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Chrome Extensions Will Soon Protect Against Miners and Hackers
Google has announced a number of upcoming changes concerning the development of new extensions for Chrome. Users of the web browser will...
BCH Roundup: Merchant Adoption, Wallet Services, and Hackathons
Another busy week has passed for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents as there continues to be an influx of bitcoin cash adoption, new platforms,...
Hyperledger and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Announce Cross-Community Collaboration
Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), two of the world’s largest blockchain consortia, have announced a cross-community...
Shapeshift CEO Responds to Wall Street Journal Laundering Claims
Reporters at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) tied innovative ecosystem cryptocurrency exchange Shapeshift to money laundering. “How Dirty...
54% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Security Holes
Traders hope and expect the exchange they’re trading on takes security seriously. But while all crypto platforms pay lip service to good...
Popular Discussion Board 4chan Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Passes
This week cryptocurrency enthusiasts were pleased to hear that the infamous imageboard 4chan now accepts four different digital assets for...
Draconian Digital Search Laws Threaten Bitcoiners Passing Through Customs
Draconian legislation in a series of supposedly liberal democracies is encroaching on the rights of travelers. New Zealand is the latest...
The Daily: Coinsquare Secures Banking Partnership, Québec Elections Bring Hope to Miners
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has reached a partnership agreement with a major Canadian bank and we’ve covered the announcement in...
Deep Web Roundup: Intelligence Official Charged With Selling Secrets, Disney Visits the Darknet
A French intelligence official has been charged with selling state secrets on the dark web for BTC. Also in this roundup, we look at a new...
Banks, Money Mules and Front Companies Aid Terrorists in Conflict Zones Launder Money
Terror financing is taking on a new shape, but still retaining its old aides. Environmental crimes such as wildlife trafficking and...
Ross Ulbricht Marks Fifth Anniversary in Prison
Alleged founder of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, marked his fifth year in prison. October 1st, 2013, Mr. Ulbricht began a double life sentence...
How to Set up a Bitcoin Paper Wallet
This article is a step-by-step how-to guide for creating bitcoin paper wallets. It walks through choosing a paper wallet generator,...
Meet Cash-ID: The Open Protocol That Uses Bitcoin Cash Keys for Identity
This past Sunday BCH proponent and developer, Jonathan Silverblood, revealed a project he’s been working on called Cash-ID. The Cash-ID...
Northern Bitcoin Ag Lists on Munich Stock Exchange Mid-Tier Market
German bitcoin mining company, Northern Bitcoin AG, has migrated to a section of the Munich Stock Exchange that caters for medium-sized...
ConsenSys AG Invests US$6.5M in Blockchain Startup DrumG Technologies
DrumG Technologies, a blockchain startup started by R3’s former head of global business development Tim Grant, has raised US$6.5 million...
Study Finds Growing Number of BATMs in Belgium and the Netherlands
The number of cryptocurrency ATMs in Belgium and the Netherlands is growing, according to newly released data. Amsterdam is leading among...
Kraken Adds Cardano and Quantum to Its List of Supported Crypto Assets
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the addition of two new assets to its platform: Cardano and Quantum, bringing the number of...
Buy Cryptos Outright Or Trade CFDs On eToro
There are two main ways eToro’s 10 million+ users can gain investment exposure to the exciting world of cryptocurrencies: you can either...
New Research Claims Most ICOs Have Profited Off Selling ETH
Bitmex Research is back with another detailed report, this time into the ethereum holdings of ICOs. Ethereum’s downward trajectory has...
Fraud, Fake Partnerships and a Past Revealed: The Shopin Story
The pilot program that Shopin claimed to have with Bed, Bath and Beyond appears to have never existed. We reported on an alleged syndicate...
Portal Network Developers Announce Bitcoin Cash Name Service
A development team called the Portal Network has announced the creation of a new platform called the Bitcoin Cash Name Service (BCNS)....
How to Install a Bitcoin.com Wallet for iOS Smartphones
Using cryptocurrency is the best way to understand cryptocurrency. One quick entrance into the ecosystem is to download an electronic...
Inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW) Tim Berners-Lee to Battle Google, Facebook and Twitter with his radical new plan
Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web with an ambitious decentralized platform, the father of the web...
Regulations Roundup: Industry Leaders Want Clarity, Alliance Capitals Earns FINMA Warning
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency regulations, industry leaders have urged U.S. lawmakers to provide regulatory clarity or risk...
The Daily: Fake Volume, Tether Troubles, Bitcoin’s “Inevitable” Mass Adoption
Rumors, allegations, and assertions can all be found in today’s news roundup. Specifically, we have rumors of impending trouble with...
North Dakota Issues Orders Against Bitconnect, Magma, Pension Rewards
The securities department of the US state of North Dakota has issued orders against three companies promoting initial coin offerings in...
A Guide to Building Your Own Crypto Mining Rig
Cryptocurrency mining has in many respects become an industrialized business. But despite the concentration of hashing power, the...
China’s Oldest Science and Tech Publication Accepts BTC for Subscriptions
On Sunday China’s oldest tech media publication, Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR) also known as ‘Technology life,’ has announced the...
A Review of the New Stellarx Decentralized Exchange
This week, Stellar launched its long-awaited decentralized exchange. Stellarx offers trading of a range of assets including...
Launching a Website on the Bitcoin Cash Network Is Now a Reality
On September 29, Bitcoin Cash enthusiast Donald Mulders wrote an interesting post on the social media network Yours.org. The post detailed...
The Daily: Blockchain.com Launches OTC Trading Desk, Shapeshift Relaunches Coincap
Wallet provider Blockchain.com has created an OTC trading desk as part of its efforts to cater to institutional investors. Also in The...
Disgruntled ICO Investors Threaten to Bring in the Crypto Lawyers
The great ICO rush of 2017 and early 2018 is over. The euphoria, the unironic cries of “When Binance?”, and the 10x returns are now a...
Proposed Crypto Mining Moratorium Rejected by County in Montana
Montana’s second most populous county, Missoula County, has rejected the proposal for a moratorium on cryptocurrency operations. The...
BTC: 36% in Circulation Lost, 23% Held by Speculators, US Tax Authority Monitoring
Two research firms released compelling data on the state of Bitcoin Core (BTC). Chainalysis revealed 36% of BTC in circulation is lost,...
New POS Terminal by Pundix Allows Nigerians to Make Purchases in Bitcoin
Indonesian cryptocurrency and payments company Pundix has introduced a point of sale terminal at a shop in Nigeria, allowing people in the...
SEC, CFTC, FBI Take Action Against Bitcoin-Funded Securities Dealer 1Broker
Three U.S. agencies have taken action against international bitcoin-funded securities dealer 1pool Ltd., aka 1Broker. The Securities and...
New Stablecoins: From Cryptopound and Metal-Backed Swiss Coin to Mongolian ‘Candy’
Following some notable premiers in the genre recently, the next batch of stablecoins is on the way. A British startup is partnering with a...
Markets Update: Digital Asset Consolidation and Accumulation Continues
On Saturday September 29, cryptocurrency prices are meandering along after an interesting two weeks of ups and downs. Since last week’s...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto’s Means Are Its End – as Crypto-Statists Well Know
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 6 Crypto’s Means are Its End,...
Braiins OS Publishes Open Source Firmware for Mining Rigs
This week the software developers behind the mining operation Slush Pool have announced a new organization alongside releasing an open...
Line Launches dApps Part of Its Blockchain-Based “Line Token Economy”
Line Corporation, a Japanese Internet firm and the operator of the country’s most popular messaging app, has announced plans to launch...
The Daily: Fiat vs Crypto Laundering, Bitcoin Anniversary Cash-Ins
Welcome to another weekend filled with tales of cryptocurrency intrigue. From shameless Bitcoin anniversary cash-ins to exaggerated claims...
Exchanges Roundup: Ledgerx Readies ETH Futures, Coinbase Partners With Caspian
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, anonymous sources have stated that Ledgerx is preparing to launch ETH futures...
Popular Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Ditches All Government Currencies
In what could be construed as calling the casual enthusiast’s bluff, BTC maximalists at the Samourai project announced, “All fiat currency...
