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Chilean Court Rules in Favor of Closing Bank Accounts of Crypto Exchange Orionx
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Chile has ruled that state-owned Bancoestado was justified in closing the accounts of...
The Daly: Poloniex Offers Institutional Accounts, Okex Launches ‘Perpetual Swap’
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is now offering institutional accounts and we’ve covered the announcement in The Daily. Also, Okex...
Bitwise Launches Bitcoin Fund, Driven by Client Interest
Bitwise Asset Management has launched two new cryptocurrency funds, one of which only invests in BTC. The launch “is driven by...
Venezuelans Remain Skeptical After President Maduro Raises Petro’s Value
Nicolas Maduro’s move to increase the price of the petro, the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency designed to counter inflation, has...
Conflux Raises US$35M for Blockchain DApps Protocol
Conflux, a blockchain protocol designed for decentralized applications (DApps) that promises much higher capabilities in terms of...
Coinmarketbook Gauges Cryptocurrencies by Buy Support Rather Than Market Cap
A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts and market observers reference websites that measure the digital asset economy by market...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Are Still Blood Red
As 2018 nears an end, cryptocurrency prices are dipping once again, having seen significant losses since the start of the year. This...
Chat Bot Advises Crypto Startups and Investors
Three Ukrainian companies have developed an English-language chat bot that provides consulting services to businesses and investors in the...
Singapore Financial Regulator Updates Guide to Digital Token Offerings
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new guidelines pertaining to digital token offerings. The document provides...
Three Bitcoin Lies That Just Won’t Die
Did you hear that China’s just banned Bitcoin? Or that mining is killing the planet? Course you did. It’s hard to ignore the...
BTC.com Adds Replay Protection, SV Extraction Tool
BTC.com has added replay protection and a coin extraction tool for the Bitcoin Cash/SV hardfork. This makes it safe to spend Bitcoin Cash...
The Daily: Binance Shows DEX Preview, Ohio to Attract Blockchain Startups With Big Investment
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover Binance’s second preview of its upcoming decentralized exchange and how the state of...
P2P Markets Report: Dumping Drives Record Volume Across Latin America and Asia
The heavy selling pressure that has dominated the cryptocurrency markets in recent weeks has coincided with a surge in peer-to-peer (P2P)...
Chatter Report: Pompliano Praises Bitcoin Performance, Antonopoulos Says Death Spiral ‘Unlikely’
In today’s Chatter Report, we explore the different ways crypto influencers have been responding to the low prices of 2018. Some are...
Japan’s Money Forward Announces Details of Upcoming Cryptocurrency Exchange
Japanese public company Money Forward, operator of a personal budgeting app with 7 million users, is preparing to launch a crypto...
Express Your Gratitude With Bitcoin.com’s New Smart Tip Generator
Bitcoin.com has launched a new service that provides anyone with the ability to generate customized bitcoin cash (BCH) tips. Users can...
Political Decentralization: Freeing the Internet From Monopolists With Crypto-Tech
This piece on political decentralization was written by Jonas Sevel Karlberg. Karlberg advises several prominent projects and is a...
Bitfinex Adds Four Stablecoins Including GUSD and USDC
Bitfinex, together with its sister exchange Ethfinex, has announced the introduction of four new stablecoins. The additions take the...
Belarus High Tech Park Introduces Additional Crypto, Blockchain Regulations
Building on its first Decree No. 8 On the Development of the Digital Economy (December 2017), special economic zone the Belarus High...
Vertcoin Network Suffers 300-Block Reorg Following 51% Attacks
Vertcoin (VTC) is currently struggling with a series of 51 percent attacks and a number of blockchain reorganizations. According to...
Chinese Government-Backed Company to Launch Stablecoin by February
Grandshores Technology Group is a public company affiliated with a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) fund backed by the government of...
Finma: Crypto Startups Can Handle up to $100M of Deposits in Switzerland
Crypto-asset companies can now apply for licenses to handle as much as 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) in public deposits under...
