On Aug. 12, X owner Elon Musk said there appeared to be a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on the micro-blogging platform, “working on shutting it down.” A DDOS attack aims to disrupt a website or service by flooding the network with spurious traffic in an effort to prevent users from accessing the site. “As […]
Former President Donald Trump, now a presidential candidate, has made Bitcoin a central focus of his campaign, promising to make the US a global crypto leader. Building on his father’s recent pivot toward crypto, Donald Trump Jr. is developing a new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform to address banking access inequality. Trump Jr Targets the Debanked […]
According to a Fox Business report on Aug. 7, a new advocacy group called “Crypto for Harris” has been launched to battle rival Donald Trump’s industry appeal. The group is planning a virtual town hall meeting next week to support the Harris campaign and promote fundraising initiatives. Fox’s Eleanor Terrett reported that those speaking will […]
The proposal came during a speech by the Republican representative for Wyoming at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville on July 27. “We can create a brighter future for generations of Americans by diversifying into Bitcoin and being the first developed nation to create a strategic reserve,” she said. US Bitcoin Reserve The pro-crypto politician […]
The 2024 US presidential elections are arguably one of the most important political events that the entire world is watching. Donald Trump, the former president and current Republican candidate, has gone live on the stage of Bitcoin 2024, a BTC-centered conference held in Nashville. He has spent recent weeks trying to make amends with the […]
Kennedy proposes that the federal government should buy Bitcoin until its holdings match the value of the nation’s gold reserves. US gold reserves are currently around 8,133 tonnes, which is worth around $615 billion. So, this amount of Bitcoin would equate to roughly 9.4 million BTC, which is almost 45% of the total supply. “I […]
Amidst significant backlash for opting not to speak at the Bitcoin Conference, Vice President Kamala Harris has found an ally in SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci. Voicing his support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Scaramucci criticized the ongoing narrative suggesting Harris’s administration’s hostility towards crypto. He contrasted this with former President and Republican nominee Donald […]
Harris, who was nominated as candidate for the presidential election when Joe Biden bowed out of the race on July 21, may even speak at the upcoming Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville which starts on July 25. On July 24, the CEO of the event, David Bailey, said that they were in talks with the […]
Bitcoin has gained around 17% since last weekend, which equates to around $9,000 over the past seven days or so. The asset was trading below $60,000 last weekend but surged to a six-week high above $68,000 on July 22. What has been driving market momentum for the past week, and will it continue? Bitcoin Is […]
TL;DR President Joe Biden said he will not compete in the US presidential elections, endorsing vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, with significant party support. The disclosure caused volatility in the cryptocurrency market, with Biden-related meme coins dropping and a Harris-related token surging by nearly 90%. The Biden Effect The current President of […]