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Como Posso Apostar em Esportes do Brasil Usando Bitcoin

Como Posso Apostar em Esportes do Brasil uUsando Bitcoin

Os brasileiros adoram apostar em esportes. Eles têm muitas opções de uso de Bitcoin e outras criptomoedas. As transações de Bitcoin ocorrem em poucas horas e estão disponíveis até mesmo durante os finais de semana, todas com taxas extremamente baixas.

Submitted by Payton on, Aug/30/2020

How Can I Bet Sports From Australia Using Bitcoin

How Can I Bet Sports From Australia Using Bitcoin

Because Austalia is among the world's most restrictive markets in the world when it comes to online gambling, many folks opt to place sports bets with sites licensed outside the country using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.  Bitcoin transactions take place in under a few hours and are even available during weekends, all with extremely low fees.

Submitted by Payton on, Aug/29/2020

Bitcoin Network Now Consumes 7 Nuclear Plants Worth of Power

Bitcoin Network Now Consumes 7 Nuclear Plants Worth of Power

Bitcoin’s processing power has touched all-time highs in 2020. Moreover, the gigawatts of electrical consumption powering industrial bitcoin mining today consumes as much as seven nuclear power plants.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/25/2020

Dan Bilzerian Loses $50 Million This Year, Bitcoin Highest in 13 Months

Dan Bilzerian Loses $50 Million This Year, Bitcoin Highest in 13 Months

The annual report on the Canadian Stock Exchange revealed the massive losses with Forbes deciding to dig a little deeper. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/18/2020

4 Things You Don't Have to Worry About While Gambling With Litecoin

4 Things You Don't Have to Worry About While Gambling With Litecoin

In the second half of the last decade a revolutionary concept emerged in the global industry of gambling. The new technology of blockchain took the world by storm and various crypto gambling websites started to emerge. The undisputed king of cryptocurrencies was and still is Bitcoin, but since its creation, many different alternatives have shown up.

Submitted by Payton on, Aug/16/2020

BTC Trend Targets $15K, Hovers Around $12K

The price of Bitcoin was hovering around the $12K mark Monday evening. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/10/2020

These Online Casino Trends Set to Take Hold for Remainder of 2020

These Online Casino Trends Set to Take Hold for Remainder of 2020

2020 is the year we all want to escape, unless of course you are an online casino operator, run a virtual meeting platform, or food/grocery delivery app.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Aug/10/2020

New York Regulator Fast-Tracks 10 Cryptocurrencies

New York Regulator Fast-Tracks 10 Cryptocurrencies

The New York State Department of financial services (DFS), the Bitlicense regulator, has published a Greenlist comprising 10 cryptocurrencies for custody and eight cryptocurrencies for listing. “Any licensed entity may use coins on the Greenlist for their approved purpose(s),” the regulator explained.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/08/2020

Florida Teen Arrested as Mastermind of Twitter Bitcoin Scam

Florida Teen Arrested as Mastermind of Twitter Bitcoin Scam

In one of the most high-profile security breaches in recent years, bogus tweets were sent out on July 15 from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also hacked. 

Submitted by Associated Press on, Aug/01/2020

ESPN Online Gaming Allows Bitcoin Deposits, Withdrawals

ESPN Global has now launched a blockchain-powered gaming platform.  Individuals will now be able to make deposits using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/28/2020

Bitcoin Continues to Surge Past 11K, Bitcoin Cash Up 13.8 Percent

Bitcoin Continues to Surge Past 11K, Bitcoin Cash Up 13.8 Percent

Bitcoin once again was trading above the 11K mark Tuesday as the digital currency continues to surge.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/28/2020

Bitcoin Back Up Above $10K Sunday

Bitcoin Back Up Above $10K Sunday

After several weeks of trading in narrow ranges, bitcoin breached $10,000 on Sunday for the first time since early June.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jul/26/2020

Probe Into Ladbrokes Parent Company Expands, $890K in Bitcoin Seized

Probe Into Ladbrokes Parent Company Expands, $890K in Bitcoin Seized

The United Kingdom tax authorities have widened their ongoing investigation into online sportsbook operator GVC Holdings allegedly regarding the activities of its former Turkish subsidiary.  GVC Holdings is the parent company of Ladbroke, PartyPoker and Bwin.

