Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced support for Lightning Network payment protocol support. The integration will take place this quarter. The addition of this payment solution will allow U.S. stock exchange clients to transact at higher speeds and with lower commissions. OKCoin…
Many members of the crypto community are convinced that the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto – the creator of Bitcoin (BTC) – has changed humanity’s life for the better forever. Unfortunately, the theory has a downside. Bitcoins that supposedly belong to Satoshi Nakamoto…
U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned 73 people and commuted the sentences of 70 others before leaving office, including former Ripple board member Ken Courson. U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of 143 people, which included former Ripple board…
GreenPro Capital, a consulting and investment firm listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, is buying $100 million worth of bitcoins. MicroStrategy’s example is contagious Malaysian consulting and investment firm GreenPro Capital is following MicroStrategy’s lead and buying $100 million worth of…
Jed McCaleb, one of the co-founders of the Ripple project, discounted huge amounts of XRP last year. Ripple sales season. Jed McCaleb, co-founder of Ripple Lab and former CTO, sold more than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency XRP in the first…
Korean gaming company Nexon plans South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange for $460 million. Korea’s largest gaming company Nexon plans to buy the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb. This is reported by the local newspaper Maekyung, citing the management of Nexon. The preliminary purchase…
Chinese mining equipment maker Ebang launching its own cryptocurrency exchange in 2021 Ebang International Holdings Inc. one of the largest manufacturers of mining equipment in China, is launching its own cryptocurrency exchange. The company announced this in an official press release.We…
Dogecoin, a joke cryptocurrency, more than doubled in a matter of hours amid another plunge triggered by an adult film star’s tweet. The cryptocurrency Dogecoin made a new all-time high in trading on Saturday, January 2, testing the $0.14 mark. In…
The year 2020 saw many important events for the cryptocurrency community. Many of them were related to the most capitalized coin, Bitcoin 2020. As we approach the New Year, the BeInCrypto editorial staff decided to look back to see how the…
Canadian augmented reality company NexTech is investing $2 million in bitcoin to diversify its investment portfolio. NexTech CEO Evan Happelberg announced that the company’s initial investment in BTC will be $2 million and that NexTech will continue to invest in the cryptocurrency next year. Gappelberg sees Bitcoin as a secure…
Cryptocurrencies have long established themselves as an investment instrument capable of generating profits quickly. Wells Fargo Investment Institute experts even called bitcoin the best investment instrument, with a year-on-year growth rate of 170%. However, it is not yet clear whether bitcoin…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) introduced the blockchain-based COT platform for tracking carbon emissions. WEF management announced the successful testing of proof of concept under the Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative. The COT platform is designed for mining and metallurgical enterprises.…