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Ethereum Developers to Postpone Constantinople Hard Fork until January 2019
Ethereum core developers made it known in the last bi-weekly meeting on Friday, October 19, 2018, that Ethereum’s next system-wide...
The Daily: Binance to Expand in Singapore, Uphold Launches Loan Service
In today’s edition of The Daily, we look at a strategic investment that could help Binance to establish a fiat-to-crypto exchange in...
Former Russian Economics Minister Sees Huge Potential for Cryptocurrency
Herman Gref, the former Russian minister of economics and trade and the current CEO of Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, recently...
Japanese Regulator to Host Regular Global Cryptocurrency Roundtable
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency, has exclusively shared with news.Bitcoin.com the details of its first-ever...
Samsung Begins 7nm Chip Production, Easing Miner Demand for Improved Semiconductors
After delivering 10nm semiconductor technology, the electronics giant Samsung has announced the firm’s foundry has started production of...
Bitmain Launches Asicboost Firmware Support for Antminers
On Oct. 20, Bitmain launched a new firmware upgrade for the company’s Antminer S9 mining rigs that allows for the activation of overt...
Genesis Global’s Bitcoin Loans Hit $553M in 6 Months
Genesis Global Trading has released a financial report for the third quarter that shows the U.S. cryptocurrency lender provided $553...
Russian Lawmakers Drop ‘Mining’ References in Digital Assets Bill
Russian lawmakers have dropped the term “mining” from a bill to regulate digital assets, following the earlier removal of...
National Bank of Canada Trials Blockchain Platform for Trade Finance
The National Bank of Canada has announced the successful completion of a pilot program in collaboration with IT firm CGI and blockchain...
PR: Xsolla Adds MobileGO (MGO) as New Payment Method for Developers and Gamers Globally
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Musicians Will Release Their Own Crypto Tokens to Reward Them and Their Fans
A new token-generating, blockchain-powered, music fan-rewards platform is aiming to connect fans with the artists they love. The Fanbase...
Report: Cryptocurrency Job Market Continues to Grow
Glassdoor, a California-based company that runs a recruiting and employer-review website, has published a report by its economic research...
The Daily: Global Cryptocurrency M&As Rise, US Town Halts Mining
In today’s edition of The Daily, we look at how the current bear market is facilitating consolidation in the global cryptocurrency...
Yenom Developers Propose a New BCH Payment Protocol
The developers who created the Bitcoin Cash-centric wallet Yenom have revealed the team has been working on an interesting protocol for...
Online Fiat Wallet Neteller Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange Service
Digital fiat currency wallet provider Neteller has started allowing its users to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrencies including BTC, BCH,...
Alexander Elbanna Launches Digital World Exchange
Digital World Exchange is now open for trading. This platform is one-of-a-kind in the fact that it is backed by ten million in...
Markets Update: A Narrowing Range of Consolidation and Lower Trade Volumes
Not a lot has changed since our last markets update four days ago as cryptocurrency markets continue moving sideways in a consolidated...
Celebrity ICO Endorsers Face Legal Blowback Over Alleged Fraud
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather and rap producer DJ Khaled face a legal battle for serving as celebrity endorsers to an initial coin...
The Daily: Goldman Sachs Invests in Wallet, Institutional Traders Borrow $553M
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about the latest investment in the cryptocurrency space by Goldman Sachs, the amount...
US Federal Court Fines Bitcoin Ponzi Schemer Over $2.5 Million
A U.S. federal court has fined a New York firm and its chief executive officer over $2.5 million in the first anti-fraud action involving...
World’s Biggest Banks Helped Clients Steal $63 Billion in Taxes in Europe
Europe’s top banks allegedly helped wealthy clients across the continent steal 55 billion euros ($63 billion) from multiple governments by...
Bitcoinfiles.com Developers Launch Censorship-Resistant File Storage System
On Friday, Oct. 19, the developers of Bitcoinfiles.com launched the first official version of the product. Now anyone from around the...