Atomicpay Launches Private Beta of Digital Currency Payment Gateway
Startup Atomicpay.io announced the beta launch of its cryptocurrency payment gateway on Dec. 3, with support for six different digital...
Paxful Completes Second School in Rwanda #BuiltWithBitcoin
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplaces in the world, is once again demonstrating how the cryptocurrency...
The Daily: 29% of Freelancers Want to be Paid in Crypto, Asian Exchanges Fake Volume
Today’s edition of The Daily covers everything from hardware wallets to fake volume on cryptocurrency exchanges. But to kick-start...
Debunking the Bitcoin Death Spiral Theory
Bitcoin critics always seem to be the loudest during bear markets, which means the most ridiculous negative statements about the digital...
Blockchain-Based E-Voting Proves to Be A Hit in Switzerland: Report
Following the successful blockchain-based e-vote last summer, residents of Zug, Switzerland, are eager to adopt the new voting method more...
Korean Incoming Finance Minister Confirms Cryptocurrency Taxation Plans
South Korea’s incoming finance minister, Hong Nam-ki, has reportedly unveiled his government’s taxation plans for...
Swiss Crypto Valley Association Leadership Steps Down After Governance Review
More than half of the members of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley Association (CVA) board have announced their decision to step down in...
November Volume Rankings: Bearish Momentum Drives Surge in Trade
The significant bearish momentum experienced across cryptocurrencies throughout November drove a significant increase in monthly trade...
US Law Enforcement Wants Blockchain Surveillance Tools for Privacy Coins
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its 2019 fiscal year pre-solicitation document. Throughout the 27-page...
Former Israeli Prime Minster Calls Cryptocurrencies a ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Ehud Barak served as the prime minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. These days he makes a lot of money as an investor and co-founder of...
A Cashless Society – Utopia or Dystopia?
From Stockholm to New York, major global hubs are ditching cash for cards. As contactless payment devices including smartphones and...
Organized Crime Goes Digital With the Blockchain-Based ‘Mafia Wars’ Game
Over the last couple of years, blockchain-based gaming has become more popular with collectible games like “Spells of...
Australia’s Financial Regulator Grants License to Bitcoin Exchange Coinzoom
Coinzoom Australia said Dec. 3 that it has been officially registered as a digital currency exchange with financial watchdog Austrac. The...
PR: Midex Launches EU Regulated Crypto to Fiat Exchange
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Report: At Least 77.6% of Bitcoin Mining Powered by Renewable Energy
The latest version of Coinshares’s bi-annual bitcoin mining report is now available, and it includes some fascinating conclusions in terms...
Markets Update: Falling Cryptocurrencies Wipe Out Last Week’s Gains
Cryptocurrency markets have seen losses over the last 24 hours and since our last markets update five days ago. Since then, most of the...
Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency
A new Russian online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell goods and services priced in cryptocurrency has rapidly expanded in...
The Daily: Asus Wants to Turn Gamers Into Miners, Wyoming Advances Crypto Bank Bill
In today’s edition of The Daily, we look at the effect of cryptocurrency on video gaming, banking laws and popular media. A leading...
Japan Unveils Plans to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has held several meetings to discuss how to best regulate initial coin offerings. In addition to...
PR: More Stamps Global Is the One Stop Shop for Crypto Travel
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Ethereum’s Buterin Awared Honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel
Vitalik Buterin has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel due to his “outstanding achievements in the fields...
Encrybit Is Aiming to Deliver a Revolutionary Crypto Exchange, Delivering Traders’ Needs on One Page
Crypto exchanges have become an important facet in the industry. Delivering ease of use and convenience, they provide traders will a...
Maduro Orders Price of Venezuela’s ‘Cryptocurrency’ to More Than Double
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced that the price of the petro, his country’s national “cryptocurrency,”...
Bitcoin History Part 2: The Bitcoin Symbol
In the second installment of our series on key moments from Bitcoin’s history, we look at the circumstances that led to the...
