacy educational program, which will cover studying the crypto industry too. Six Republican state congressmen presented the draft on March 1. On March 8, the House approved the proposal by...
Coinbase made it to the top 10 free apps in the US App Store. As of Friday, January 29th, Coinbase is ranked 4th behind Robinhood, Webull, and Reddit, and ahead of TikTok, Cash App, and Zoom. Coinbase entered the top 30 free apps in the App Store earlier this month. Ranked leader Robinhood, a...
Many people associate blockchain with safety and distribution systems. The winner of a contention held by the United States Department of Defense represented these features from a new perspective. As innovations have their impact on modern warfare, the DoD keeps exploring methods to practice them...
The House Energy And Commerce Committee has studied 38 drafts as a result of which two proposed laws referring to crypto and blockchain surveys were accepted. Accordingly, blockchain engineering will be analysed more carefully and be the object of voting in the House of Representatives. Darren...
Investors expect an exacerbation of the trade war between China and the United States over the coronavirus. This could affect the price of bitcoin, which previously fell below $9,000. It is reported by Bitcoinist. The day before, bitcoin reached $9203, but subsequently, its market value fell to...
Recently, the United States issued 80 million checks for Americans worth $1,200. Checks were issued to help citizens affected by the coronavirus so that they could buy needs, food, and pay utility bills. However, it seems that some Americans just decided to exchange their dollars for...
Bitcoin Depot, the largest Bitcoin ATM operator in the US, disables some of them to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. First of all, this applies to devices installed in places with high traffic to help to distance people in an epidemic. According to the company, about 10% of its ATMs...
Andrew Yang, the democratic candidate of the United States presidential elections and an entrepreneur, withdrew his campaign for running for the presidency. Yang spoke to his supporters on the matter, telling that it's already clear from the numbers that he's not going to win the race and he's not...
The United States needs to develop a unified approach to regulating the crypto market so as not to harm the development of the industry. This was said by the presidential candidate in the 2020 elections, Andrew Yang, in an interview with Bloomberg. He stressed that without a single set of rules and...
36% of US small and medium-sized businesses accept cryptocoins as a payment method, and 59% of them previously acquired such assets for their own use. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the order of the insurance company HSB. PRESS RELEASE: Our new national survey results conducted by...
Events across the world are affecting the price of BTC. The killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is one of the events that make the market move. As was expected, the oil jumped in price, and gold did so. But in nowadays world, there is a new safe asset - BTC. It rose in price for 5% in just...
People who have Bitcoin in Iran are asking for $30,000 through Iran’s forum for the buying and vending of Bitcoin termed as local Bitcoin. This rate goes beyond the extreme high set by Bitcoin in the year 2017. This surprising rise comes as a result of an air attack carried by the US army which...
Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce leader, sprang a partnership with Lolli, a BTC bonuses shopping application. Now Alibaba users can get BTC when buying online. News about the partnership was published on November 11, Singles Day, which is a Chinese shopping holiday and is supposed to be one of the...
One of BTC-e currency exchange owners, Alexander Vinnik whose extradition from Greece the US is inquiring to face illegal charges, presently face a formal lawsuit in California. Previously, Vinnik was blamed for stealing Bitcoins from various virtual currency exchanges and now the US makes attempts...