Twitter fell victim to a coordinated hack on Wednesday that targeted the accounts of prominent users with big followings, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Kanye West, and sent out tweets from their accounts asking for bitcoin.One sample tweet, sent from Biden’s account, promised: “All bitcoin sent to the below address…
Bitcoin Rush: A Way to Make Attractive Crypto Trading Profits
0 Although market conditions have been like a virtual rollercoaster, many people are still making considerable profits from cryptocurrency trading.This leaves new and aspiring traders wondering how they do it.These successful people have found the keys to unlock the secrets of success for smarter leveraging.They use smart tools with a combination of industry knowledge and…
Interview: Bitlumex’ Varun Satyam Explains their Process of Promoting Crypto Companies
Bitlumex is a platform that helps businesses in the crypto and blockchain sector to promote their brand on leading publications.Created by Varun Satyam and Yash Jejani, it offers a variety of packages to suit the individual needs of every business.In order to get a better understanding of their venture, we asked Varun a few questions…
Last Time This On-Chain Signal Appeared, Bitcoin Rallied 30% in 2 Months
After a rally from $3,700 to $10,000 in a matter of months, Bitcoin’s upward trend has paused over recent weeks.BTC’s inability to continue to surge higher has left some expecting downside.Chart of BTC’s price action over the past three months from TradingView.com Prominent gold proponent Peter Schiff recently wrote on Twitter that he expects Bitcoin…
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank Evansville, IN, USA / WABX 107.5 | Evansville’s Classic Rock Station Jul 16, 2020 5:09 AM By Carolina Mandl and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Allowing millions of Brazilian users of Facebook’s WhatsApp to send money as easily as texts seemed a golden opportunity for…
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank
Allowing millions of Brazilian users of Facebook’s WhatsApp to send money as easily as texts seemed a golden opportunity for the world’s largest social media company. The ubiquitous messaging service was finally entering the financial services arena with a payment service in Latin America’s largest economy, after years of questions over how Facebook would make…
Fred Wilson Disses Ethereum, Brownnoses Libra and Bitcoin
Venture capitalist Fred Wilson is backpedaling after one of his many lame predictions blew up in his face.Again. This time, Wilson dissed Ethereum while praising bitcoin and brown-nosing Facebook’s beleaguered Libra “cryptocurrency.” The Union Square Ventures co-founder distanced himself from Ethereum, saying it disappoints him.“Ethereum, as many of you know, confounds me,” Wilson lamented on…
Shopify Now Allows Cryptocurrency Payments: Will It Help Widen Its Market?
The use of cryptocurrency is becoming more popular as more people and industries are starting to embrace it.It took quite a while for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, DogeCoin, and many other more to get where it is today.After all, the father of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, has been around since 2008.It was really only a few…
WhatsApp: Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank, Technology News, ETtech
It is not the first time Facebook appears to have misread the regulatory runes as it seeks to enter the data-rich world of finance Reuters | July 16, 2020, 17:05 IST Allowing millions of Brazilian users of Facebook ‘s WhatsApp to send money as easily as texts seemed a golden opportunity for the world’s largest…
Communication collapse: Inside Facebook’s tussle with Brazil’s central bank By Reuters
2/2 © Reuters.FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto speaks near Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes while leaving Alvorada Palace in Brasilia 2/2 By Carolina Mandl and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Allowing millions of Brazilian users of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB )’s WhatsApp to send money as easily as texts seemed a…