Yesterday, the value of Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time. This morning, the trading price of BTC is hovering around $102,500. Last night, at 12 a.m., it hit its all-time high of $103,360.68. Much of these gains are due to Donald Trump winning the presidency. His pro-crypto stance during the 2024 campaign has bore fruit, … Read more
Wall Street juggernauts continue to flirt with cryptocurrency legitimization, and altcoin markets have responded kindly over the past few weeks. Unlike traditional commodity and financial markets, cryptocurrency is entirely dependent on future speculation. The current value of Bitcoin is $41,865.49. On December 18, 2022, BTC was worth $16,896.17. In just one year’s time, Bitcoin has … Read more
A month ago, we told you all about ApeCoin (ticker symbol APE), the new native cryptocurrency platform from the fine folks who brought you those ridiculous procedurally generated cartoon ape sailor NFT things that are basically digital versions of those Funko Pop! toys you can find stacked shoulder-high in the Walmart DVD section for some … Read more
Over the last few months, no major online sports betting site has been embracing cryptocurrency like BetOnline Sportsbook. The site now supports 17 different crypto coins for deposits (albeit a few haven’t been added to the BetOnline payouts menu just yet), and it probably won’t stop there. In the last couple of months, BetOnline has … Read more
Crypto is in an interesting place. With the Russia-Ukraine unpleasantness causing folks to rethink fiat and alternative monies alike – and with the recent general dip across the whole cryptocurrency market – it’s a fine time to get in. Provided, of course, that you can stand more volatility than usual. Now, we’re not saying that … Read more
There are some interesting things in the offing re this whole crypto sports betting thing, but we’ll save all the latest news on that front for a more comprehensive update. In the meantime, there’s not much to report on in the online betting banking realm: Your options remain the same as they’ve been since BetOnline … Read more
Here at SBL, we’re big advocates of cryptocurrency. Crypto isn’t only the best way to fund your online sports betting (or frankly, your online anything else), it’s also functionally disconnected – or, at least, as disconnected as anything can be – from the old-money fiat structure of the world. That, more than anything else, is … Read more
As gas prices hit record highs in the United States with a national average north of $4.17 per gallon (and climbing), many pundits and “economists” are blaming the Russia-Ukraine conflict as the reason why. That, of course, is nonsense. The US imports a mere three percent of its oil from Russia, and gas prices had … Read more
Well, not all of it. But a lot of it. Maybe most of it. Okay, all of it. Here at SBL, we mostly discuss things like legal betting sites, the best sports betting lines, political odds, Academy Awards odds, Grammy betting, and so on. We even have a page dedicated to Elon Musk and all … Read more
Well, Tom Brady has officially called it quits. If you won that bet, congratulations. We hope you choke on it. Actually, everything’s going to be okay. The Buccaneers will court Aaron Rodgers, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will convince Public Enemy No. 1 to relocate to the unmasked/unvaxed/untaxed haven that is the Sunshine State. Where, … Read more
If you’ve been following the crypto news lately, you’ve probably seen a lot of hubbub about “airdrops.” The term originally coined to describe the method by which crypto holders are delivered new crypto assets after a given blockchain undergoes a hard fork has now become one of the most powerful marketing tools in the alt … Read more
BetOnline has been absolutely killing it in the sports betting banking arena over the last year or so. They were the first major operator to accept the Cardano (ADA) cryptocurrency, and they followed that up with Solana (SOL) support. As two of the hottest crypto assets, it’s nice to be able to put ADA and … Read more