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How To Buy Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Using Paypal
These days there are myriad ways people can purchase cryptocurrencies, and the payment platform Paypal is a popular choice. Multiple...
5 Mining Operations Command More Than 50% of BTC’s Network Hashrate
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing mining centralization after a report was published that disclosed five mining operations...
China Stocks Plummet Despite 1.2 Trillion Yuan Injection to Mitigate Effects of Epidemic
China’s stock market plunged Monday under selling pressure accumulated during a prolonged holiday. Investors have been worried by...
Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese Crypto ASIC Manufacturers to Delay Orders
Bitcoin mining rig deliveries from China are delayed due to the coronavirus according to a few Chinese manufacturers. Microbt and Ebang...
Zengo Is a Keyless Yet Noncustodial Bitcoin Wallet
Zengo is a non-custodial mobile wallet that dispenses with private keys in favor of threshold signatures to create two ‘mathematical...
Line’s Digital Currency Link to Be Available in Japan as Early as April 2020
Launched in October 2018, Asian messaging giant Line’s Bitbox crypto exchange has made its link (LN) digital asset available to...
Bitcoin Verde’s New Project Aims to Promote Bitcoin Cash Node Diversity
Software developer Joshua Green announced Friday via the read.cash blog that the Bitcoin Verde team is launching a project to increase...
Cambodia Announces Own Cryptocurrency as More Details Surface About China’s Digital Yuan
With China still in the lead, other countries are advancing their projects to develop payment systems around central bank digital...
Silk Road Mentor’s Arrest Rekindles Tales of Rogue Agents and Pirate’s Treasure
On January 30, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) revealed that Roger Clark, the alleged senior...
Police Forces in Belgium, France and Israel Stop Scam Promising 35% Returns on Crypto Investments
Police forces in Belgium, France and Israel have reportedly put a stop to an international scam promising high returns of up to 35% on...
US Politicians Want to Ban End-to-End Encryption on Messaging Services like Telegram and Whatsapp
Under the guise of fighting against online child pornography, American politicians are trying to effectively ban end-to-end encryption on...
41 German Banks Now Charge Negative Interest Rates
The number of German banks charging negative interest rates has been rising rapidly. At least 41 banks now charge negative interest rates...
IRS Explains What Crypto Owners Must Know to File Taxes This Year
Kicking off this year’s tax filing season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published important tips for crypto owners to...
Don’t Invest in Bitcoin Code, Bitcoin Doubler or Bitcoin Trader – They Are All Scams
Those new to crypto and with money signs in their eyes can easily be taken in by scams, and there are many, thanks to the decentralized...
Boerse Stuttgart’s Bison Trading App to Add Bitcoin Cash and Launch Desktop Version
Bison, the crypto trading application offered by Boerse Stuttgart, has seen a remarkable growth of users in the past 12 months, the group...
Darknet Users Discuss the Connection Between DDoS Attacks and Exit Scams
During the last few weeks, a number of darknet markets (DNMs) like Dread and Empire have been attacked relentlessly with heavy DDoS...
Jiang Zhuoer Restructures Development Funding Proposal for Bitcoin Cash
On January 31, Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer addressed the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community again after his initial proposal last Wednesday was...
US Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Says Regulations Cannot Impede Crypto, Affirms Priorities
Andrew Yang, who is running for U.S. president in the 2020 election, has explained what his priorities will be regarding cryptocurrency...
Developer Adds Improvements to the Bitcoin Cash Java Library
On January 30, the software developer Pokkst published a blog post sharing his experience of how he’s been maintaining the Java BCH...
Deutsche Bank Reports €5.3 Billion in Net Loss for 2019 as It Counts the Cost of Restructuring
A year of reorganization has left its mark on Germany’s leading financial institution. Deutsche Bank revealed this week it suffered...
These Are the Most Traded Tokens on Decentralized Exchanges Right Now
The decentralized exchange landscape is evolving fast, with new liquidity aggregators and relays enhancing usability while reducing...
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the...
Ethereum’s Value Transfer Is Now Dominated by Stablecoins
The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain has become home to a number of stablecoins. On January 29, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins explained that...
Google Executive From India Joins Coinbase as Chief Product Officer
A Google executive from India has joined Coinbase as the new chief product officer after 11 years at Google. He aims to help Coinbase make...
