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PR: LetBet Announces ICO to Revolutionize Online Gambling
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Community-Focused Exchanges with Proprietary Tokens Are Prospering
“Community” is a word that is synonymous with cryptocurrency projects, but aside expressing a desire to develop a strong user base, what...
From Mansions to Prisons: Bitcoin and Real-Estate Doesn’t Mix So Well
There’s been a lot of hype surrounding purchasing real-estate with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. However, even though bitcoin has spiked...
New Code Release Means Bitcoin Cash Addresses Are Just Around the Corner
The bitcoin cash community moved one step closer to having their own address format today with the release of Bitcoin ABC 0.16.2. The full...
Peter Thiel, Bitcoin Astronaut, Moves Markets with Crypto Moonshot
Investor Peter Thiel has reportedly made an all-in, rather giant, bet on bitcoin. Mainstream financial press is reporting his venture...
Putin Wants to Use Cryptoruble to Evade Sanctions But Bank of Russia Skeptical
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has reportedly commissioned work to create a cryptocurrency as a tool to circumvent international...
Gibraltar Launches Regulation to Protect Cryptocurrency Value and Reputation
A mechanism tailored to protect customers of cryptocurrency businesses in Gibraltar, and its own reputation, went into effect on January...
South Korea Expected to End Anonymous Crypto Trading by January 20
The South Korean government has been working on a system to enforce real-name identity verification on cryptocurrency traders. This system...
Bitcoin Adoption in Africa Hinders EAC Plans for a Unified Currency
Due to a declining economy and eroding national currencies, the East African Community (EAC), an intergovernmental central bank...
Jimmy Song Uses Andreas Antonopoulos Model, Open Sources Forthcoming Book
Jimmy Song, well-known bitcoin core developer, has embarked on writing a book for technical publisher O’Reilly. Programming Bitcoin is...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies See Big Gains After New Year’s Day
The second day of the new year sees cryptocurrency markets come back after another holiday slump over the past few days. Bitcoin core...
PR: The Segwit 2x Fork Has Been Successfully Launched on December 28th
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Bitcoin Cash Used to Pay for Music Records, Gift Cards, Plastic Surgery
With BTC transactions taking forever to complete and fees higher than ever, the adoption of bitcoin cash by small businesses and big...
Six Natural Resource Projects in Canada That Got it Right in 2017
Being an environmental journalist says DeSmog, at this point in history can be a bit, well, depressing. It often means bringing negative...
ICOs Raise Over $1 Billion in a Month for the First Time
While bitcoin and resurgent altcoins were claiming the headlines in December, ICOs were quietly claiming the money. From a media...
The Year Renewables Became Mainstream in Australia
South Australia’s lithium-ion battery grabbed the headlines in 2017, first when Elon Musk announced he’d build the world’s largest battery...
Top 5 State Legislative Issues of 2017
With another year behind us, it is time to take a look in the rearview mirror at the year that was for the advanced energy industry. Our...
Paving the Way for a Non-Electric Battery to Store Solar Energy
By UMassAmherst, with commentary by Jennifer Delony AMHERST, Mass. - Materials chemists have been trying for years to make a new type of...
Koreans Deposited 64 Times More Fiat Into Crypto Exchanges in 2017
The South Korean government has for the first time obtained data of the total amount of fiat deposits made at cryptocurrency exchanges. At...
PR: The Money Token AI Assistant, Amanda, Will Provide Blockchain Backed Loans to the Crypto Community
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Convenience Stores and Pawn Shops See Foot Traffic from Bitcoin ATMs
Bitcoin is continuing its popular trend throughout society, and these days the decentralized currency can now be purchased at your local...
The Bitcoin Exchange That Once Dominated China Is Heading to Japan
At one time the Beijing-based digital currency exchange Huobi was once the largest bitcoin trading platform in China before the central...
Japan’s GDP Grows Due to Bitcoin Wealth Effect
Analysts Yoshiyuki Suimon and Kazuki Miyamoto claim bitcoin will assist Japan in a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) boost of 0.3% heading into...
