Yesterday, at 21:00 UTC, Bitcoin has hit an intraday high of $11,307.69, almost €10,000, making a 165 percent price rise, according to Coindesk’s Bitcoin Price Index. That’s the highest level since March, 2018. This rise followed the announcement of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra last week. As per “The TIE” announcement on Twitter “The Libra Coin announcement […]

On Tuesday, the Facebook Inc. has revealed its own cryptocurrency called Libra, designed for its 2.6 billion app & social network users. Libra is expected to be launched for the public in the first half of 2020 and it will be distributed firstly on Messenger and WhatsApp. David Marcus, who is leading the Libra Project […]

The largest European multilingual cryptocurrency exchange, BitPay, has released a survey with main questions such as who uses cryptocurrencies and how. BitPay founded in 2014 by Sylwester Suszek. Currently it serves over 800 000 clients and employs 200+ people. 2,582 Polish cryptocurrency users have been answered 10 questions, including their gender and age. The results […]

The iGaming solutions provider BetConstruct has appointed Viktor Hoffmann as the new Global Marketing Director for its B2C brand VBet. Hoffmann has been former CEO of Marathonbet and Chief Marketing Officer at Addison Global, the operator behind MoPlay. Viktor Hoffmann stated: “I am very excited to join VBet at a pivotal time for the business. […]

John McAfee, the English-American security pioneer and cryptocurrency enthusiast, has announced on Twitter that he is set to launch his own independent cryptocurrency coin, the “McAfee Freedom Coin”. A one-page website is released for the McAfee Freedom Coin, announcing that the coin is coming in the fall of 2019. There is also a statement by […]

113 suspects for running illegal gambling dens have been arrested recently by the Turkish authorities, as the country has highly regulated Gambling Laws. A further 709 people were also arrested who were allegedly involved in other crimes. 28,000 police officers police and military officers deployed for the search on over 20,000 locations such as coffee […]

The British online gaming operator Bet365 Group Ltd has confirmed that it is to relocate its operations from Gibraltar to Malta, due to Brexit indecisiveness. A lot of companies are withdrawing their operations from the UK or British territories as Brexit has caused uncertainty for a huge amount of businesses. As a Bet365 spokesperson said […]

The Malta Gaming Authority participated in the annual conference of the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF), held in Limassol, Cyprus. The conference was exclusively attended by gaming regulators, primarily by GREF’s members. The main theme of the conference was ‘Exploring the boundaries between gambling and financial regulation’, and included topics relating to alternative payment methods, […]

The Minister for Public Administration in Sweden, Ardalan Shekarabi, recently announced the formation of a commission that will decide whether a “total or partial ban on gambling advertising” should be implemented. If a blanket ban is implemented, then the former gambling monopolies of the state will only strengthen their dominance in the industry. Shekarabi also […]

According to the findings of a study conducted by White Bullet, a cybersecurity company which monitors IP infringement in real time, the gambling sector is dominating advertising on piracy websites.  The study revealed that as much as 43 percent of all ads found on such websites came from gambling brands in the first quarter of […]

The assault took place at the Dorado Casino in Costa Rica’s capital, San José, on April 5. Nine armed and masked individuals attacked at around 3 a.m., threatening employees and casino patrons. By the time the ordeal was over just a few short minutes later, the thieves had gotten away with 8 million Costa Rican […]

An Italian man known in the local iGaming sector was arrested in Malta on Sunday on the strength of a European Arrest Warrant.  The 42-year-old, who lives in Swieqi, was arrested in a joint police operation, code-named “OP RICH”, involving officers from the Intelligence and Counter Terrorism units. In a statement, the police said that […]