US Bank Silvergate Sees Growth in Crypto Clients, Despite Decreasing Deposits From the Sector
Financial results released by two U.S. banks providing services to the crypto industry have indicated a decline in deposits from digital...
Cashfusion Far More Practical Than Other Coinjoin Protocols, Says Data Analyst
On January 29, data analyst James Waugh decided to test and see if the Cashfusion protocol was really anonymous. After testing Cashfusion,...
Trustverse Token Is Now Listed for Trading on Bitcoin.com Exchange and Users Can Win 1 Million TRV
The Bitcoin.com Exchange continues to rapidly expand its offerings. The latest asset to join it is the Trustverse token, which is now...
Zcash Community Votes to Distribute 20% of Mining Rewards to Infrastructure Development
The Electric Coin Company, a group that supports the development of Zcash (ZEC), announced the community has voted to distribute 20% of...
Another Crypto Exchange Discourages the Use of Bitcoin Mixing Services
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was recently scrutinized for flagging a customer’s funds because the individual had used a...
Bank Frick Expands Range of Crypto Assets to Offer Trading and Custodian Services for Bitcoin Cash
Bank Frick, a leading European blockchain bank, has expanded its range of cryptocurrencies for which it offers trading and custodian...
Swiss Resort Town Zermatt Accepts Bitcoin for Government Services
Zermatt, a municipality in Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn known for its ski resort, has started accepting bitcoin for...
Crypto Exchange Zebpay Announces Relaunch in India Ahead of Supreme Court Decision on RBI Ban
Zebpay is returning to India more than a year after closing down local crypto exchange operations due to the banking ban imposed by the...
How To Start Using Bitcoin: Buying, Storing, and Spending Crypto for a Total Newb
For the already initiated, there is a little spoken of land outside of crypto world where legions of normal people hear about Bitcoin and...
Decentralized Finance Is Blossoming, But Just How Decentralized Is Defi?
The defi market has hit an all-time high as the total value locked up in decentralized finance has surged past $850 million. A flurry of...
More Than 50 Crypto Marketing Agencies Survived the Crypto Winter
The cryptocurrency industry has grown exponentially and there are many facets to the blockchain industry. One specific area of expertise...
Blockchain.com Launches Full Turkish Lira Banking Integration as a Native Payment Gateway for Turkey
Blockchain.com has launched a full banking integration for Turkish Lira (TRY) to create a native payment gateway for users to deposit and...
Close to $6k in Bitcoin Cash Tips Paid to Read.cash Authors Last Week
The read.cash blog has been a resource for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community for a while now but ever since the recent miner funded...
New Chainalysis Report Sheds Light on Darknet Markets and the Need for Onchain Privacy
Darknet market activity hit new highs in 2019, as shown in a new report from blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis. Despite concerted...
Paris Saint-Germain Teams up With Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform CoinCasso
Paris Saint-Germain and cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinCasso have joined forces in a multi-year international partnership, with the...
Uphold App Now Lets Users Easily Trade Directly Between Over 60 Cryptos, Fiat Currencies and Metals
The new Uphold mobile app features an ‘Anything to Anything’ interface, which lets users easily trade directly between more...
India Unveils National Blockchain Strategy, Calling on RBI to Issue Digital Currency
India’s National Strategy on Blockchain has been published. It recommends, among other things, for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...
Deutsche Bank Report: Digital Yuan Could Upset Global Power Balance, Plastic Will Die, Cash Survive
A new report from Deutsche Bank Research, Digital Currencies: the Ultimate Hard Power Tool, predicts that cash payments will remain for...
Singapore Introduces Licensing for Crypto Platforms, New Payment Services Now Act in Force
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the commencement of the city-state’s new Payment Services Act. The law...
Cold Storage and Bearer Bonds: How to Print an SLP Token Paper Wallet
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) and tokens have become a mainstay within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. SLP tokens have gathered traction as...
Three High Profile Crypto Networks Face Reward Halvings This Spring
This spring, three of the largest crypto networks, BTC, BCH, and BSV, will undergo their halvings around the same time for the first time...
International Crypto Exchange Liquid Develops Perpetual BTC Contracts With Up to 100x Leverage
Leverage allows cryptocurrency traders unsatisfied with market volatility to make stronger plays on smaller movements. Trading platforms...
