Six Bitcoin funds set to debut in Israel following regulatory approval

Marathon plans to divert all hash power to its new, regulatory compliant Bitcoin mining pool from May 1. 103 Total views 7 Total shares Major U.S.-based mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings has announced the launch of what it describes as the first North American Bitcoin mining pool that is “fully compliant with U.S. regulations.”According to…

German banking and financial services company Commerzbank and technology companies Continental and Siemens have jointly conducted a money market security transaction pilot using blockchain technology. Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported on the development on Feb. 21.Money market securities are short-terms assets that serve for financing companies and usually have a maturity of one year or less.…

MetaMask has played a pivotal role in onboarding millions of new users to the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance markets. 694 Total views 24 Total shares Crypto payment gateway Bitfinex Pay has integrated with MetaMask, the popular browser and wallet extension powered by ConsenSys, potentially opening the door to tens of millions of users. The integration, which…

Overstock’s venture capital subsidiary Medici Ventures has invested in decentralized social network Minds, Inc. (Minds.com), according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Oct. 22.Founded in 2011, Minds is a decentralized social networking platform that rewards users for their activity online via cryptocurrencies, revenue, and views of their content. Recently, Minds launched its native crypto…

An investigation provided in-depth info regarding how sextortion scams remain profitable for cybercriminals. 1947 Total views 43 Total shares A study carried out by SophosLabs in conjunction with cryptocurrency intelligence company, CipherTrace, revealed that sextortion scams are a profitable business. Between September 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020, nearly $500,000 in profits we gained by…

Online events are becoming more common as coronavirus cases continue to surge. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the blockchain community has seen an uptake in virtual hackathons this year, a concept which is actually proving to be beneficial.For example, hackathon management platform TAIKAI works with organizations to facilitate a virtual open network…

The $8,000 mark seems to be an important price point for crypto’s market leader, Bitcoin (BTC). Since its breakdown from $9,400, the digital asset has lost and regained the $8,000 level several times, sitting at $8,300 at press time. Much of the time, altcoins follow Bitcoin’s lead in terms of price, making the digital asset’s…

ADA’s daily close above the $2.30 resistance and a classic bullish technical analysis pattern signal that the altcoin is ready to hit a new all-time high. 483 Total views 2 Total shares Smart contracts have been a revolutionary force in the blockchain industry because they have enabled the creation of decentralized finance protocols, nonfungible tokens…

Multi-asset investment platform and social network eToro is allegedly planning to launch a debit card in the second quarter of 2020.On Dec. 9, Business Insider reported that the United Kingdom-based digital asset trading platform’s 12 million users will be able to spend their earnings via a debit card, planned for launch in Q2 of next…