South Korean Exchanges Revise Policies to Comply with Crypto Regulation
South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges have implemented changes to comply with the government’s mandates announced last week. In addition...
‘Privacy Coin’ Verge is Allegedly Leaking Users’ IP Addresses
Privacy coins are meant to be private: that’s their raison d’être. Without this functionality, they’re just altcoins, and dangerous ones...
Public Firm Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Falsely Claiming Link to Bitcoin
An application for a class action lawsuit against Apollo Power (TASE: APLP) has been submitted to the Tel Aviv District Court. The solar...
PR: Gambling Affiliate Site Bonus.ca Joins the Bitcoin Community
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Localbitcoincash.org Plans to Add Zero-Fee BCH-Based ‘Shapeshifting’ Trades
Back in October, we reported on the launch of the peer-to-peer trading platform called Localbitcoincash. Since then the website has seen...
After Ripple’s Rise BTC Dominance Falls Below 40%
Despite being one of the most amazing periods of sustained gains for bitcoin, 2017 ends with the first cryptocurrency losing market share...
Bank of England Could Issue “Bitcoin-style Digital Currency” in 2018
The Bank of England might have “its own Bitcoin-style digital currency” this year already, according to the country’s legacy media. The...
PR: Promising ICOs and How to Spot Them – ICOtoInvest.com
The ICO market has exploded in 2017. Once a relatively unknown funding method, the total number of ICOs in the first half of 2017...
Venezuela Unveils Mining, Trading, and Launch Details of National Cryptocurrency
The Venezuelan government has published a decree outlining the operation of Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency, the Petro. It details the...
First Real Bitcoin Lightning Network Payment Completed via Bitrefill
Considering the persistent issues with the system at the moment, fast and cheap bitcoin (BTC) transactions might sound like a distant...
PR: Cryptocurrencies Are Now Instantly Spendable with MoxyOne’s White Labelled Debit Cards
Cryptocurrencies are now worth over $600 billion. This is more than the net worth of Amazon or Facebook. Owing to its continual...
CME Launches Bitcoin Futures Trading Simulator
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has launched a market simulation tool that allows newcomers to practice trading bitcoin futures without...
Global P2P Crypto Markets Experience Record Volume Throughout December
The global peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin markets have seen record trading volume as a consequence of last week’s major price retracement....
Is the Centralized Ripple Database With the Biggest Pre-Mine Really a Bitcoin Competitor?
The rise of ripple (XRP) over the past eight months has been interesting to many digital asset spectators and the network also has its...
Cryptocoinopoly Is the Game That Lets You Play the Cryptocurrency Markets with Friends
Someone was bound to create a cryptocurrency version of Monopoly. Well now they have, enabling you to gather friends and family to trade...
Korean Exchange Youbit May Avert Bankruptcy – Members Have 3 Options
South Korean exchange Youbit filed bankruptcy last week but has now come up with additional options to pay back its members. The exchange...
PR: Alibaba and eBay’s Representatives Support Global Marketplace Storiqa
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Markets Update: BTC Value Against the Dollar Continues to Slide
Another holiday cryptocurrency market slump is here as bitcoin, and a broad swathe of other digital assets, are hitting new lows during...
Trading Tip `The Wall´ – Absurd Profits from Zclassic a.k.a. Bitcoin Private
In just 3 months, the price of Zclassic (ZCL) has increased by +5,768%. In this post, I’ll give some background to what Zclassic is and...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 3: Exchanges – Exchanging Liberty for Convenience? (Part 6)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 1 : The Trusted Third Party Problem Chapter 3: Trying to Undo Satoshi...
Russian Crypto Expert Released After Allegedly Being Kidnapped
Pavel Lerner, the Russian IT specialist kidnapped by masked men near his Kiev office on Tuesday, has been released after reportedly paying...
Ripple Gains 1,000% in One Month – Now the Second Largest Cryptocurrency
Today, the total market capitalization of Ripple exceeded $100 billion for the first time ever. This milestone makes Ripple the first...
