Burger King is looking to give away cryptocurrency as prizes to customers with a new Robinhood partnership launching Monday (Nov. 1), according to Coindesk. For the next three weeks, Burger King Royal Perks loyalty members in the U.S. who spend over $5 on the Burger...
Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, hit a new high above $4,400 on Friday (Oct. 29), Bloomberg writes. The report says the digital asset was up 4.8% at $4,459.20, which was an improvement on the previous record of $4,379.62. The news comes as Ether has been doing...
Actor Matt Damon will be promoting cryptocurrency for Crypto.com as the platform looks to broaden its base, Bloomberg reported. The marketing push will include ads featuring Damon, which will be aired in over 20 countries, according to the report. “I’ve never done an endorsement like...
U.K. police have seized over $2.7 million in cryptocurrency after an investigation officials termed a “sophisticated cyber fraud,” the Lincolnshire Police announced in a press release. Detectives from the Cyber Crime Unit found links to money laundering via crypto, and that led to seizing over...
Nium, which works in global payment and card issuance for businesses, has rolled out a Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to allow financial institutions (FIs) to add capabilities to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies, according to a press release. Nium will allow support for five cryptocurrencies in...
Walmart is bringing bitcoin ATMs to 200 locations across the U.S. via a partnership with coin-cashing machine company Coinstar and crypto-cash exchange Coinme. Although the initial trial period is just 200 ATMs, the launch is part of a wider plan to install 8,000 bitcoin ATMs...
With rising inflation, investors are getting rid of gold in favor of cryptocurrencies, the Financial Times (FT) reported. This shift highlights the erosion of support for gold, which is usually seen as a chief signifier of value in favor of what are, by comparison, new...
A recent surge in bitcoin prices has helped move the value of decentralized financed assets (DeFi) past the $100 billion mark for the first time. As Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday (Oct. 20), that data comes from DeFi Pulse, which arrived at the figure by...
Copper, a British cryptocurrency startup, is in the middle of a funding round and trying to raise up to $500 million, The Block reported. If realized, the funding would put the company’s valuation at over $1 billion, making it a unicorn, according to the report....
