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The Daily: New Institutional Crypto Wallet, Korean Won Stablecoin
In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a couple of new offerings in the cryptocurrency market including a wallet made for exchanges...
Indian Government Invites Law Firm to Present Suggestions for Cryptocurrency Regulation
The Indian government has invited lawyers from Nishith Desai Associates to present their suggestions for the country’s crypto regulation....
Genesis Capital Processed $1.1B of Cryptocurrency Loans in 2018
Cryptocurrency lender Genesis Capital provided $500 million worth of digital asset loans in the fourth quarter of 2018 alone, soaring...
The Wrapped Bitcoin Project Has Officially Launched on Ethereum
On Jan. 30, a group of cryptocurrency developers and organizations officially launched a project called Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) on the...
Currency.com Allows Crypto Traders to Buy Leveraged Equities, Indices and Metals
The worlds of traditional finance and cryptocurrency have always been divided, for regulatory and technical reasons. Until recently, it...
PR: MoneyToken Is Launching Its Own Exchange – in Collaboration With Huobi Cloud
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Privacy and Scaling: Schnorr Signatures Are Coming to Bitcoin Cash
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Bitcoin Cash developer Mark Lundeberg revealed two planned features for the scheduled May 2019 BCH upgrade. In the...
Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay
Users from all over the world can now support the widely popular free encyclopedia Wikipedia with bitcoin cash donations via Bitpay. The...
The Daily: Fidelity Crypto Custody Update, Cryptopia Hack Continues
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature a number of stories about financial companies adding cryptocurrency-related services including...
Markets Update: Top Crypto Assets Open 2019 With Slow Month of Trading
The leading cryptocurrency markets have seen a slow start to the year, with the top three markets by capitalization shedding between 10%...
Study Finds Three Quarters of Attendees at Crypto Events Are Male
A recently released report confirms a well-known observation – crypto-focused events are still largely male-dominated, not only in terms...
A Look at Openbazaar’s Multi-Currency Wallet and Vendor Listings
On Jan. 17, the blockchain and cryptocurrency company OB1 released Openbazaar version 2.3 which provides users with the ability to use a...
Iran in Talks With 8 Countries for Use of Cryptocurrency in Financial Transactions
Iran is exploring various options, including holding negotiations with other countries to introduce cryptocurrency in global trade, as the...
Analysis: Will the Cryptocurrency Market’s Long Tail Trend Ever End?
The cryptocurrency market has its very own long tail trend that sees the majority of all value flow to BTC, with altcoins left to fight...
Report: Two Hacker Groups Stole $1 Billion From Crypto Exchanges
A new report alleges that just two groups of hackers dominate the majority of cybercrime directed against cryptocurrency exchanges....
Inspired by Unwriter’s Apps, BCH Developers Create Fountainhead Cash
When the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network split last November, prominent platform developer Unwriter decided to focus on building applications...
Cryptocurrency Is Providing a Lucrative New Revenue Stream for Governments
Cryptocurrency’s resistance to government control is countered by the fact that a number of governments, including Chile, Romania, Spain...
Bitspark Launches World’s First Stablecoin Pegged to the Hong Kong Dollar
A Bitcoin remittance startup located in Hong Kong has announced that it has launched the world’s first stablecoin pegged to the Hong...
Bitsdaq & Bittrex Launch Crypto Exchange Targeting Asian Markets
Bitsdaq has launched a new cryptocurrency trading platform targeted at Asian markets. The Bitsdaq Exchange, powered by Bittrex’s...
Tidbits: Voorhees Believes Maximalism Is Flawed, Craig Wright Self-Proclaimed Largest BTC Holder
Tidbits summarizes interesting chatter from across the cryptosphere. Today, the crypto community reacts to Erik Voorhees’s argument...
The Daily: Privacy Coin Strength Debated, Hardware Wallet Exploit Demonstrated
In Tuesday’s edition of The Daily, we detail the theoretical vulnerability found in the Coldcard crypto wallet, coming just one month...
Petitions to End RBI Crypto Banking Ban Advancing in India
A lawyer representing the Internet and Mobile Association of India in its writ petition against the RBI banking ban has shared new details...
