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Localbitcoins 2019 Revenue Rises 10% to $29.6 Million Amid Increased Paxful Competition
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Localbitcoins has reported that 2019 revenue rose 10% to $29.6 million from $27 million a year ago. For...
$11 Trillion Offshore Assets Uncovered After 100 Countries Share Information on 84 Million Bank Accounts
Governments in nearly 100 countries have been sharing offshore bank account information in an effort to crack down on tax evasion. Their...
Altcoin market analysis: SNX/USD has surged 120% over the past two weeks
SNX/USD hit a new all-time high on Thursday after a 23% jump on the day brought its gains over the past two weeks up by 120% While BTC/USD...
Altcoin market analysis: Cardano sees 14% price surge
Cardano has surged over 14% in the past 24 hours to hit levels last seen in June 2019, and on-chain signals are mostly bullish to suggest...
A ‘Significant Increase’: UK Regulator Says 2.6 Million Residents Have Bought Cryptocurrencies
The UK’s top financial regulator has conducted a survey and found a “significant increase” in the number of crypto...
Alt-Right Activist Stefan Molyneux Banned from Youtube, Raises $100K in Crypto Donations
The founder of Freedomain, philosopher and alt-right activist, Stefan Molyneux, received more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency donations...
Tether’s Market Valuation Grows 144% in 2020, USDT Market Cap Worth $10 Billion
The most popular stablecoin, Tether, has propelled its way into the third-largest position by cryptocurrency market capitalization. At the...
Bitcoin Investors Pocketed 42% in Gains During the Second Quarter of 2020
The second quarter of 2020 was very profitable for bitcoin investors, according to data analytics firm Skew. During the period, the top...
Brewdog Tokyo Accepts Bitcoin Cash Payments: Local BCH Meetup Gathers to Celebrate
On July 1, 2020, the popular eatery and bar in Japan, Brewdog Tokyo, started accepting bitcoin cash payments for products and services....
Gold Industry Shaken as 83 Tons of Fake Gold Bars Used to Secure $2 Billion Loans in China
The gold industry has been shaken after it was discovered that 83 tons of fake gold bars have been used as collateral for loans worth 20...
Tether hits $10bn market cap as DeFi drives demand
Despite controversy over its issuance, Tether has recently seen its market cap hit $10 billion to cement its status as the leading...
Basic Attention Token market update: BAT/USD shows bullish signs
The BAT/USD trading pair is about 2% down on the day, though sentiment remains bullish given spot trading volume and transaction count are...
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 to Add 275 PH/s of Mining Capacity With $8.3M Capital Raise
Hut 8 Mining Corp. has raised $8.3 million from the sale of 6% of its shares to investors. The Canadian bitcoin miner originally intended...
Bitcoin’s 5% Drop in Value Puts Pressure on BTC Mining Operations and Older ASIC Rigs
During the last seven days, the price of bitcoin has dropped 4.8% from a high of $9,700 on June 24, to a low of $8,965 on June 27. Since...
Bamboozled: Gavin Andresen Says He Could Have Been Fooled by Craig Wright, BSV Supporters Speak Out
This week a number of Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit depositions have recently published and are now available for public viewing. One specific...
Record Breaking Unmoved Bitcoin Data Sparks Expectation of Imminent Bull Run
The amount of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year is at an all-time high. The last peak was in 2016, before the bitcoin bull run...
Bitcoin price recap: June 2020
Bitcoin price headed for monthly close beneath key level despite increased hodling and reduced on-exchange reserves that point to a...
Ethereum’s price is bearish despite massive fundamental growth: here’s what’s next
Ethereum has seen its transaction volumes soar, active addresses hit new all-time highs and daily fees surpass Bitcoin, but the price of...
60 Hong Kong-Based Vending Machines Support McAfee’s Ghost Token for Payments
On June 28, 2020, the team behind Ghost Coin revealed a partnership with the digital currency payment processor Ivendpay. Ghost is a...
Indian Crypto Banks and Exchanges See Massive Growth Amid Rising Covid-19 Crisis: Survey
The crypto industry in India is experiencing massive growth, according to a new survey of crypto banks and exchanges. Despite the...
Comprehensive Analysis Predicts Bitcoin Price Near $20K This Year, $398K by 2030
A new, comprehensive analysis has predicted the price of bitcoin to reach almost $20K this year and will keep rising to almost $400K by...
US Contract Miner Core Scientific Buys 17,600 Bitcoin Miners From Bitmain
U.S. contract mining firm Core Scientific has agreed on a deal to buy 17,600 mining rigs from Chinese bitcoin hardware maker Bitmain...
