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Samourai Wallet Introduces Bitcoin via SMS Text Message for Censorship Resistance
Bitcoin privacy wallet pioneers Samourai Wallet have announced a new proprietary app called Pony Direct, a transaction payment method (or...
PR: YouTube For Professional Development LiveEdu ICO Reaches $8m in Less Than a Week! 10 Reasons to Participate in the Crowdsale
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Senior Figures Clash as the Tezos ICO War Heats Up
Tezos, last year’s most notorious ICO, is back in the news and once again it’s for all the wrong reasons. The blockchain project, with its...
Korean Crypto Exchanges to Share Data with Banks in New Account System This Month
The South Korean government has announced that six major banks will be ready to provide services to cryptocurrency exchanges this month....
More than Half of Russians Know About Bitcoin Now
More than half of Russians have some knowledge about bitcoin, according to a new survey. Awareness is higher among young people and in...
Consumer Protection Association Slams Bank for Blocking Transfers to Bitcoin Exchanges
From Israel to Australia, commercial banks in various parts of the world have tried preventing people from entering the cryptocurrency...
This Week in Bitcoin: Up, Down and Sideways
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. From the hubris and excess of the North American Bitcoin Conference to the gloominess...
Grayscale Will Launch Stock Split for Bitcoin Trust Shares
This week the sponsor of the Bitcoin Investment Trust, Grayscale Investments has announced the launch of a 91-for-1 stock split of the...
Coinbase to Reopen the GDAX Bitcoin Cash-Euro Order Book
Many European cryptocurrency investors are about to get another venue for investing in bitcoin cash with their regional fiat. The GDAX...
U.S. Rating Agency to Issue Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Grades Wednesday
Additional Wall Street money might start making its way into cryptocurrency investments soon. An American rating agency is set to issue...
PR: Game Machine – Game Investments That Connect to the Cryptoworld
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Blockchain Rolls Out Trading Feature for 22 States in the U.S.
This week the UK-based company Blockchain has announced it has begun to roll out buying and selling features for U.S. residents. Starting...
Bill Introduced to Make South Korean Officials Declare Their Crypto Investments
A bill has been introduced in South Korea to require public officials to declare their investments in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin....
Indian Crypto Traders Getting Notices From Tax Authority Due to Unreported Investments
The Indian tax authority has sent notices to cryptocurrency investors after discovering that some crypto investments are not reflected on...
The Rise and Fall of Ripple is a Case Study in Mass Hysteria
Through late 2017 and early 2018, ripple was the darling of cryptocurrency. Mainstream media couldn’t get enough of it, South Koreans...
PR: B2Expand Launches Its Ethereum-Based Game Asset Store
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Bitcoin.com Launches Bitcoin Cash Notary Service
Back in April of 2017 Bitcoin.com launched a notary service that was based on top of the bitcoin core (BTC) blockchain. However, due to...
Onecoin Offices Raided in Sofia, Servers Shut Down
Bulgarian law enforcement agencies have raided the offices of Onecoin in Sofia as part of a multinational effort to neutralize what...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices Rebound But Uncertainty Still Lingers
After the past few weeks of bearish market sentiment within the cryptocurrency economy, a wide variety of digital assets are starting to...
PR: Retail Conglomerate Launches Online Mall Accepting Only MegaX and Bitcoin Cash
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Trading Tip `The Wall´ – Why Do We Fall, Bruce?
This week, the price of bitcoin reached a low-point of -53% from its December high. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Death of the “Get...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 4: Is Privacy Possible in the Digital Era? (Part 3)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 2 : The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 4: When Privacy is...
Lots of Optimism at the Miami Bitcoin Conference This Week
This January, thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts flocked to The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami after a grueling two weeks...
New Research: Laundering of Illicit Funds Less than 1% of Bitcoin Transactions
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center of Sanctions and Illicit Finance in conjunction with blockchain analytics company,...
US Regulator Sues Three Companies For Cryptocurrency Fraud
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed charges against three separate companies for engaging in fraudulent schemes...
PR: Bitmora Exchange – a New Exchange Is Fixing the Fee System
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Korean Lawmaker Shows Evidence Government Embargo Led to Market Manipulation
A South Korean lawmaker has shown how the government’s announcement policy enabled market manipulation last week following the news of...
Not Content Scamming $1.5 Billion, Bitconnect Wants Another $500 Million for ICO
The fall of Bitconnect was as certain as night follows day. A pyramid scheme wrapped inside a Ponzi with a side order of WTF, Bitconnect...
Russia Ready for Migrant Bitcoin Miners Influx
Despite some indecisiveness about cryptocurrencies on the part of centralized power, Russia has been quietly preparing for a wave of...
Tether Printing Press In High Gear, Issuing $400 Million in Four Days
Bitcoin has had a rocky week to say the least. At its lowest point, the cryptocurrency dipped to $9,200 before a rising green candle sent...
Letter from SEC Reveals Outlook Not Good for US-based Bitcoin ETFs
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a letter to two Washington DC firms seeking guidance on bitcoin exchange-traded...
