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What’s needed to unlock the real power of blockchain and distributed apps
With cryptocurrency prices reaching all-time highs and total market capitalization topping $800 billion recently, everyone wants to know...
IRS Prepares to Bring Down the Hammer on Bitcoin Tax Cheats
US residents still have two more months to submit their annual federal tax returns, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has already...
The IRS Takes Its Tax Evasion Hunt to the Blockchain
As the adage goes, there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. For any U.S. bitcoiners considering wriggling out of the latter,...
PR: Bitcoin’s Parallel Ecosystem – Claim Your Bitcoin Parallel (BCP) and Bitcoin Parallel Clearing (BCPC) on February 12th 2018
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Thanks to Mainstream Media, the Public Are Clueless About Cryptocurrency
Did you hear that bitcoin’s dead? Or how about the new coin that’s going to be the next ethereum? Also, there’s this cryptocurrency called...
Bitcoin Couture Makes Its Debut at New York Fashion Week
While New York Stock Exchange traders were grappling with a market in freefall, elsewhere in the city this week all eyes were on more...
NY Regulator Demands Vigilance Against Market Manipulation from Bitlicense Firms
Accusations, rumors and fears of manipulation in the cryptocurrency market have been around for a long while now. The most recent one...
Cryptocurrency Trader Sues T-Mobile for Giving Hackers Control of His Account
Cryptocurrency use requires great personal responsibility with regards to data security. Investors need to not only make sure they are...
SEC to Focus on Cryptocurrency and ICO Fraud as Top Priority
The financial inspectors of the SEC publish their top priorities at the beginning of every year in an effort to improve compliance,...
Besides the Meme Jokes Crypto-Enthusiasts Are Actually Buying Lamborghinis
The luxury Italian sports car, Lamborghini, otherwise referred to as the “Lambo” has become a ‘holy grail’ for some cryptocurrency...
Thai Government Cannot Stop Crypto Use – Regulatory Framework Expected in a Month
Thailand’s financial agencies have agreed that regulators cannot stop the use of cryptocurrencies within the country. The relevant...
PR: Crypto Backed Loans Platform MoneyToken Has Announced the Private Sale
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Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Start Forming a Well Defined Uptrend
Cryptocurrency markets are starting to slowly inch back upwards after many digital assets lost roughly 40-70 percent of the values they...
Physical Bitcoin Mining Hardware Store Bitmart Opens in South Africa
Bitcoin might be magical internet money, but it has a very physical side in the form of the mining equipment needed to maintain the...
Venezuela Found Foreign Investors for Petro Cryptocurrency Pre-Sale Starting This Month
Venezuela says it has found a number of foreign investors for the pre-sale of its “oil-backed” national cryptocurrency, the petro....
Korean Prime Minister: Closing Down Crypto Exchanges ‘Not a Serious Consideration’
The South Korean prime minister has emphasized that closing down cryptocurrency exchanges is not a serious consideration. His statement...
PR: Steve Outtrim (Etherical) Interviews Alessandro Chiolerio (3D-Token)
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More Crypto Jobs in India, Despite Delhi’s Stance on Bitcoin
Jobs and applicants for employment in the cryptocurrency sector have increased substantially in India, despite current attitudes in Delhi...
Weiss Ratings Defends its Decision to Give Bitcoin Only a C+ Grade
Wall Street is known for being a cut throat place where shrewd business people play as tough as possible in order to make gains or their...
Which new crypto for 2018 do you think will grow more than 100x?
Have noticed a lot of people having trouble finding websites with information about upcoming Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and which ones...
Bitcoin Cash Markets Recover — While Infrastructure Support Increases
This past week bitcoin cash (BCH) markets have been suffering from the bearish sentiment plaguing cryptocurrencies across the board. On...
Grayscale Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency ‘Large Cap Fund’
This Wednesday Grayscale Investments, the sponsor of the Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) has announced a new cryptocurrency investment vehicle...
Australian High School to Host Information Night on Cryptocurrencies
A surge in the popularity of bitcoin among students has prompted an Australian high school to host an information night designed to...
You Can Now Bid for Jamie Dimon Crypto Art Made From Old Credit Cards
“Terrible Store of Value” is a great piece of work if you’re a collector of crypto art that sticks it to the man whilst providing a side...
Seele ICO Sets Up Emergency Response Team After $1.8m Fraud
One would have hoped that by now investors in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) would have learned to be more careful who they trust with...
Korean Supreme Court to Judge Whether Crypto Regulations Are Unconstitutional
The case against the South Korean government over cryptocurrency regulations filed with the Constitutional Court has been referred to the...
PR: The Okoin VR Project – Facts and Trends
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Forbes’ Inaugural Crypto Rich List Is Crass Yet Compelling
Ogling the fortunes of the filthy rich is a popular pastime with the poorer segments of society. It’s been that way for centuries, with...
Leading Australian Banks Allow Customers to Purchase Cryptocurrencies
Three of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks have issued comments regarding their respective policy positions with regards to their customers’...
