CRYPTOCURRENCIES

CoinGeek NYC Kicks Off With a Bang: Emily Ratajokowski, Adrian Grenier On Hand (Watch Live Here)

The conferences, the parties....they are back!  The highly anticipated CoinGeek New York is taking place at the Sheraton Times Square through Thursday and you can still enjoy it virtually here.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Oct/05/2021

CoinGeek New York City Conference: Tuesday The Must See Virtual Event for Gaming, eSports Interests

CoinGeek New York City Conference: Tuesday The Must See Virtual Event for Gaming, eSports Interests

CoinGeek New York is finally here and for gaming interests, Tuesday (0ctober 5) will be the most required viewing virtually to find out how Bitcoin SV can revolutionize your operations.  Note: In-person attendance no longer available as it has reached the 500-person threshold.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Oct/04/2021

CoinGeek NYC Kicks Off Tuesday

CoinGeek founder Calvin Ayre was among the hundreds arriving to paricipate in this week's much anticipated CoinGeek Times Square.  Gambling911.com is here through the week covering this prestigious event.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Oct/03/2021

Bitcoin SV as Turing Complete System

Bitcoin SV as Turing Complete System

There is a controversy that's been emerging in the cryptocurrency community that claims Bitcoin cannot be used as a turing complete system.  In computability theory, a system of data-manipulation rules is said to be Turing-complete or computationally universal if it can be used to simulate any Turing machine, meaning the ability to recognize or decide other data-manipulation rule sets.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/29/2021

CoinGeek NYC Live or Virtual: One Week to Go

CoinGeek NYC Live or Virtugal: One Week to Go

There’s only a week left until the CoinGeek Conference in New York City. And as a proud association partner, Bitcoin Association is inviting you to watch the final round of the 4th BSV Hackathon during the conference!

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/28/2021

Binance Probe Expands, US Regulators Want to End Celsius

Binance Probe Expands, US Regulators Want to End Celsius

Authorities in the United States have reportedly expanded their investigation into Binance cryptocurrency exchange to include possible insider trading and market manipulation.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/27/2021

China's Top Regulators Ban Crypto Trading and Mining, Sending Bitcoin Tumbling

China's Top Regulators Ban Crypto Trading and Mining, Sending Bitcoin Tumbling

China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrencies with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks.

Submitted by Reuters on, Sep/25/2021

Oregon Ducks Star Kayvon Thibodeaux Launches Own Cryptocurrency

Oregon Ducks Star Kayvon Thibodeaux Launches Own Cryptocurrency

Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux announced Thursday the launch of his own cryptocurrency.  The news comes following changes to the NCAA's name, image and likeness rules made in July.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/23/2021

Bitcoin Site Goes Dark After Apparent Hacking

Bitcoin Site Goes Dark After Apparent Hacking

Bitcoin.org, the website that was once the main landing portal for all things Bitcoin, today suffered an embarrassing hack that has already cost naive BTC users money.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/23/2021

Bitcoin, Ether Slump as Market Selloff Widens

Bitcoin, Ether Slump as Market Selloff Widens

Cryptocurrency prices sank on Monday as concerns over the spillover risk to the global economy from Chinese property group Evergrande's (3333.HK) troubles spread across financial markets.

Submitted by Reuters on, Sep/21/2021

Kleiman v. Wright Trial Crypto Odds Up at Bovada

Kleiman v. Wright Trial Crypto Odds Up at Bovada

Bovada has Dr. Wright winning the case at -130.  The Kleiman Estate winning and being rewarded $1 billion pays out $350 for every $100 odds.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/20/2021

Man Linked to $1.3B North Korean BTC Hacks Gets 11 Years in Prison

Man Linked to $1.3B North Korean BTC Hacks Gets 11 Years in Prison

Plus CoinGeek sits down with Bryan Cryderman of Handcash, a leading wallet provider for the Bitcoin SV ecosystem.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/15/2021

Fake News: Litecoin Foundation Says No Deal With Walmart

Walmart had earlier disputed the claims after a number of outlets reported on the fake story.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/13/2021

Bitcoin is Barter, Not Money, Mexico Central Bank Chief Says

Bitcoin is Barter, Not Money, Mexico Central Bank Chief Says

Bitcoin is more like a means of barter than "evolved" fiat money, Mexico's central back chief said on Thursday, calling it a high-risk investment and a poor store of value.

Submitted by Reuters on, Sep/10/2021

El Salvador's World-First Adoption of Bitcoin Endures Bumpy First Day

El Salvador's World-First Adoption of Bitcoin Endures Bumpy First Day

El Salvador's historic adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was beset by teething problems, as an angry protest by mistrustful citizens, technological glitches and a dip in the cryptocurrency clouded the rollout.

Submitted by Reuters on, Sep/08/2021

Tether Trading Barred in Canada

Tether Trading Barred in Canada

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) this past week is prohibiting the country’s first registered digital currency exchanges, Wealthsimple and Coinberry, from trading Tether (USDT).