A Texas Renewable Energy Roundup As DistribuTECH Heads to San Antonio
On January 23, DistribuTECH, one of the fastest growing conferences and expos in the country is set to open. Affectionately called “DTECH”...
Green Builder to Begin Covering Office Buildings with Perovskite Solar Cells
Example of Skanska’s office building covered by semi-transparent perovskite solar modules. By Jennifer Delony Sweden-based green builder...
PR: Essentia.one Launch Set to Revolutionize the Way We Access the Web with Decentralization
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Bitcoin for Beginners: Which Hardware Wallet to Use
Hardware wallets are all the rage. Part of the “cryptocurrency starter kit”, these ultra-secure devices for storing cryptocurrency have...
Canada Elevates Biomass Energy to Innovate on Forestry
The Canadian government has allocated funding to support research and development of biomass projects for heating and power in an effort...
Where’d You Get That Token? 7 Platforms Managing ICOs
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are evolving into an industry unto themselves. As in any growing business, you can tell this is happening...
Massive Urban Growth Will Challenge Smart City Design
The World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week presented with some dizzying facts and figures that highlighted the challenge facing...
Cryptoruble Delayed – Russian Central Bank Worried It Could Bypass Regulations
Russia’s national cryptocurrency, the cryptoruble, is unlikely to be created in the foreseeable future, according to the Bank of Russia....
Commission Income From Crypto Accounts Jumped 36 Times for South Korean Banks
South Korean banks have been providing virtual account services to cryptocurrency exchanges and earning commissions from them. According...
PR: X Win Crypto Bet – the Right ICO Could Be the Best Way to Enrich Yourself
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Wall Street Creates Global Cryptocurrency Data Feed
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) parent Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) has announced it is creating a global cryptocurrency data...
Overwhelmed Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Hiring Staff by the Hundreds
Cryptocurrency exchanges have been overrun for months, as record demand has caused throttling or restriction of service altogether. With...
Autopsy of the Bitconnect Implosion: Ponzi, Centralization, Governance
Ponzi lending smart bot scam Bitconnect finally did what most sane observers predicted long, long ago. It went splat. And it didn’t...
US Sheriffs Welcome $1.7 Million Windfall After Students Plead Guilty to Stealing 5,400 BTC
Two Jacksonville students are facing up to two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing $4 million worth of bitcoin. The pair...
Neo Approaches Record High But Centralization Concerns Persist
After gaining 2,300% in six months and launching a string of eagerly anticipated ICOs, Neo is quite the success story. It’s that rare...
PR: PodOne Adds Veteran Industry Insider to Team and Launches ICO to Revolutionize the Contact Center Industry
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Survey: Indians See Brighter Crypto Future than Americans
Despite repeated government warnings against crypto investing, a sizable majority of Indians feel optimistic about the future of...
Bitcoin Cash Added to Keepkey Wallet, Exchanges in India and Hong Kong
Bitcoin cash (BCH) adoption by cryptocurrency companies is continuing, offering new options for users. It has now been added by a hardware...
PR: 3D – Token ICO Attains Soft Cap and Launches Network Hubs’ Affiliation Program
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South Korean Regulator: In Reality Impossible to Close Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) does not have the authority to close cryptocurrency exchanges. “It is impossible in...
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Raises $75 Million from VC Investors
Good news for everyone that has been trying to get their hands on a hardware wallet but found retailers to be completely out of stock in...
PR: Betex Blockchain P2P Binary Options Platform Raises $1 Mln in the First Round of Pre-Sale
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Chip Giant TSMC Expects Strong Demand for Cryptocurrency Mining to Continue
The world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, TSMC, expects that the bitcoin mining industry will continue to grow this year,...
Trump Says Section 201 Solar Trade Case Decision Coming Soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would announce a decision soon on whether to slap tariffs on imported solar panels, and...
Ethereum Suffers From Blockchain Bloat
24,270 tokens. 27,358 pending transactions. 463,713 digital kittens. By Rachel Rose O'Leary Ethereum has hosted a lot of activity...
Shell Bolsters Renewables Bet With Stake in US Solar Company
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is investing in a U.S. solar energy developer, continuing its recent expansion into the electricity business. The...
ACWA Power Adopts Blockchain Currency SolarCoin
Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power has started to use a blockchain currency. ACWA is utilizing SolarCoin, a crypto-currency that is...
Social Network Yours.org Raises $1.5m to Introduce Cryptocurrency to the Masses
Crypto-focused social network Yours.org, which enables contributors to earn bitcoin cash for creating content, is poised to ramp up its...
New US $65 Million Bitcoin Mining Facility is Among Largest Data Centers in North America
Virginia Beach, Virginia isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of bitcoin mining activity, but that appears to be changing, and soon. A local...
Cboe Bitcoin Contracts Slide 36 Percent as January Futures Expire
Chicago Board Option Exchange (Cboe) historic bitcoin futures market has had its first month, and results are decidedly mixed depending on...
South Korean Officials Caught Trading On Insider Knowledge of Crypto Regulations
South Korean government officials have reportedly been caught insider trading. They sold all of their cryptocurrency holdings and profited...