Payments Platform Wirex Launches Iban for Spanish and French Users, Doubles Account Limits
Wirex on Friday announced it had introduced International Bank Account Numbers (Iban) on its Euro accounts for customers in Spain and...
European Regulator Renews Restrictions on Crypto-Based Derivatives
Europe’s securities watchdog, ESMA, has decided to extend the restrictions applied to a number of financial derivatives, including...
Free Crypto Trading App Robinhood Available in Alaska and Oklahoma
“Alaska, thanks for bearing with us,” popular smartphone trading app Robinhood tweeted. “Trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,...
US Federal Judge Rules My Big Coin a Commodity, CFTC Can Pursue Charges
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that My Big Coin is a virtual currency meeting the definition of a commodity, which falls within the...
Chopsticks API Gives BCH Application Developers Options During a Contentious Fork
On Thursday, September 27, Eminent.ly developers announced the launch of an application programming interface (API) called...
Bitcoin Group SE Reports Half-Year Profit Surges 300% to $3.86 Million
German digital currency exchange Bitcoin Group SE reported on Friday a first-half net profit increase of more than 300% to €3.33 million...
Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go
The creators of the counterparty.cash protocol and Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia have announced two separate Bitcoin Cash full node...
The Daily: Coinbase Launches Bundles, Coinswitch Supports Trading Without Account
Crypto exchange Coinbase will present its clients with the option to buy bundles of multiple cryptocurrencies and access useful...
Varanida is Aiming to Improve the Experience of Web Users, Advertisers, and Publishers with the Blockchain
The advertising industry is broken. In today’s digital era the internet is a place where we gather information, connect with others,...
India’s Zebpay Shuts Down Exchange Activities
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, Zebpay, is shutting down its exchange activities due to the crypto banking ban...
Gaming and Blockchain Leaders Unite in Alliance to Disrupt the Status Quo
A coalition of industry-leading gaming and blockchain companies have formed an alliance aimed at bridging the two to increase adoption....
Bad Cryptocurrency Projects Have Squandered Millions of Dollars
Cryptocurrency scams take many forms. But one thing they all share is the goal of enriching their founders at the expense of investors. If...
PR: CrowdForce Launches ICO For Blockchain Based Agency Banking & Data Collection Platform
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Cryptocurrency Mining Giant Bitmain Files for IPO in Hong Kong
Bitmain Technologies, the cryptocurrency mining firm co-founded by billionaires Jihan Wu and Ketuan Zhan, released public financial...
Colombia Crypto Exchange Asks New President for Banking Help
Alejandro Beltrán of Colombia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Buda.com, effectively shuttered by banks in the country refusing to do...
RBI Denies Creating Crypto, Blockchain and AI Research Unit
India’s central bank has reportedly denied setting up a unit to research cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence as the...
BCH Roundup: Markets and Developments Leap Ahead This Week
There’s been a lot going on within the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem lately as both BCH markets and infrastructure developments this week...
Debit Card Issuer Bitnovo Announces Bitcoin Cash Support, as Acceptance Continues to Grow
Bitnovo has launched support for bitcoin cash (BCH). Starting September 27, users of Bitcard and N26 account, both bank-free product...
SFOX Adds Support for Litecoin Giving Institutional Investors the Chance to Diversify
A cryptocurrency dealer, aiming to provide trading services for high-volume traders and institutional investors, has today announced it is...
Bitdb’s Global Database Now Crawls the Entire BCH Transaction Universe
This week the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Unwriter has released the second iteration of Bitdb, a global NoSQL database backed by BCH and...
Goldman Sachs and Google Back Blockchain Payment Startup
Respected Serial Entrepreneur, Marwan Forzely made a daring move when he sold his former company eBillme to Western Union, which helped...
US Regulator Moves to Sanction Plexcoin’s Lacroix and Paradis-Royer
United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly seeking further sanction against alleged crypto scammers Dominic...
Bitpay and BTC.com Team: 1 Million Users Gain Access to $1 Billion Merchant Market
BTC.com has . announced its wallet will enable Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 70 (BIP-70) for payment transactions, which is especially...