Gifts and Remittances: Bitcoin.com’s New Tools Allow People to Send BCH via Email
This month Bitcoin.com launched two services that help facilitate bitcoin cash adoption and crypto remittance via email. In a recent video...
Visualize Crypto Transaction Privacy Scores With Blockchair’s ‘Privacy-o-Meter’
On June 24, the block explorer and blockchain data platform, Blockchair, announced the launch of a new privacy tool called the...
‘Sophisticated’ Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer
Decentralized finance (Defi) protocol Balancer was on Sunday hacked for more than $450,000 worth of cryptocurrency. In two separate...
Ripple Price: XRP/USD downtrend likely to extend beyond current 900 days
XRP/USD’s monthly candle is likely to close lower than current levels and extend its two-year downtrend XRP has consistently posted lower...
Bitcoin Gold price rises 24% ahead of monthly close
Bitcoin Gold price is up 23% in the past 24 hours as price breaks above $10.00, though overbought conditions shown by technical picture...
Bitcoin.org Maintainer Calls for the Removal of Cobra, Website Owner Then Fires Him
The infamous and controversial owner of the website bitcoin.org, Cobra, is under fire recently and a number of community members have...
Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown: Currency Plunges 80%, Huge Losses at Central Bank, IMF Bailout Stalled
The financial crisis in Lebanon has seen its currency, the Lebanese pound, fall 80%. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated...
Bolstering Separation of Money and State Following the 244th Independence Day
With the fourth of July approaching, many Americans will have to contemplate whether or not the holiday is an empty affair. After the last...
Skeptics Concerned Plustoken Scammers Plan to Dump $187M Worth of Ethereum
Crypto market skeptics and speculators are concerned about 789,000 ETH that started moving four days ago last Wednesday. The transaction...
Federated Sidechains: $8M in BTC Stuck in Limbo, Analyst Says Action ‘Violates Liquid’s Security Model’
Liquid, the sidechain network developed by the company Blockstream, saw 870 bitcoins ($8 million) frozen in moderation queue due to a...
Jim Rogers, Mark Cuban, Peter Schiff Will ‘Go All-In’ on Bitcoin — Max Keiser
Max Keiser believes that bitcoin naysayers like Jim Rogers, Mark Cuban, and Peter Schiff will go all-in and invest big in bitcoin when...
Popular Analyst Reveals New Bitcoin Pricing Model: Prediction Suggests ‘Bullish Run a Month Away’
The popular bitcoin analyst Willy Woo told his 132,000 Twitter followers that he’s working on a new pricing model that suggests a...
‘Casino Jack’ Abramoff Charged in AML Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Fraud Case, Could Return to Prison
Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist behind one of the biggest Washington lobbying scandals as portrayed in the feature film Casino Jack, has been...
US Real Estate Market Crisis: 4.3 Million Mortgage Delinquencies, Commercial Properties Sink in Value
The U.S. economy continues to look bleak as the American citizens and small businesses nationwide struggle to keep up with the...
Timothy C. May: Libertaria in Cyberspace
Here are a few points about why “cyberspace,” or a computer-mediated network, is more hospitable than physical locations for...
Wirecard: Crypto Card Users’ Funds Locked as UK Regulator Suspends Subsidiary
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Friday suspended the license of Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS), a unit of troubled Wirecard AG,...
Yield Farming Pool Concept May Solidify Ethereum’s Role as BTC’s Main Sidechain
Decentralized finance (defi) applications on the Ethereum chain have been growing wildly during the last two years. Now a number of...
Final Judgment: Telegram to Pay Crypto Investors Back $1.2 Billion, US Court Orders
The dispute between Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is coming to a close as the final judgment has been...
Online Data Analysis Points to Venezuela Accepting BTC for Passports
During the last week, a number of bitcoiners have been discussing Venezuela’s Administrative Service for Identification, Migration,...
Whale activity driving interest in Chainlink, LEND and ZRX
While Bitcoin and Ethereum prices go into a brief lull, Chainlink, Aave and 0x have seen an uptick thanks to massive accumulation by...
$1bn in Bitcoin options contracts expire today
June 26 marks the expiration of that largest batch of Bitcoin options, and the big question is what next for BTC/USD Around 114,000...
Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup
Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big...
Review: Crypto.com’s Ruby Steel Prepaid Visa Card
A number of members in the cryptocurrency community, typically people who are paid in crypto assets, have tried a myriad of prepaid cards...
Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Claims He’s Autistic, Judge Tosses Out Sanctions Against Craig Wright
The Kleiman v. Wright case is seemingly headed to trial on July 6, 2020, after Judge Beth Bloom ruled against the Kleiman’s attempt...
Wirecard $2 Billion Scandal: Firm Files for Insolvency, Ex-CEO Arrested, User Funds Safe
Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2.1 billion – but customer...
US Senators Introduce ‘Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act’ — With Backdoor Mandate
US lawmakers have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted information. This bill...
Bitcoin Cash-Fueled Blogging Website Read.cash Raises Over $100K for Collective Initiative
A few months ago news.Bitcoin.com reported on the web portal read.cash, a blogging website fueled by bitcoin cash that rewards users in...
Australians Can Now Pay for Bitcoin at 3,500 Australia Post Offices
Australian residents can now pay for bitcoin at more than 3,500 national post offices. The new service launched by Bitcoin.com.au is aimed...
Bitcoin price update: sell-off sees $15bn lost from market cap
Bitcoin price shot below $9,000, total market cap falls by $15 billion and miners send a year-high record amount of bitcoins to exchanges...
Cryptocurrency price update: Ethereum and XRP
Bitcoin slumped to lows of $8,980 on Wednesday, the decline dragging the rest of the market lower The cryptocurrency market fell into a...
Bitcoin Price Dump: Miners Start Selling 9,000 BTC, Possibly Opening Bear Cycle
Bitcoin miners on Tuesday transfered nearly 3,000 bitcoin, worth around $28 million, directly into exchange wallets. Several thousand...
KPMG Introduces Cryptocurrency Management Platform
KPMG has launched a cryptocurrency management platform designed to accelerate institutional crypto adoption. KPMG’s patent-pending...
Leveraged Tokens Soon Available on the Bitcoin.com Exchange
Four new tokens by Amun will be listed on the Bitcoin.com Exchange this Thursday. Amun is a leading crypto technology company that builds...
6 Privacy-Enhancing Tools That Place Bitcoin Cash Transactions Ahead of the Pack
On June 24, a Reddit post had a few Bitcoin Cash proponents discussing a number of privacy enhancements BCH supporters can leverage every...
Buy Stablecoins With Your Credit Card in Lumi Wallet
Lumi Wallet announced that from June 2020, Tether USDT, Binance USD, Paxos Standard Token, Celsius and Dai are available to purchase in...
Ethereum’s fees remain above Bitcoin’s for second week running
As DeFi lock-in in Ethereum averages $14M each day, the total fees of the second-largest crypto network remains above that of Bitcoin...
ChainLink: LINK/USD spikes 10% as bulls reach all-time high levels
ChainLink touched a high of $4.94 on Monday, its 11% upsurge seeing it come close to hitting a new all-time high LINK/USD has surged by...
Bitcoin Mining Chip Manufacturer Ebang to List on Nasdaq This Week
On Friday, June 26, the China-based Zhejiang Ebang Communication, often referred to as Ebang, will be listed on Nasdaq, according to...
83% of Bitcoin Addresses Currently Profitable, Says Glassnode
At least 83% of existing Bitcoin addresses are currently in a state of profit, according to Glassnode. That’s a 43% increase since...
Ethereum Network Fees Jump Above Bitcoin Transaction Fees for Two Weeks Straight
This week digital currency enthusiasts have been discussing network fees, specifically transaction fees associated with the Bitcoin and...
Jim Rogers Discusses Bitcoin as Money and Why Governments Will Stop Crypto
Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has shared his view on bitcoin, its use as money, and...
Average Price of Bitcoin More Than Quadrupled Between Reward Halvings
Investing in bitcoin has been somewhat of a phenomenon, as millions of individuals have invested funds into the crypto-economy since at...
7-Eleven, CVS, Rite Aid: Libertyx Adds 20,000 Stores to Buy Bitcoin With Cash
Libertyx has expanded its network to include 20,000 7-Eleven, CVS, and Rite Aid Pharmacy stores where customers can buy bitcoin with cash....
Bitcoin climbs to $9,800 as PayPal integration rumour loads optimism
Bitcoin price jumped nearly 5% as reports emerged payments giant PayPal could soon support the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies...
Zilliqa price: trend reversal strengthens after 900% gains in two months
Analyst predicts ZIL/USD could drop 40% to $0.011 after gaining over 900% between March 16 and June 11 The price of Zilliqa is correcting...
