Bitcoin, the decentralized digital currency, was established on January 3, 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous developer(s) who pieced together its original source code. Satoshi mined the very first Bitcoin block and received 50 BTC for the work. After that, the decentralized cryptocurrency network was born, and it would begin to grow and spread throughout the world like a virus. […]

This article and headline were updated on February 19, 2021. As Bitcoin hit new all-time price highs over $53,000 and the asset’s market capitalization passed $1 trillion, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced on Twitter that his company closed out its convertible note offering to buy more bitcoin and raised more than expected at $1.05 billion, per a release.  The release […]

Several major banks across Asia have joined forces to construct a cross-border central bank digital currency, according to a joint announcement issued on Feb. 23. Dubbed the Multiple Central Bank Digital Currency Bridge — or m-CBDC — the project sees the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, and the Digital […]

The cryptocurrency market lost more than $200 billion in just 24 hours after the panic among retail traders caused a crash in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The world’s largest crypto asset Bitcoin dropped below $49,000 on Tuesday as the total market cap of BTC reached $920 billion. Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency reached its lowest level in 3 weeks after ETH […]

Most of us who have been in Bitcoin for a while have gotten ourselves a Paymail where we can receive and send Bitcoin, but only a few of us have taken the next step and made our personal/business email or domain a Bitcoin payable Paymail! With myPaymail.co you can be [email protected] within a few minutes. myPaymail gives everyone the ability […]

Atlanta, Georgia-based digital currency payments firm BitPay has agreed to pay over $500,000 in settlement over sanction violations. The firm settled with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department. BitPay agreed to pay $507,375 to settle its potential civil liability for the violations. As the OFAC alleges, it allowed users in North Korea, […]

Three federal agencies in the United States have published a report detailing one of the tools the North Korean government has been using to allegedly steal digital currencies globally. Known as AppleJeus, it poses as legitimate digital currency trading software, the report claimed. The agencies believe AppleJeus has infected victims in over 30 countries around the world. The February 17 […]

Bitcoin has been booming in part because of the digital gold narrative, among many other key factors. However, a veteran trader is reminding crypto holders of an old US Executive Order banning gold, warning that it could very well happen again, but with Bitcoin. Are they just trolling, or is there truth to the claim? Here’s everything you need to […]

The South Korean government has decided on a date for its 20 percent cryptocurrency taxation policy. However, the impending crypto tax regulation is being met with some resistance. Kimchi Crypto Tax Law Gets Finalized Start Date South Korea has once again altered the date for the implementation of its controversial crypto tax plan. According to local news outlet Arirang on […]