Mastercard Launches Global Program to Help Cryptocurrency Startups Scale Their Innovations – Featured Bitcoin News

Payments giant Mastercard has launched a new, global program for cryptocurrency startups. Seven crypto companies have already joined the program. Together with Mastercard, they will work to “expand and accelerate innovation around digital asset technology and make it safer and easier for people and institutions to buy, spend and hold cryptocurrencies and digital assets.” Mastercard’s New Crypto Program Mastercard announced […]

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NFT-based game Splinterlands raises $3.6M via private token sale

Splinterlands — a trading card game built on the blockchain — has concluded a private token sale that netted the company $3.6 million in proceeds, offering further evidence that investors are keen to back promising crypto plays. The sale centered around the SPS token, which was built for the Splintershards Decentralized Autonomous Organization and will form the basis of game-related […]

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Pennsylvania legislature mulls crypto task force bill

A bill to establish a crypto task force in Pennsylvania has been introduced in the state’s General Assembly. According to the details of HB1724 published by LegiScan, the proposed crypto task force will be mandated to examine the potential impact of widespread crypto and digital currency adoption in the state. A moderately partisan bill introduced by eight Democratic and two […]

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Bitcoin Owner Moves 9,500 BTC to an Unknown Wallet

The overall activity of Bitcoin (BTC) whale accounts has increased rapidly since the start of this week amid a substantial jump in the price of BTC. The world’s largest digital currency jumped above $40,000 on Monday for the first time in six weeks. Whale Alert, a blockchain tracking and analytics firm, highlighted a significant Bitcoin transaction involving 9,500 BTC today. According […]

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Bitmart seeks restraining order to prevent hackers from selling fake BSV

The owner of crypto exchange Bitmart has filed a bid for pre-arbitration injunctive relief to prevent Chinese hackers from making illicit transfers using fraudulent Bitcoin SV (BSV) on its platform.  According to a July 26 report, GBM Global Holdings, Bitmart’s owner, filed its bid with a New York federal judge despite the fraudulent activities largely taking place out of state. […]

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Yahoo! Japan works with Line to launch NFT trading

Major Japanese internet company Yahoo! Japan has partnered with messaging giant Line to launch nonfungible token (NFT) trading. Line officially announced Tuesday that its cryptocurrency-focused subsidiary LVC Corporation would collaborate with Yahoo! Japan to enable secondary trading of NFTs issued on Line’s proprietary blockchain. As part of the partnership, Yahoo! Japan would place Line blockchain-based NFTs on its online auction […]

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Solana hackathon aims to bolster crypto innovation in India

Blockchain platform Solana announced an open invitation to Building out Loud, a hackathon venture exclusively for Indian developers and entrepreneurs. According to the official statement, Solana plans to launch the 3-week long event in collaboration with Devfolio and YouTube influencer Superpumped.  Solana’s announcement consists of a free and open invitation to “students, Web2 & Web3 developers, engineers and anyone looking to […]

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Amazon to Accept Cryptocurrency; Beware of Tesla Pumping and Dumping Style

Although it's not official yet that Amazon will start accepting cryptocurrencies as payment, the crypto community is already overly excited. However, this could be nothing more than Elon Musk style of "pumping" and then "dumping" cryptocurrencies. Large companies are betting on crypto Large multinational companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and now Amazon have long been pursuing cryptocurrencies and blockchain […]

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