Worst month since 2022 bear market? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Singapore-based crypto exchange KuCoin has partnered with Israel-based payment processing company Simplex to let its users purchase crypto via credit card, an official announcement revealed on March 27.The exchange has already added the service to its assets page, the announcement reports. Now users can purchase Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHABC)…

Part of the problem is the airdrop model for token distributions, which has grown in popularity in recent years.

Bitcoin’s payments for Venezuelan passport applications disabled “temporarily” without official explanation. 870 Total views 30 Total shares Venezuela’s Administrative Service for Identification, Migration, and Foreigners, known as SAIME, recently began to accept Bitcoin (BTC) for passport applications from Venezuelan citizens living abroad. As of today, however, officials have disabled the new payment method without explanation.People…

The United States securities regulator has handed down nearly $4 million in fines to crypto exchange Coinme for allegedly offering unregistered securities and giving “misleading statements” on its crypto token UpToken (UP).On April 28 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it settled charges against Coinme, its subsidiary Up Global SEZC and the CEO of…

A key Bitcoin trading indicator has hit its “tightest point” in a year. The last time it happened, Bitcoin pumped 20% in four months.

Germany’s Bitcoin stack briefly dipped below 5,000 BTC after sending a mass of funds to Coinbase, Bitstamp, and Kraken but has since moved some back.

The living “El Primero” or “The FIrst” NFT immortalizes an economic moment in sci-fi history by fusing future tech with Star Trek history. 103 Total views 4 Total shares The signature of Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry has gone boldly where no NFT has gone before — into the code for life itself.Back in 1965,…

Bittrex Global CEO Oliver Linch believes crypto conferences won’t exist in five to 10 years — because crypto will become just a part of traditional finance. 327 Total views 4 Total shares Crypto needs to establish itself as a “brand new” component of traditional finance, rather than try to squeeze itself into existing financial products,…

Of all the developments in blockchain technology over recent years, enterprise adoption has perhaps been the most anticlimactic. As the initial coin offering bubble started to inflate during 2017, blockchain entrepreneurs and commentators alike were hyping the technology as a solution for almost every industry and business problem in existence. Fast-forward to 2020, and progress in…