Bitfinex Partnered With at Least 6 Different Banks During 2018
22 months since Wells Fargo suspended the processing of withdrawals sent by four Taiwanese banks that service Bitfinex, the platform...
Crypto Mining Could Bring Russia $1B in Taxes, Report Suggests
Using its excess energy generating capacity to mine cryptocurrencies, Russia can increase its budget receipts by more than $1 billion...
Italian Court Orders Bitgrail Founder to Refund $170M of ‘Missing’ Cryptocurrency
An Italian court has ruled that Francesco Firano, founder of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Bitgrail, was at fault for the...
Civil Forfeiture Is State-Sanctioned Theft
Ever since 1929, the FBI has shared annual crime statistics via the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Each year, it breaks down criminal...
Van Eck Associates CEO: Bitcoin Investors Will Add Gold This Year
Gold and bitcoin markets have have attracted comparisons for some time now, with gold investors taking an interest in the cryptocurrency...
Widening Global Wealth Inequality Gap Can Be Narrowed By Universal Basic Income
The global wealth inequality gap is widening, according to Oxfam. To coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum 2019 in the Swiss...
Bitcoin Mixing Concept Payjoin Makes a ‘Huge Mess’ for Blockchain Surveillance
On Jan. 24, Adam Gibson, author of Waxwing’s Joinmarket blog, wrote about an interesting Coinjoin concept called Payjoin. The protocol...
S Korean Crypto Exchanges Team up to Fight Money Laundering, Illegal Trading Activities
Four of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Upbit, have announced a new initiative to increase...
Arwen Enables Self-Custody for Traders of Centralized Crypto Exchanges
Centralized exchanges are a common security concern in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. As a single point of failure they can be strong-armed...
Back to Basics: What Is Money?
Our current economic system can be compared to a merry-go-round that has us consuming, trapped in debt and spending as quickly as we...
Mystery Bitcoin Miners Are Altering Mining Pool Dominance
During the first month of 2019, studies have revealed the growing trend of unknown miners processing blocks on the Bitcoin Core (BTC)...
Belarus’ Largest Commercial Bank May Establish a Cryptocurrency Exchange
The cryptocurrency market might be underperforming in terms of prices, but the technology continues to evolve and become deeply integrated...
The Daily: Iran Said to Announce Crypto-Rial This Week, Italy Closer to Crypto Regulation
In this edition of The Daily, Iran is reportedly preparing to announce its national cryptocurrency during a conference starting on Jan....
Report: Indian Government Finalizing Crypto Regulatory Framework
The Indian government has reportedly confirmed that the report containing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies by an...
Markets Update: Consolidation Continues as Traders Wait for a Breakout
On Sunday, Jan. 27, a vast majority of cryptocurrency markets have seen sideways consolidation as prices have been following a narrow...
8 Food Delivery Sites That Accept Cryptocurrency
Purchasing goods and services online with cryptocurrency is becoming increasingly popular. A growing number of takeaway platforms around...
Bloq Labs Reveals Software Suite That Aims to Increase Hash Power by Double Digits
The blockchain organization Bloq Labs has introduced a beta version of a new software suite for cryptocurrency miners called Titan. Bloq...
$15.4 Billion of New Cryptocurrency Value Was Created During 2018
A report recently published by Diar has estimated that nearly $15.42 billion of value was added to the market capitalization of the...
The Daily: Crypto Wallet Raises $15 Million, Localbitcoins Suffers Vulnerability
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature another recent example of venture capital infusion into the cryptocurrency space as...
Defying Crypto Winter, Swiss Crypto Valley Grows to 750 Companies
A new survey shows that the cluster of companies working with cryptocurrencies and related technologies in the Swiss Crypto Valley has...
Bitcoin Climbs in China’s First Crypto Ranking of 2019
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has released its latest ranking of 34 crypto projects. This is the first update...
An In-Depth Look at the Trezor Model T Hardware Wallet
Cryptocurrency hardware wallets have become a mainstay within the digital asset economy and over the years these devices have evolved....
