Quick Look
Blockchain Proptech Startup Propy Raises US$15M; Strikes New Partnership
Image credit: Businessman and real estate market by ImageFlow via Shutterstock.comPropy, a startup that’s building a global property store...
Regulations Push Chinese Bitcoin Volumes to OTC and Neighboring Countries
Markets and Prices Following the regulatory crackdown in China, bitcoin’s price has climbed back up 30 percent over the $4K zone since the...
DIGI Token Takes Aim at the Digital Goods Market
The digital goods market is huge, multi-billion dollar industry that is worth about 4 times more than the entire market cap of all...
European Central Bank Criticizes Estonian National Cryptocurrency Plans
Regulation The president of the European Central Bank has criticized the Estonian government’s plan to launch a national cryptocurrency....
Danetonbit Project – Social and Business Networking In One Platform
The Danetonbit platform is a digital content sharing service which allows for the fusion of both social and business networking. A...
PR: DIGI Token & Platform to Revolutionize Multi-billion Dollar Digital Market
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
September’s Bitcoin Market Madness: When Panic Selling and FOMO Ensues
Markets and Prices On September 15, after a couple of Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges announced they were closing, bitcoin’s price...
Making Sense of Trump’s Surprising Investment in Solar
The DOE’s $62 million into concentrated solar projects could push forward a technology that addresses a critical shortcoming of...
Dubai green lights world’s tallest solar tower for world’s largest solar park
By Nick Lavars Construction of the 700-MW extension to Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will kick off in 2020(Credit:...
Gaining Control of Auction Bidding Through the Blockchain
The auction marketplace can be dangerous for consumers, no matter how savvy they are. With all of the complex analysis that must be...
Bitcoin in the Browser: Google, Apple and More Adopting Crypto-Ready API
by Michael del Castillo Developers at some of the top tech companies have created a browser API that could soon make it easier to buy...
$4,000: Bitcoin’s Price Shrugs Off China Exchange News
Bitcoin's price has bounced back above $4,000 following market losses linked to the recent regulatory crackdown in China. After China's...
What is the Cryptogene Project?
For the most part, cryptocurrencies see the majority of their enthusiasts in Asia, Europe, and North America. However, the rest...
South Africa’s Second Largest Supermarket Chain Pick n Pay Trials Bitcoin Payments
News A major supermarket chain in South Africa, Pick n Pay, has started a trial to accept bitcoin payments in-store at its head office...
The Bitcoin Cash Network Continues to Grow With an Ambitious Roadmap
News It’s been over forty-eight days since the hard fork, and the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network is alive and well. Also Read: Bitcoin...
Five Leading Russian Universities Start Offering Cryptocurrency Courses
Featured Many universities across Russia have added new courses to their existing finance curricula that are focused on cryptocurrencies,...
Expert: Seven Reasons Why Chinese Regulators Shut Down Bitcoin Exchanges
Regulation A professor at China’s Renmin University has offered his interpretation of why the regulators are shutting down Chinese bitcoin...
The Pirate Bay Tests Cryptocurrency Miner as Alternative Revenue Stream
Recently a story broke on TorrentFreak outlining a test that The Pirate Bay ran for a short period of time. The Pirate Bay team is looking...
PR: Bitboost Releases Beta Version of the Block and Prepares Token Generating Event
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
BTC-e Exchange Relaunches as Wex
There is an intriguing development in the ongoing BTC-e debacle. Ever since the company’s domain was seized, there have been rumors...
New “Heroes of the Storm” Ransomware is Based on HiddenTear
Ransomware can come in many different forms, sizes, and shapes. Every now and then, a unique version pops up which will get some form of...
Autonomous Submarines are the Next Frontier for the US Navy
Unmanned vehicles can include any form of transportation. Cars, trucks, and even small aircraft come to mind almost immediately. US Navy,...
The SEC is in Support of ICOs That Do Not Fall Under the Definition of Securities
According to Gil Penchina a partner at IDG Ventures and Flight.vc, the US Securities and Exchange Commission is in support of initial coin...
India Considers Issuing Its Own Bitcoin-Like Cryptocurrency as Legal Tender
Regulation While working on creating a legal framework for bitcoin and other digital currencies, the Indian government is now considering...
PR: Ethbet’s Crowdsale For The First Peer-To-Peer Blockchain Gambling Project Opens To Investors Today
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Coincheck Becomes the First Licensed Japanese Bitcoin Exchange
Emerging Markets Just recently the Japanese exchange Coincheck announced they have become the first licensed exchange in Japan after being...
Chinese Investors to Trade Bitcoin Over-The-Counter Via Telegram
Featured As Chinese-based bitcoin exchanges plan to shut down, bitcoin investors are taking their trading elsewhere. They will now focus...
Donald Trump Tweet Suggests “Cutting Off” the Internet
There has been a recent terror attack in London on the Tube. Homemade explosive devices detonated on a train car, injuring many. This...
After the Boss Calls Bitcoin a ‘Fraud’ — JP Morgan Buys the Dip
News Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on JP Morgan executive Jamie Dimon calling bitcoin a “fraud” and claiming he would fire any...
