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PR: KuCoin Strikes Another Impressive Partnership: It Will List Change Coin on November 7th 2017
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Florio – The First Blockchain Health Platform Incentivising People to Live Healthy
Obesity has been, and continues to be one of the biggest health issues of our society, and the trend is only getting worse. According to a...
CHP Project for Empire State Plaza Misses the Mark
An associate in New York recently sent me a copy of the “Empire State Plaza CHP and Microgrid Project Overview, October 26, 2017,” found...
Enterprise Ireland Gets Fickle, Funds and then Backs Away from Cryptocurrency Start-ups
Finance After funding two cryptocurrency-related companies, the Irish state agency Enterprise Ireland (EI) suddenly reversed course,...
This Developer is Bringing Atomic Swaps to the Bitcoin Cash Network
Technology Atomic swaps between blockchains have become a hot topic that has sparked a lot of interest due to the decentralized nature of...
Central Bank of Swaziland: It’s Not Wise to Dismiss Cryptocurrencies
The Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) is exploring the use of cryptocurrencies in the country even though it remains cautious of...
PR: Bankex, the Top-50 Fintech Company Worldwide, Launches Token Sale on November 28
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Ethereum Classic Price Pump Continues as ETC Surpasses $15
It appears we are starting off this week with more of the same trends we saw appear yesterday. More specifically, the Ethereum Classic...
China Monitors Booming OTC Bitcoin Market After Shutting Down Exchanges
Finance After shutting down the country’s bitcoin exchanges, the Chinese government is monitoring the booming cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin Ivy League! Yale, Wharton, Haas Offer Courses on Blockchain Tech
Featured Business schools are getting pressure from two sides: growing student population interest in cryptocurrencies, and successful...
Bjork to Embrace Cryptocurrency With Upcoming Album Launch
News Icelandic musician and composer, Bjork, has sought to embrace cryptocurrencies with the release of her new album. Bjork’s ninth...
A Simple Guide to What Bitcoin Forks Are and Why They Happen
Technology Right now people keep hearing about the pending fork scheduled for on or around November 16. Because software forks and...
Augur Founder: Not Enough Developers are Working on Ethereum Scaling & Development
Joey Krug, the founder of Augur, the decentralized prediction market build on top of the Ethereum protocol, believes there is a shortage...
South Korea vs USA – Movie Stars Show How to Survive on Bitcoin for a Week
Featured A South Korean broadcast television channel has produced and broadcasted a reality TV show where two movie stars competed to live...
A Closer Look at How Three of the Biggest Scamcoins Lure Its Investors
Op-Ed Run-ups of the kind bitcoin is having in price and valuation make fertile ground for scams. Scams are valuable and very teachable...
What Is Binary-Chain?
There are plenty of reasons to keep a close eye on altcoins these days. That isn’t only because these new coins may actually be a...
Bitcoin Regains Over 60% Crypto Market Dominance For First Time in 7 Months
Markets and Prices As of this writing, bitcoin has a market dominance of 62.7% – representing more than 60% of the entire cryptocurrency...
Legendary Entrepreneur Keith Teare is Coming Onboard as Crypterium Project Advisor
Crypterium just gained the support of a very important ally: Keith Teare, a seasoned digital veteran of international renown, just...
PR: Arna Blockchain Helps In Cancer Diagnostics
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SegWit2x Keeps Losing Support From Prominent Backers
It seems things are going from bad to worse for the SegWit2x developers and their supporters. More specifically, we have seen more and...
Uruguay to Launch Digital Currency, “Not Bitcoin” it Stresses
Altcoins Uruguay’s Central Bank (BCU) formally presented rollout of its pioneering digitization of the Uruguayan peso on 3 November 2017....
We Asked 10 ICOs Why They Decided to Issue a Token. These Are Their Responses
Initial coin offerings have become very popular over these past few months. Dozens of new projects attempt to raise money every single...
Buterin’s Father and Antonopoulos Deny Advising Tapscott; CIBC Pulls Out
Featured Andreas Antonopoulos and Dmitry Buterin, among others, are denying their involvement in well-known Canadian investor Alex...
What Crypto and Traditional Markets Can Learn From Each Other
I was speaking with a friend of mine in traditional finance recently and we began to talk crypto. He and I discussed the merits of both...
Kenyan Miner Describes Cryptocurrency As “Biggest Wealth-Distribution System Ever”
Emerging Markets Eugene Mutai, a Kenyan cryptocurrency miner, recently described “the entire [cryptocurrency] ecosystem” as possibly...
PR: Nau ICO Platform Revolutionizing the Relationship Between Retailers and Customers
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PR: SwissBorg The Blockchain Era of Swiss Private Banking
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Balaji Srinivisan: 21 Inc Rebrands to Earn.com, Not Shifting Away From Bitcoin
Last week, 21 Inc, a Silicon Valley-based bitcoin startup which raised over $121 million in venture capital funding, officially rebranded...
Grayscale Investments Plans to Sell GBTC-Based Bitcoin Cash Reserves
Finance Just recently the sponsor of the Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTCQX: GBTC), Grayscale Investments, has announced its plans for the...
Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Australians via SMS
Security Australians have increasingly become the target of an SMS-based bitcoin mining scam. The scam entices users with fictional free...
Two Companies File for Blockchain ETFs
Finance Two companies have filed to launch blockchain tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) late last week, sparking a new derivative...
DHS Taps Facial Recognition Technology to Protect US Border Crossings
Any decision made by the Department of Homeland Security will be scrutinized, for obvious reasons. Earlier this week, the agency announced...
Social Network DADA Launches The First Digital Marketplace For Collaborative Art Using Blockchain Technology
The world's only visual conversation network will help add financial value to digital art through blockchain technology. Its first digital...
PR: Serenity Financial Forex Problems Solved by Blockchain
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What Is SatanCoin?
It is always refreshing to see joke digital currencies come to market. Although these projects serve no real purpose, the creative side of...
PR – REALISTO Announces ICO to Launch Global Crowdfunded Real Estate Investment Marketplace
Berlin, Germany -November 04, 2017- REALISTO, a Berlin-based decentralized real estate investing marketplace, has officially announced its...
Blockchain-Based Chain ID Brings More Security to Korean Online Banking
By JP Buntinx Blockchain technology continues to be of great interest to financial institutions all over the world. Although there is a...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 2: Cautionary Tales From Earlier Digital Cash (Part 3)
Featured The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations.Section 1: The Trusted Third Party ProblemChapter 2: Monetary...
PR – Heardbeats Seeks to Revolutionize the Live Music Industry Through Innovative Technology
Virtual Reality and live concerts are being fused together as Heardbeats seeks to disrupt the music industry. They aim to raise funds...
New To Bitcoin? Welcome! Here’s How To Take Those First Steps
Featured If you’re new to Bitcoin, welcome. We’re a community of people from every part of the world, from as many walks of life as you...
Israeli Digital Currency Startup Colu Eyes US$50M ICO To Boost Expansion
Image: Colu appColu, an Israeli startup offering localized digital currencies based on blockchain technology, is looking to raise US$50...
PR: Centra Releases Centra Wallet v2.0 and Announces Upcoming Developments
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Blockchain Announces Service Plans for Segwit2x
News One of the largest bitcoin wallet providers in the world, Blockchain, has announced its plans for the upcoming Segwit2x fork. After...
Chinese Analyst Describes Bitcoin as Potential “Nuclear Bomb’ In “New Currency War” Between China and USA
News Xiao Lei, a Chinese financial analyst, has published an article that seeks to argue that the spheres of bitcoin and cryptocurrency...
Software Wars: Segwit2x Uncertainty and the Casting of Miner Votes
Technology Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Segwit2x lead developer Jeff Garzik detailing that the upcoming fork was “still...
Turkish Central Bank President: “Cryptocurrencies May Contribute to Financial Stability”
News Bitcoin is trending in Turkey, and the country’s central bank officials are starting to notice. This week President Murat Cetinkaya...
PR: Realisto Announces ICO to Launch Global Crowdfunded Real Estate Investment
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Russian Economy ”Lost 18 Billion Rubles This Year Due to Lack of ICO Regulation”
Regulation Research has shown that the Russian economy has been deprived of 18 billion (approx $300 million) rubles so far this year due...
Blockchain Helps in Cancer Diagnostics
There is an ICO boom, and most projects are eager to attract even more money for financial services development. The share of projects...
Monero Wikipedia Page Is Vandalized by Unknown Entity
Wikipedia is a great platform for finding all kinds of information. The world’s top cryptocurrencies all have their own Wikipedia...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Market Cap Now Commands $200 Billion
Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin (BTC) has been soaring once again after reaching an all-time high of $7350 on November 2. Now...
Unparalleled Leadership: The 2017 Power-Gen Woman of the Year Finalists
In early 2013, a group of industry women, dubbed the Women in Power committee, assembled in Orlando, Fla., to figure out how to honor...
This DIY Kit Lets Anyone Modify DNA
The concept of modifying DNA – human or otherwise – has always been met with a lot of resistance. No one should be allowed to...
Britain’s Royal Mint Reveals Details on ‘Live’ Blockchain for Tracking Gold
You wouldn't think you'd lose a 1kg gold bar worth more than $40,000. But during the London Blockchain Summit this week, Nicola Robinson,...
Bitcoin Price Sets New Record As Cryptocurrency Market Tops $200 Billion
Amid a surging cryptocurrency market, bitcoin price gains have continued today, reaching a new all-time high of over $7,450. A rapid rise...
Ukraine Drafts Law to Exempt Crypto Income and Profits from Taxation
Regulation A bill has been submitted to the Ukrainian parliament to amend the country’s tax code to exempt cryptocurrency income and...
How Coinbase’s GDAX Intends to Evaluate Digital Assets for Exchange Listing
Finance Coinbase’s Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX) released its Digital Assets Framework, an answer to clients urging more...
Music Festival Organisers in India Surprised by 1% of Total Sales in Bitcoin
Featured Even while multiple news outlets report India’s government readying to close cryptocurrency exchanges, its population continues...
