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High Profile Cryptocurrency Firms Hope to Influence US Law
A group of cryptocurrency luminaries and businesses have announced the formation of a US lobbying entity based in Washington known as the...
Public Anger Forces Bank CFO to Quit Over Huge Money Laundering Affair
Bank executives rarely get punished for their misdeeds, leading to many people distrusting the entire banking system as plagued with...
Japanese Telco SoftBank Explores Use of Blockchain in Mobile Payments
A proof-of-concept (PoC) project of a mobile payments service utilizing blockchain technology has been successfully completed by SoftBank...
Markets Update: ETH Hits 14-Month Low Amid Heavy Altcoin Losses
Many altcoins have posted significant losses in recent days, with ETH currently testing price levels not seen in over 12 months after...
Crypto Hedge Fund Managers Aren’t as Smart as You Think
There’s a tendency, societally, to place self-appointed experts on a pedestal. If a professional’s job title is impressive enough, and...
Start a Business – Do Not Ask for Permission, Skip the Bank Account
Doing business, relying on your own abilities and talents to make a living, shouldn’t be so hard to start. But unlike the times when...
Malta The New Cypto Capital – Why the EU Is Furious With Malta
The union’s least-populous member nation has become a cryptocurrency and online gambling hub plagued by allegations of corruption and...
66% of Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts Don’t Want to Receive Wages in Fiat
Companies and projects wishing to attract the best and brightest young talent need to offer bitcoin salaries. A recent survey of...
The Daily: Nobel Laureates to Advise Industry, DoD Facility to Become Mining Farm
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about two Nobel winners to advise the crypto industry, another leading sports team...
Chinese Report Finds 9 in 10 Altcoins to Have Stolen 80% of Their Code
A report published by Chinese media has alleged that more than 80% of alternative cryptocurrencies are comprised of “plagiarizing code.”...
Billions of Dollars ICO Industry is Governed by Securities Law, Judge Rules
U.S. V. Zaslavskiy, 17-cr-0647, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn), just might go down as a definitive...
SEC Takes Action Against ‘First US Regulated Crypto Asset Fund’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that it has taken action against two cryptocurrency firms. Both...
With Bitcoin Cash, A Namibian Conservationist Hopes To Save Endangered African Wild Dog
In Namibia, the African wild dog population has been decimated to near extinction. But one wildlife lover is trying to stop all that. And...
IMF Pressures Marshall Islands to Drop National Crypto
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has exerted pressure on the Marshall Islands to torpedo its proposed crypto. The move by the...
BCH Roundup: Rock Festivals, Long Form Blogging, and Prescription Drugs
The past seven days has been another interesting week for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents. After wrapping up a successful Stress Test Day...
Tokenized Securities: The Next Boom
The following opinion piece on token-as-securities was written by Benjamin Pirus, a crypto trader who has written many articles for...
US Authorities Ask India to Seize Property of Bitconnect Promoters
The authorities of two U.S. states have reportedly asked Indian officials to seize the property of the promoters of Bitconnect since...
NY Approves Stablecoins Gemini Dollar and Paxos Standard Token
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has authorized Gemini Trust Company LLC, the cryptocurrency exchange platform...
Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Debate Reconvenes After the Stress Test
Over the last few weeks, there’s been a heated discussion within the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community concerning the scheduled November 15...
Ethereum Price Flirts With Yearly Low as ICOs Offload 157,700 ETH
Ethereum was back on the defensive Tuesday, with prices approaching fresh yearly lows amid signs that initial coin offerings were...
Decentralized Exchange Bisq Launches Mobile App, Holds Market Kickstart Event
Fully decentralized peer-to-peer crypto exchange Bisq has launched a mobile notification app for both Android and iOS systems. The...
Philippines Okays PDAX Crypto Exchange
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) cleared the Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) for license to exchange crypto and the Philippine...
SEC Halts US Trading In Both CXBTF & CETHF, Citing Confusion Amongst Market Participants
Over the weekend, the Securities Exchange Commission temporarily halted trading in US venues of two products from Swedish company XBT...