Indian Cryptocurrency Exchanges See Rapid Growth in P2P Trading
Trading volumes on exchange-escrowed peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency trading platforms in India are rising rapidly amid the banking ban...
The Daily: Huobi Unveils HUSD, New Cryptocurrency Loans Launch
It’s been a week for stablecoin stories in the crypto sphere, and while we’d like to have started the weekend on a different tack, Huobi’s...
Bitcoin Intentions: Are We Aiming to Replace the Status Quo or Become Them?
When the idea of a working digital currency like bitcoin was introduced, many of its early adopters disliked the current bureaucratic...
Weak Demand for Mining Hardware Impacts TSMC’s Growth Outlook
During a recent Q3 earnings call, the world’s largest producer of semiconductors, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto Anarchism and Civil Society – The Technology is the Revolution
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 3 Crypto...
$50 Million Bitcoin Mining Farm Opens in Armenia
A new cryptocurrency mining facility opened in Armenia on Oct. 18. The $50 million farm will extract bitcoin and ethereum using 3,000...
Bitcoin Cash Merchant Directory Marco Coino Surpasses 500 Listings
Over the last year bitcoin cash adoption has been thriving and in certain regions, BCH merchants are spreading like wildfire. Thanks to a...
Only 39 Percent Pass Malta’s Cryptocurrency Exam for Financial Services Practitioners
The pass rate for the exam developed by the Maltese government for financial services practitioners seeking to obtain cryptocurrency agent...
The Daily: Blockchain Surveillance vs Privacy Protocols
The battle for privacy is ramping up. Every day, in the cryptocurrency space, we learn of increased blockchain surveillance, countered by...
10 Days That Shook the World of Bitcoin
When Bitcoin’s history is written, the following events will command a chapter apiece. Bitcoin is a creeping revolution that does not lend...
New Qart Wallet Gives Bitcoin Cash QR Codes a Personal Touch
There’s a new bitcoin cash wallet under construction called Qart, a light client that provides the ability to create human-recognizable QR...
Gibraltar Commits to Train New Generations and Professionals on Blockchain
The government of Gibraltar has announced the launch of a new advisory group focused on creating education courses covering new...
Bitconnect Faces Consolidated Class Action Complaint
More than a dozen lawsuits targeting Bitconnect have been merged into a single case, following the submission of an Amended Consolidated...
Marks Jewelers Now Accepting Bitcoin Cash for Payments
U.S. jewelry retailer Marks Jewelers has started accepting payments in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin cash. Shoppers can now pay for...
US Marshals Service Announces Auction of 660 BTC
The United States Marshals Service (USMS) has announced an auction of 660 BTC that is scheduled to take place on Nov. 4. Under the auction...
Report: Emerging Markets See Sharp Growth in Cashless Transactions
South Africa is the most cryptocurrency-friendly country in Africa, according to the 2018 World Payments Report by French banking group...
Trump Tariffs to Impact Chinese Mining Hardware Manufacturers
The escalating U.S. – China trade war threatens to have an adverse impact on the operations of Chinese mining equipment manufacturers,...
A Look at the Gateway.cash BCH Payment Button for Websites
On Oct. 18, Bitcoin Cash proponents were introduced to a new do-it-yourself BCH payment processor called Gateway.cash. The software allows...
Venezuela Authorizes 6 Exchanges to Start Selling National Cryptocurrency Petro
Venezuela has authorized six cryptocurrency exchanges to start selling its national cryptocurrency, the petro, according to the...
Infamous Hacker George Hotz Calls Bitcoin Cash the ‘Real Bitcoin’
Well-known American hacker George Hotz, also known as Geohot, has been talking extensively about cryptocurrencies lately, and more...
UK Bank NatWest Adopts Blockchain for Syndicated Loans Market
National Westminster Bank (NatWest), a UK bank part of the the Royal Bank of Scotland, has announced its integration with a new...
Emma Integrates Crypto Exchanges into Money Management App
Emma, a London-based startup firm specializing in money management services, has launched cryptocurrency exchange integration for its new...
