Popular trading app Robinhood has revealed that its international expansion will be “crypto first.” The company said from the regulatory standpoint, crypto is “probably the easiest way to go global.” The trading platform is also
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Coinbase experienced a surge in traffic following an ad during the Super Bowl on Feb 13. As a result, the exchange had to throttle traffic for a few minutes. Coinbase Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee
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Crypto mergers and acquisitions (M&A) grew from $1.1 billion in value in 2020 to $55 billion, representing a massive increase of 4,846%, according to a PwC report. The average size of an M&A increased threefold,
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Netflix has ordered a documentary series about the couple who allegedly laundered billions of dollars from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. Aspiring rapper Heather Morgan and her husband, Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, were arrested in New York
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent out a warning to gullible singles looking for love, to be on the lookout for romance scams making use of cryptocurrencies. In a recent press release, the FBI San
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The California-based technology company and the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, Intel, has revealed the company will “contribute to the development of blockchain technologies” by offering “energy-efficient accelerators.” Intel executive Raja M. Koduri
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The Russian Interior Ministry reportedly took down four major illegal dark web websites, which generated more than $260 million in cryptocurrency revenue from the sale of stolen credit cards. These platforms are Ferum Shop, Trump’s
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A white hat hacker known as “Tree of Alpha” recently averted a significant crisis for Coinbase, involving its Advanced Trading platform. The hacker called “Tree of Alpha”, called Coinbase and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, after
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University students in Russia minting digital currencies in their dormitories risk penalties and even criminal charges, according to a legal expert quoted by local media. The warning comes as Russian authorities are trying to curb
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Speaking in an interview on Friday, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi explained that the company will accept cryptocurrencies “at some point.” Khosrowshahi noted that there were two downsides to leveraging the cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, such as
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