A recent study by the Bank of Canada (BoC) has shown a decline in the ownership of cryptocurrencies over the two years. The BoC has attributed this decline in crypto ownership to ecosystem collapses, regulatory hurdles, and price depreciation. Bitcoin’s Decline Most Notable According to the Bitcoin Omnibus Survey, Bitcoin’s ownership across the country dipped…
Intel is not done yet. The company’s plan to become a big player in the semiconductor business is even more ambitious than we thought. Today’s news arrives via the WSJ, “Intel Corp. has struck an unusual $30 billion funding partnership with Brookfield Asset Management Inc.” Both companies will finance and build a new factory in…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits…
It has become abundantly apparent that the Bitcoin crash-induced crypto winter hasn’t managed to seduce bears. The crash in the broader cryptocurrency market, which sent investors running en-masse, has resulted in a number of layoffs at this (not so) budding sector’s most preeminent firms. Coinsquare, a leading exchange headquartered just north of the U.S., is…
It seems that not a day goes by without a news story highlighting the shortcomings of the current banking system. In a world with alternatives growing in viability daily, incidents, like the following, serve as a powerful incentive to pay attention to Bitcoin.The latest example of the power banks have over individuals comes from Canada…
Over the past 72 hours, bomb threats attempting to extort Bitcoin (BTC) from business owners and governmental agencies have taken the world by storm, affecting thousands across Canada, the U.S., and New Zealand. Although the threats have begun to recede from the limelight in the western world, the issue may only be getting started across…
An unnamed Bitcoin ATM provider serving the Canadian market was scammed last year across a number of the nation’s cities. Police are now seeking information regarding four suspects believed to be involved in the fraud. The four men are believed to have taken around US$145,000 from the machines over the course of 10 days in…
A recent study by the Bank of Canada (BoC) revealed that crypto ownership in the country had slowed over the past two years. However, recent sentiment from Coinbase’s Country Director for Canada, Lucas Matheson, suggests Canadians are slowly warming up to crypto again. Canadians Adopting Crypto Payments In a conversation with Cointelegraph, Matheson mentioned that…
David Heinemeier Hansson has backtracked on his decision to not support crypto. The Danish programmer who is famous for creating the Ruby on Rails programming language had been a staunch opponent of the crypto mission in the past. For Hansson, the ideologies behind the creation of cryptocurrencies did not seem to make sense in the…
Crypto Head recently published a report placing the United States on top of its list of “Crypto ready” countries. One indication that the country is ready to adopt cryptocurrencies is the whopping number of Bitcoin ATMs presently operating in the U.S. Related Reading | Elon Musk’s “Baby Doge” Tweet Spikes The Dogecoin Price The research…