BSV Blockchain Conference Miami - What We Learned

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

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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.

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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."

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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California Fintech, Founders Settle SEC Crypto Fraud Claims

California Fintech, Founders Settle SEC Crypto Fraud Claims

The SEC said in filings in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday that Uulala Inc and founders Oscar Garcia and Matthew Loughran raised $9 million from investors between 2017 and 2019 through an unregistered initial coin offering.

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Bitcoin Ecosystem Rallies to Repel Doomed Re-Org Attacks

Bitcoin Ecosystem Rallies to Repel Doomed Re-Org Attacks

The attacks work like this: a miner accumulates hash power and creates a chain of competing BSV blocks in secret, which contain transactions written to benefit the attacker, such as by double-spending BSV by appearing to deposit it into an exchange wallet.

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CoinGeek is Coming to the Big Apple

CoinGeek is Coming to the Big Apple

The eighth installment of the CoinGeek Conference series will take place at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, October 5-7.

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What Do Broken Down McDonald's Milkshake Machines Have to Do With a Bitcoin Mastercard Conspiracy?

If franchisees want to switch solutions, the only option that the parent corporation allows is to switch to a software “upgrade” called “Powerhouse Dynamics,” which is owned by the parent company of Taylor, so you can't really escape the system.  Enter Mastercard's similar setup with Bitcoin.

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The Crypto Beat - July 28, 2021: Bitcoin Crosses Over $40K Again

The Crypto Beat - July 28, 2021: Bitcoin Crosses Over $40K Again

Plus EU’s ban on anonymous digital currency transfers—a deep dive....cryptocurrency won't be so anonymous any more. 

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BlockFi Ordered to Cease and Desist in NJ

BlockFi Ordered to Cease and Desist in NJ

The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered financial services platform BlockFi to stop accepting and offering customers of interest-bearing accounts.

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Tether Execs Bat Away CNBC Questions on USDT’s Lack of Transparency

Tether Execs Bat Away CNBC Questions on USDT’s Lack of Transparency

CNBC TechCheck’s Deirdre Bosa chatted with Tether’s CTO Paolo Ardoino and General Counsel Stuart Hoegner about the company role in crypto and the future of stablecoins.   It didn't exactly go over very well, as noted by Steven Stradbrooke of CoinGeek.com.

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CoinGeek New York Will Take Place at The Sheraton, Times Square (October 5-7, 2021)

CoinGeek New York Will Take Place at The Sheraton, Times Square

The eighth installment of the CoinGeek Conference series will take place at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, October 5-7. The conference will allow over 2,000 people to the Times Square event!

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McAfee Broke, Spent Millions on Whacky Compounds

Plus The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 52: UN commission warns El Salvador on BTC, TikTok banks crypto promotions, and Satoshi Block Dojo’s quest for BSV ideas

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BSV Network Attacked: CoinGeek Explains What Happened

BSV Network Attacked: CoinGeek Explains What Happened

The BSV Network has come under attack in recent weeks, more specifically June 24, 2021 and then again on July 1, 6 and 9.  This is likely to become a trend targetting all blockchain networks and crypto sites.

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Powell Says a Fed Digital Currency Could Undercut Need for Cryptocurrencies

Powell Says a Fed Digital Currency Could Undercut Need for Cryptocurrencies

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said one of the stronger arguments for the U.S. central bank to set up a digital currency is that it could undercut the need for private alternatives such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

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Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Violates Bail

Ethereum’s Virgil Griffith Violates Bail

Plus BSV a boon for advertising and affiliate marketing

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Choosing an Online Crypto Casino: A Look at 5 Questions to Consider

Choosing an Online Crypto Casino: A Look at 5 Questions to Consider

The popularity of bitcoin has continued to soar over the last few year, and from the looks of things, there is simply no slowing down or stopping. The decision to invest in bitcoin is a big one, and so is the one to get into online gambling.  Now put the two together, and you are opening yourself up to a world of opportunities, not just to have fun with the gambling, if the odds are on your side, you may be able to reap big. 

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UFC Inks $175 Million Crypto Deal, Its Largest Sponsorship Ever

UFC Inks $175 Million Crypto Deal, Its Largest Sponsorship Ever

UFC has inked a 10-year, $175 million partnership with cryptocurrency marketplace Crypto.com, thought to be the biggest sponsorship in the promotion’s history.

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FYX Gaming Uses NFTs to Provide Immutable Data to eSports, Betting Platforms

FYX Gaming Uses NFTs to Provide Immutable Data to eSports, Betting Platforms

On this episode of Hashing it Out, CEO and founder Adam Kling and CTO and Chief Architect David Case talk about FYX Gaming (formerly known as Kronoverse)—an esports platform, portal and marketplace built on the BSV blockchain.

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The Crypto Beat - July 3, 2021: DotWallet, BitBoss Partner to Grow iGaming Offerings in BSV Ecosystem

The Crypto Beat - July 3, 2021: DotWallet, BitBoss Partner to Grow iGaming Offerings in BSV Ecosystem

Plus Bitcoin mining just got way easier and more profitable and USDC on Tron Blockchain Surpasses $100M 2 Days After Public Unveiling

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Wright v Cøbra: How Satoshi Took Back the Bitcoin White Paper From BTC

Wright v Cøbra: How Satoshi Took Back the Bitcoin White Paper From BTC

As we reported on Gambling911.com this week, Dr Craig Wright, believed to be a founder of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, was awarded a default judgment Monday in his copyright infringement action against ‘Cøbra’. 

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Codebase Technologies Partners With Capital Bank Group to Build New Regional Digital Bank

Capital Bank Group selects Codebase Technologies to build and launch its first fully digital bank in Jordan and Iraq. The strategic partnership will enrich Capital Bank Group’s digital offering to its retail and corporate clientele.

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Another Mysterious Death in the World of Crypto in Just Days

Another Mysterious Death in the World of Crypto in Just Days

The Bitcoin pioneer who was believed to own over $1 billion in the cyptrocurrency and considered one of the asset’s larger single-holders, died off the coast of Costa Rica, apparently from  at Playa Hermosa de Garabito, Puntarenas, in Costa Rica.  Plus Morgan Stanley Buys Over 28,000 Shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Bitstocks CEO Michael Hudson & Vaionex CEO Robin Kohze discuss why it’s up to the entrepreneurs now to go out and build on top of the platform, to see it reaching its full potential.

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