On January 28-29, 2021, The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) is preparing to kick off its eighth exhibition with another cryptocurrency and blockchain-focused event. The event organizers have lined up more speakers than ever, as this year’s TNABC is going to be 100% virtual due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. …
Read More »Why The Dark Net’s Most Active Market Ditched Bitcoin For Monero
Bitcoin initially became popular as a way to pay for illegal goods on the dark web marketplace the Silk Road. But just recently as cryptocurrencies enter the mainstream media once again, the current most active marketplace on the dark net has ditched Bitcoin in favor of Monero. Here’s why Bitcoin’s …
Read More »While Bitcoin’s Price Dips in Value, Crypto Assets Like Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash Shine
The price of bitcoin has dropped on Sunday losing more than 6% during the last 24 hours, but a myriad of other coins have seen significant gains in contrast. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash, ethereum, and monero have all jumped in value while bitcoin has seen a decent drop. Bitcoin (BTC) …
Read More »Digital Monetisation in a COVID-19 Era: A Fresh Approach
Gather Network offers users new streams of income as the world is forced to live online The continued grip of CoronaVirus has seen the majority of the world’s population locked down at least once in the last year. As 2021 gets underway, we are more reliant on a stable internet …
Read More »Monero (XMR) Craters 15% Amid Delisting From Leading Exchange
Monero (XMR) is the worst-performing crypto asset of the past 24 hours. The privacy-focused coin is down 15% in the past day, pushing below key support levels amid a strong drop level. Chart of XMR's price action over the past week from TradingView.com Its drop comes as Bitcoin has done …
Read More »Darknet Giant White House Market Drops Bitcoin, Supports Monero Payments Only
The prominent darknet marketplace, White House Market, has dropped bitcoin payments and now accepts monero only. The darknet marketplace administrators detailed that there was an issue with a payment processor blocking Tor exit nodes, but the full transition to monero was always planned. A number of crypto proponents have reported …
Read More »Bitcoin Sets New ATH Above $25,000: Bitcoin Dominance Eyes 70% (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s Christmas continued with a bullish performance as the cryptocurrency has marked another all-time high – this time breaking above $25,000. Most altcoins have also added value, including Litecoin – a 15% surge for LTC has taken it to a new yearly high of about $130. Bitcoin Paints A Fresh …
Read More »Secret Ethereum Bridge Goes Live, Converting ERC-20 Tokens Into Privacy Coins
According to an announcement from the Secret Network blog, their new protocol named the ‘Secret’ bridge is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. The Secret Ethereum Bridge was designed to create programmable privacy tokens out of ETH and other ERC-20 tokens, a purpose that could function similarly with Monero (XMR) …
Read More »Two Rubygems Infected With Crypto-Stealing Feature Malware Spotted by Researchers
New infected Rubygems packages have been spotted in its open-source software repository and which contained malicious code mainly used to steal cryptocurrencies from users via supply chain attack. Two Cryptocurrency-Stealers Rubygems Detected by Researchers at Sonatype According to Ax Sharma, a security researcher at Sonatype, the two gems detected — …
Read More »Heal Thyself with Leela Quantum Tech’s ‘Plan B’ Bitcoin Edition Quantum T-Shirt
Leela Quantum Tech (LQT), a company working on improving the health and wellness of the population by using advanced technologies to create easy-to-use products has launched a special Bitcoin edition of the world’s first Quantum T-Shirt. Aptly called the Plan B edition, this piece of clothing comes with the slogan “It’s …
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