Cobo Raises $13M in Series A Funding Round
Chinese startup Cobo raised $13 million this week in a Series A financing round led by DHVC and Wu Capital. The Beijing-based company —...
Goldman Sachs and Novogratz Invest in BitGo’s $1 Trillion Crypto Wallet
Goldman Sachs and Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz have teamed up to invest in BitGo Holdings Inc., as the platform seeks to attract more...
Toronto-Based Clothing Charity Relies Solely on Bitcoin Cash
Last February, a bitcoin cash-centric charity based out of Canada had announced the launch of an organization called Coins 4 Clothes. The...
Order Speed Analysis Reveals the Fastest Cryptocurrency Exchanges
When you’re trading digital assets, speed matters — particularly so if you’re engaged in high-frequency trading, when every...
The Daily: Peak Blockchain and Stablecoin Drama
Differentiating truth from fiction isn’t always easy, especially in the realm of blockchain. We’ve got distributed ledger...
Security Giant G4S Offers Protected Offline Cryptocurrency Storage
G4S (LSE: GFS), a security services provider with operations in more than 90 countries, guards everything from cash transfers to nuclear...
Former CFTC Chair Advocates ‘Technology Neutral’ Cryptocurrency Regulations
The former chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler, recently expressed his views on the...
African Cryptocurrency Exchanges Forced to Step up Security
Cryptocurrency exchanges in some of Africa’s biggest bitcoin markets have been forced to rethink their security to thwart persistent...
Two US States Issue Cease and Desist Orders Against Five ICO Issuers
The U.S. states of Colorado and North Dakota have independently issued cease and desist orders against companies promoting initial coin...
The Power of HODL
The first time you see “HODL” when someone is discussing cryptocurrencies, the word causes you to stop reading. You think: “Is it a...
Blockchain Surveillance Firm Partners With Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance
On Oct. 17, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, Binance, announced a partnership with blockchain surveillance...
Chinese Startup Cobo Raises US$13M Series A for Crypto Wallet Hardware and App
Cobo, a cryptocurrency startup headquartered in Beijing, has raised US$13 million in a Series A funding round from DHVC and Wu Capital to...
Majority of Crypto Assets Are Highly Centralized, Research Finds
One of the central pillars of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general is that the system is decentralized, ensuring no single point of...
Markets Update: Stable Cryptocurrencies and Unstable Pegged Coins
Since our last markets update, cryptocurrencies have been steadily moving sideways as traders are patiently waiting for the next big move....
Civil Fails to Raise $8M Minimum in ICO
Civil, a blockchain startup that has partnered with Forbes and The Associated Press, failed to reach the $8 million minimum target it set...
Gibraltar’s Financial Regulator Awards Coinfloor with DLT Licence
A London-based Bitcoin exchange has been awarded a full distributed ledger technology (DLT) licence by the Gibraltar Financial Services...
Cypherpunk Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Privacy
The following op-ed on crypto privacy was written by Reuben Yap. He is the Chief Operations Officer of Zcoin. A corporate lawyer for ten...
The Daily: A Dirty War on Bitcoin
Today’s installment of The Daily is all about dirty tricks. The sort of tricks designed to convince the world that Bitcoin is bad....
PR: Bithumb to Hold Special Promotion for New Registered Foreign Users
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Sony is Building a Blockchain-Enabled Rights Management System for Digital Content
Japanese technology giant Sony Corporation has announced the development of a rights management system for digital content that utilizes...
Zebpay Sets Up Operations Overseas After Suspending Exchange Activities In India
Zebpay is reportedly expanding its global presence after suspending cryptocurrency trading operations in India due to the banking ban...
BTCC Launching Cryptocurrency Exchange in South Korea
Hong Kong-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange BTCC is reportedly launching services in South Korea this month. In addition to a...
This Firm Wants Legacy Financial Players Trading Cryptocurrencies
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of talk about institutional money coming into the digital asset economy. On Tuesday,...
Bitcoin Unlimited Adds ABC Client Upgrade Features for November’s Hard Fork
The Bitcoin Unlimited development team have published the full node clients’ Bitcoin Cash edition version 1.5.0, which includes an...