Bitcoin.com Update: Dev Fund Proposal ‘Will Not Go Through’ Without More Agreement
The BCH infrastructure funding proposal initially announced by Jiang Zhuoer on January 22 will not go through as planned without greater...
Hearing Concluded: Indian Supreme Court Deliberates on Crypto vs RBI Case
The Indian supreme court has finished hearing the crypto vs. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) case. The hearing concluded on Tuesday with the...
Swiss Bank Julius Baer Offers New Digital Asset Services With Licensed Crypto Bank SEBA
Switzerland, a nation that’s been quite positive towards crypto business, is facilitating the integration between its traditional...
Localcryptos Lets You Cash Out BTC P2P – Minus the KYC
If you’ve ever had a sudden need for fiat while all in crypto, you’ll understand the difficulty of cashing out without KYC-ing...
Governments and Enterprises Can’t Get Enough of Blockchain
Governments have long been wary of Bitcoin, while expressing admiration for its innovative ledger system. This trend can be traced back...
Heated Debate Continues Over Bitcoin Cash Infrastructure Funding Plan
Last Wednesday, the founder of the mining operation Btc.top announced a proposal that would fund Bitcoin Cash (BCH) development over the...
Ukraine to Oversee Crypto Transactions Above $1,200, Sees Opportunities in Legalization Not Risks
Cryptocurrency transactions in Ukraine will be strictly monitored by the state, although the country’s finance minister admits that...
5 Online Casinos That Accept Bitcoin Cash
Digital cash was the original use case for bitcoin, and it remains the primary one for bitcoin cash (BCH) today. The ability to send funds...
Spill Your Sats: H&R Block Tells Crypto Customers to Self-Report on Taxes, Even If Imperfectly
Tax season for United States residents is fast approaching, and the IRS wants to know about everyone’s involvement in the crypto...
More Than 77 Crypto Projects Claim to Be Backed by Physical Gold
The last few years have seen the creation of blockchain projects that claim to have tokens backed by physical gold. In October, Coinshares...
Bitcoin Gold 51% Attacked – Network Loses $70,000 in Double Spends
The Bitcoin Gold (BTG) network suffered another set of 51% attacks on January 23-24, as roughly 29 blocks were removed in two deep...
Dubai Launching Crypto Valley in Tax-Free Zone
A Dubai government authority has announced that it is launching a crypto valley in the country’s free zone there is no personal or...
Everybody’s Staking But Who’s Using Proof of Stake Blockchains?
The primary use case for staking blockchains is staking. That is their raison d’être, and thousands of cryptocurrency holders...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Awards Young Entrepreneur for Cryptocurrency App
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has awarded a young entrepreneur for her cryptocurrency price tracking application while the...
BCH Community Leaders Bitcoin.com and Jonald Fyookball Clarify Positions on Funding Proposal
Since Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer revealed an infrastructure funding proposal from five major mining pools last week, which would fund...
Data Shows $25 Billion Worth of Bitcoin and Ether Held by Seven Crypto Exchanges
On January 3, 2020, a small group of crypto enthusiasts celebrated the second annual Proof-of-Keys day with hopes to get people to...
Companies Keep Flocking to Swiss Crypto Valley, Over 1,000 Jobs Added in a Year
Crypto Valley, a fintech-friendly region centered on the canton of Zug, has been expanding to other parts of Switzerland and neighboring...
The Fallout From Onecoin’s Ponzi Scheme Continues to Impact Investors
In late 2019, the remnants of multi-level Ponzi scheme Onecoin crumbled. However, Onecoin’s founder, dubbed the ‘crypto...
Leading Swiss Stock Exchange Offers 12 Crypto Exchange-Traded Products With One That Shorts Bitcoin
Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, now has 12 cryptocurrency exchange-traded products listed. The latest...
Iran Issues More Than 1,000 Cryptocurrency Mining Licenses
The Iranian government has reportedly issued more than 1,000 licenses for cryptocurrency mining since it began regulating the industry. A...
Bitpay Users Can Now Purchase Crypto With Fiat In-App
On January 23, the cryptocurrency payment firm Bitpay announced it will be allowing customers to purchase digital assets using the Bitpay...
Alexander Vinnik Accused of Laundering Billions Through BTC-e Extradited to France
Alexander Vinnik, the Russian-born IT specialist who spent over two years in detention in Greece, where he was arrested on a U.S. warrant,...
