After In-App Currency, Dating App Tinder is Ready to Join the Metaverse with “Tinderverse”

Popular dating app Tinder is testing an in-app currency for the users to pay for premium services as well as receive it as rewards for good behavior on the app, said Renate Nyborg, Chief Executive Officer of Match Group that owns Tinder, in an interview at the Reuters Next Conference.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Says He Owns Bitcoin

Cook said he personally owns bitcoin and is interested in it, adding that he had been researching cryptocurrency “for a while.”

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$6 Billion Soros Fund CEO: Bitcoin Is More Than An Inflation Hedge

Dawn Fitzpatrick said yesterday that bitcoin has "crossed the chasm to mainstream" and that her fund owns "some coins."

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BlackRock Executive Believes Bitcoin Price Could Rise ‘Significantly’

On Thursday Rick Rieder, CIO of BlackRock, said on CNBC’s Squawk Box that he owns Bitcoin and that he believes its price could go up “significantly” in the future.

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Elon Musk Reveals Spacex Owns Bitcoin, He Personally Owns BTC, Ethereum, Dogecoin — ‘I Might Pump but I Don’t Dump’

Spacex and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that he personally owns bitcoin, ethereum, and dogecoin. Meanwhile, his companies, Spacex and Tesla, own bitcoin. He also said that bitcoin’s energy usage “is shifting a lot more toward renewables,” and Tesla will likely resume accepting the cryptocurrency after he does more due diligence.

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SpaceX Bought Bitcoin

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Mexican Billionaire Bullish on Banks Adopting Bitcoin

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego recommends the use of bitcoin and said that the bank he owns is working to become the first in Mexico to accept it. The post Mexican Billionaire Bullish on Banks Adopting Bitcoin appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Market Forecaster Jim Bianco Says Ethereum Has a Lot of Upside, Investor Doesn’t Hold Bitcoin

On May 27, the president of Bianco Research, Jim Bianco explained during an interview that he believes there’s a lot of upside potential when it comes to the crypto economy. Bianco said since 2017 he’s owned a basket of crypto assets like ethereum, but he doesn’t hold bitcoin.

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Ray Dalio Buys Bitcoin Despite Saying Governments May Ban Cryptocurrencies

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio has revealed that he owns bitcoin despite concerns he has long voiced about governments interfering and even outlawing cryptocurrencies. The boss of the world’s largest hedge fund said “bitcoin’s greatest risk is its success.

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Ethereum ‘Is A Better Platform’ Than Bitcoin says Mark Cuban, But Owns Double the BTC

The billionaire investor has “a lot of Ethereum,” too, which he says is “the closest we have to a true currency.” He also said, “Crypto will do to fintech what fintech did to banking.” The post Ethereum ‘Is A Better Platform’ Than Bitcoin says Mark Cuban, But Owns Double the BTC first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Former White House Director of Comms, Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Files for a Bitcoin ETF

The Bitcoin bull is the latest to rush in with a Bitcoin ETF who defended Tesla’s BTC investment and said Elon Musk owns over $5 billion in the cryptocurrency. The post Former White House Director of Comms, Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Files for a Bitcoin ETF first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Ripple CEO’s Broken Record: Level Playing Field for XRP to Compete with China Controlled Bitcoin

Another interview, another strike from Ripple CEO on Bitcoin. Brad Garlinghouse clarified that he is a bull on Bitcoin and that he owns it, but at the same time, he said, “We need to acknowledge that when Bitcoin is more than 50 percent of the mining in China that China can control those technologies.

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Another Legendary Investor Becomes A Bitcoiner, From ‘Why We Need This Thing’ To Betting Big On BTC

Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said on CNBC on Monday that he owns Bitcoin, becoming the latest high-profile to get in on the leading digital currency. The legendary investor said, “I’m a bit of a dinosaur, but I have warmed up to the fact that Bitcoin could be an asset class that has a lot of […] The post Another Legendary Investor Becomes A Bitcoiner, From 'Why We Need This Thing' To Betting Big On BTC first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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Payments firm Rocketfuel Blockchain sues co-founder over expired patents

The blockchain payments company said it unknowingly owns patents that expired before these were transferred to them.

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Mad Money’s Jim Cramer ‘Fixated’ on Buying Bitcoin, Fears Massive Inflation

Jim Cramer, the Mad Money host and The Street co-founder, said he is “fixated” on needing to own bitcoin because he fears a “massive amount of inflation. ” While he owns “so much gold,” he is adamant about leaving a bitcoin inheritance to his children.

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“I’m A Big Fan Of Bitcoin,” Says Libra Head David Marcus Who Sees It As A Digital Gold

Libra co-creator David Marcus yet again shared his views on Bitcoin that he believes is digital gold. In an interview with CNBC, on the question of if he owns any Bitcoin, Marcus replied, “I've said this for a long time, I started looking into Bitcoin since 2012 and I'm a big fan of Bitcoin and […]

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Survey: Chinese Students Want Crypto Jobs, 8% Own Cryptocurrencies

A poll conducted among university students in China indicates that many of them see a bright future for cryptocurrencies in their country. A quarter of the respondents said they would seek employment in the industry that deals with digital assets and related technologies.

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Ripple Owns A ‘Lot of XRP’ & Invested in the ‘Success Of The Ledger’, But it Isn’t A Security

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who said Facebook launching its cryptocurrency project has been good for Ripple station at that time, “This is going to be a record week for Ripple.” He even said he will be sending “a case of champagne to David Marcus the guy who runs Libra.” But now he doubts if the […]

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Japan: Monex To Pay Bitcoin Dividend To Shareholders With Coincheck Account

The owner of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Coincheck, has announced it will award Bitcoin to its shareholders in a new shake-up. Monex Shareholders To Get 500 Yen In Bitcoin In a statement on September 24, online broker Monex Group said it would give 500 yen in BTC to anyone who owns more than 100 shares and has a Coincheck account.