Australian Freeze: Big Aussie Banks Denying Bitcoiners
Bitcoiners in Australia claim banks are on purpose freezing their bank accounts, disallowing exchange transfers, and at least one exchange...
PR: Prediction Markets Delphy Announces International Expansion
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Privacy Coins
With over 50 privacy coins on the market, purveyors of anonymous transactions are spoilt for choice. This smorgasbord of privacy-centric...
Surveys: 73% of Russians Will Increase Crypto Investments
A recent survey shows that 49% of Russians want to receive cryptocurrency as gifts, with a large percentage specifying bitcoin. As...
Thailand’s Year of Bitcoin Ends with Central Bank Education Push
This week the Kingdom of Thailand announced its major regulators would team up in order to better educate its people about the world’s...
Japan Approves New Bitcoin Exchange as Adoption Grows and Peers Expand Overseas
The Japanese financial regulator has approved one more cryptocurrency exchange, making it the 16th exchange to be licensed. As competition...
Poloniex Now Requires Legacy Trading Accounts to Verify Identity
This week the popular cryptocurrency exchange based out of Delaware, Poloniex, has issued a notice to legacy account holders. According to...
Singapore Judge Dismisses $43M High Profile Bitcoin Case
Recently Singapore had its first high profile legal case involving over 3,000 BTC in a dispute between the UK-based company B2C2 and the...
Inside Renewable Energy — The How and Why of Advanced Inverters and the Energy IoT
Catch up with Bruce Bailey and Ken Boyce of UL on what the market for advanced inverters looks like today, why they can support the growth...
PR: Spectiv VR ICO Closes in 24 Hours – Make Sure to Participate Now!
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Trump’s New Tax Bill Means Changes Ahead for U.S. Bitcoiners
It has been 31 years since the United States addressed its labyrinthine tax structure. The 115th Congress passed a bill slicing seven...
Listen Up: A Journey from Solar Thermal to Integrated Battery Storage
Some people just love riding the “solar coaster” — both the exciting up times and the death-defying plunges…usually from some totally...
Investors Keen to Support Mongolia’s Renewable Energy Goals
The pace of Mongolian wind investment announcements is quickening. The country’s leaders are working to meet increasing demand fr...
John McAfee Claims Twitter Account Hacked
On Wednesday, McAfee's Twitter account was urging his followers to buy up several lesser-known cryptocurrencies. By Michael Kan Antivirus...
Russian Cryptocurrency Bill Is Ready – Regulators Share Details
The bill for the regulation of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Russia is ready. It was jointly developed by the...
Higher Education and Solar Energy: A Partnership Whose Time Has Come
Whether public or private, institutions of higher education have developed with a mission to serve society and the greater good. Our youth...
PR: Propy’s New Launch: It Is Now Possible to Buy Properties in the US for Bitcoin
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While Bitcoin Trades Above $19K In India — Tax Officials Are Snooping for Gains
Bitcoin is booming in India, and the top trading platforms in the country Zebpay, Coinsecure, Unocoin, and Bitxoxo have seen unprecedented...
Market Update: BTC Value Consolidates After Bouncing
BTC markets have produced sideways consolidatory price action in recent days, following bitcoin’s dramatic crash from almost $20,000 USD...
Peak Blockchain Hype? Firm With No Revenues and No Product Is Worth $1.2 Billion
Following this year’s massive bitcoin rally, a bubble has developed in the stock market that most cryptocurrency traders may not be...
Seven Deadly Trading Mistakes Every Rookie Makes
So you’ve created a Coinbase account, bought your first fraction of a bitcoin and followed up with half a litecoin. You’re now ready to...
Dancing With the Devil: ‘Cashing Out’ Cryptos Into Fiat Not So Easy
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets are precious and some of them have grown over 1300 percent in value this year. Although, with the...
