Category Archives: Coins

Craig Wright’s Old Job Application Confirmed by Gavin Andresen, Community Is Trolling CSW for This in Light of His Satoshi-Related Claims

Craig Wright’s Old Job Application Confirmed by Gavin Andresen, Community Is Trolling CSW for This in Light of His Satoshi-Related Claims

The community, represented by the lead Monero developer Riccardo Spagni, podcaster Udi Wertheimer and a few others, has been sarcastically discussing the fact that the self-assumed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright (CSW) during one of the court sessions referred to the fact of seeking a job at the Bitcoin Foundation in the early days of Bitcoin. Back […]

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Still Doesn’t Get How Bitcoin Mining Works

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Still Doesn't Get How Bitcoin Mining Works

Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports who has now become the patron saint of Robinhood day traders, stubbornly refuses to even try to understand Bitcoin, according to his viral tweet. Portnoy still stands by his video posted during the peak of the crypto frenzy in December 2017, in which he compares the process of […]

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Still Doesn’t Get How Bitcoin Mining Works

Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Still Doesn't Get How Bitcoin Mining Works

Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports who has now become the patron saint of Robinhood day traders, stubbornly refuses to even try to understand Bitcoin, according to his viral tweet. Portnoy still stands by his video posted during the peak of the crypto frenzy in December 2017, in which he compares the process of […]

CME Bitcoin Options Market Continues to See Rapid Growth: Data

CME Bitcoin Options Market Continues to See Rapid Growth: Data

Bitcoin options offered by Chicago-based CME Group are now responsible for almost 25 percent of the whole market, according to data provided by crypto derivatives startup Skew. CME is in second place in terms of demand only after unregulated Dutch exchange Deribit.     The latter still accounts for a 68 percent chunk of the […]

CME Bitcoin Options Market Continues to See Rapid Growth: Data

CME Bitcoin Options Market Continues to See Rapid Growth: Data

Bitcoin options offered by Chicago-based CME Group are now responsible for almost 25 percent of the whole market, according to data provided by crypto derivatives startup Skew. CME is in second place in terms of demand only after unregulated Dutch exchange Deribit.     The latter still accounts for a 68 percent chunk of the […]

Bitcoin Is ‘Good Idea,’ but Most Bitcoiners Are ‘Total Idiots,’ Says Nassim Taleb

Bitcoin Is ‘Good Idea,’ but Most Bitcoiners Are 'Total Idiots,' Says Nassim Taleb

Mathematical statistician and ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb considers most Bitcoiners ‘idiots who can’t get nuances beyond fortune cookies,’ according to his recent tweet. image by @nntaleb Despite not thinking highly of the cryptocurrency community, he believes that the cryptocurrency itself is ‘a great idea.’   Related Not all Bitcoiners  Bitcoin’s roots lie in libertarianism, and […]

Bitcoin Is ‘Good Idea,’ but Most Bitcoiners Are ‘Total Idiots,’ Says Nassim Taleb

Bitcoin Is ‘Good Idea,’ but Most Bitcoiners Are 'Total Idiots,' Says Nassim Taleb

Mathematical statistician and ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb considers most Bitcoiners ‘idiots who can’t get nuances beyond fortune cookies,’ according to his recent tweet. image by @nntaleb Despite not thinking highly of the cryptocurrency community, he believes that the cryptocurrency itself is ‘a great idea.’   Related Not all Bitcoiners  Bitcoin’s roots lie in libertarianism, and […]

Bitcoin Needs to Decouple from Stocks to Hit New ATH: Weiss Ratings

Bitcoin Needs to Decouple from Stocks to Hit New ATH: Weiss Ratings

The crypto branch of a major agency working in financial analytics, Weiss Ratings, which follows major trends and events in the cryptocurrency industry, has tweeted that Bitcoin will likely reach a new all-time high if it decouples from the stock market. “Bitcoin needs to decouple from stocks” The team behind Weiss Crypto Ratings has taken to Twitter to touch […]

Bitcoin Needs to Decouple from Stocks to Hit New ATH: Weiss Ratings

Bitcoin Needs to Decouple from Stocks to Hit New ATH: Weiss Ratings

The crypto branch of a major agency working in financial analytics, Weiss Ratings, which follows major trends and events in the cryptocurrency industry, has tweeted that Bitcoin will likely reach a new all-time high if it decouples from the stock market. “Bitcoin needs to decouple from stocks” The team behind Weiss Crypto Ratings has taken to Twitter to touch […]

Former BTC-e’s Alexander Vinnik Gets $140 Mln Confiscated by NZ Police on Money Laundering Charges

Former BTC-e’s Alexander Vinnik Gets $140 Mln Confiscated by NZ Police on Money Laundering Charges

The NZ Stuff news outlet has spread the word that the local police have arrested a mammoth-sized amount of funds – $140 mln – which Alexander Vinnik kept in his Canton Business Corporation headquartered in NZ. Apart from owning Canton, Vinnik previously ran the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange set up by him and another Russian citizen Alexei […]