Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming to have made 200 BTC ($760,000) through ‘typosquatting’ criminal dark web sites on the Tor network, over the past four years. The scammer says 800 … [Read more...]
FBcoin.com closes at $10,000, Facebook getting into crypto?
FBcoin.com closed at $10,000 on DropCatch on Thursday. There has been speculation that Facebook might get into crypto and have their own coin. The New York Times wrote an article last month titled, "Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed" From the article: The most anticipated but secretive project is underway at Facebook. The company is working on a coin that … [Read more...]
U.K. tax authorities do not see crypto assets as currency
The Next Web published an article today on a new paper published out of the U.K. The document is Cryptoassets for individuals. It basically lays out how the U.K. government sees things like financial trading, mining, airdrops, etc.. of crypto assets and how they should be taxed. From the article: Indeed, the HMRC sees crypotcurrency, tokens, and digital assets of this nature as property … [Read more...]
Google says cryptocurrency is not real money
Google produced an ad for it's latest call screening service, it takes a swing at cryptocurrency, with one of the actors saying cryptocurrency is not real money. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=O4jOdVTkqS4 Neer Varshney wrote about this on TheNextWeb.com From the article: The company banned all cryptocurrency related ads starting June, but later relaxed the rules to … [Read more...]
Chad Bennett CEO & Founder of Cybersecurity HEROIC.COM To Be A Keynote Speaker At MERGE! 2018
Cybersecurity is on everyone’s mind. From the President of the United States to Congress to each and every person using the Internet, the primary concern is to keep from getting hacked by sinister forces. HEROIC.COM is a leader in cybersecurity and its Founder and CEO, Chad Bennett, will be a Keynote Speaker at MERGE! 2018 to be held at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista in Orlando, Florida from … [Read more...]
Coins.com or Crypto.com which would you prefer?
Things are back to heating up in the crypto domain space. Crypto.com sold, Coins.com even a name like EthEx.com closing for over $9,000 at NameJet. Crypto.com is being rumored to have sold for $12 million, Elliot Silver posted an article where a writer at Cheddar quoted the price. Coins.com sold for seven figures. Which name would you want for your brand in the cryptocurrency … [Read more...]
Poll Says 55.9% of Millionaires Consider Investing In Cryptocurrencies
An article on NewsBTC.com reported a poll by CapGemini that gauged the interest of high net worth individuals and their interest in cryptocurrency. No surprise there was greater interest from millionaire's who were 40 and under as compared to those 60 and over. 13% of those over 60 expressed an interest. From the article: The survey, which was based on responses from more than 2,600 HNWIs … [Read more...]