PR: mBit Casino Adds Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Dogecoin
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Cryptocurrency Influencers Accused of Aiding Pump and Dumps
Social media influencers are marketing manna, coveted for their highly engaged audience who hang on their every word. Sites such as...
Nissan Promotes Solar to Electric Vehicle Owners in Japan
Nissan Motor Co. in the New Year is promoting free solar panel installations for owners of the company’s new electric-powered LEAF in...
Trump Administration Reverses Obama-Era Policy on Accidental Bird Deaths
The Trump administration, reversing an Obama-era policy, said it won’t prosecute oil drillers, wind-farm developers and others who...
Ross Ulbricht’s Fate in the Hands of the US Supreme Court
Ross Ulbricht formally submitted a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), seeking a hearing for the...
‘Build Back Better’ in Puerto Rico — Microgrids Treated Shoddily
This month, a steering committee constituted in the wake of Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico wrote a report, "Build Back...
Crypto-Community Grows Skeptical of Bitcoin Forks
Over the past couple of months, there’s been a “forking fever” taking place as many people have decided to create their own form of the...
South Korea Outlines New Attempts to Dampen Crypto Markets
The government of South Korea held a meeting on Thursday to discuss measures to deal with the growing trend of cryptocurrency speculation....
PR: EtherZero — a Revolutionary Ethereum Hard Fork, Forking on 19th Jan 2018
Although there are many bitcoin fork outside, there are only few Ethereum fork on the way. The two already announced Ethereum fork had...
The North American Bitcoin Conference Returns to Miami Bigger Than Ever
The North American Bitcoin Conference (TNABC) is coming back to the sunshine state after cryptocurrencies and blockchain assets had a...
Huobi CEO Announces 100 Million RMB to Compensate WAX Investors
Huobi CEO Li Lin said on Tuesday that he will use 100 million CNY to compensate users for their investment losses in the WAX project. ...
EU Central Banker: “Stop Calling the Bitcoin a Coin”
European Union central bankers are becoming increasingly vocal on the subject of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Its...
Israeli Regulator Investigating Public “Bitcoin” Company for False Claims
Bitcoin mania has taken over the business world. Companies from India to Long Island are rushing to add bit, coin, crypto or blockchain to...
2018 — The Year of the Digital Grid
Nothing will stand out in 2018 as more important for the long-term success of renewables than the advancement of a digital grid...
How a 2014 Bitcoin Project Will Pay an Alaskan Schoolgirl’s College
In 2014, a schoolgirl decided to do her class project on bitcoin. As part of her presentation, she distributed 30 paper wallets containing...
Russia Unveils Proposed Regulation Putting Limits on ICOs and Investors
The Russian finance ministry has unveiled its proposals for the regulation of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the upcoming bill to be...
Russian Reports Say Crypto Entrepreneur Pavel Lerner Kidnapped in Kiev
Russian programmer and cryptocurrency investor Pavel Lerner has been kidnapped in Kiev, according to Ukrainian and Russian media reports....
Survey Says 31% of South Korean Workers Are Cryptocurrency Investors
Survey data shows that about three out of every 10 South Korean workers have invested in cryptocurrency in some shape or form. Also...
Bitpay Starts Implementing Bitcoin Payment Protocol Invoices Decreasing Wallet Support
This week the cryptocurrency payment processor Bitpay implemented the BIP70 Payment Protocol into their debit card bitcoin-to-dollar-load...
PR: VR Okoin – New Partnership with District 7 and New Year Promo “+50% Free Tokens”
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Microgrid to Support US Navy’s Mission-Critical Activity in Hawaii
The U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) last week agreed to lease land on Pacific Missile Range Facility—Barking Sands (PMRF) on Kauai...
Industry, Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Anti-PACE Legislation
A financing program that’s let more than 180,000 homeowners pay for solar panels and clean-energy appliances through their local tax bills...
Indian Entrepreneurs Rush to Launch Crypto Companies Following Bitcoin Boom
Despite the government ramping up regulatory measures for bitcoin traders and exchanges, Indian entrepreneurs are rushing to set up...