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Sep/06/2021

WETBash: Spanky’s Biggest Gamble Ever as he Dodges Bullet

WETBash: Spanky’s Biggest Gamble Ever as he Dodges Bullet

Catastrophic flooding occurs in Jersey City exactly one week after BetBash took place.  Plus we look at the week that was with a DC-publication digging deep into the kidnapping and murder of 5Dimes founder Sean "Tony" Creighton and the Miami BSV blockchain show that left attendees mesmerized and hungry for more.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Sep/03/2021

BSV Blockchain Conference Miami - What We Learned

Gambling911.com will be covering today's BSV Blockchain Conference Miami at the SLS Brickell.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sep/01/2021

Bitcoin Fever Reaches Honduras With First Crypto ATM

Bitcoin Fever Reaches Honduras With First Crypto ATM

The first cryptocurrency ATM in Honduras opened this week as Bitcoin backers sought to spur demand for virtual assets after neighbouring El Salvador became the first country to establish bitcoin as legal tender.

Submitted by Reuters on, Aug/30/2021

A Personal Invite to Elon Musk to Attend CoinGeek NYC

A Personal Invite to Elon Musk to Attend CoinGeek NYC

Dr. Craig Wright has reached out to Elon Musk to join him for the upcoming CoinGeek New York City conference "to discuss and learn how #BSV resolves concerns regarding environmental sustainability, scaling, transaction throughput, and energy efficiency."

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/26/2021

Calvin Ayre: 'Binance is Organized Crime'

Calvin Ayre: 'Binance is Organized Crime'

In doing so via his Twitter account, Ayre tweeted out a piece from the Times of London that declares "Binance is ‘not capable’ of proper supervision".  The damning report was published on Thursday.  Plus: Come Join Gambling911 at the BSV Blockchain Conference in Miami September 1

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Aug/26/2021

Bitcoin "Whales" Jump Back Into Market

Bitcoin "Whales" Jump Back Into Market

Bitcoin ‘whales’ jumped back into market during cryptocurrency’s rebound to $50,000 Tuesday but by Wednesday morning things had gotten mighty ugly.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/25/2021

DraftKings NFTs: Fix Them or Drop Them

DraftKings NFTs: Fix Them or Drop Them

DraftKings recently introduced NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens to its platform. This has been in cooperation with Tom Brady's Autograph platform.  The concept went live two weeks ago.

Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on, Aug/24/2021

BTC Mixer Helix Founder Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Could Spend 20 Years Behind Bars

BTC Mixer Helix Founder Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Could Spend 20 Years Behind Bars

The founder of Helix, a Bitcoin mixing service, is accused of assisting criminals with the movement of around 350,000 BTC.  Larry Dean Harmon plead guilty this week to laundering more than $300,000 million worth of BTC from 2014 to 2017.

Submitted by Nagesh Rath on, Aug/21/2021

BSV Blockchain Conference to Take Place at the SLS Brickell Hotel in Miami

BSV Blockchain Conference to Take Place at the SLS Brickell Hotel in Miami

The BSV blockchain is capturing global attention with its massive scaling, rapid growth and powerful technical capabilities. BSV enables efficient micropayments, high transaction volume, greater data capacity, and diverse business uses.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/17/2021

Crypto Gaming Casino Suspends Operations Due to ETH Network Congestion

Crypto Gaming Casino Suspends Operations Due to ETH Network Congestion

Blockchain gaming firm FunFair’s online crypto platform KingTiger Casino has involuntarily suspended its operations because of the Ethereum (ETH) network’s congestion that made fees soar to as high as $29 per transaction last August 12. Users of KingTiger Casino may still access their non-custodial digital wallets, having the option to keep them there or transfer them to a different ERC-20 address. 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/16/2021

Messi Joins Crypto Craze as He Receives Part of PSG Fee in Fan Tokens

Messi Joins Crypto Craze as He Receives Part of PSG Fee in Fan Tokens

Soccer star Lionel Messi's signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club's cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name endorsement of new digital assets.

Submitted by Reuters on, Aug/14/2021

Nasdaq Wants to Disrupt Blockchain

Nasdaq Wants to Disrupt Blockchain

In interview with Fortune Magazine, CEO Adena Friedman set out her views on blockchain, and her plans for the technology at Nasdaq in the coming years.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/11/2021

Bitcoin Moves Past $46K Again as Rebound Continues

Bitcoin Moves Past $46K Again as Rebound Continues

After falling from a May high of $49,770.33 down into the low and mid-30,000 range, Bitcoin investors can breathe a sigh of relief for the moment.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/09/2021

Multi-Million Dollar CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program Launches

Multi-Million Dollar CoinGeek Crime Bounty Program Launches

Plus a new digital asset bill introduced in US would require regulators to define DeFi rules, Saudi Aramco— Saudi's biggest oil exporter, denied its alleged involvement in #BTC mining activities in an official statement and BSV blockchain has set a new world record for the largest daily average block size on a Bitcoin network.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/06/2021

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The Excitement of Sports Betting and Casino Gaming

The Excitement of Sports Betting and Casino Gaming

The thrill of a close game and the intense excitement of waiting for the final play to unfold—sports betting adds a layer of anticipation to watching sports that countless fans find irresistible. Similarly, the allure of casino gaming, with its mix of chance, strategy and the potential for big wins, such as in the new game aviator, attracts players from all walks of life. These pastimes offer a diverse form of entertainment rich in excitement, skill and the thrill of the unknown, captivating a global audience.