How to Obscure Bitcoin Cash Transaction Data by Leveraging Cashfusion
Bitcoin Cash developers recently released the alpha software for Cashfusion, a privacy-preserving feature added to the Electron Cash...
ECB Keeps Subzero Interest Rates and Open-Ended QE Worth €20B a Month But Launches Policy Review
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched an extensive review that will examine a wide range of its policies by the end of this year....
Trump ‘Loves’ Negative Rates and ‘Could Get Used to’ Them, Criticizes Fed at World Economic Forum, China Trade Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday saying the U.S. and other nations are...
Panic Withdrawals at Indian Bank Over Alarming KYC Notice
Hundreds of customers went on a withdrawal spree after an Indian bank announced its revised KYC requirements. The bank’s action...
What Is the Ideal Block Size and Fee Cost?
Many of the debates around block size in Bitcoin operate under the false premise that the question can even be properly answered by a...
Gift Bitcoin Cash for Chinese New Year With a Limited Edition Red Envelope Paper Wallet From Bitcoin.com
Giving red envelopes full of money to friends and family is a traditional way to celebrate the Lunar New Year in China and other Asian...
Millennial and Male: 3 Crypto Card Issuers Profile Their Average User
Platforms offering debit cards that can be topped up with cryptocurrency have enjoyed growing popularity in the crypto community. They...
Paypal Pullout Prompts Pornhub to Add Tether as Payment Option for Its Adult Models
The porn industry is seen by many as a perfect fit for widespread cryptocurrency usage as it suffers from financial censorship far more...
Bitcoin Cash Miner Jiang Zhuoer Answers Infrastructure Funding Questions
On Wednesday, Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer disclosed that five mining operations had plans to donate roughly $6 million in coinbase...
Bitcoin Games Celebrates Lunar New Year 2020 With Introduction of Free Spins
Bitcoin Games is a provably fair online casino where you can play popular games using BTC and BCH. The platform is introducing a new...
BCH Script Meeting Aims to Enhance the Programming Language in Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash developers actively participate in video meetings in order to discuss the ongoing development of the BCH ecosystem. BCH...
Indian Supreme Court Warms Up to Crypto – RBI’s Arguments Not Convincing
India’s supreme court heard the crypto case on Thursday, starting with the arguments by the counsel for the Reserve Bank of India...
More BS on Lightning: Blockstream Pours Liquid on Thick
Blockstream reps have long been pushing for full implementation of the perpetually-delayed Lightning Network as the main solution for BTC...
Regulatory Roundup: New US Crypto Tax Bill, Central Banks Join Forces on Digital Currencies
In this roundup, we cover an exceptionally busy week for crypto regulations around the globe. We start our coverage with the U.S. Virtual...
Polkadot Will Finally Launch This Year – But Is the Multi-Chain Network too Late to Catch Ethereum?
Remember Polkadot? It’s the multi-chain network that raised $145 million in 2017 and hasn’t been seen since. But unlike many...
Bitcoin Cash Miners Plan $6M Development Fund by Leveraging Block Rewards
A group of Bitcoin Cash mining pool operations have decided to help fund BCH infrastructure development. On January 22, Btc.top founder...
Demand for Crypto Derivatives Swells as CME’s Bitcoin Volume Rises
The global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has seen considerable demand since launching its options contracts in the...
6 Bankers Accused of Earning €30M in Bonuses From German Fraud, Tax Lawyer Out on €4M Bail
Former bank employees have received bonuses worth millions of euros in an illegal trading scheme that also involved a tax lawyer,...
Crypto vs RBI: Exchange Counsel and RBI Take Center Stage at Supreme Court Today
India’s supreme court spent all day on Wednesday hearing extensive arguments from both the counsel representing crypto exchanges and...
Vodafone Becomes 8th Company to Exit Libra Association
After a spate of big names parting ways with the Libra Association late last year such as Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, and Ebay, British...
Uzbekistan Prepares Crypto Tax Exemptions, Launches Licensed Exchange
A new presidential decree in Uzbekistan envisages the introduction of tax exemptions for income obtained from operations involving crypto...
Bitcoin Cash Sees Mining Pool Shift and Hashrate Surpass 4 Exahash
While people have watched the BTC network surpass 100 exahash per second (EH/s), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has been steadily gathering hashrate...