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On July 15th, Ripple, Gemini, Coinbase, Binance, Coindesk, Coingelegraph, Justin Sun and several more twitter accounts were hacked. The perp(s) who are yet to be identified, are posting tweets on these accounts saying that they have “partnered with CryptoForHealth” and are planning to “give back to the community”.  It doesn't end there, just a few minutes back, it seems Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Elon’s and Bill Gates’ accounts have also been compromised. The one posted on Elon’s asked for Bitcoin…

The chief executive of payments company Square and social networking platform Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is mapping out how smartphone features continue to pressure bank branches. The growth of fintech and the expansion of the cryptocurrency space will keep accelerating the digital world of moving money with more onramps, options, integrations and ease of use. This is why the future of local bank branches is questionable and financial professionals are showing concern and suggesting solutions. Dorsey spoke at the 48th Annual…

On April 21, Dharma, an Ethereum-based peer-to-peer lending platform announced what it called Social Payments (a Twitter-native financial system) on Twitter. According to the peer-to-peer platform, it is launching the new system that allows Twitter users to accept payments in US dollars. “Introducing social payments – a Twitter-native financial ecosystem. Today, you can send USD to any Twitter handle, regardless of where that person lives — even if they don’t have a Dharma account. Now every Twitter handle accepts (and earns…

Santiment, an analytics platform, recently released a report that revealed positive sentiment still prevails on crypto Twitter, after the recent bitcoin price plunge. Santiment is a platform that analyzes several crypto-related posts on different social media platforms to help investors get an overall feel of the market. According to their recent report, the last 3 months have obviously seen a change of attitude towards crypto, as the price dropped from $10,300 levels to sub-$4,000. However, their report suggests that the…

A recent report confirmed that Elliott Management Corp secured a significant stake in the social media platform, Twitter. There are claims that the new investor is planning to remove Jack Dorsey from his Twitter CEO position. Elliott management recently appointed four of its representatives to be part of the Twitter’s board. As per the report, Elliott’s problem with Dorsey is that he splits his efforts between working for the success of Twitter, and his payments processor, Square Inc. More About…

Twitter and Square Crypto founder, Jack Dorsey held conversations with Africa's and Hong Kong's internet leading lights. Their deliberations centered on the adoption of Bitcoin in the two regions. Mr. Dorsey provided a snapshot of the conference call he held with Dr. Nii Quaynor and Pindar Wong. Dr. Quaynor and Mr. Wong have track records in establishing and developing internet programs in Africa and Hong Kong respectively. Push For Bitcoin Adoption Jack Dorsey has been a strong Bitcoin proponent. He…

Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, got tired of online cryptocurrency scams. On the 1st of February, Musk warned his Twitter followers of cryptocurrency scams which are attaining new levels each day. Scammers involving non-digital currency scams hijack Twitter accounts with an official ‘verified’ seal, and then change usernames to look like renowned individuals’ names in the tech space. These scammers then manipulateTwitter users to send them bitcoins to spurious accounts. How Some Cryptocurrency Scams Occurs and…