Teen Rapper Lil Pump Pushes Online Merchandising with Bitcoin
Forbes 30 Under 30 newbie teen rapper AKA Lil Pump is moving with the times making purchases on his website available to Bitcoiners. The 18-year-old Colombian-American rapper Gazzy García, who now has 1.2 million followers on Twitter, and if that’s not enough, another 17.8 million on Instagram, is giving his merchandizing a 21st century feel with […]
Antitrust Watchdog Investigates Brazil Banks for Restricting Fintech Firms
Reuters reports that Cade, the antitrust watchdog in Brazil, has launched an investigation into four banks in the country for allegedly creating competition hurdles for a fintech company. In a statement issued by Cade, digital banking startup Nubank is said to have fallen foul of these hurdles, set out by Banco do Brasil SA, Caixa […]
Major Crypto Exchanges Record 30% Volume Growth in Q1 2019
The latest Cryptocurrency Exchange Industry Research Report for the first quarter of 2019, released by crypto analytics firm TokenInsight, shows that the main cryptocurrency exchanges experienced a 30% growth in trading volume in the first three months of the year. The report notes that throughout 2019, most exchanges experienced a significant loss of volume, both in […]
Brave Browser Rewards Roll Out
One of the week’s biggest news is that Brave browser users can finally begin to earn cryptocurrency for surfing the web. Brave is a privacy-focused web browser with a native token called Basic Attention Token (BAT) that rewards users for viewing ads, ensuring users finally get incentives for viewing ads as they go online. The […]
Binance Opens Singapore Market in Soft Launch
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange finally sets up shop in Singapore as scheduled earlier this month, according to reports. The Binance Singapore exchange is now live in a soft launch on Tuesday featuring only one trade pair BTC/SGD – allowing Singaporeans to purchase Bitcoin with their local currency. Comparatively, the excitement of the launch as announced […]
Samsung Developing Blockchain Network, Probable Token Issuance
The South Korean international conglomerate, Samsung, is developing its own Ethereum-based Blockchain network with the probable issuance of its own token, “Samsung coin”. According to a source by CoinDesk, an internal associate said that the company’s blockchain task force is developing an Ethereum-based blockchain mainnet. He further stated, “This block chain TF [Task force] is […]
BitcoinNews.com Bitcoin Market Analysis 25th April 2019
After buyer attempts from 23 April to accelerate growth, breaking the upper trend line, at first the price came to a stop and after decreasing in volumes sellers began their initiative. The price fall by 4% was accompanied by increased volumes, but it did not last long. Since 15 April, buyers try to organize growth […]
Japan’s Financial Services Agency Hits Exchanges with Unexpected Inspections
Amidst a sudden drop in cryptocurrency prices at mid-week, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) reported that they had carried out a surprise inspection of two Japanese exchanges. Bitcoin dropped 2.25% to USD 5,409.4 by 12:46 PM ET (04:46 GMT), after rising to a one-month high at USD 5,586.3 in the mid-week. The drop-in prices pushed […]