New Research Suggests Ripple Is Even More Centralized Than Previously Thought
Despite being associated with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, ripple’s status as a decentralized currency is a matter of...
Phony PBOC Email Sent to U.S. Media Aimed to Manipulate BTC Price
According to reports on Tuesday, a large quantity of U.S. media outlets were sent an email from an individual claiming to be a...
Bitcoin Up Over 20% as Crypto Markets Regain Poise
In the last 24 hours, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has increased 25 percent to $352 billion, as per data...
Ethereum Users Are Losing Money and Devs Don’t Quite Know What to Do
As the price of its cryptocurrency ether has soared (and then corrected) in 2018, one thing has remained constant – users continue to lose...
Landmark Senate Crypto Hearing Seen as Mostly Positive by Bitcoiners
Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
PR: StarChain – Reshaping the Entertainment Industry Using Blockchain
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No Strong Case to Ban Crypto Trading, Singapore Says
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has been studying cryptocurrency developments and there is no strong case to ban crypto trading, a...
World Central Banker to Central Banks: Bitcoin Is a Bubble, Ponzi, and Disaster
General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Agustín Carstens, gave a talk at Goethe University in its House of...
Dignitaries, Pundits, and Bigwigs Reveal Their 2018 Crypto-Predictions
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have been extremely bearish over the past six weeks straight, and many investors are waiting for the...
NFL Superstars Like to Talk About Bitcoin Just Like the Rest of Us
With the Super Bowl now well behind us, NFL players can today focus on what they really care about, bitcoin. You might have thought that...
The European Commission Loves Blockchain’s Transparency – Except for When It Doesn’t
Government officials can’t seem to make their minds up about bitcoin. Politicians like the underlying technology, they are prone to...
Venezuela Invites OPEC Countries to Jointly Develop Oil-Backed Crypto Platform
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has invited all OPEC nations to jointly develop a platform for the trading of oil-backed...
Most Crypto Traders in South Korea Remain Anonymous Despite Regulations
Most cryptocurrency investors in South Korea remain anonymous without moving their accounts to the government-mandated real-name system....
Coinbase Is Adding Segwit Support
After months of prevarication, Coinbase has announced that it will add Segwit support to its bitcoin wallets. The much anticipated and...
Russian Bankruptcy Court Orders Debtor to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
The Moscow bankruptcy court has ordered a bankrupt debtor to provide information about his cryptocurrency holdings. The trustee has...
‘Black Monday’ Shows Bitcoin Isn’t As ‘Dangerous’ As Regulators Claim
Looking at mainstream media headlines over the past few weeks shows a lot of columnists and pundits have declared that ‘bitcoin’s bubble...
Australia to Ban Bitcoin Gambling
Australian gambling regulator Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC) has issued an informal ban against all cryptocurrency online...
PR: XinFin Unveils XDC, the Hybrid Blockchain Protocol; Opens Its Utility Token Sale
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Senate Releases Testimonies Ahead of Crypto Hearing
A day before a landmark hearing, a day with screaming headlines about the US stock market’s historic dump, not to mention bitcoin’s 65...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Added to Bitpay’s List of Payment Protocol Support
This past November the largest bitcoin payment processor worldwide, Bitpay, announced the company’s move to integrate a process called...
Intelligence: Pyongyang Trying to Steal Cryptos before Pyeongchang Olympics
Despite some cracks on the icy surface of inter-Korean relations, caused by the Olympic spirit, tensions on the silent crypto front in...
PR: Viola.Ai Wins Investor Award at d10e ICO Pitching Competition at Cayman Islands
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The Solution to the World’s Most Toughest Bitcoin Puzzle Is as Clever as Its Creator
Last week, an enigmatic and fiendishly tricky puzzle that had baffled bitcoiners for years was finally solved. In the process, it earned...
New York Wants a Piece of the Ever Growing Bitcoin Mining Pie
Watch out Canada! New York wants a piece of the bitcoin mining market, securing for its residents revenues and jobs that come along with...
Study Finds Little Correlation Between Tether Printing and Bitcoin’s Price
Over the past few months there’s been a lot of internet chatter concerning the digital currency tether (USDT) and whether or not it’s...
Major British Credit Card Issuers Ban Customers From Buying Cryptocurrencies
Britain’s largest banking group is banning its credit card customers from buying cryptocurrencies including bitcoin. Credit card issuers...
Cryptocurrencies Are Pushing Semiconductor Innovation and Profits
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a growing industry, and mining operations continue to compete by making faster chips and...
Most Korean Crypto Exchanges Unable to Use Government-Mandated System
The majority of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are unable to use the new government-mandated system which was recently...
Russia Drafts Bill to Create Offshore Companies to Trade Cryptocurrencies
The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a bill to allow the creation of offshore companies to trade cryptocurrencies. This follows the...
Markets Update: BTC Prices Suffer from a 65% Loss Since December
Bitcoin prices and cryptocurrency markets, in general, have been declining in value for the past six weeks straight with a few bounces...