The Daily: Malta Sees No Issue With Unlicensed Crypto Firms, Valletta Mansion on Sale for Crypto
Malta is not worried about crypto companies operating while their applications for licenses are still pending as the loophole does not...
The Nakamoto Imperative: Why We Have to Build a Decentralist Culture
The following opinion piece on building a decentralist culture was written by Max Borders, director of Social Evolution and author of The...
PR: Killing Banks – A Financial Crypto Startup MoneyToken Announced 0% Loans and Token Burn This Wednesday
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Korean Banks to Limit Services for Crypto Traders Without Real-Name Verification
South Korean banks are reportedly taking measures to limit services for customers who are not using the real-name system. It has been over...
India Small Town Layman Falls For A Conman: First MLM, Then Wallet Theft
The growing incidence of bitcoin multi-level marketing (MLM) scams in countries like India is a two-pronged wake-up call. First, has a...
Tired of Bank Bailouts and Hyperinflation? Bitcoin Offers Something Different
People often wonder why a cryptocurrency with a limited supply like bitcoin has been gaining traction over the years. Since the 2008...
India Cryptocurrency Winter Survivors: We Were Not Sleeping, But Hibernating
The RBI Circular was intended to put a pause button on cryptocurrency activity in India, but as the mandate that restrained banks to be...
P2P Markets Report: BTC Posts Record Low for Localbitcoins Trade Volume
According to Coin.dance, the first week of September has comprised the weakest on record for global peer-to-peer (P2P) trade volume on...
New York Regulator Approves Two New Stablecoins, Gemini Dollar and Paxos Standard
Ever since fears arose around Tether (USDT), it seems like a new stablecoin is released every week to try and take its place. Today two...
UAE Securities Watchdog Approves Plan to Regulate ICOs
The securities and commodities regulator in the United Arab Emirates has approved a plan to adopt comprehensive regulations for...
48% of American Millennials Would Switch from Fiat to Crypto, Survey Reveals
A survey carried out by research service YouGov Omnibus shows that while cryptocurrency prices are tumbling, 48 percent of millennials...
Iceland’s ‘Big Bitcoin Heist’: Suspects Charged With Over $2M in Stolen Mining Rigs
Police in Iceland charged seven individuals for conspiracy, burglary, and theft for stealing from the region’s mining facilities. Iceland...
Exchanges Roundup: Startup Targets Crypto Micro-Investments, Kraken Denies Halifax Closure
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, Perth-based Bamboo has announced it will launch an app designed to easily...
Riot Blockchain Replaces CEO Over $27 Million Pump and Dump Charges
Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), a company officially focused on cryptocurrency mining and the development of an exchange, has...
SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce Calls Out ‘Real Value’ in Run-up to VanEck Bitcoin ETF Decision
In a new interview on CNBC’s Crypto Trader, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce explains why she believes the SEC should prioritize a key...
How to Buy Bitcoin Without Disclosing Your Identity
Privacy preservation is one of cryptocurrency’s defining characteristics. Digital assets such as bitcoin provide a far higher degree of...
Nobel Laureates Join Blockchain Research Lab and Accelerator Cryptic Labs
Cryptic Labs, a blockchain research lab and accelerator, has announced the addition of two Nobel Laureates in economics, Dr. Eric S....
The Daily: Revolut to Launch in North America, US Startup Presents Telegram Alternative
Digital bank Revolut is planning to expand its operations in America and Russia. Also, payment card provider Fuzex signs an agreement with...
Ku Coin Expands Into Australia After $3M Bitcoin Australia Deal
Ku Coin is expanding into Australia after it agreed to invest $3 million in Bitcoin Australia. The deal is seen as a win-win for both...
Winklevoss Twins Win Patent for Securely Storing Digital Assets
The Winklevoss twins have won a patent for securely storing digital assets which adds to a long list of nine successful patents won by...
Coinbase CEO Lays Out Plan to Dominate Crypto Securities Marketplace
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has stated that, in addition to being the most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S., the company...
Expanding Our Global Bitcoin Coverage – Gogo Our New Reporter in Zimbabwe
Veteran business journalist Jeffrey Gogo has joined the news desk at Bitcoin.com. Regular readers count on news.Bitcoin.com to bring them...
