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How will Coronavirus impact Crypto?

3 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

What follows is an opinion. Latest fear porn that news media is feeding masses and masses seem to be drooling over is Coronavirus.  Danger seems real and we in no way undermine this outbreak, however, the fear fed to people seems to be out of proport...

Another scam and another 'jail-free' card for the billionaires; this time, Wells Fargo gets away with $3 Billion in fines

1 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

What follows is an opinion. Wells Fargo has been fined $3 Billion for the fake account scandal, while common people spend years in jail for possessing marijuana. The difference:  Wells Fargo and its executives can afford the 'jail-free' ticket while...

Bitcoin featured in NetFlix's Altered Carbon series

1 Mar 2020 1 minute read 5 comments CryptoTapas.com

Bitcoin will be here in year 2400! Netflix's Altered Carbon series shows merchandise value in Cryptocurrencies.  The story line takes place in year 2400 and surprisingly no fiat prices are seen in the scene. Litecoin, Pi and what looks like Monero an...

Facebook's Libra is alive and kicking: Libra & Tagomi

28 Feb 2020 1 minute read 16 comments CryptoTapas.com

It is with great sadness we report that Facebook's Libra is still alive.  Still worse, it is slowly growing and expanding its tentacles, albeit in stealth mode. With that dramatic introduction, you might have already guessed that we are not big fans...

IRS exempts Fortnite's in-game virtual currency from taxes, calls it an ERROR

14 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

IRS has quietly deleted the 'inclusion of in-game virtual currency' from the purview of taxes.   "It was corrected and that was done quickly — as soon as it was brought to our attention," Desmond said, according to Bloomberg's report. According to th...

ALERT: What to expect from the FinCEN Rollout on Crypto, as proposed in US Budget 2020?

13 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

US Fiscal Budget 2020 has a specific mention of ‘Cryptocurrency threats,’ and requests $125 Million dollars to upgrade FinCEN to administer Bank Secrecy Act on Cryptocurrency under the supervision of the United States Treasury. Page 82 of the Fiscal ...

GOOGLE is working with Hedera Hashgraph, announcement Starts a massive rally for Hedera

12 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

Hedera Hashgraph has been on a tear this week.  At the time of this writing - it went up more than 100%.  You may be wondering what's behind this run...well the project is quite solid, however, the rally has to do with GOOGLE's announcement that they...

Kraken Labs exposes security flaw in TREZOR wallet & Trezor responds

2 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

Kraken Labs reported 'Read Protection (RDP) Downgrade attack' in both Trezor One and Trezor Model T on 30 October 2019.  Trezor has responded to the vulnerabilities reported by Kraken Labs. According to the Trezor, "The RDP Downgrade involves the vol...

Fidelity's Tweet about how Bitcoin makes money obsolete is garnering attention

1 Feb 2020 1 minute read 1 comment CryptoTapas.com

Fidelity's Digital Assets division shared a tweet about an article that discusses how Bitcoin obsoletes all money - gradually at first but then suddenly.  This tweet is being celebrated in the Bitcoin maximalists and crypto communities.              ...

New York bans Cashless option

27 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoTapas.com

What has been circulated as ‘end of modernization’ and ‘bad thing for Cryptos’ could be just another hype from the sensation hungry media. There are over 2 Billion unbanked people around the world.  That means no access to digital money.  What New Yo...