The Daily: Around the World on 1 BTC and the Plausibly Deniable Brainwallet
In today’s edition of The Daily, we’re focusing on human interest stories. Tales involving people rather than products, as a reminder of...
Super Rich: Popular Thai Foreign Exchange Chain to Add Cryptocurrencies
Superrich International Exchange, a popular foreign currency exchange chain in Thailand, has reportedly revealed a plan to begin offering...
French Regulator Blacklists More Fraudulent Crypto Businesses
AMF, France’s financial regulator, has expanded its list of entities involved in fraudulent activities often related to cryptocurrency...
Top Crypto Markets of September 2016 – Where Are They Now?
Looking at a snapshot of the top cryptocurrency markets by market capitalization from the 25th of September 2016 shows that whilst the...
Analysts Suspect Cryptocurrencies Used to Evade US Sanctions in North Korea
During an interview earlier this week, two Washington-based financial intelligence analysts explain that North Korea is using...
Despite Ban, 25 Google Play Apps Found to Cryptojack Users
Sophoslabs has published a report in which the company claims to have identified at least 25 Android apps published on the official Google...
Bitmain Bids for Public Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The China-based mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies has filed its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus in order to gain approval...
Josh and Ross: The Government Doesn’t Care About You
The U.S. Government doesn’t care about your losses. They don’t care if you get scammed. What they care about is their own...
Developer Paul Sztorc Launches the First Version of Drivechain
On September 24, the director of research at Tierion and the bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced the launch of the first Drivechain...
Bitfinex Launches Decentralized Exchange EOSfinex in Beta
Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex has announced the launch of EOSfinex, a decentralized exchange built on the EOSIO technology, in...
Circle Enters the Stablecoin Races With USDC
Stablecoin mania is showing no signs of abating. Within a week of Gemini launching its US dollar-pegged coin, Circle has followed suit....
Pesamill Africa Launches as Kenya’s Latest Exchange Offering P2P And Centralized Trading
Pesamill Africa started trading today in one of Africa’s most active bitcoin markets. The exchange will compete with the likes of...
The Daily: UK’s Revolut Seeks EU Licenses, Quppy Launches Wallet With BCH
British-based digital bank Revolut has applied for financial licenses in two European Union member states, Lithuania and Luxemburg, in the...
Coinbase Opens Its Doors to an Array of Altcoins
Coinbase, a traditionally timid exchange when it comes to listing cryptocurrencies, has dramatically changed its stance. The...
3D Gun File Company Reorganizes After Cody Wilson Resigns
Cody Wilson, founder and Director of Defense Distributed (DD) has resigned, according to a press conference held Tuesday, September 25th...
PR: Bithumb to Hold Transaction Fee Payback Promotion for Overseas Users
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Google Bringing Back Crypto Ads in US and Japan
Google has announced that regulated cryptocurrency exchanges will be allowed to advertise on its platforms in the United States and Japan...
Squire Mining Discloses Next-Generation ASIC Chips Will Be Made by Samsung
This week the firm Squire Mining, a company that plans to offer next-generation 10nm ASIC chips, has revealed it is working with Samsung...
Regulations Roundup: U.S. Govt. Pays $5.7 Million for Blockchain Analysis, Amit Bhardwaj’s Assets Seized
In recent regulatory news, a report published by Diar has found that U.S. government agencies have paid approximately $5.7 million USD to...
Russian Crypto Groups in Telegram Increase Membership Despite Ban
The members of crypto-related Telegram channels have increased in number since the messenger was banned by a Moscow court in April,...
Coinbase Looking to ‘Rapidly Add’ New Assets, Opens Applications
Coinbase has announced a plan to “rapidly add” new assets to its system through open applications. The announcement is seemingly a change...
European Banks Complicit as Corrupt African Leaders Plunder Their Home Economies
European banks have allegedly been complicit as corrupt African leaders pilfer the wealth of their economies in the billions of dollars....
Surveys: 1 in 4 Millennials Want to Invest in Crypto, 3% of China Already Has
In recent cryptocurrency surveys, a poll of 100,000 Chinese citizens has found that 3% have invested in cryptocurrencies, and a survey...