Bank’s Refusal to Release $1.2B of Venezuelan Gold Strengthens the Case for Bitcoin
Venezuela’s economic crisis is impossible to ignore. President Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to withdraw $1.2 billion of the...
Dutch Startup Blockport Launches Full Featured Crypto Trading Platform
Amsterdam-based startup Blockport has announced the launch of its full featured cryptocurrency trading platform and integration with...
Double Down Your Bitcoin Security by Utilizing 2FA Services
After obtaining your first bitcoins on an exchange, you’ll want to keep them safe, even if the funds are only sitting...
Ireland Hosts Blockchain Hackathon for Public Services
The government of Ireland is hosting a blockchain hackathon this week to identify and analyze potential real-life use cases of blockchain...
Bitcoin History Part 9: Mt. Gox Is Born
“Hi everyone, I just put up a new bitcoin exchange. Please let me know what you think.” With those innocuous words, one of the most...
The Daily: Bakkt Shares BTC Futures Details, Kucoin Adds Grin Trading Pairs
In the first weekend edition of The Daily, crypto exchange Kucoin lists Mimblewimble coin Grin, giving it several trading pairs, and Bakkt...
Tidbits: Jesse Powell Criticizes Custodial Ownership, Simon Dixon Slams the Banking System
Tidbits is a roundup of talking points from across the cryptosphere. Today, Jesse Powell and Samson Mow both voice their opinions on the...
Just Because Cryptocurrency Isn’t ‘Legal Tender’ Doesn’t Make It Illegal
Central bank warnings about crypto assets may give the impression that cryptocurrency is illegal, especially since these entities often...
Swiss Bank Partners With Bitstamp to Enable BTC Funding and Withdrawals
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has partnered with a Swiss bank to allow the bank’s customers to fund their dollar-denominated...
JP Morgan: Bitcoin Would Only Make Sense in a Dystopian Scenario
JP Morgan has continued to bash bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, saying the value of them is still unproven and that it will be at least...
‘XRP Army’ Accused of Harrassment After Intense Debate Over the Token’s Market Cap
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of discussion about the company Ripple Labs and the digital token XRP. A recently published...
These Tools Will Help You Calculate Your Crypto Taxes
Filing taxes can be tricky and in jurisdictions like the United States is notoriously complicated. But when cryptocurrencies are added to...
The Cypherpunk Dream: Protecting Data and Dismantling the Dossier Society
AI specialist Dr. Rand Hindi conducted a presentation on cypherpunk history and data privacy in St. Moritz, Switzerland, at the Crypto...
Study Finds Certain Proof of Stake Networks Vulnerable to Low Cost Attacks
On Jan. 22, a team of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) released a unique study concerning the longevity...
PR: Smartrade Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Grin & Beam: Privacy, MimbleWimble & Competition in Trade-offs
This January has finally seen mainnet launches of two implementations of the novel MimbleWimble privacy-focussed payment protocol come to...
The Daily: Market Cap Metric Attracts Flak, Trust Wallet Does Desktop
In Friday’s installment of The Daily, we round up the latest debate over whether market cap should be used to rank cryptocurrencies....
eToro Lists Crytpo #14, Adds Support for ZCash on its Trading Platform
Social trading cryptocurrency platform eToro has listed ZCash (ZEC), the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, on its platform. The support of...
Leaked Images Reignite Expectations for Crypto Wallet in Galaxy S10
It is a premiere expected by many and crypto enthusiasts have become part of the impatient crowd. The long-awaited 10th anniversary...
New York Regulator Grants Licenses to Robinhood Crypto and Libertyx
Robinhood Crypto and Libertyx have been granted licenses by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Robinhood is now...
Jamaica Stock Exchange Plans to List Security Tokens
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is to list security tokens as tradable assets after completing a 60-day live trading pilot with Canadian...
Satoshi’s Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Now Available in Arabic and Hindi
On Jan. 22, blockchain infrastructure firm Bitfury announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos that Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin...
After Not Filing Taxes for 8 Years, John McAfee Claims IRS After Him For Cryptocurrencies
Earlier this month, John McAfee indicated online that he had not filed taxes for eight years and all but dared the IRS to come after him....
