Meet The Kraken Bank Executive Team: COO Michael Giorgio

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We are all glad that 2020 is about to end, but we must say that it wasn’t all bad. Here, we have prepared some BEST-related highlights which we achieved this year for you, such as our regular burn events, the introduction of the BEST Rewards programme, exclusive coin votes and much more. We also have some changes for BEST planned in 2021. Get your Christmas tea ready (we also have a Christmas gift ready for you) and enjoy the read.

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Bitpanda takes your security very seriously. For example, we store user funds in secure offline wallets (cold storage), use SSL encryption, offer DDOS protection and session management and email confirmation for all critical actions like sending cryptocurrencies from Bitpanda to other wallets. While this already gives you a good amount of protection, there are some additional steps you should consider from a user perspective to protect your account. In this post, we’re going to go over a few tried-and-tested methods to help augment your safety when using Bitpanda or rather your computer and smartphone in general.

LONDON, UK — APRIL 6, 2021 — Huobi Group, the world’s leading blockchain company, today announced that its philanthropic arm Huobi Charity Limited (“Huobi Charity”) regulated by the Charity Commissioners of Gibraltar (registration no. 324) is committing $1 million in bitcoin (BTC) and fiat currency to UNICEF to help foster global blockchain development and innovations with the potential to impact children and young people globally. Funds will be distributed to the UNICEF CryptoFund, a new financial vehicle allowing UNICEF to receive, hold, and disburse cryptocurrency, and UNICEF’s Innovation Fund, a pooled fund specifically designed to finance early stage, open-source technology that can benefit children. The Innovation Fund has received contributions of $34.9M USD, 2267 ETH and 8 BTC. The donation marks the first extensive institutional BTC donation accepted by UNICEF.