An Alternative Client Has Mined Bitcoin Cash Block 558847
On Saturday, Dec. 1, the Copernicus project announced the launch of its full node implementation pre-release written in the programming...
G20 Leaders Declare Commitment to Regulate Crypto Assets
While some countries have taken the lead to regulate various aspects of using cryptocurrencies, many have left the matter completely up in...
Intel Awarded a Patent for an Energy Efficient Bitcoin Mining Process
On Nov. 27, the world’s second-largest semiconductor chip maker, Intel, was granted a patent for a processing system that mines...
The Daily: Bitmain Launches Crypto Index, Xolaris Sets up Bitcoin Mining Fund
In this edition of the Daily, we cover Bitmain’s new cryptocurrency index and the establishment of a fund that will invest in...
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange to Relaunch as Part of Huobi After Buyout
A regulated Japanese cryptocurrency exchange is shutting down to relaunch as part of the Huobi family. The new exchange will support six...
SEC Fails to Show Court Blockvest Tokens Are Securities
A U.S. district judge has denied the motion filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against cryptocurrency company Blockvest...
Report: Bitcoin Mining Doesn’t Fuel Climate Change, It Benefits the Global Economy
The majority of bitcoin miners — about 78 percent — use renewable energy to power their mining operations, while preventing surplus...
A Look at the Multi-Currency Encrypted Messaging App ‘Chat.Chat’
Over the past few weeks, cryptocurrency proponents have been discussing a new messaging and collaboration platform called Chat.Chat. The...
Four Ways to Commemorate Bitcoin’s 10th Anniversary
On Jan. 3, 2019, cryptocurrency proponents the world over will commemorate Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary. While some will raise a glass...
Wendy McElroy: Don’t Smash the State, Bypass the State
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 7 Crypto...
The Daily: Belarus Adopts New Regulations, Galaxy Digital Releases Q3 Results
In this edition of The Daily, we look at the latest regulatory development in Europe – Belarus High Technologies Park has adopted new...
Amid Crackdown, SEC Chairman Emphasizes Compliance Requirements for ICOs
Jay Clayton, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently discussed the current regulatory climate...
ICOs Use Sponsored Reviews to Attract Investors
Although the 2018 cryptocurrency bull trend has humbled many self-proclaimed crypto “experts,” the business of sponsored...
Research Exposes Anti-Bitcoin Bias in Mainstream Media
Recent research on the tone and frequency of cryptocurrency coverage in the mainstream media over the past five years suggests that some...
LCX Now Licensed to Provide Crypto Trading Services in Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein cryptocurrency exchange LCX has been granted a license to provide crypto trading services for utility and payment tokens....
The Daily: Kucoin Enables Credit Card Payments, Coinbase Pro Adds Zcash
Digital asset exchange Kucoin has partnered with an Israeli startup to introduce credit card payments for cryptocurrency purchases and...
Deutsche Bank Headquarters Raided by 170 Police Officers Over Money Laundering
Deutsche Bank’s headquarters and five other offices have been raided by 170 police officers, prosecutors, and tax inspectors over...
SEC Hits Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled With Fines for Unlawful ICO Promotion
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has hit two celebrities with record fines for shilling initial coin offerings (ICOs). Boxer...
Bitcoin Mining Startup Envion Ordered to Close by Swiss Court
A court in Switzerland has ordered the closure of bitcoin mining startup Envion AG over concerns of poor corporate governance. The company...
New Bitcoin Cash Opcode Shows an Onchain Game of Chess is Possible
Since the recent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade, the protocol now has some newly added features like the re-enabled opcode OP_Checkdatasig....
Sirin Labs Launches Blockchain-Centric ‘Finney’ Smartphone
On Nov. 29, Sirin Labs announced the commercial launch of its new blockchain smartphone known as the Finney. According to the cellphone...
eToro and Mumsnet research reveals over half of Mums (55%) want to take control of their finances
New research from Mumsnet and eToro busts the age-old myth that women aren’t interested in their own finances and investments. In a new...
