Alex Lielacher
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The Ethereum-based crypto collectible card game, Gods Unchained, was one of the most popular first-generation blockchain games. After slipping from popularity, its founders, Immutable, hope a new expansion and a planned decentralized exchange will win back gamers
In today’s connected world, everyone uses their phone to manage their life. While most know that everything we do online can be tracked, how worried should we be about smartphone spying, and what can we do to stop it?
The names of the projects that make it onto the list of top 10 cryptocurrencies are always subject to change. So who is in and out so far in 2020’s bull run - and what happened to the star performers of yesteryear?
Against a grim macro outlook, there was some good regulatory news last month. A French court ruled that bitcoin is a legally recognized currency. The Indian Supreme Court overturned India’s crypto banking ban, and South Korea has now fully legalized crypto assets within its borders.
A study by a VPN provider has found that the usage of virtual private networks has jumped by 124% in the US in the last two weeks as more and more residents moved to self-isolate in their homes. Unsurprisingly, Netflix binging has also increased in affected regions.
A new report published by the Australian central bank provides insight into consumer payment behavior. The survey has found that Australians increasingly prefer digital payment methods. Cryptocurrencies, however, make up less than one percent of payments in Australia.
When the WHO officially declared the COVID-19 crisis a pandemic, all global markets crashed, including crypto. Bitcoin failed to function as a safe haven asset and was not spared during a mass global sell-off. However, that does not necessarily mean that holding bitcoin is a bad idea during the current crisis.
As Australia’s COVID-19 crisis worsens, the Australian tax authority is reportedly in the process of contacting over 350,000 Australians to remind them to declare their cryptocurrency earnings.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that leading derivatives exchange BitMEX is not authorized to operate in the UK. The FCA’s warning is a clear sign that the UK authorities want a regulated crypto asset industry.
The novel coronavirus has turned from an outbreak in China into a global pandemic in less than two months. At the current rate at which the virus is spreading, experts predict that COVID-19 could have severe impacts on the global economy and life as we know it.
