Bitcoin may provide some of the best solutions to drive a new economy in the post-COVID-19 world. Aren’t we all searching for a safe haven? Whether we mean literal shelter — four walls and a roof over our heads — or something more sophisticated, the craving for a dependable defense against random chaos has always…
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Travala.com’s proprietary token joins the list of crypto assets accepted by cryptocurrency payment processor, CoinGate. Travala.com’s proprietary token (AVA) joined the list of crypto assets accepted by cryptocurrency payment processor, CoinGate. According to an exclusive announcement sent to Cointelegraph on May 21, CoinGate has integrated Travala.com’s native AVA token into its payment system — reportedly…
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Cointelegraph interviewed merchants and executives from Crypto.com and Pundi X to learn about the current state of crypto payments for retail customers. Paying with crypto has long been at the center of the discussions of why cryptocurrencies exist and why they are useful. But despite promising growth and excitement during crypto’s bullish phases, payments with…
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Judy Shelton, President Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors, has advocated for getting back to a gold standard, possible “in a very cryptocurrency way.” President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors is reiterating her advocacy for the gold standard — and adding digital currency into the mix. In…
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CoinText founder Vin Armani moved to Saipan in April, fearing being labeled an “undesirable” in the continental US and “disappeared”. Vin Armani, the crypto YouTuber and former star of Showtime’s “Gigolo’s”, packed up his life and family and moved to a tiny Pacific island in April to ride out the pandemic and escape the ‘totalitarian…
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Private blockchains that have been specifically designed for enterprise use could be highly desirable targets for hackers’ attacks. When blockchain technology was first brought to the public’s attention, it was lauded on many fronts as “unhackable.” While there are many benefits to blockchain worth noting already, we probably still haven’t seen what its ultimate potential…
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Catherine Coley, CEO of Binance.US, says that traditional finance now recognizes that crypto involves “real assets and real customers with real business models.” “We’re finally recognizing that crypto is just another opportunity in our financial future, rather than seeing it as a kind of misfit or unacceptable type of industry,” says Catherine Coley, CEO of…
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Chinese Communist Party school publishes a new book on crypto. A higher education institution that trains Chinese Communist Party officials has published a new book about cryptocurrency. According to a local blockchain news report on May 19, the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China — also known as the…
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A study from Group-IB reveals the modus operandi of the newly discovered ProLock’s ransomware attack. A new type of ransomware attack emerged in recent months, raising red flags among the cybersecurity community and authorities such as the FBI in the United States. Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has warned that it comes in the form of a…
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Today is the deadline for Dutch crypto companies to register with the Dutch Bank per new AML rules. The deadline is here: On May 18, unregistered Dutch crypto firms could face penalties if they do not fall into line with the Netherlands’ new anti-money laundering (AML) laws, passed by the Dutch Upper House on April…
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