Unstoppable Domains, a major blockchain domain provider, is hitting another milestone as Winklevoss brothers' Gemini exchange now offers custody for its ".crypto" domains. Starting from July 23, users can store their ".crypto" addresses obtained through Unstoppable Domains with Gemini Custody — a tool that is designed to store crypto assets in a regulated, secure and compliant manner. Domain registrars 101domain and EnCirca are among the first users Registrars of traditional DNS domains are being targeted as top customers of the new service. Providers like 101domain and EnCirca will be the first resellers of the new product, Unstoppable Domains’ co-founder Brad …

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Bitcoin price drop to key $9,000 support could place the uptrend in peril Will the drama surrounding BTC’s price ever end? Probably not any time soon. This week, Bitcoin fell $800 in a matter of hours to reach lows not seen since May 28. That came after yet another unsuccessful attempt to gain firm support …

Stampede Ventures — a production company owned by ex-Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman — has partnered with Cameron and Tyler Winkelvoss to produce a movie featuring the brothers’ story as portrayed in the best-selling book Bitcoin Billionaires. According to the report published on Deadline, Silverman will be co-producing the movie along with Jon Berg, known for his work with superhero blockbusters such as Wonder Woman and Aquaman. Bitcoin Billionaires was written by the American author Ben Mezrich in 2019 after the Winklevoss twins became crypto billionaires. The Winklevoss story The Winklevoss brothers came into the limelight following Mezrich’s other best-selling …

U.S. crypto exchange Gemini has partnered with technology giant Samsung Electronics for wallet integration. The partnership means U.S. and Canadian customers can use the Samsung Blockchain Wallet in conjunction with Gemini's mobile application, a statement provided to Cointelegraph said. The first U.S. crypto partnership The partnership is reportedly the first of its kind. "Gemini is the first U.S. crypto exchange and custodian to partner with Samsung," the statement said. Cointelegraph reached out to Samsung to confirm details of the partnership, but did not receive a response as of press time. This article will be updated as necessary, pending a response. …

Known for their regulation-friendly outlook within the crypto industry, Gemini exchange founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss hold a hybrid approach to privacy and government rules. The twin brothers explained in a May 22 podcast interview with Peter McCormack that crypto adoption comes a need for some degree of regulation. Cameron added: “The independence and sovereignty around crypto is unmatched with any technology before, but the onramps have to have an element of thoughtful regulation.” Zero regulation is not the answer Labeled as the 15th and 16th most influential people in the crypto space, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss dove into Bitcoin …

Investor, early crypto adopter, and CEO of Gemini exchange, Tyler Winklevoss, predicted that competition between stablecoins will really begin once Wall Street moves into decentralized finance, or DeFi, during a recent interview with The Defiant’s Camila Russo. However, despite his optimistic outlook for DeFi, the Gemini co-founder asserted that the crypto industry currently does not offer a killer app that is driving adoption from outside of the virtual currency community. Inter-stablecoin competition hasn’t even began In an interview with The Defiant, Tyler Winklevoss predicted that the real race between stablecoins will not take form until Wall Street takes an interest …

Despite being over a decade old, Bitcoin (BTC) is still not particularly easy to understand. Even major BTC bulls like Tim Draper have admitted that Bitcoin still lacks ease of use for mainstream adoption. In the same vein, two key figures in the community held an informal Twitter debate over Bitcoin’s complexity today. Debate intro: Cuban might change his mind about Bitcoin if it gets so easy that “grandma can use it” Mark Cuban, one of the most well-known Bitcoin sceptics, prefers to own bananas than invest in bitcoins. Cuban previously criticized Bitcoin’s complexity in an interview with Anthony “Pomp” …

On April 9, Canadian asset manager 3iQ announced that its efforts to launch a fund tied to Bitcoin (BTC) on the Toronto Stock Exchange had finally come to fruition after three years of continued legal disputes. As a result of this move, 3iQ has become the first firm to release such an offering commercially on the exchange. Currently trading under the name, “The Bitcoin Fund,” the offering has around 1.5 million Class A “QBTC.U” shares available on the Toronto Stock Exchange, or TSX. At press time, each share is trading for around $12. The price indexes being used by the …

Nifty, a USD-based exchange for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), announced the completion of its ‘Nifty Gateway 2.0’ revamp on March 17. The platform, which was purchased by the Winklevoss twins’ crypto firm Gemini in November 2019, describes itself as the first US dollar-based centralized exchange for NFTs. The platform allows U.S. users to withdraw fiat currency, and plans to support fiat withdrawal for international users “as soon as possible.” All other services are currently available to international users. Nifty to take cautious approach to new NFT listings While users are able to list NFTs on the Nifty marketplace, the platform states …

For the past decade, blockchain, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies have disrupted everything they have touched — including banking, hedge funds, law enforcement, health care and real estate to name a few. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are set to revolutionize many industries, yet this is only the beginning. However, despite the overall enthusiasm and excitement around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology’s capacity to revolutionize the world as we know it, many of the world’s richest men have expressed mixed opinions. For instance, some billionaires, like Warren Buffett, are known to be staunch Bitcoin critics while others, like Tim Draper, are avid …

Tyler Winklevoss, a billionaire Bitcoin (BTC) investor and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, bought the world’s most expensive ticket to space. The purchase was made back in January 2014, according to a report by cryptocurrency platform Luno on Feb. 24. At the time, Winklevoss acquired a ticket for Virgin Galactic’s passenger-carrying spaceship for 312.5 BTC, which was worth $250,000 at the time. Virgin Galactic is a space tourism company within the British venture capital conglomerate Virgin Group. “Bitcoin Pizza moment” As such, Winklevoss’s initial investment of 312.5 BTC in the ticket is currently valued at over $3 million, marking an …

Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has integrated popular trading chart analysis service TradingView. According to a TradingView’s announcement on Feb. 4, Gemini has added the trading service as a trading partner, allowing its institutional customers to trade or invest directly through TradingView. As part of the integration, Gemini is now listed in the TradingView’s Trading Panel as well as in the new Brokerage Section. In a blog post on Feb. 4, Gemini provided short instructions on how to connect a Gemini account to TradingView. The crypto exchange has even created a separate section on its …