PayPal-owned Venmo launches cryptocurrency trading

Payments app Square made headlines — and dollars — when it integrated Bitcoin trading into its mobile platform back during the crypto bull market of winter 2017. Now, rival payments firm Venmo, owned by PayPal, is following suit by launching cryptocurrency trading for four major coins: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Litceoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).Beginning on Tuesday and set to be widely available …

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More Americans have heard of Dogecoin than Ethereum: Survey

In just over five years since it launched, Ethereum introduced the world to smart contracts, decentralized finance, yield farming and non-fungible tokens, and has long stood just behind Bitcoin as the second-largest blockchain project by market capitalization.Dogecoin (DOGE) is a meme cryptocurrency which has provided no innovation, has no real raison d’etre, and is only popular because it became the plaything of …

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Ethereum Approaches Next Major Break, $3K Is The Key

Ethereum recovered nicely above the $2,750 resistance zone against the US Dollar. However, ETH price must clear $3,000 for a steady increase in the coming sessions. Ethereum is up over 15% and it cleared the $2,750 resistance zone. The price is still well below the $3,000 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a crucial contracting triangle …

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Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series – Cointelegraph Magazine

There is a Reddit post from August 2013, in which a purported time traveler shared a dystopian future brought on by the proliferation of Bitcoin in the year 2025. “Things are looking bleak here, and some of you will carry blood on your hands,” the time traveler warned readers, telling them of a world of vast inequality and economic decline. …

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Jackson, Tennessee follows Miami’s lead to adopt Bitcoin operations

Jackson, Tennessee is the latest city in the United States moving to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) payments and mining, following recent crypto developments in Florida.Jackson Mayor Scott Conger announced Wednesday that the city is actively exploring the option to pay its employees in cryptocurrency in addition to mining Bitcoin and adding it on the city’s balance sheet. The mayor hinted that …

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Etiënne vantKruys – Cointelegraph Magazine

Growing up in poverty in Suriname, Etiënne vantKruys was told by his teacher he’d never succeed — but it only made him more determined to not follow in the footsteps of his parents. Thanks, in part, to crypto, he’s now living the dream.Despite his high-flying crypto VC lifestyle today, vantKruys keeps at least one foot on the ground by remembering …

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6 Questions for Denelle Dixon of the Stellar Development Foundation – Cointelegraph Magazine

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Denelle Dixon, CEO and executive director of the Stellar Development Foundation.Denelle Dixon is the CEO and executive director of the Stellar Development Foundation, a …

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