A teacher lost £9,000 that she had hoped to use as a house deposit after falling victim to a Bitcoin scam that promised Elon Musk would ‘double her investment’. Julie Bushnell, from Farnborough in Hampshire, lost thousands of pounds after visiting a fake BBC News website that said the billionaire was having a Bitcoin ‘giveaway’. The … Read more
Elon Musk‘s net worth has taken a nosedive after the past week’s self-inflicted one-two punch: him saying Tesla would no longer take Bitcoin and him saying dogecoin was a ‘hustle.’ After his much talked about Saturday Night Live appearance last week, his net worth – at least on paper – has dipped by $20 billion, Forbes … Read more
Bitcoin’s value was still down 8.85% percent over the 24 hour period since Elon Musk‘s shock announcement that Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin as a form of payment due to environmental factors. Musk’s announcement on Wednesday evening initially caused a huge 17 percent drop in the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency, but it recovered … Read more
The price of Bitcoin tanked Wednesday after Elon Musk said Tesla will no longer accept the cryptocurrency, citing concerns about the use of fossil fuels for mining the coin. CEO Musk tweeted Wednesday to say the electric car manufacturer ‘has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin’. Creating Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies requires a lot of electricity, releasing massive … Read more
Katy Perry’s new Las Vegas residency home Resorts World to accept cryptocurrency via Gemini exchange By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 02:13 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 02:44 BST, 7 May 2021 Las Vegas‘ Resorts Worlds is already in a league of its own, boasting Sin City’s largest pool collection, a sprawling 88-acre property … Read more
TikToker Charli D’Amelio thanks Gemini for her Bitcoin birthday gift… following star-packed party for her 17th with Addison Rae and Lil Nas X By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 22:58 BST, 5 May 2021 | Updated: 02:35 BST, 6 May 2021 TikToker Charli D’Amelio just celebrated her 17th birthday with a VIP bash at one … Read more
Auction house Sotheby’s is auctioning the first ever piece of fine art that can be paid for using cryptocurrency. The auction firm’s New York outpost has announced that it will accept cryptocurrencies Bitcoin or Ethereum, also known as Ether, for Banksy’s Love is in the Air, which goes up for sale on May 12. The … Read more
A Russian-Canadian programmer has officially been crowned the world’s youngest crypto billionaire. Vitalik Buterin, 27, reached billionaire status after digital currency Ethereum surged above a $3,000 price mark Monday. The celebrity crypto guru co-founded Ethereum – the second biggest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin – in 2015. Ethereum has attracted a huge following in the world of … Read more
‘We all want to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Bernie Madoff,’ said Jordan Belfort, the real-life Wolf of Wall Street, last month. He was speaking to the New York Times for a piece about the current renewed hysteria for the kind of dodgy unscrupulous speculative penny stock trading that launched Belfort’s career. … Read more
More than $200 billion has been wiped off the cryptocurrency market as Bitcoin plunged below $50,000 and other digital coins fell over concerns President Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets. The selloff on Friday came after reports that the Biden administration is planning a raft of proposed changes to the US … Read more