How Bitcoin Mining Can Help Nuclear Reactors
Bitcoin mining has been criticized by mainstream media, environmentalists and some economists for its energy consumption deemed excessive....
Hong Kong Regulator: Cryptocurrencies ‘May Not Qualify as Securities’
Cryptocurrency falls into a legislative gray area in many jurisdictions, which is why governments should take a particularly nuanced...
Cointext Launches Bitcoin Cash SMS Wallet in Argentina and Turkey
Cointext began offering its new SMS-based bitcoin cash wallet service on Oct. 15 in Turkey and Argentina, two countries in which...
Crypto Hedge Fund Launches Retail Public Offering in Japan
Epoch Partners launched the retail public offering for a new hedge fund in Japan this week that will focus on cryptocurrencies and digital...
Bitfinex Introduces Top Secret Banking System
Bitfinex has restored the ability of customers to make fiat currency deposits. Details of its new deposit system remain shrouded in...
Codebook
A year ago, the Department of Homeland Security gave nearly all civil federal agencies 12 months to adopt an email security...
Nouriel Roubini Attacks Blockchain in Latest Rant
NYU economics professor Nouriel Roubini, commonly known as Dr. Doom in mainstream financial media circles, is a long-established Bitcoin...
Dublin is the Clear Choice for Coinbase as Its Second European Office
Crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that it is expanding its European presence into Dublin giving it access to Ireland’s growing...
Coinfloor Obtains DLT Provider License in Gibraltar
Coinfloor, the oldest operational cryptocurrency exchange in the U.K., has become the first company to secure a distributed ledger...
50 Indian Traders Share Thoughts on Investing, RBI Ban, Future of Crypto in India
Fifty traders who use Indian crypto exchange Instashift have shared their thoughts on the current crypto environment in India. Most of...
The Daily: Tether Regains Ground, Coinbase Does Dublin
Today’s edition of The Daily starts where Monday’s left off: by looking at the latest on Tether, whose stablecoin anchors so...
The Value of Uncensorable Technology in an Age of Censorship
Governments and corporations have deployed censorship to limit speech and deprive people of vital communication channels. The ruling elite...
Binance Opens Fiat-To-Crypto Exchange in Uganda
On Oct. 15, Binance announced the launch of its fiat-to-cryptocurrency exchange in Uganda. The world’s biggest digital currency exchange...
19 Companies Licensed to Operate Crypto Exchanges in Philippine Economic Zone
Nineteen firms have been granted provisional licenses to operate crypto exchanges by the Philippine government-owned Cagayan Economic Zone...
Fidelity Launching Crypto Custody and Trading Services
Fidelity Investments has announced the launch of a new company dedicated to providing cryptocurrency services including custody and trade...
Canaan Creative Announces New Avalonminer A911 Mining Rig
Canaan Creative, the world’s second largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, has announced a new mining rig, the...
Bitpay Announces Stablecoin Support for Merchant Settlement
On Monday the cryptocurrency payment processor Bitpay announced the company is now supporting settlement options using two stablecoins —...
Bizarro World: Federated Sidechain Technology Promoted Over Nakamoto Consensus
On Oct. 10, Blockstream revealed that the company’s new product, Liquid, generated its first block on Sept. 27 and noted that a lot of the...
Tether Falls, What Is Next?
The sky is falling in Crypto today because its biggest stable coin has lost its peg to the dollar. Tether USDT, long claimed to be backed...
Zambia Launches Crackdown on Crypto Companies
The Bank of Zambia has started to clamp down on cryptocurrency-related businesses, mere days after declaring that it does not view digital...
Chinese Insurance Giant Ping An Bets on Blockchain, AI, Cloud in Fintech Push
Ping An Insurance, the largest insurer by market value in mainland China and second-largest life insurer in terms of premiums, is betting...
Bitcoin After Death: The Perils of Sharing One’s Fortune
If you are a young fortune-hunter toiling away on a computer in a basement, the prospect of death probably isn’t among your top...