Is Trump right to worry that China could ‘take over’ crypto?

The market capitalizations of all cryptocurrencies in existence surpassed $2 trillion on April 5, according to data from Goingecko, led by the impressive growth of Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and other altcoins in 2021.The cryptocurrency market as a whole has become approximately as valuable as Apple, the second biggest company in the world after Saudi…

Blockchain security firm SlowMist has highlighted five common phishing techniques crypto scammers used on victims in 2022, including malicious browser bookmarks, phony sales orders and trojan malware spread on messaging app Discord.It comes after the security firm recorded a total of 303 blockchain security incidents in the year, with 31.6% of these incidents caused by…

Caymans Island-registered cryptocurrency exchange Blackmoon plans to list encrypted messaging app Telegram’s forthcoming Gram token via a partnership with Swiss crypto custodian Gram Vault. According to a Finance Magnates report on Sept. 10, Blackmoon — which was founded as a traditional financial products provider before launching crypto trading services — plans to boost liquidity by enabling…

The digital ruble will become an integral part of national settlements by 2023 or 2024, Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma predicted. 2754 Total views 16 Total shares Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, believes that the country’s not-yet-launched digital currency is the “highest form of money.”In a…

BTC price cooled off after an impressive 30% monthly gain, but MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor made the case for why he remains bullish on Bitcoin. 110 Total views 1 Total shares This week Bitcoin (BTC) price came within a hair of the $36,000 mark, before abruptly reversing course and correcting to $34,250. After a near

Despite rejecting rumors the e-commerce giant will soon support Bitcoin payments, a spokesperson for Amazon has said the firm is still interested in the crypto space. 1141 Total views 17 Total shares Amazon has refuted recent speculation it may be readying to support Bitcoin payments, asserting it currently has no plans for BTC.According to a…

Crypto lending firm Nexo has paid its token holders a total of $2,409,574.87 in dividends. Nexo reportedly has reached an annualized dividend yield of 12.73%.Nexo announced the completion of its dividend payments in a press release on Aug. 16. According to the press release, Nexo has a user base of over 250,000. Moreover, Nexo’s dividend…

Coinbase has suffered multiple outages since March, often coinciding with volatile Bitcoin trading days. 976 Total views 8 Total shares Coinbase appears to have a capacity problem. Users have pointed out for years that when Bitcoin and other crypto assets are especially volatile, the exchange sometimes goes offline without warning. These outages can prevent customers…

Bitcoin sunk to under $50,000 at the start of US trading on Aug. 5, prompting a huge spike in trading volumes of crypto-related ETFs.