A new research has highlighted a total of eight apps masquerading as cryptocurrency mining apps and duping people of their money, on promises of returns through the mined cryptocurrencies. A total of eight apps have been removed from the Google Play Store that duped people under the pretext of being cryptocurrency mining apps. Even though the apps have been banned by Google from its app store, those already possessing them on their phones will have to delete these apps…

LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) — PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) will allow customers in the UK to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting this week, the company said on Monday. The roll-out, which marks the first international expansion of PayPal’s cryptocurrencies services outside of the United States, could…

Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen. The company announced that some of its digital currency wallets have been “compromised.” It is the second major theft of cryptocurrencies to take place in recent days. Last week, digital token…

Global cryptocurrency adoption among individual investors has surged in the past year, according to crypto-analysis firm Chainalysis. Using factors like peer-to-peer exchange trading volume and value received, Chainalysis said global crypto adoption rose some 881% in the past 12 months. The firm sees institutional markets as crucial but aimed to…

World’s oldest crypto exchange is staying out of the altcoin race Bitstamp will not engage with smaller cryptocurrencies that are rising in popularity such as dogecoin, bucking a trend set by other prominent exchanges keen to cash in on the craze. So-called altcoins have been steadily gaining traction among the crypto community during 2021’s bull run, as traders seek out major…

An enterprising brother-sister team in a North Dallas suburb are pulling down as much as $32,000 a month by eschewing the lemonade stand and focusing instead on mining Ethereum. Ishaan Thakur, 14, and his sister Aanya, 9, have seen their college fund swell this year after they began mining in…

Sen. Cynthia Lummis is a Bitcoin evangelist and MAGA hardliner who’s won over the crypto community, even as she faces scrutiny over her personal investments. As the Senate was nearing the finish line on its massive infrastructure bill last week, the very online and very intense world of cryptocurrency was…

MIAMI, Aug 12 (Reuters) — 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. The Argentine, 34, left Spanish side Barcelona and signed a two-year contract with Qatari-owned Paris…

The family that bet everything on bitcoin when it was $900 is now storing it in secret vaults on four different continents Didi Taihuttu, along with his wife and three kids, liquidated all of their assets and bought bitcoin in 2017, back when it was trading at around $900. Now, the Dutch family of five is safeguarding most of their crypto fortune in secret vaults on four different continents. “I have hidden…