Bitcoin Gold Issues Daily Updates, Adds Replay Protection
Altcoins After a bumpy roll-out and widespread criticism regarding the project’s supposed secrecy, Bitcoin Gold’s development team has...
BTCC Founder Bobby Lee: “Segwit2x Feature Is an Upgrade”
News This week Bobby Lee, the chief executive officer of the Chinese cryptocurrency exchange BTCC, held an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) with...
PR: Confideal, a Smart Contract Management Platform Announces the Start of Their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) After Garnering Cooperation …
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Satoshi Labs Launches New Bitcoin Hardware Wallet ‘Model T’
Wallets This week, Czech Republic-based Satoshi Labs, launched the pre-order batch of the startup’s Trezor 2 hardware wallet called the...
Lebanon to Issue Its Own Digital Currency
BY Daniel Dob In a recent statement addressing attendees at the 7th CSR Lebanon Forum, the governor of the Bank of Lebanon, Riad...
Siberians Use Cryptocurrency Miners to Heat Homes
Mining RT has reported that citizens of the Russian city of Irkutsk in Siberia have been using cryptocurrency mining to heat their homes....
PR – XTRABYTES’ Revolutionary Proof-of-Signature Blockchain Technology
The XTRABYTES development team is in the process of refining a new concept called Proof-of-Signature (PoSign) for achieving blockchain...
Japanese Financial Regulator Issues Warning on ICOs
While many people consider initial coin offerings to be high-risk investments, the rewards are often worth it for investors throughout the...
Celebrity Endorsements of ICOs ‘May be Unlawful’, Says SEC
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) that are...
PR: Brickblock Announces ICO Token Sale Right After Alpha Version Release
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New Zealand’s Financial Regulator states all Cryptocurrencies are Securities
Not long ago, the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority, also known as the FMA, has published a commentary about initial coin offerings...
Central Bank Round-Up: Kenya, Swaziland & Australia
Regulation The Central Banks of Kenya and Swaziland have recently made statements pertaining to cryptocurrencies, with Kenya’s central...
SEC Warns of Celebrity Endorsement, ICOs Might be a Target
Regulation The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Investor Alert: Celebrity Endorsements from its Office of Investor...
After Raising $100 Million, Status Reveals an NFC Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet
Status, an innovative project which introduced an Ethereum blockchain-based decentralized browser, with built-in chat and wallet...
Chinese Exchanges Move Abroad in Search of Friendlier Regulation
Not long ago, China decided to crack down on digital currencies by banning both initial coin offerings and exchanges within the mainland....
Bitwage Introduces Payroll Services for 18 Additional Fiat Currencies
Economics Bitwage has announced that it will introduce 18 new currencies for invoicing. Bitwage is a bitcoin payroll and international...
Bitcoin Soars Past US$7,000 Mark
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Bitcoin’s Path to the Moon Draws Closer Breaking $7K New All Time High
Markets and Prices Bitcoin has reached yet another price milestone as the digital asset has surpassed $7K per BTC on November 2. The...
As Bitcoin Rises Above $6,000 Will Government Restrictions Succeed? Jeffrey Tucker is Skeptical
Interview Renowned Austrian economist and anarcho-capitalist, Jeffrey Tucker, recently spoke with news.Bitcoin.com regarding his views on...
PR: Kubera – Innovative Gaming Platform Powered by Ethereum Blockchain
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Bitcoin Price Gains Continue with Record High Just Shy of $7,000
Another day, another record... Bitcoin prices have continued to climb overnight, building on consecutive highs in recent days and...
Markets Update: First of the Month Sees Bitcoin Skyrocket to $6900+
Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin continues to drive higher as the decentralized currency’s value has reached a high once again this...
PR – Confideal ICO Begins November 2nd, Time to Contribute to Success
Confideal, a smart contract platform on Ethereum blockchain (confideal.io), are excited to announce the beginning of the long-awaited ICO...
Next Generation of Canadian Banking Customers Want Bitcoin
Finance Doug Alexander of Bloomberg Technology reports an online lender’s stock price and value “rose the most in eight months after...
Go nowhere ICOs testing investor patience
While startups tend to measure ICO success by how much money they have raised, investors, on the other hand, care more about how well the...
Go nowhere ICOs testing investor confidence
While startups tend to measure ICO success by how much money they have raised, investors, on the other hand, care more about how well the...
Meet the K-7 Offline Paper Wallet Generator
Technology As the price of bitcoin continues to rise, cold storage solutions like hardware and paper wallets are becoming more popular...
Listen Up: Designing a Reliable Electric Grid
Over the past few months we’ve experienced a solar eclipse, several devastating hurricanes, another under-construction nuclear plant...
PR: Ethersport a Blockchain-Based Online Sports Lottery Platform to Launch ICO Campaign
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What Are Private Blockchains and What Purposes Do They Serve?
These days, the market is filled with both public and private blockchains, yet due to their similarities, many people tend to confuse the...
Bitcoin Cash Markets Surge As the Pending Hard Fork Approaches
Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin cash (BCH) has been on a tear lately as network participants are steadily preparing for the...
How to Diversify Your Digital Currency Portfolio
When it comes to making digital currency investments, it is essential to strike the perfect balance within your crypto portfolio, as this...