Thai SEC Explains Two Laws Could Apply to Crypto Securities
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly clarified how existing laws can apply to crypto securities. In...
Shared Standards Would Help Global Crypto Real Estate Market
Denitza Tyufekchieva, business development manager of Propy has expressed a need for different locales to adopt shared real estate...
Estonia to Tighten Rules for Licensed Crypto Companies
Estonia, one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly nations, plans to tighten its licensing regime for cryptocurrency companies. The financial...
Bloxroute Joins the Block Size Debate With New Block Propagation Service
Over the last few weeks, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community has been discussing how miners and nodes will handle bigger blocks in the future...
Honoring Satoshi’s Vision: Toward a Better Crypto User Experience
This post about better crypto UX was written by venture capitalist David Gold. He is the CEO of Dapix, Inc, which launched the Foundation...
Fear The Legal Creep: US Blacklists BTC Address Used in Ransomware
Shortly after the attacks of September 11th, the United States passed legislation giving the federal government sweeping powers. The...
The Bitcoin Cash Hash War is Over. It Also Ended the BTC/BCH War.
Coingeek, the voice of Calvin Ayre and the most prominent supporter of Craig Wright and his Bitcoin SV chain, has apparently thrown in the...
Blue Helix’s BHEX Exchange Raises $15 Million to Reshape Crypto Trading Security
A decentralised platform aimed at providing a custody and clearing product for crypto assets has seen its BHEX Exchange raise $15 million...
Binance Terminates Services for Users in Belarus
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has informed Belarusian customers that its services will no longer be available in their country. The...
The Difference Between Custodial and Noncustodial Cryptocurrency Services
Since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork occurred recently, it’s a good time to discuss the difference between custodial and noncustodial...
ConsenSys Leads $2.1 Million Funding Round into Ethereum Hosted Protocol AZTEC
ConsenSys Labs, an Ethereum incubator owned by ConsenSys has led a $2.1 million seed investment into AZTEC, a London-based protocol...
Canadian Bitcoin Miner Fortress Blockchain Reports $1.16M Loss in Q3
Fortress Blockchain’s net loss worsened to $1.16 million (1.55 million Canadian dollars) in the third quarter, from $202,000 in the...
The US Government Is Powerless to Block Bitcoin Addresses
It has been widely reported this week that the U.S. government has blacklisted two BTC addresses linked to cyber crime. These particular...
Chatter Report: Buy Walls, Miner Anonymity and Bitcoin vs. the State
In today’s edition of Chatter Report, crypto influencers debate the importance of buy walls to support crypto prices, reason for and...
The Daily: Coinbase Launches OTC Desk, Huobi Opens Derivatives Market
In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, we feature stories that show cryptocurrency exchanges continuing to develop advanced services designed...
New Market Surveillance Tool to Fight Price Manipulation
The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for...
The Daily: ICOs Hunker Down for Crypto Winter, Meta Stablecoins Are Coming
For those who live in the northern hemisphere, winter is coming, while in the cryptosphere it’s already here. In Wednesday’s...
Court Drops Charges Against Alleged Btc-e Operator Alexander Vinnik
The lawsuit against alleged Btc-e operator Alexander Vinnik for “fraud, money laundering, and other grave crimes” filed in...
Crypto ATM Network Coinsource Expands Into Upstate New York
With a New York state Bitlicense in hand, Coinsource is now expanding into new areas. And with the addition of machines in four more...
Outrage Over Union Bank of Nigeria’s Threat to Close Crypto-Related Accounts
Nigerian digital asset owners have reacted angrily to Union Bank’s threat to close all cryptocurrency-linked accounts. Investors...
SCI Launches Enterprise Blockchain Division in the Philippines
Satoshi Citadel Industries Ventures (SCI), a blockchain startup from the Philippines, has launched a new enterprise blockchain division...
Markets Update: Bull Trap or Reversal? Traders Question the Recent Crypto Spike
Three days ago the crypto-economy suffered deep losses, with digital asset prices at their lowest across the board since September 2017....