SEC Suspends Trading of XBT Provider’s Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the trading of two XBT Provider products: Bitcoin Tracker One and Ether Tracker...
South Korean Crypto Know-How and Capital Sought by Uzbekistan and Belarus
South Koreans undoubtedly have some respectable crypto experience and others have taken note. Uzbekistan, which recently legalized the...
Terrorists Prefer Cash to Crypto, According to Congressional Testimony
In prepared testimony given before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Yaya Fanusie, director of analysis for...
India Law Enforcement to File Charges Monday in $2.7M Coinsecure Wallet Hack
Law enforcement authorities in New Delhi will file charges on Monday in the Coinsecure hack case. Coinsecure was a large cryptocurrency...
Denmark’s Largest Bank May Have Facilitated up to $150 Billion in Money Laundering
Companies from Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union have apparently turned the small country of Estonia into a massive money...
Deep Web Roundup: New Search Engine + Tor Browser, Same Old War on Drugs
In this latest edition of our periodic deep web series, we bring news of Tor 8 – the most feature-rich onion browser yet. We also take a...
Details on Josh Garza’s Plea Deal and Sentencing Date are Released
Josh Garza’s plea deal has been released to the public and it gives us some insight into how his sentencing might go on September...
Cosimo Ventures Launches Tokenized VC Fund
Venture capital (VC) firm Cosimo Ventures has launched a new tokenized VC fund called Cosimo X. The new fund will focus on early...
RBI Ban Hearing in Two Days – What Indian Crypto Exchanges Are Expecting
The Indian supreme court will hear all petitions against the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday....
Markets Update: Traders Uncertain of the Next Crypto Market Cycle
Cryptocurrency markets today are seeing a touch of recovery after digital asset prices suffered from some significant losses over...
43 Women Nominated for the Board of the Swiss Crypto Valley Association
Female Board Members to Have Same Responsibilities The Swiss Crypto Valley Association (CVA), a Zug-based organization working to promote...
The Daily: Robinhood Aiming for IPO, Dodgers to Give Away Crypto Tokens
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover news about trading app Robinhood aiming for an IPO, MLB team Dodgers giving away a collectible...
Russian Industry Association Launching Crypto Certification Program
The Russian crypto industry association is launching a crypto certification program. Applicants will be evaluated and issued a certificate...
Tip Bitcoin Cash Effortlessly on the Web With the Money Button
Ryan X Charles, the founder of Yours.org, has been talking a lot about a new bitcoin cash-powered tipping plugin for websites called Money...
Russia Developing Own Mining Pools
The Russian crypto association is working on two projects to create mining pools offering better conditions to the local mining companies....
Japan’s GMO Launches Live Crypto Trading Platform, Adds Mining Facilities
Japanese internet giant GMO has launched a live crypto trading platform via its subsidiary GMO Coin. This is the company’s third...
The Darknet Cat and Mouse Game: Law Enforcement Gains More Traction
Since the dawn of the Silk Road and the myriad of darknet markets (DNM) that followed, it’s been a cat and mouse game between law...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto Is a Revolution of Hope – Which Is Why It Succeeds
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 3 Crypto Is a Revolution of...
The Daily: Coinbase Explores Crypto ETF, Changelly Verifies Monero Traders
US exchange Coinbase is reportedly exploring possibilities to create a cryptocurrency ETF and we’ve covered the details in The Daily....
Thai Government Approves Crypto Exchange, Wants Own Wallet
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved another crypto exchange to legally operate in the country. There are now six...
PR: Fabric Token Launches TokenGen 3.0 – The All in One Token Crowdsale Automation Tool
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Bitcoin ATMs Targeted by Malware for Sale in Underground Markets
Malware aimed at Bitcoin ATMs is being sold in underground markets, according to Trend Micro security researchers. For $25,000, malware...
New Crypto Exchanges Launch in Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia
The cryptocurrency ecosystem continues to grow with the addition of some new crypto exchanges in Hong Kong, Korea, and Indonesia. Bitone...
