BP Posts Bumper Profit and New Round of Buybacks

Text size BP Exploration Alaska headquarters Getty Images Surging oil and gas prices last year helped BP post its highest profit since 2012, allowing the company to reduce debt and announce more share...

Indian Couple Tie their Knot in the Metaverse, Offering 3D Experience for 500 Guests

To ensure that family and friends across the globe attended their big day, amid geographical constraints and safety measures under the COVID-19 pandemic, an Indian couple decided to have the first wed...

Fintech Investments Amount in Singapore Reached over $3.9 Billion in 2021

The financial technology (fintech) sector in Singapore made significant strides in 2021 by hitting $3.94 billion, with crypto and blockchain funding contributing nearly half at $1.48 billion, accordin...

Colombia Registers First Real Estate Purchase With Bitcoin – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News

The first real estate purchase with Bitcoin has been registered in Colombia last week. The company, called La Haus, sold one property in Santa Marta to a buyer that was not in Colombia at the time of ...

Valkyrie Bitcoin Mining ETF to List on Nasdaq

An exchange-traded fund focused on Bitcoin mining from the American asset and index fund manager Valkyrie will list on the Nasdaq on February 8 under the ticker symbol “WGMI.” WGMI is shor...

Julian Assange Supporters Raise over 12,500 ETH via DAO for his Freedom

Donors have formed AssangeDAO to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from extradition to the United States and facilitate his freedom from prison. Reports suggest that so far, the initiative has ove...

Crypto firms to Form Coalitions by Promoting Market Integrity, against Market Manipulation

Crypto firms, convened by risk monitoring software firm Solidus Labs, are establishing a coalition to combat market manipulation with an effort to win for trust in the mass nascent digital asset indus...

Ethereum Mimicking 2016 Price Movement, ETH Price To Hit ATH by June End – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media

Cryptocurrency prices continued to climb for the second consecutive session after Bitcoin rose to a four-week high on Monday. BTC Price is currently up over 4% trading at $44,091. Following the flagsh...

Blockchain Investments in 2021 Surpasses Past 3 Years’ Total Capital Raised: KPMG

The blockchain ecosystem might still be relatively tagged as new. However, when it comes to funding and recognition by Venture Capital (VC) Firms, they are arguably fast attaining maturity.  According...

Crypto Lobbying in the US Jumped 116% in 12 Months With $9.56 Million Spent in 2021 – Bitcoin News

Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are concerned about the future legislation revolving around the cryptocurrency industry and money spent on lobbying cemented this fact. A recently published study i...

Google Cloud Introduces Threat Detection System against Crypto-mining Malware

Google has announced the release of a new threat detection system for Google Cloud Platform customers against crypto-mining malware. Google Cloud’s new Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VTMD) protects...

Saudi Digital Academy Partners With BSV Association to Establish New Blockchain Academy

The Saudi Arabian Digital Academy has partnered with the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) Association to establish a new blockchain academy in the country.  Billed as the first Blockchain Academy in the e...

China’s Digital Currency Could Subvert US Sanctions, Enhance Surveillance Capabilities – Regulation Bitcoin News

A U.S. senator has warned about China’s central bank digital currency. “Analysts have raised the eCNY’s potential to subvert U.S. sanctions, facilitate illicit money flows, enhance China’s surveillanc...

Polygon Raises $450M from Venture Capital Firms Led by Sequoia

Ethereum-based Layer-2 protocol, Polygon, has raised $450 million in a private token sale that marks the most significant funding round for the firm which was founded in 2017.  Polygon occupies a very...

India: Here’s what’s next for crypto-exchanges after new tax slab news

A grave setback engulfed India’s cryptocurrency market last week when the country’s government introduced a 30% tax on digital asset income. While some have heralded it as a step towards the legitimiz...

KPMG in Canada Makes First Direct Crypto Investment — Adds Bitcoin, Ether to Corporate Treasury – Featured Bitcoin News

KPMG in Canada has added bitcoin and ether to its corporate treasury in what the company called a “first-of-its-kind investment.” KPMG said: “This investment reflects our belief that institutional ado...

