Elon Musk Announces Tesla Has Suspended Accepting Bitcoin Citing Environmental Issues

Tesla has suspended accepting bitcoin for vehicle purchases, CEO Elon Musk has announced. The company cited concerns “about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.” Tesla Stops Accepting Bitcoin Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter Wednesday that his electric car … Read more

Urban Tea Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies Including Dogecoin

A specialty tea products retailer based in China’s Hunan province, Urban Tea, has introduced crypto payments in its stores and restaurants on two continents. Starting from this week, customers will be able to buy its beverages and meals using various cryptocurrencies. Chinese Tea Stores and Restaurants to Accept Crypto The publicly traded tea company runs … Read more

E-Commerce Giant Ebay Now Allows NFT Sales Citing ‘Massive Wave of Attention’

Ebay, which has 187 million buyers on its platform, is now allowing the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the company has announced. Ebay says: “This is only the beginning. This initial rollout will help us learn more about what’s important to our community.” Ebay Updates Policies to Allow Sale of NFTs Ebay Inc. announced Tuesday … Read more

Bitcoin Vault inks major deal with ESE to co-produce Gaming & Esports Talent Show in five countries

POLAND, 11th May 2021 – Bitcoin Vault (BCTV), a crypto currency project that is being operated and managed by the blockchain development company, Electric Vault, has sealed a landmark partnership with ESE Entertainment (ESE), a Europe-based entertainment and technology company focused on gaming and esports, to co-produce and co-distribute a gaming talent show in five … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg’s Goat, “Bitcoin”, Ignites Conspiracy Theories

Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, revealed he’d named one of his goats “Bitcoin”. This was seemingly an innocent announcement that, nonetheless, got the crypto sphere talking on what deeper meaning this might indicate. While some have rationalized this as being an endorsement of Bitcoin by Facebook, others have suggested weirder theories. Bitcoin: … Read more

Richard Branson Found to Be Crypto Scammers’ Favorite Brit Celebrity

Famed entrepreneur Richard Branson is often featured in fake articles sent out by various investment schemes, many of which are related to cryptocurrency, U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed in a report. The agency, which has blocked over 285,000 such campaigns in only nine months, says it’s dealing with a global problem. Shady Sites … Read more

Elon Musk Hints at Tesla Accepting Dogecoin for Payments

Elon Musk, also referred to in social media as the ‘Dogefather,’ due to its affiliation with the Dogecoin currency, has hinted Tesla could start accepting the currency as a payment for its cars. The company, which is now accepting bitcoin as payment for its cars and holds it as part of its reserves, could also … Read more

El Corte Ingles Files for a Crypto-Related Trademark to Provide ‘Financial Services’

El Corte Inglés, the biggest department store group in Spain, seems to be entering into the cryptocurrency sphere. After filing for a related trademark with the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union, they have registered “Bitcor”. Trademark Is a ‘Preventive Registration’ According to filing request #018434202, the Spanish group store seeks to offer “Finance … Read more

Shiba Inu Gets Listed in Binance and FTX After Price Skyrockets

Shiba Inu, an Ethereum based Dogecoin ripoff, has been listed in two important cryptocurrency exchanges today, Binance and FTX, after the price skyrocketed more than 1500% during last week. Binance has faced stiff criticism for listing Shiba Inu due to its origin, but their systems are now overwhelmed with inflows coming with this currency. Shiba … Read more

Bitcoin’s Smallest Unit: Billionaire Mike Novogratz Wants Crypto Exchanges to Quote Satoshis

Mike Novogratz, the CEO of Galaxy Digital, wants exchanges to start listing in the smallest unit of bitcoin otherwise known as “satoshis”. On May 8, Novogratz tweeted out to a number of crypto exchange executives and asked “which exchange will be first to quote in SATS?” Novogratz Asks Top Exchange Execs to List Satoshis Bitcoin … Read more

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