Business/Financial
Market Meltdown Continues: Down More Than 700 Points, Oddsmakers Still Have June 30 Closing Total at 30250.5
The Fed raised its benchmark funds rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% while European banks hiked interest rates as well. Wall Street continues to fear a recession. Meanwhile, the crypto rollercoaster continues.
Business: CoinBase Hires 200 Then Swifty Fires Them Amid Crypto Crisis
Those affected learn of termination via personal emails after being cut off from the company's systems. Mass layoffs come just days after employees issued a public petition to remove some senior Coinbase executives.
Collision 2022: The Largest International Tech Event in Canada Since the Pandemic Began Sells Out
Founders and CEOs of the world’s most successful tech companies – Substack, Ethereum, Blockchain.com, Flexport, Cardano, Tezos, Binance, BlockFi, Chief, Calendly, Clearco, Cloudflare and many more – will speak across Collision’s 20-plus tracks, including on the brand new Crypto track.
Coinbase Will Cut 18% of Full-Time Jobs
Plus Binance Monday move freezing withdrawals a "comical routine" that "was accompanied by the truly hilarious explanation" with employees desperately "looking for whoever had the transaction plunger so they could swiftly dislodge this reluctant crypturd". Also: Micropayments are the key to masses
Dow Sinks 750 Points as Stocks Enter Bear Market With Fears Over Big Rate Hikes
Plus the price of Bitcoin continued to slide after crypto lender Celsius Network announced it was freezing withdrawals. Breaking: Binance too.
Making Smart Contracts 10,000 Times Cheaper Than With ETH
B2029’s special edition of their Metanet Techtalk series features Xiaohui Liu, Founder and CEO of sCrypt, who will show individuals how to code smart contracts faster, easier, and 10,000 times cheaper than with Ethereum.
Securing Your Bitcoin Account
When you use Bitcoin, or BTC, to make transactions, you are taking part in one of the most secure ways to send money and to receive money. Even if BTC was a a stable coin, one that’s pegged to the U.S. dollar, utilizing Bitcoin for financial transactions would still be the safest way to go.
Advantages of Betting With Bitcoin
When it comes to the act of placing a bet, there’s no difference between betting with dollars or BTC. You must still handicap sports games, find overlays, and decide which team will cover against the spread.
Is Crypto Gambling the Next Revolution?
Betting on sports, especially horses, has been around for over a century. Betting on games like roulette, baccarat, and poker occurred even before the first horse racing bet. During gambling’s history, there have been few disruptive innovations. But once in a while a huge disruptor rises to change the industry. Crypto gambling is one such disruptor.
Luna Cryptocurrency Resurrected: Now What?
At its height, the old luna — now known as “luna classic” — had a circulating supply of over $40 billion.
BSV Global Blockchain Shines Light on Regulatory Compliance for Blockchain and Digital Assets
Among the many topics touched upon this past week at the BSV Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai, regulatory compliance for blockchain and digital assets.
Magnus Granath Ordered to Pay Craig Wright £93,000 in Legal Costs
Magnus ‘Holdonaut’ Granath has been ordered to make an interim payment of £93,000 (plus VAT) to Dr. Craig Wright with respect to his failed summary judgment application.
Regulators Jumping on Stablecoins....Hmmm We Wonder Why (Sarcasm)
Having been covering the online gambling scene for more than two decades, we know the signs. Let's just say we've seen the apology from TERRA's founder countless numbers of times. It's the same 'ol script. It never ends well and never will.
Craig Wright vs. Peter McCormack Libel Trial Gets Underway
Meanwhile, the BSV Blockchain Conference is about to get underway in Dubai as the CoinGeek team gathers there. Gaming is expected to take center stage.
Betting Markets Indicate No Musk Takeover and Falling Twitter Stock
Elon Musk taking over Twitter seems like a 50-50 proposition at this point, but the people who crunch numbers for a living are giving it even less of a chance.
Craig Wright’s Defamation Suit Will Proceed...Plus Calls for Hearing on TerraUSD's Collapse
The price of UST plunged to 10 cents last week, while Luna fell to "virtually zero", down from an all-time high of $119.51.
Elon Musk Bets Still Available as Twitter Purchase No Longer a Sure Thing
Elon Musk says that $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal cannot proceed until there is proof provided that the social media platform has fewer than 5% fake accounts as BetUS continued offering betting odds on Musk, mostly tied to Twitter.
Inflation Still Near 40-year Highs as Bitcoin Drops Below $40K
BetOnline trims its June 30 Dow Jones closing total by 250 to 32250.5 in the past 24 hours.
Dow Rebounds a Bit After Tech Giants Lose $1 Trillion in Trading Over Last Three Days
And Bitcoin continues its downward spiral, shedding another 3.2% off its price over the past 24 hours.
California Moves to Embrace Cryptocurrency and Regulate it
California, which has a economy larger than all but four countries and where much of the world’s technological innovation is born, on Wednesday became the first state to formally begin examining how to broadly adapt to cryptocurrency and related innovations.
Roger Ver Big Twitter Comeback
You know him as the man behind Bitcoin Cash, but for the past year Roger Ver has mostly been quiet on Twitter. Perhaps on news that Elon Musk has acquired the social media platform, Ver is back with a vengeance.
US iGaming & Sports Books Can Accept Payment Via Nuvei
Nuvei Corporation (“Nuvei” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), tomorrow’s payment platform, announces today that it has joined with Fifth Third Bank, National Association, to bring real-time deposits to the U.S. sports betting and iGaming industries.
Venture Capitalists Pile into Crypto with FOMO
With fear of missing out on the crypto wave, VC investment in such projects totalled $10 billion globally in the first quarter of this year, the largest quarterly sum ever and more than double the level seen in the same period a year ago, according to data from Pitchbook.]
Crypto investment was once a tepid toe in the water, but VC interest has surged in 2021. Full-year totals for 2019, 2020 and 2021 were $3.7 billion, $5.5 billion, and $28 billion.
Price Per Head for Dummies
A PPH service and provider is fundamental to running a sportsbook. Get a deep understanding of these solutions with this 'price per head for dummies' guide.
Bookie Agent Profits
Bookie agents are people that accept wagers on various sporting events and pay people when they win the wagers and collect from people when they lose the wagers. A bookie can either give players a set credit limit for the week to bet with or make players pay upfront before they make wagers.
Certihash Joins Forces With IBM to Develop Enterprise Suite of Blockchain Info
Certihash on Thursday April 28 announced a new project to develop “Sentinel Node”, the first of a suite of five blockchain-empowered enterprise utility applications, based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework.
Where Can I Bet This Year's Kentucky Derby Online From My State Using Bitcoin
Bitcoin is now the most common form of payment used between players and online sportsbooks. Around 75% of all transactions at BetOnline are via Bitcoin and this will include wagering on the Kentucky Derby.
Can I Send Bitcoin From Texas to Gamble Online?
It is legal to use Bitcoin in the United States, and this includes Texas. While you can send and receive funds to and from your online gambling account, it is important that you do so using a wallet, and not directly between an exchange and the gambling website.
Gaming Continues to Dominate as BSV Tops 20 million Transactions
The BSV blockchain continues to shatter records as it has reached yet another remarkable milestone of 20 million transactions in a single day this past week.
Find Netflix Betting Odds
Company witnessed a sharp dip in its stock price the week of April 18 after reporting the first loss in subscribers in over a decade.