Galaxy Digital Reportedly Raising $250M to Help Firms Survive Crypto Winter
The current market environment has caused several cryptocurrency companies such as exchanges, and miners to cancel growth plans, downsize...
MyCrypto Acquires Ambo for the Next Wave of New Crypto Users
An open-source blockchain interface that is aiming to simplify the process of storing, sending, and receiving crypto assets, has today...
New Malware Attacks Hold ASIC Miners to Ransom
According to reports from cybersecurity researchers, there’s a new ransomware virus on the loose that’s targeting bitcoin miners. A...
UK Regulator: Utility Tokens Are Not Subject to Securities Laws
Britain’s financial regulator is seeking to clarify which cryptocurrency activities need to be officially authorized. The regulator...
Why a Global Recession Would Be Good for Bitcoin
Macro trends suggest that a global economic crisis could be looming. Worries about a global recession have been fed by the newly published...
The Daily: Crypto Startups Licensed in Poland, Dutch Bank Offers Coin Storage
In this edition of The Daily, the Polish financial watchdog has authorized two crypto companies to operate as payment service providers...
Using Blockchain, IoT Sensors and Food-Sensing Tech to Address Food Safety Concerns
New emerging traceability technologies including Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors, blockchain and food-sensing technologies, have the...
Shamir’s Secret Explained: Distributing a Seed Phrase Into Multiple Parts
When an individual first joins the cryptocurrency economy and obtains their first bitcoins, at times the process can be daunting. Most...
Cryptocurrency Adoption Rising in Iran as Government Mismanages Economy
Iran is toying with the idea of lopping zeros off its national currency as inflation goes through the roof. History tells us this is...
Mastercard Fined $650M by EU for ‘Artificially’ Raising Fees
The European Union’s competition commission has handed Mastercard a €570 million euro ($648 million) fine for artificially raising payment...
SEC Filing for Vaneck Solidx Bitcoin ETF Withdrawn
Cboe BZX Exchange has withdrawn its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Vaneck Solidx bitcoin ETF. The U.S....
Davos 2019: Leaders Share Mixed Cryptocurrency Predictions
The annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos from Jan. 22 to 25, attended by business leaders, politicians, and economists is...
Blockchain.com Launches New Educational Resource With Bitcoin Cash Report
Wallet provider Blockchain.com has created a new educational tool to help newcomers to the cryptocurrency ecosystem access information on...
Money Transmitter License Not Required for Crypto Businesses in Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) published guidance for virtual currency businesses...
Huobi to Launch its Own Stablecoin in H1 2019
Huobi Group is planning to launch its own stablecoin in the first half of 2019, Chris Lee, CFO and board secretary of Huobi Group, said on...
OTC Desks Proliferate as Volume Shifts From Spot Markets
While trading volume on the top cryptocurrency exchanges declined dramatically during the second half of 2018, all signs suggest that...
The Daily: Huobi Downsizes, New OTC Desk to Launch in US
In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily we cover a number of developments that show how cryptocurrency exchanges around the world are evolving...
Governmental Overreach in Developing Nations Will Hasten Hyperbitcoinization
For bitcoin idealists, the coming utopia for global finance stars bitcoin dismantling the fiat hegemony, empowering citizens to own their...
Tidbits: Peter Todd on Passphrase Memorization, Antonopoulos Explains Transaction Fees
Tidbits is a roundup of talking points from across the cryptosphere. In this edition, Peter Todd suggests memorizing randomly generated...
PR: Bitcoin.com Partners With Anarchapulco
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
$16 Million Now Believed to Have Been Stolen in ‘Weird’ Cryptopia Hack
Details have so far been murky regarding millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen from New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange...
Presidential Candidate John McAfee Flees U.S. for Alleged Tax Fraud
U.S. presidential candidate John McAfee announced on Tuesday that he has fled the country. According to McAfee’s recent Twitter video he’s...
Hollywood Actor Kevin Connolly Directs New Television Pilot ‘Cryptos’
The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami had a surprise visit last Thursday when Kevin Connolly, the actor from the HBO series...