Fake Coinbase website leads to $20M fraud, 5-year sentence
A phishing scam netted a fraudster luxury cars and foreign vacations, and then a prison sentence.
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It’s been a good week for Bitcoin. The halving doesn’t seem to have done the top cryptocurrency any harm at all, with the dollar value up more than 8 percent over the previous week. Ethereum is up more than 10 percent which just shows that the opportunity for blockchain-based solutions are still red-hot. If you’re…

Uniswap launches NFT marketplace aggregator
Developers say the tool can help users save upwards of 15% on gas fees when shopping for NFTs. 908 Total views 5 Total shares According to a new post on November 30, decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap announced that users can now trade nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, on its native protocol. As told by Uniswap, the…

South African grocery giant ‘Pick n Pay’ intends to accept Bitcoin in all stores nationwide
The company said it will allow customers to pay with any bitcoin lightning-enabled app and QR codes for speedy payments. 89 Total views 2 Total shares Pick n Pay, one of South Africa’s largest supermarket chains, is set to allow its customers to pay for items in all its stores using Bitcoin.According to South African-based…

Bitcoin mining finds fresh support from Russian finance ministry
While supporting crypto mining companies, the Russian lawmakers are still not sure whether they should ban individuals from mining crypto. 141 Total views 13 Total shares As Russia continues to work on new regulations for the cryptocurrency industry, the Russian Ministry of Finance has expressed fresh support to Bitcoin (BTC) mining.Russia should encourage the development…

Price analysis 5/24: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIB
The spot Ether ETFs approval by the SEC has failed to start a rally in Ether and Bitcoin, but this could change after a few weeks.

MXC’s 200% gain hints that LoRaWAN IOT mining projects could rally in 2022
Cryptocurrency mining has become a hot topic of conversation over the past couple of years due to its lucrative nature and the impact the industry has on the environment. The emergence of Web3 and the increased presence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has led to a new class of low-cost mining protocols with low-power network…

Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits a Whopping 80 Quintillion for the First Time
Bitcoin (BTC) has passed another network performance milestone this week as the largest cryptocurrency’s hash rate hit a new record high.Bitcoin secured by 80 quintillion hashes per secondData from monitoring resource Bitinfocharts confirmed Bitcoin’s hash rate exceeded 80 quintillion SHA256 hashes per second Aug. 8, the first time such a level has been reached.Hash rate…