CryptoAltum, The CFD Trading Platform With 1:500 Leverage
CryptoAltum, a popular MT5 platform, executes trades using market execution with all trades filled at the best available price in the...
Sparrow Raises USD 3.5 Mil in Series a Funding
23 June 2020, Singapore – Sparrow, the leading options trading platform has secured USD 3.5 million in Series A funding to...
New Zealand Police Seize $91 Million From Russian Bitcoin Exchange Operator
Police in New Zealand confiscated NZ$140 million ($91 million) from Russian bitcoin exchange operator Alexander Vinnik. Vinnik is the...
Bitcoin ASIC Miner Manufacturing Domination: Bitmain and Microbt Battle for Top Positions
On June 16, 2020, Bitmex researchers published a report that noted bitcoin mining rig manufacturers have consolidated a great deal and in...
Wirecard CEO Quits as Crypto Card Firm Reveals Missing $2.1 Billion Does Not Exist
Wirecard chief executive officer quit as the crypto card payments firm revealed that the €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) missing from its...
DeFi token Compound dips 13% after a 300% spike in just three days
Compound has declined over 13% in the past 24 hours after a remarkable price surge over the past week COMP/USD spiked to create FOMO in a...
Breaking Bitcoin: Crypto Proponents Discuss Honeywell’s 6 Qubit Quantum Computer
On June 19, 2020, the massive industrial firm Honeywell told the public the company is now running a quantum computer that effectively...
OmiseGo (OMG) price surges by 9.2% as trading volume doubles
The price of OmiseGo has been pumping hard over the past 24 hours, spiking by over 9% thanks to a volume spike Ethereum-based crypto...
Here Is Why BigONE’s New VIP System Can Make the Most Out of Your Everyday Trading
BigONE Exchange, one of the world’s safest crypto exchanges, has taken on a new sheen as it just launched a brand new VIP system...
Meet Mistcoin – The First Mineable SLP Token Implementation Launched on Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new project built using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework called mistcoin...
Satoshi Nakamoto Kidnapped, Tortured by NSA to Destroy Crypto in New Movie ‘Decrypted’
Decrypted, a new crypto movie about Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, is in production. In this “outrageous and...
Hundreds of Sites Now Earn Crypto Trading Fees: Exchange WordPress Plugin Sees 300 Active Installs
A couple of months ago, a new WordPress (WP) plugin launched that allows anyone to host a digital currency trading platform. With the...
Jay Clayton Leaves SEC: Crypto Industry Hopeful for Bitcoin ETF Approval
Chairman Jay Clayton is geared to leave the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after President Donald Trump nominates him to...
Unicef Funding Startups With Cryptocurrency for Covid-19 Relief
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced its largest cryptocurrency investment funding of startups. Eight companies...
Simple Ledger Protocol Universe Is Thriving: Lottery, Mint, ATMs, Over 8,500 SLP Tokens Created
It’s been close to twelve months since we reported on the vast Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) universe built on top of the Bitcoin...
Elon Musk Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Rakes in Millions of Dollars in BTC
‘Elon Musk’ bitcoin giveaways continue to scam people on Youtube. Scammers have reportedly pulled in millions of dollars in...
Only 3.5 Million Bitcoin Is Traded Worldwide; Majority of BTC Held Long-Term as Digital Gold, Says Chainalysis
Only 3.5 million bitcoin or 19% of total circulating supply is actively traded throughout the world, while the rest is being held...
Benjamin R. Tucker: Why I Am An Anarchist
Why am I an Anarchist? That is the question which the editor of the Twentieth Century has requested me to answer for his readers. I...
Akon City: $6 Billion Cryptocurrency City Set to Begin Construction
Akon City, a “futuristic cryptocurrency themed city” founded by famous singer Akon, is ready to begin construction, with a...
Bitcoin Rises in New Crypto Rankings by Chinese Government-Backed Institute
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has revised its cryptocurrency project rankings. Thirty-seven crypto...
Bityard Cryptocurrency Exchange Makes Trading Complex Contracts Simple
Bityard is a digital assets trading platform focused on offering fast, easy and safe contracts trading. The Singapore-headquartered...
Ernst & Young Launches Application to Help US Crypto Investors With Tax Filings
Ernst & Young (EY) has introduced a new application that helps U.S. cryptocurrency traders calculate and file their taxes with ease....
Holders Gather 233K BTC This Year, While Bitcoin Cash Savers Outshine Composition by Time Held
Market data from Glassnode shows that bitcoin holders have increased their positions by 233,000 BTC since January 1, 2020. However, when...