Southampton F.C. Can Now Pay Player Bonuses In Bitcoin

English Premier League team Southampton has reportedly signed a deal with Coingaming Group that would let it pay player bonuses in bitcoin.

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Bitcoin firm that exploded 12,000% in the past year is buying the world’s largest mining farm

Riot Blockchain, a publicly listed United States Bitcoin mining player, acquired a crypto mining facility for over $650 million last week as it looks to expand its operations. The post Bitcoin firm that exploded 12,000% in the past year is buying the world’s largest mining farm appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Professional Soccer Players Are Buying Bitcoin And It Will Protect Their Wealth

Professional soccer player Ryan Babel has reportedly onboarded teammates to bitcoin, helping them secure and grow their wealth.

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NBA’s Sacramento Kings to Pay Players and Staff Salary in Bitcoin

The Sacramento Kings is planning to offer a Bitcoin payment option to all of its players and staff. This move will make it the first major sports franchise to do so. Just late last year, Russell Okung became the first NFL player to receive half of his salary into Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin (BTC) price returns to $60,000 – Here are levels to watch

Bitcoin (BTC) price is up over 6% as buyers approach the $60,000 handle following a series of positive developments coming from the major financial institutions.   Fundamental analysis: Goldman the latest to embrace crypto Goldman Sachs became the latest major financial player to enter the crypto ecosystem.

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Winner Cashes Out $160,000 from Bitcoin.com Games with a 13,870x Multiplier

Bitcoin.com Games gave this player 160,000 reasons to be happy this spring! Lucky Player Bags Two Epic Wins Within Minutes What started as a perfectly normal month of March for this player turned out to be a life-changing experience when they won, not one, but two big rounds of The Dog House Megaways slot on […]

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177-Year-Old Swiss Bank Bordier to Offer Bitcoin and Other Crypto Trading Services

A 177-year-old bank in Switzerland has enabled cryptocurrency trading within its services, with expectations to expand. Bordier & Cie SCmA added bitcoin and other cryptos to its list of services by partnering with a well-known domestic crypto player.

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Tesla Tapped Coinbase for $1.5B Bitcoin Buy: Report

Coinbase is emerging as a major player in corporate America's march toward bitcoin.

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Kiss Frontman Gene Simmons Is Deep in Bitcoin, Shares His High BTC Bet

The bass guitar player and backup singer of legendary band KISS has confirmed his positive Bitcoin bet on Twitter

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Max Keiser: Oracle the Next Big Player to Purchase Bitcoin

As One Goes, Oracle Follows Max Keiser is a cryptocurrency investor and founder of Heisenberg Capital, Keiser made the claim via a tweet, attributing the comment to a “source. ” Ellison, the co-founder of global computer technology company Oracle, is a supporter of blockchain technology, previously stating it has uses in all fields.

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When is Bitcoin's macro top? Industry player speculates

Bitcoin has ridden a tremendous price rally so far in 2021, but such growth cannot go on forever.

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Want Another Bitcoin ATH? BTC Active Wallets Surge to New Historical Peak, Rise Similar to 2017

Active BTC addresses have reached a new ATH comparable to early 2017, while a popular US football player starts paying attention to Bitcoin

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So Bullish: Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player To Receive Salary In Bitcoin

After almost two years of persisting request, popular American football offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers in the National Football League (NFL), Russell Okung has finally received half of his $13 million worth of salary in Bitcoin.

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BeInCrypto Weekly Crypto News Roundup: January 1, 2021

Russell Okung Becomes First Pro Athlete to Be Paid in Bitcoin Starting off our roundup, we wanted to highlight the amazing news received by professional football player Russell Okung. This Super Bowl champion has been a vocal advocate of Bitcoin for years, even tweeting last year that he wants to be paid in Bitcoin.

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NFL player Russell Okung isn’t getting paid in Bitcoin; this is what he’s doing instead

Various news outlets reported that a portion of Okung’s $13 million salary is being paid in BTC. It’s not true.

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NFL Player Russell Okung to be Paid Half of His $13 Mln Contract in Bitcoin

While the offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers finally got his wish to be paid in BTC, about 20 months and multiple all-time highs later, this is just the beginning as several other players have joined the program.

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Ruffer has become the latest institutional player to get exposure to Bitcoin

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New institutional player — MassMutual purchases $100M Bitcoin

The company reportedly hopes to achieve "measured yet meaningful exposure to a growing economic aspect of our increasingly digital world."

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From hockey player to bitcoin investor. Trevor Koverko – CEO Polymath

Anna Tutova spoke with Trevor Koverko, the CEO and co-founder of Polymath. Trevor was successful in sports, playing for Canada in the NHL, and then became interested in cryptocurrency, buying his first bitcoin for $20.