India Crypto Exchanges: Supreme Court Hearing to be Inconsequential
While expectations and fears are mounting on an imminent Supreme Court decision about the regulator’s ban concerning cryptocurrency trade...
Bittrex to Launch Caribbean and Latin American Crypto Exchange
The US-based exchange Bittrex has announced a partnership with Cryptofacil, a new cryptocurrency trading platform designed to accommodate...
Bitcoin’s Hopeful Numbers: 70% Familiar in the United States
This week Yougov Omnibus released a host of encouraging new survey data, new numbers, and among their findings “48% of millennials would...
The Altcoin Correction Index Gives an Alternative View of Crypto Assets
Analysts are always seeking new ways to assess cryptocurrencies. Different metrics provide insights that can be used to gauge various...
Havven CEO: Tether has shades of eGold
eGold was the last false start of digital currencies. Predating bitcoin, the Douglas Jackson created e-currency made big headway into...
Proof-of-Stake is a Rebranded Version of the Old Financial System
Over the last few years, there’s been a lot of projects, both public and private, that are attempting to create a next-generation...
What TAP Coin-like Apps Have to Offer for Blockchain and Advertising
If we delve into the backlogs of the Internet, we can see that the first posts mentioning blockchain technology appeared on the web way...
South Korea Urges 14 Countries to Create International Discipline System for Crypto
At an annual international conference for regulators in Seoul, the South Korean Financial Supervisory Service urged regulators from 14...
The Daily: EU Urged for Common Crypto Rules, EEU Ready for Common Crypto
A Brussels-based think tank has urged the European Union to adopt common crypto regulations. Its report will be reviewed during this...
Ukrainians Advised to Pay 19.5% Tax on Crypto Incomes
In the absence of dedicated regulation, Ukrainians are expected to pay the regular 19.5% income tax rate on their profits from...
PR: NewChain Testnet Officially Launched and Fully Meets Commercial Requirements
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Origin Protocol Partners on New ERC 725 Alliance to Promote the Adoption of Blockchain-Based Identity Standard
Origin Protocol, an open-source blockchain platform for creating peer-to-peer marketplaces has announced its role in the creation of the...
Blockchain, Reloaded: How the New “Matrix” Appeared
The following opinion piece on blockchain technology was written by Alexander Borodich, CEO Universa.io, futurologist, and Forbes...
Living With Life After Crypto
Could you live without cryptocurrency in your life? For its proponents, bitcoin is a drug that’s had them hooked since the day they...
EF Hutton Initiates Coverage of Cryptocurrencies – BCH Gets 5-Star Rating
American stock brokerage firm EF Hutton is initiating coverage of seven cryptocurrencies, each given a rating of one to five stars....
Nonprofit Eatbch Shows How Every Little Microtransaction Helps
Last April news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Bitcoin Cash-powered nonprofit organization ‘Eatbch’ and since then the group has not only...
Major Korean Insurer to Offer Crypto Exchanges Insurance for Hacking Damages
A major South Korean insurance company reportedly will start offering cryptocurrency exchanges insurance aimed at compensating for damages...
Trader Alleges Bithumb is Losing $150,000 USD Daily to Washtrading
A trader has posted on Twitter alleging that an actor is taking advantage of Bithumb’s 120% fee payback to milk the platform of...
An Indian Kid and the Pastry Window of Cryptocurrency
The average young Indian is curious and confused about cryptocurrency. They think it is cool, but right now, thanks to an interim...
Andy Warhol Painting Tokenised and Sold on the Blockchain Opens Access to Art
In a first-of-its-kind, a painting of Andy Warhol has been tokenised and sold on the blockchain, signalling the first step in...
New Cryptocurrency Trading Platform to Launch For Latin American, Caribbean Markets
A new startup called Cryptofacil has announced plans to launch “the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Latin America and the Caribbean.”...
Alleged BTC-e Operator’s Lawyer Says Greek Court Decided on Extradition to Russia
The lawyer for the alleged BTC-e exchange operator, Alexander Vinnik, claims that the Greek supreme court has decided to extradite him...