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Fraudsters deepfake CEO’s voice to trick manager into transferring $243,000

It’s already getting tough to discern real text from fake, genuine video from deepfake. Now, it appears that use of fake voice tech is on the rise too. That’s according to the Wall Street Journal, which reported a case of voice fraud — aka vishing (short for “voice phishing”) — that cost a company $243,000.

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Apple is reportedly opening its own online store in India soon

Apple might finally be able to sell iPhones directly to customers in India from its own online store. . Yesterday, the government said it’s relaxing local sourcing norms for foreign direct investment (FDI) for single-brand retail, opening the door for Apple store like outlets.

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Bitfinex fights back against NYAG, says it never served New York customers

iFinex, the company that owns and operates Tether and Bitfinex, said that the claims made by the New York Attorney General’s office that the companies served New York residents throughout last year were “misleading.

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Google wants to be a ‘good neighbor’ by pledging $1B to Bay Area housing

San Francisco is home to the tech elite, and is one of the most expensive places to live in the world, thanks to scores of tech firms moving in over the past couple of decades. Now, Google wants to make it a little more affordable.

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Indian court rules that Asus can’t use its ‘Zenfone’ brand over trademark complaint

Yesterday, Delhi high court banned phone maker Asus from using the name ‘Zenfone,’ ‘Zen,’ or any similar trademark for its products. The court said that the trademark belongs to Telecare, which filed the suit for infringement and passing off.

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Hut 8 Mining on Sustainability, Expansion and Surviving Crypto Winter

Hut 8 Mining (named after Hut 8 in Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing broke the enigma code and accelerated the end of World War II) has just filed its audited financial statements for 2018, detailing a tight but still profitable bitcoin mining business.

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Binance Reveals Hack Information as Security Becomes a Public Concern

This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Since May 1, 2019, bitcoin’s price has been rising, reaching a top of over $6,000. As the whole cryptocurrency industry was enjoying the rise, an unexpected hack put a stop to the rise of bitcoin.

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Anonymous Crypto Whale Sees the Price of Bitcoin (BTC/USD) at $50,000 Mark in Next 3-5 Years

According to a mysterious cryptocurrency whale that owns more than 7,000 Bitcoin (BTC), the digital currency could surpass $50,000 in the future. He said that during a conversation with CCN a few hours ago.

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A New Report Shows People Are Warming Up to Bitcoin

A Medium post published by Spencer Bogart, a general partner at Blockchain Capital, compares data collected from a set of surveys from October 2017 and April 2019 containing identical questions (plus a few new ones).

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Ripple Executive Denies Bribing Coinbase For XRP Listing; Should You Believe It?

Miguel Vias, the head of XRP markets at Ripple, denied allegations of paying off Coinbase to list XRP on their cryptocurrency exchange. The response followed a series of bribery accusations shot towards Coinbase after its sudden announcement of adding XRP trading pairs to its platform on Feb 26.

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Elon Musk Jokes about Giving Satoshi a Nobel Prize, Reveals Bitcoin Balance

Wall Street is abuzz with rumors that Apple might dip into its $245 billion war chest to purchase electric vehicle giant Tesla, but all Crypto Twitter wants to talk about is what Elon Musk thinks about bitcoin – and its pseudonymous creator.

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Elon Musk thinks Bitcoin is ‘brilliant’ — but only owns 0.25 BTC

Despite Elon Musk being somewhat of an unofficial poster boy for cryptocurrency, it turns out he actually doesn’t hold any – well, aside from 0. 25 Bitcoin. The Tesla CEO recently went on record proclaiming Bitcoin is “quite brilliant,” and that “paper money is going away.

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QuadrigaCX Sent Deposits Allegedly Linked to CEO’s Widow, Mailed Withdrawals in Cash

For those QuadrigaCX users who were fortunate enough to have withdrawal requests honored, some appear to have received their funds through unconventional means. An anonymous QuadrigaCX user who corresponded with Bitcoin Magazine said that they received a bank deposit from Robertson Nova Consulting Inc.

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Buterin Tells All On How Much ETH He Owns

The founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin has just revealed how much Ethereum he actually owns. In a recent tweet, Buterin responds to accusations by an economist at NYU and crypto critic Nouriel Roubini (also known as Dr Doom) who has claimed that Buterin is a scammer and a thief.

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Plot Twist: An Ex-SpaceX Engineer Now Owns A Crypto Exchange

In a statement, Joshua said that LXDX’s main aim is to eliminate the obstacles existing in crypto exchanges and give investors a much greater lee-way to fully capitalize on the tools available. The post Plot Twist: An Ex-SpaceX Engineer Now Owns A Crypto Exchange appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Morgan Creek, Bitwise Team Up to Launch Digital Asset Index Fund

Morgan Creek, a capital management company that oversees more than $1. 5 billion in assets, has partnered with Bitwise Asset Management to create the Digital Asset Index Fund.

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Swiss Stock Exchange Operator Plans to Launch Crypto Exchange

SIX, the firm that operates and owns the Swiss stock exchange, has announced plans to launch a fully regulated digital cryptocurrency exchange. The firm says it plans to launch "the first market infrastructure in the world” which will “offer a fully integrated end-to-end trading" while providing a safe environment where digital assets can be issued and existing securities and non-bankable assets can be tokenized.

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