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Canadian Public Company Dumps Ethereum and Monero for Bitcoin

A Canadian publicly held company has liquidated all of its ethereum and monero holdings and put all of the proceeds into bitcoin. The company is led by a well-known poker player and former member of the European Parliament.

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Guggenheim Partners may be the next big player to bet on Bitcoin

Over the past few months, the crypto-market has witnessed an influx of institutional investors, most of whom have set aside significant allocations in favor of Bitcoin. It would now seem that GuggenheThe post Guggenheim Partners may be the next big player to bet on Bitcoin appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Company of Legendary Poker Player Goes All-In on Bitcoin

Cypherpunk Holdings just added $1.2 million worth of Bitcoin after dumping Ethereum and Monero

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PayPal CEO says cryptocurrencies could see more utility soon

After PayPal emerged as a significant player in the Bitcoin market, after its decision to offer PayPal customers the ability to buy and sell BTC among other cryptocurrencies, the payment giant’s PreThe post PayPal CEO says cryptocurrencies could see more utility soon appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Senator-Elect Touts Bitcoin as a “Store of Value” in Good Morning America

Cynthia Lummis, the Senator-elect for the state of Wyoming, spoke in public about her support for Bitcoin as an “important player in stores of value” in an interview last Friday at Good Morning America.

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Multilotto: play an online Bitcoin Jackpot game that is fair to every player

Online gambling has evolved from the gambling store to online gambling. The topic of online gambling will be incomplete without talking about Bitcoin gambling. Bitcoin is a borderless and decentralizeThe post Multilotto: play an online Bitcoin Jackpot game that is fair to every player appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Why didn't the Kucoin hack or legal action against BitMEX seem to impact Bitcoin?

Bitcoin may have solidified a price base due to big player purchases.

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NFL Player Oren Burks Says ‘Buy Bitcoin’ as Price Barrels Toward $12K

In case anybody had forgotten, NFL player Oren Burks has just reminded the crypto community that he is a bitcoin bull. Burks, who plays linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, has caught hold of bitcoin fever as the BTC price barrels toward the $12,000 threshold.

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Pro-Bitcoin Poker Player Mike McDonald Trolls Peter Schiff on Ignoring BTC as California Proposes Wealth Tax

Gold advocate Peter Schiff comments on the new wealth tax proposed in California, bringing a trolling response from Mike MacDonald for preferring gold over Bitcoin

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Here’s What The Greatest Chess Player Of All Time Thinks About Bitcoin

On countless occasions, many people outside the cryptocurrency community have put in a word for Bitcoin. Some are investors who may have been on the other end of traditional finance but on fewer occasions, a world-famous chess player doesn’t just say a word or two about cryptocurrencies, he sits down and extensively talks about the […]

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Bakkt Fizzles Out as Zero Bitcoin Options Traded on the Platform in June

Wall Street-esque Bitcoin options have experienced a massive rise in popularity this year, recording hundreds of millions in volume across various exchanges. However; one major player continues to disappoint.

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Greatest Chess Player of All Time Backs Bitcoin

The world’s most famous chess player, Garry Kasparov, supports BTC as a means to fight human rights violations.

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Nexo Finance Rolls Out A New Lending Offering For Bitcoin & Ethereum, Now Offers Up To 10% Interest

Nexo, a leading player in the crypto lending sector, recently increased its crypto lending offering. The company, which was the first to offer instant credit lines with crypto as collateral, announced it had added BTC and ETH to its recently-launched Earn on Crypto products.

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Bitcasino Raises 20 BTC in its Crypto Vs COVID-19 Donations Campaign

Bitcasino. io, a leading Bitcoin casino, and sportsbook has raised a massive 20 BTC (EUR 162,000) by donating player rewards in collaboration with its partners, as part of plans to support the COVID-19 victims.

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78% of Open Interest in Bitcoin Options is Dominated by Deribit Platform

Deribit is now the largest crypto platform for Bitcoin options, taking up nearly 80% of the open interest market share. Crypto derivatives exchange, Deribit, has hit record figures in Bitcoin open interest, cementing its position as the most dominant player in the Bitcoin options market with a 78% index share.

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NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie Launches Bitcoin-Fueled GoFundMe Campaign

NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie wants his fans to put their Bitcoin where their mouth is.   The Brooklyn Nets point guard has launched a GoFundMe page in which he’s looking to raise 2,625. 8 BTC, or approximately $24,632,630, from his fans during the quarantine.