Roboforex Adds Bitcoin Cash and Three Other Cryptocurrency CFDs for Trading
Another major international leveraged trading brokerage has launched a contract-for-difference (CFD) for Bitcoin Cash paired against the...
Steve Wozniak Liquidates Majority of Bitcoin Holdings To Not Obsess Over Price
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, recently stated that he has liquidated most of his bitcoin holdings whilst speaking at a business forum...
PR: Beat – Introducing a Way to Get Paid for Doing Sports
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China to Block Access to International Cryptocurrency Exchanges
We know you heard this one before, but China wants to ban bitcoin…again. Only this time the government plans to use one of its most far...
Tesla to help roll out world’s largest “virtual power plant” in Australia
The South Australian Government has teamed up with Tesla to roll out the world's largest virtual power plant, which will see over 50,000...
Enterprise Blockchain Finally Ready for a Breakout – Maybe
Instead of the increased efficiency, enterprises have encountered impractically slow transaction volumes; instead of a transparent world...
China Reportedly Cutting Access to Overseas Crypto Trading
A report from Financial News, a website tied to the People's Bank of China (the country's central bank), indicates that authorities there...
7 Tough Legal Lessons for Crypto Entrepreneurs
From Stephen Palley is a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Anderson Kill. The views expressed are his alone....
PR: Zerocoin Aims to Become a Standard Crypto Currency for Online Gambling
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Bitcoin Futures’ Future: Slow, Measured, No Mom and Pop Investors
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy explained in a recent interview how the decision to list bitcoin futures in...
International Market Maintains Demand for Chinese Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware
The future for manufacturers of bitcoin mining hardware in China appears bright despite reports that the Chinese central government will...
Ukrainian Law May Separate Mining from Cryptocurrencies
Ukrainian legislators should separate the regulation of crypto mining from the legal status of cryptocurrencies. The new approach was...
A Look At Service Providers and Tools Supporting the New BCH Cashaddr Format
This past January the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers and community began implementing a new address format called ‘Cashaddr.’ The new...
UNICEF Asks Gamers to Mine Cryptocurrency for Syrian Children
The invention of cryptocurrency is a revolution in modern finance but it has far reaching implications in many other fields as well. For...
Japan’s Leading Low-Cost Airline Details Plan to Accept Bitcoin
Japan’s leading low-cost airline, Peach Aviation, has been working to implement a bitcoin payment system. Recently, there were reports...
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan on the Crypto Radar
Several Central Asian countries have taken steps to embrace cryptos one way or another. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are some of...
This Week in Bitcoin: Half Full or Half Empty?
Doomsdayers out in force; Paul Krugman being Paul Krugman; Tether upto its usual tricks and the usual gamut of scams, schemes, and...
PR: Blockchain Based Messenger App E-Chat: Fork or Not to Fork?
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Markets Update: Long-Term Signals Suggest Bullish Bounce Imminent for BTC
Many technical signals are indicating that the BTC markets may experience a bullish move in coming days following several weeks of heavy...
PR: Smartlands Launches Platform Based on Stellar Network
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Many Token Crowdsales No Longer That Open to the Crowds
The ICO was hailed as the new IPO, offering a more egalitarian way of raising funds. The fact that crowdsales bring in millions of extra...
Crowdfire Founders Plan to Launch Indian Bitcoin Exchange
Cryptocurrencies have grown popular in India, and digital asset markets in the region have seen exponential growth despite uncertainty...
Bitcoin.com’s This Week in Bitcoin Podcast is Mandatory Listening
Veteran podcaster Matt Aaron lends his curation and vocal talent to a smooth few minutes each week in summation of the Bitcoin world’s...
China Censors Cryptocurrency Ads on Search Engines and Social Media
Hong Kong-based media have reported that the country’s major search engines and social media networks do not appear to be presenting paid...
Large European Power Company Will Not Sell Electricity to Crypto-Miners
This week one of Europe’s largest power companies, Enel, has announced the firm has absolutely “no interest whatsoever in selling power”...
Bank of America Becomes the Latest Credit Card-Issuer to Ban Bitcoin
U.S. banks really aren’t big on bitcoin. That’s the inference to be drawn from a widespread crypto crackdown led by major financial...
Trading Tip `The Wall´ – I Was Wrong
Last week, I made an analysis of the bitcoin price situation. My analysis noted that while the rumors of Wall Street price manipulation...
Russia Urges 4 Other Countries to Develop Common Approach to Cryptocurrencies
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has asked the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union countries to jointly develop a common...
Ledger Addresses Man in the Middle Attack That Threatens Millions of Hardware Wallets
Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, which sold over one million devices last year, has alerted its users to a major attack vector that’s...
PR: First Cryptomarketplace Storiqa Has Raised $25 Million
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India’s Finance Minister Confirms Crypto Not Recognized as Legal Tender, Media Panics
India’s Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has confirmed that the country’s government will not recognize cryptocurrencies as legal tender,...