Polygon Raises $450 Million From Sequoia Capital India, Softbank, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’leary – Finance Bitcoin News

The blockchain project Polygon announced it has raised $450 million on Monday in a fundraising round led by Sequoia Capital India with participation from more than 40 venture capital firms. Polygon sa...

Tesla Holding Bitcoin Worth $2 Billion — Sees Crypto as Both Investment and Liquid Alternative to Cash – Featured Bitcoin News

Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, has filed an annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showing bitcoin holdings with a fair value of almost $2 billion at the end of...

Trump SPAC stock Digital World Acquisition Corp. plunges on delay news

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images The stock price of the blank-check company that has partnered with ex-President Donald Trump’s social media firm plunged Monday in...

The Lunar Metaverse Launches Revenue Generating NFT Land Sale – Sponsored Bitcoin News

sponsored Moon is a brand new economic, and social Metaverse inspired by lunar exploration. Players have the opportunity to acquire NFT land plots, develop a new world, drive its economy and uncover t...

SHIB Climbs 50% Higher, as Meme Coin Hits $16 Billion Market Cap – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Shiba inu (SHIB) is up over 50% as of writing, with cryptocurrency markets continuing to gain momentum to start the week. The so-called ‘meme coin’ rally has seen SHIB recapture a $16 billion market c...

17 Crypto Firms Form a Market Integrity Coalition Aimed at Bolstering a Sensibly-Regulated Industry – Bitcoin News

On February 7, 2022, a group of 17 digital asset companies revealed they formed an organization called the Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC). The well-known firms include crypto companies like ...

Fantom(FTM), Loopring(LRC) Price Eye Another 20% Upswing, While Avalanche(AVAX) May Witness a 10% Plunge! – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media

With the Bitcoin price gaining huge strength, the entire crypto space is gaining a good bullish momentum. And hence as the Ethereum price comfortably hovering above $3000, the DeFi space may have begu...

Bitcoin Hits $43,000 After Tesla Announcement – Bitcoin News

Following a strong weekend, bitcoin’s surge continued to start the week, as Tesla announced close to $2 billion worth of holdings in BTC. Overall, crypto markets were around 3% higher on Monday. Bitco...

Cardano(ADA) Looking for a Breakout, A Scalp to $1.23 May be Extremely Possible! – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media

The Cardano(ADA) price had plateaued after falling down from a huge mountain. The top 6th crypto asset in recent times has accumulated significant gains and may continue surging high testing upper pri...

NFL to Give Free NFTs to Celebrate Super Bowl LVI

In a bid to commemorate the return of the National Football League (NFL) to Los Angeles in more than 30 years, the NFL is set to gift virtual commemorative tickets in the form of non-fungible tokens (...

Crypto Economy Recaptures $2 Trillion, Bitcoin Moves Back Into the World’s Top 10 Most Valuable Assets – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

The crypto economy has jumped back above the $2 trillion mark after falling below that value in mid-January. Statistics indicate that the USD value of all 12,440 coins across 544 crypto exchanges is w...

Is XRP Under The Control Of The Wolves? Will XRP Price Rise To $1 In Fortnight’s Time? – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media

The crypto verse’s long-standing legal brawl, of Ripple against the torments of the U.S SEC. Finds heated discussions on the web, amongst proponents, savvies, and advocates. Following the recent rulin...

US SEC Postpones Approval of Grayscale’s GBTC to Spot BTC ETF Product

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again postponed the approval of the proposal from Grayscale Investments to convert its flagship Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot Non...

A Look at When Bitcoin’s Price Crashed Below the Cost of Production – Mining Bitcoin News

Over the last 30 days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been coasting along at the highest levels ever recorded during the network’s lifetime. Bitcoin’s price improved recently but it is still down 38% from the...

US Treasury Department Concerns NFTs Crime of Money Laundering

The growing popularity of digital artworks as highly valued non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is now a major financial red flag as the United States Treasury Department believes they could be a vital tool fo...

CryptoAltum Launches Zero Fee ‘CryptoConvert’ and Lists Doge and Shiba on MT5 – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. When it comes to the cryptocurrency industry, it is absolutely vital to be able to convert one cryptocurrency, token or coin for another in an effective, seamless and easy...