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Binance emerges as a top player in terms of volume in April, OKEx follows

As we are moving closer to Bitcoin's block reward halving event, there have been rapid changes taking place in the spot market. The Bitcoin market saw its second-highest trading day on 30 April.

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Player Hits $250,000 (29 BTC) Slots Jackpot Staying at Home

Staying at home can pay off, not only for one’s health but also for one’s Bitcoin stash. This statement has never been more true for anyone than the lucky player who just added over 29 BTC to his wallet by playing the exclusive game of Slots.

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Philippines-Based Baccarat Player Wins 15 Million Pesos from a 3,000 Peso Deposit on Pnxbet

Bitcoin Press Release: An online player based in the Philippines has won the equivalent of $300,000 (Php15,000,000) on the Pnxbet casino game LIVE baccarat.   29th April 2020, Curacao –  A lucky online casino player from the Philippines has won a massive Php15,000,000 playing the game of Baccarat on popular betting website Pnxbet.

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Ethereum Activity Declines as Focus Shifts to Bitcoin and Macroeconomic Trends

The spike in Ethereum trading volume seen in February has all but disappeared amid the current economic and humanitarian crisis gripping the world. As macroeconomic trends take center stage, much of the cryptocurrency sector has been left in the shadows — a marginal player amid the worsening crisis, Ethereum is no exception.

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Binance ‘Leak’ Signals Possible Bitcoin Options Trading Launch On The Exchange

The competition across cryptocurrency exchanges in the crypto derivatives markets is heating up to a boiling point as yet another big player hints at a possible launch of Option Markets in the coming future.

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LocalBitcoins Weekly BTC Trading Volume Drops to a 7-Year Low, Competition Picking Up

Bitcoin volumes from LocalBitcoins has hit a 7-year low; the peer-to-peer OTC exchange has been a dominant player in the field since 2013. Latest stats, however, shows that weekly traded BTC are now at 3,144 ($28 million) compared to a high of 13,000 Bitcoins last year.

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Bitsgap Review – How Good is The New Bitcoin Trading Bot

Already a fiercely contested arena of automated crypto trading platforms just got even tighter as a new, promising player called Bitsgap threw its hat into the ring. The crypto trading bots industry is a thriving sector of crypto world with dozens of different platforms gunning for the throne.

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2,000 Bitcoin Moved to Binance Leaves Traders Bracing for Sell-Off

A large player has just deposited 2,000 BTC ($18. 6M) into Binance, sparking concerns that this could be a sign a sell-off could happen soon. The market has been feeling bullish recently, but a recent deposit is causing concerns that a whale may be selling off $18.

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Bitcoin Only Getting Cheaper as Whale Moves Another $450M for Just $0.25

A major player in the cryptocurrency market just transferred 51,511 BTC worth around $445M. The total fees cost them only a quarter. Bitcoin is often criticized for being too expensive, but recent transactions prove that the leading cryptocurrency is still far more affordable than retail banking.

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Bitcoin derivatives exchange Overbit implements Coinfirm’s AML platform

Bitcoin derivatives trading platform Overbit, announced today it will enhance the trading platform’s anti-money laundering (AML) measures using Coinfirm’s AML & Analytics solution. An established player within the blockchain space and early trailblazer in AML for cryptocurrencies, Coinfirm’s expertise in AML and risk management solutions has been utilized by many market leaders.

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Bitcoin Whale Moves $337M Worth for 40 Cents

One large player in the market recently moved 46,000 BTC valued at around $337M at the time of writing. The fee for the transaction was just $0. 40. Massive transactions have been happening behind-the-scenes are the cryptocurrency market recovers significant losses in the past few days.

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Northern Bitcoin merges with leading U.S. competitor

Merger with Whinstone US, Inc. leads to significant leap in growth Building the world's largest Bitcoin Mining Facility in Texas Joint company positions itself as a leading global player The post Northern Bitcoin merges with leading U.S. competitor appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Whale Transfers $12M Worth of BTC to ‘HODL’ Wallet

One major player in the Bitcoin market has just moved 1,537 BTC ($12. 2M) from Coinbase to an external wallet. Many are calling it an obvious sign of accumulation. Many traders have been calling this chopping price range for Bitcoin as a time for ‘accumulation.

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Former NBA player nets $825K from Ghanaian firm in alleged Bitcoin scam

A former American professional basketball player has allegedly swindled over $800,000 worth of Bitcoin from a company based in Ghana. Isaac Edward Austin, who retired in 2004, reportedly posed as a trustee for his own Bitcoin trading company and managed to get the Ghanaian firm to hand over $11,000 per BTC, GhanaWeb reports.

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