Chipotle takes ‘buy the dip’ literally with new $200K crypto giveaway

United States-based fast casual restaurant chain Chipotle has started an online game which will give customers the chance to win more than $200,000 in crypto. In a Monday announcement, Chipotle said that through July 31 fans would be able to play its “Buy The Dip” — and “eat the dip” — game using their rewards […]

Missouri mayor suggests giving residents up to $1K in Bitcoin

The mayor of Cool Valley, Missouri said he was exploring giving more than $1 million in Bitcoin to the city’s 1,500 residents.  In a Thursday interview with St. Louis news outlet KSDK, Mayor Jayson Stewart said he wanted to see “every single household in my city receive some level of Bitcoin.” Stewart said the funds […]

Elon Musk impersonators make bank as crypto scammers' profits surge

The United States Federal Trade Commission has found that crypto scammers’ profits spiked in the last two months, noting a surge in fraudulent impersonators posing as prominent figures associated with digital assets, such as Elon Musk.  The findings report that cryptocurrency investment scams rose sharply in October 2020 as the impacts of coronavirus pandemic and […]

Twitter loses its mind over rapper's '$1M Bitcoin giveaway' … worth $11 each

Cash App, the Bitcoin-friendly payments application from U.S. financial services company Square, has teamed up with Grammy-nominated rapper Megan Thee Stallion on a $1 million Bitcoin giveaway. Megan announced the promotional campaign via Twitter on Dec. 17. The post has received more than 60,000 likes and 8,800 retweets at the time of writing. The rapper […]