Criptos News

Latest news about blockchain and cryptocurrencies

Alleged Bitcoin Fog Operator Arrested for Money Laundering, Admin Accused of Mixing 1.2 Million BTC

U.S. law enforcement arrested the alleged operator of Bitcoin Fog, Roman Sterlingov in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Documents show Sterlingov is accused of laundering over 1.2 million bitcoin via the Bitcoin Fog mixer, a tool that allows users to mix transactions together. According to federal investigators, Sterlingov ran the operation for ten years and processed […]…

Read more →

5 Ways Visa Wants to Work with Crypto and CBDCs

The Visa CEO Al Kelly has outlined five different opportunities his company sees for payments firms in the “crypto and bitcoin (BTC)” space – as well as the world of stablecoins and central bank-issued tokens. In a Q2 2021 results earnings call, Kelly once again reaffirmed his and Visa’s position that tokens such as BTC are “digital gold,” while “digital…

Read more →

A Closer Look at the Environmental Impact of Bitcoin Mining

Christopher Bendiksen, Head of Research at CoinShares, major European major digital asset manager.


Bitcoin (BTC) is a settlement system like FedWire, not a payments aggregator like VisaIt uses energy to deliver that function independently of central authoritiesGlobal energy production continues to rely on fossil fuelsHowever, cryptocurrency mining is mobile…

Continue reading on https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/a-closer-look-at-the-environmental-impact-of-bitcoin-mining-9869.htm

Read more →

PayPal Crypto, Goldman Sachs Vehicle, BTC Bugatti and 20 Crypto Jokes

What a week! (Well, another one.) PayPal will launch a service that would allow its customers to pay with BTC, ETH, LTC, and BCH, Visa partnered with Crypto.com to settle transactions in USDC on Ethereum, Goldman Sachs might offer its first investment vehicles for BTC and other unspecified digital assets in Q2, and Tesla started contributing fixes to open-source software built on the Bitcoin…

Read more →

Canadian Company Mogo Offers Bitcoin Rewards for Clients Engaging in a New Mortgage or Refinancing

On Monday, the publicly-listed Canadian company Mogo announced the firm is extending the bitcoin rewards program applied to the firm’s prepaid Visa card to the operation’s Mogomortgage product. Mogo members leveraging the Mogomortgage platform can earn up to $3,100 in bitcoin if they engage in a new mortgage or refinance an existing real estate loan. […]…

Read more →

Payment Giant Visa Integrates USDC Stablecoin Support for Settlement

On Monday, the American multinational financial services corporation Visa announced that digital currency payments have arrived on Visa’s settlement platform. The payment giant revealed that the company will leverage USD coin (USDC), the regulated token built on top of the Ethereum network. A lot Has Changed Since Dee Hock founded Visa Visa has announced cryptocurrency […]…

Read more →