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jul/22/2020

3 Minute Sportsbook Payouts at BetOnline! Whales Move USDT 110,000,000 in 1 Hour

3 Minute Sportsbook Payouts at BetOnline!  Whales Move USDT 110,000,000 in 1 Hour

Talk about fast online sportsbook payouts, one customer of BetOnline reported via Twitter he received his within - drum roll please - three minutes.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jul/20/2020

FBI Hunts for Bitcoin Scammers in Massive Twitter Hack

FBI Hunts for Bitcoin Scammers in Massive Twitter Hack

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking, according to sources familiar with the situation, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jul/16/2020

High-Profile Twitter Accounts Swept Up in Wave of Apparent Hacking Demanding Bitcoin

High-Profile Twitter Accounts Swept Up in Wave of Apparent Hacking Demanding Bitcoin

A wave of tweets in apparent hacking swept through Twitter (TWTR.N) on Wednesday, with more than half a dozen high-profile accounts - belonging to U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, billionaire Bill Gates, and rapper Kanye West, among others - used to solicit bitcoin donations.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jul/15/2020

Coinbase Readies Landmark Stock Market Listing

Coinbase Inc has started plans for a stock market listing that could come as early as this year, making it the first major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange to go public, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jul/12/2020

Lithuania Dabbles in Crypto-Coin as Central Banks Look for Ways to Fend off Facebook

Lithuania Dabbles in Crypto-Coin as Central Banks Look for Ways to Fend off Facebook

Lithuania is about to issue the first central bank-produced digital coin in the euro zone, part of a project to trial state-backed digital currencies and blockchain technology in everyday use.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jul/05/2020

'Sophisticated' Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer

'Sophisticated' Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer

In two separate transactions, an attacker targeted two pools containing Ethereum-based tokens with transfer fees – or so-called deflationary tokens.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/29/2020

Lobbyist Abramoff Charged in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case

Lobbyist Abramoff Charged in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case

Jack Abramoff, a once-powerful lobbyist who spent time in federal prison for fraud and corruption, has been charged in a San Francisco court in an investor fraud case involving cryptocurrency and lobbying disclosure, federal authorities announced Thursday.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Jun/26/2020

New Zealand Seizes $90M From Russian Bitcoin Fraud Suspect

New Zealand Seizes $90M From Russian Bitcoin Fraud Suspect

New Zealand police said Monday they have seized $90 million from Alexander Vinnik, a Russian bitcoin fraud suspect who is in French custody but is also wanted in the United States.

Submitted by Associated Press on, Jun/24/2020

Casinos Push for Cashless Gambling Payments, Citing Virus, A Boost for Bitcoin?

Casinos Push for Cashless Gambling Payments, Citing Virus, A Boost for Bitcoin?

The American casino industry wants gambling regulators to make it easier to adopt cashless payment transactions on the casino floor, citing a desire to help customers avoid handling money during the coronavirus outbreak. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/16/2020

Canadian Crypto Firm Collapsed Due to Ponzi Scheme by Late Founder, Regulator Says

Last year’s collapse of Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform Quadriga CX was due to a Ponzi scheme operated by founder Gerald Cotten, who died suddenly in December 2018, the country’s biggest securities regulator said on Thursday.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jun/14/2020

User Pays $2.6 Mil in Transaction Fees to Send $134 of Ether

User Pays $2.6 Mil in Transaction Fees to Send $134 of Ether

Wynn reportedly is in good hands, even as the worldwide pandemic rages on.  Forbes estimates that "it may take until Q3/Q4 for the demand slump to recover, which could reduce the company’s revenue by at least 30% from $6.6 billion to $4.2 billion.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/11/2020

The Benefits of Crypto Casino Gambling

Crypto has emerged as the banking method of choice for millions of online casino players in recent years. Most of the leading casino sites now accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for deposits and withdrawals. These are the seven key benefits of using crypto for online casino gambling:

Submitted by Payton on, Jun/09/2020

Investors Say Spike in Bitcoin Could Take Time

Investors Say Spike in Bitcoin Could Take Time

Investors expecting a sudden surge in bitcoin’s price, after it underwent a technical adjustment three weeks ago that reduced the rate at which new coins are generated, may have to wait a few months, or perhaps a few years.

Submitted by Reuters on, Jun/09/2020

Hackers Move $800K, $1.4 Bil in Crypto Stolen, $5M Reward for Crypto Superintendent

77.644901 BTC (796,638 USD) of stolen funds was transferred from a Bitfinex Hack 2016 to an unknown wallet this past week.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/06/2020

“Peculiar” BTC Price Action Sparks Volume Surge

“Peculiar” BTC Price Action Sparks Volume Surge

The price of Bitcoin shot above the $10,000 mark for the first time since February.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/02/2020

Bitcoin Shoots Over $10K

Bitcoin Shoots Over $10K

The price of Bitcoin has hit an important milestone June 1, 2020, crossing above the $10,000 mark.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/01/2020

New Bitcoin Bug Could Wreak Havoc, YouTube Censorship Blockchain Alternative Lbry.tv

New Bitcoin Bug Could Wreak Havoc YouTube Censorship Blockchain Alternative Lbry.tv

Bitcoin's timelocked transactions used to discourage miners were found to be bugged.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/01/2020

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