Austrian Bitcoin Miner May Seek an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2018
Are you an environmentally conscience stock investor looking to add some bitcoin exposure to your portfolio without fearing you might be...
Visa CEO: Bitcoin is Not a Payment System
Visa, the world’s largest credit card company, is widely regarded as being hostile to Bitcoin. It would seem intuitive that a traditional...
Mark Cuban’s NBA Team Mavericks to Sell Tickets for Bitcoin “Next Season”
The NBA has hundreds of millions of fans all over the world, and at least some of them will soon be exposed to the mainstream use of...
Ethereum Network Congestion Forces Exchanges to Halt Withdrawals
Scaling problems that have been sporadically affecting the Ethereum network have resurfaced. While bulls and bears were battling it out in...
As Trump Tries to Bring Back Coal, EU Leaders Up Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Targets
While the US energy leaders were debating Secretary Perry’s proposed rule to reward coal and nuclear power for resiliency, over in Europe,...
St. Louis Federal Reserve Reps in Favor of Cryptocurrencies
Aleksander Berentsen and Fabian Schär of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis have recently published an article that emphasizes many of...
Crackdown on Bitcoin Hits Businesses in Bali
Having issued a stark warning to “all parties” against any use of “virtual currency”, Bank Indonesia has now joined forces with local...
Egypt Readies for 2 GW of Solar PV Capacity
Ugo Salerno, CEO of RINA Consulting explained in an interview that to date Egypt gets only 1 percent of its energy from renewables. With...
Despite Regulations, One South Korean Crypto Exchange Rises to the Global Top
Amid regulatory uncertainty, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has grown rapidly, offering 121 cryptocurrencies and over 200...
Tesla’s Battery in Australia Is Surpassing Expectations
It’s just over one month since the Hornsdale Power Reserve was officially opened in South Australia at the Hornsdale wind farm. The...
Venezuela Considers Selling Its ”Oil-Backed” Cryptocurrency With a 60% Discount
The advisors of the Venezuelan government have recommended that the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, be sold in private...
Google Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize
The award is a public endorsement of the giant corporation’s work in renewables and clean energy — the company has been carbon neutral...
Crypto Bloodbath Leaves Altcoins Swimming in a Sea of Red
Anyone glancing at their Blockfolio app on Tuesday morning would have been in for a rude awakening. With every single cryptocurrency...
Classified Ads Site in South Africa Reports Increase in High-Ticket Bitcoin Listings
Online classifieds and community website, Gumtree South Africa, has reported a significant increase in the number of listings posted...
Six Ways to Ruin Your ICO Before It’s Even Started
ICOs are like weddings: months of planning comes to one big day. If the event goes off without a hitch, it will bring in a lot of money....
215,000+ Sign Petition Against South Korean Crypto Regulation – Government to Respond
A national petition against extreme cryptocurrency regulations in South Korea has exceeded 200,000 signatures, the requirement for the...
Bitcoin Cash Tip Bot ‘Tippr’ Distributes Thousands of Micropayments
A new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) tip bot that lets anyone send small microtransactions using BCH called ‘Tippr’ is gaining a lot of traction on...
Bitconnect Shuts Down Its Exchange Citing a String of Excuses
In a move that will surprise few observers, Bitconnect has announced that it is closing its lending and exchange platform. The company has...
Businessman Outright Buys Two Electric Power Stations to Do Bitcoin Mining in Russia
China has dominated the bitcoin mining industry for a couple of years, but fears of a government clampdown are signaling now might be the...
Hackers Steal $400k from Users of a Stellar Lumen (XLM) Web Wallet
Another cryptocurrency service provider has been hacked, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of losses to Stellar users this...
US Regulators Look to Europe for Offshore Wind Permitting Approach
The way that developers approach offshore wind project planning for permitting in the U.S. could follow the lead of Europe’s successful...
Metropolitan Bank Denies Ceasing Cryptocurrency-Related International Wires
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the company Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (NYSE: MCB) allegedly ceasing international...
Cryptocurrency App Users Increase 14-Fold in South Korea
The number of cryptocurrency app users in South Korea has increased 14 times in the last 11 weeks to approximately two million users,...
Japan’s Largest Bank to Launch Cryptocurrency Exchange
As bitcoin trading becomes the new mainstream in Japan, leading financial firms are stepping in to offer services to preserve their market...
How Big Will Brazil’s Wind Power Market Get?
In northeast Brazil, beyond the resorts and pristine beaches, lie some of the world’s best winds for generating electricity. Welcome to...
Cornell Researchers: Bitcoin Not as Decentralized as Assumed
Cornell University researchers, using the Falcon Relay Network, have concluded that neither of the two most popular cryptocurrency...
Solar Grabs Half of Global Renewables Investment in 2017, Reaching $161 Billion
In its recently released annual figures, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that solar lead the way in global renewable energy investments....
China to Coordinate Against ”3,000 Fake Blockchain” Platforms
This week China’s central television (CCTV 2) reported the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), its Ministry of Public Security, in coordination...