Cointelegraph Talks Recap: Blockchain Giving Power to the LGBTQ+ People Seven experts from different institutions and organizations discussed topics relating to diversity, inclusion, challenges and opportunities for LGBTQ+ with Cointelegraph. Yesterday, Cointelegraph hosted another episode of “CT Talks,” dedicated to Pride Month and addressing important questions on diversity, inclusion, stigmatization, acceptance, challenges and opportunities for […]
Month: August 2020
BTCS Crypto Portfolio Expands Over 280 in Q2 2020 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
BTCS Crypto Portfolio Expands Over 280% in Q2 2020 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic While many institutions struggled to recover from the market downturn experienced in March, publicly-traded, blockchain-focused firm BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS) has increased its portfolio by 285 percent in Q2 2020, through well-timed investments in both bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), and crossed the […]
US DoJ Charges Group of Individuals Who Stole 25 Mln in Crypto Via SIM Swapping
US DoJ Charges Group of Individuals Who Stole $2.5 Mln in Crypto Via SIM Swapping The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a group of hackers might face over 100 years in prison after stealing $2.5 million. The United States Department of Justice released a fifteen-count indictment on May 9 that charges a hacking group […]
Five psychological reasons why people fall for scams and how to avoid them
Five psychological reasons why people fall for scams – and how to avoid them Con artists, fraudsters and their hapless victims are a staple of the news cycle and hardly a week seems to pass without a story about an e-mail lottery scam or a telephone fraud. Many reading these stories perhaps just raise their eyebrows […]
Coinbase Mulls Listing Ampleforth Paxos Gold Wrapped Bitcoin amp More
US-based major crypto exchange Coinbase said it is exploring an additional list of 19 cryptoassets that might be offered to their clients in an unspecified future. These assets include: Ampleforth (AMPL) Band Protocol (BAND) Balancer (BAL) Blockstack (STX) Curve Fetch.ai (FET) Flexacoin (FXC) Helium (HLM) Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) Kava (KAVA) Melon (MLN) Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) PAX […]
BEWARE OF BELLS and WHISTLES and UNFOUNDED CLAIMS SOME HOME TRUTHS ABOUT ONPASSIVE AND PASSIVE INCOME
BEWARE OF BELLS and WHISTLES and UNFOUNDED CLAIMS SOME HOME TRUTHS ABOUT ONPASSIVE AND “PASSIVE INCOME” At one time or another in our online journey, we’ve been led to believe we can get-rich-quick or live a luxurious lifestyle on passive income for very little to no work involved. Even more now than ever, there […]
Twitter Hack: Three arrests for Bitcoin Scam
Compact: On July 15th, a spectacular hack succeeded, affecting the Twitter accounts of over 100 celebrities. The attackers used the control over the accounts to commit advance fraud with Bitcoin. Now three young men have been arrested. One of them is still a minor. The accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Elon Musk were […]
Here’s Where the Earliest ETH Ever Mined Ended Up 5 Years Later
Here’s Where the Earliest ETH Ever Mined Ended Up 5 Years Later Coinfirm details what happened to the first mined Ethereum after the asset's launch in 2015. Ethereum, a household name in the crypto industry, fired up its network on July 30, 2015, ut what happened […]
