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Bitcoin and Visa Transactions Plunge But Pizza Deliveries Are Up
As the coronavirus wreaks havoc with the global economy, the number of transactions in crypto and fiat currency is falling to record lows. |
Month: March 2020
Coinbase’s Retail Payment Portal Passed $200 Million in Transactions
 NEWS Coinbase’s Retail Payment Portal Passed $200 Million in Transactions
The payment portal for crypto exchange Coinbase passed $200 million in transactions from the platform’s 8,000 integrated retailers. |
Maze Hacker Group Claims Infecting Insurance Giant Chubb with Ransomware
 NEWS Maze Hacker Group Claims Infecting Insurance Giant Chubb with Ransomware
Black hat hacker group claims to have compromised an insurance giant with ransomware. |
US Holding Firm Halted Mining Business After Bitcoin Crashed Below $4K
 NEWS US Holding Firm Halted Mining Business After Bitcoin Crashed Below $4K
Diversified holding company DPW Holdings suspends its crypto mining business Digital Farms about 2 months before Bitcoin halving. |
Pantera Capital CEO: BTC Will ‘Come of Age’ in Crisis, May Top All Time High
 NEWS Pantera Capital CEO: BTC Will ‘Come of Age’ in Crisis, May Top All Time High
In a letter to Investors, CEO Dan Morehead played down concerns about COVID-19’s impact on the crypto market and said he was bullish on BTC. |
Binance Reveals the Secret Behind Its Cryptocurrency Futures Success
 NEWS Binance Reveals the Secret Behind Its Cryptocurrency Futures Success
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Binance’s VP of futures explains how the firm managed to become one of the top crypto futures trading platforms. |
Vitalik Proposes Solution to ‘Embarrassing’ Lack of Bitcoin–Ethereum Bridge
 NEWS Vitalik Proposes Solution to ‘Embarrassing’ Lack of Bitcoin–Ethereum Bridge
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin suggests a DEX-bridge solution to the “embarrassing” lack of easy movement between Bitcoin and Ethereum networks. |
‘Only Fools are Choosing Bitcoin’ Says Gold Bug Peter Schiff
 NEWS ‘Only Fools are Choosing Bitcoin’ Says Gold Bug Peter Schiff
“Only fools are choosing Bitcoin” over gold, according to renowned gold proponent Peter Schiff. |
‘This Will and Needs to Be Bitcoin’s Year’ Says Mike Novogratz
 NEWS ‘This Will and Needs to Be Bitcoin’s Year’ Says Mike Novogratz
Just as Bitcoin’s creation is bound up with 2008 and the Great Recession, Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz sees this year as make-or-break for the cryptocu… |
IMF Weighs the Pros and Cons of a Central Bank Digital Currency
 NEWS IMF Weighs the Pros and Cons of a Central Bank Digital Currency
International Monetary Fund leader, Tao Zhang, discussed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency. |