Bitstamp to Introduce Bitcoin Cash Trading by End of the Month
Altcoins Bitstamp has issued a statement confirming that it plans to implement Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trading pairs before the end of...
QuikNode Adds Tutorials for Easy Setup
Nodes are essential parts of the Ethereum ecosystem, so it is important that as many people as possible run these nodes. They provide...
Germany’s new Cyber Surveillance Agency Receives Carte Blanche for Mass Data Collection
The German government takes cyber surveillance a lot more serious than other European countries. They even opened a new cyber surveillance...
Bitcoin Journalism Wanted – We Are Hiring!
News.bitcoin.com is hiring! We are looking for an assistant editor and another staff writer/editor, preferably based in Asia...
Nebraska Ethics Board Allows Attorneys to Accept Bitcoin
Featured A Nebraska ethics board just granted attorney’s permission to accept bitcoin, with a few stipulations. The Lawyers Advisory...
PR: The Deep Transforms Online Interaction With Blockchain Powered Virtual World
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Beijing Sets Deadlines for Bitcoin Exchanges – Customers to Withdraw Funds Quickly
Regulation Beijing has ordered all affected bitcoin exchanges to post a notice of their closure by midnight on Friday. Now, the exchanges...
BTC-e Rebrands to Wex Exchange — Claims to be AML/KYC Compliant
News On September 15 the trading platform BTC-e announced its official rebranding and the new exchange domain called Wex.nz. The company’s...
What Is the Swap Protocol?
The way we exchange digital assets and cryptocurrencies will undergo some radical changes in the future. In the case of Ethereum, multiple...
PR: Online Sports Betting Platform, Betmaster Announces ICO Campaign
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Bitcoin Markets Rebound as More Chinese Exchanges Plan to Close Operations
Regulation According to blog posts from two of the largest bitcoin exchanges in China, Huobi and Okcoin will be closing operations on...
Market Turmoil Pushes Cryptocurrency Market Cap Below $100 Billion
Via CoinMarketCapThe total value of all cryptocurrencies below $100 billion this morning amid new developments out of China. That figure...
China’s Regulatory Crackdown Forces More Bitcoin Exchange Closures
Regulation The regulatory crackdown in China against cryptocurrency trading platforms is happening once again. It all started yesterday as...
BlitzWolf BS2 Headphones Review
How do you listen to your audio? Headphones have been around for ages, and although you’ve probably been through a few different...
Bitcoin Stumbles Amid Regulatory Uncertainties In China
Image credit: Recession of stock market by leungchopan via Shutterstock.comThe price of bitcoin has fallen 38% since the beginning of this...
PR: Licensed Casino Betstreak Joins ICO Playing Field with a Full Fledge Working Product
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
EOS.IO Announces Major Updates to Project
There is a new project that is turning heads. EOS.IO is a software that introduces a new blockchain structure to the cryptographic and...
3 Countries with 3 Different Legal Approaches to the Cloud
One of the most fascinating things to watch is how different governments and organizations deal with the advent of cutting-edge tech. It's...
Bitcoin Proponents Respond to JP Morgan Executive’s Statements
Finance Bitcoin proponents got fired up last week when JP Morgan executive Jamie Dimon called bitcoin a “fraud” and told the CNBC news...
Worldcore Payment Institution Announces ICO
CEO, Alexey Nasonov envisions exponential development for the European Payment Institution. Worldcore announces Initial Coin...
Coinmarketcap in Top 400 Most Visited Websites During August
News Coinmarketcap has become the 397th most visited website in the world according to Alexa. The data shows a drastic spike in traffic...
PR: Dentacoin Upcoming Token Sale: The Integral Blockchain Solution to Shape the Future of Dental Care
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Snip’s Decentralized News Revolution
By Josiah Wilmoth Online content is a broken system. Quality content gets buried beneath mountains of biased articles, clickbait, and...
California may Take Protecting Citizens’ Privacy into its own Hands
There is a bill going to its final vote in the California state legislature this Friday and it could be a huge win for consumer privacy....
Bitcoin’s Price Is Down More Than $500 Today
The price of bitcoin fell more than $500 today as market turmoil continues in the aftermath of Chinese exchange BTCC's trading stoppage...
Coinbase Vets Talk New Fund: Want Returns? Think Beyond Bitcoin
by Ash Bennington "People have this perception that bitcoin and ethereum are completely anonymous when that is not the case." That's one...
Monero Developers Release Non-beta GUI Binaries for Helium Hydra Upgrade
The Monero community has been patiently waiting for some major upgrades to the protocol. Most of those changes were introduced in the...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices Dip Significantly Hitting a 30-Day Low
Markets and Prices The price of bitcoin has dropped to its lowest average this month, to a low of $3,426 amid the recent regulatory storm...
Danish Startup Media Sifter Uses Blockchain To Change How We Consume News
Media Sifter, Google+Copenhagen-based startup Media Sifter is looking to transform the news media industry using blockchain technology and...
Bitcoin Exchange BTCC to Halt Trading as Regulatory Storm Brews in China
Regulation This past week there’s been many rumors that Chinese cryptocurrency trading platforms would be shutting down shortly due to...
China Introduces a Commercial Quantum Network in Shandong
The past few years have taught us that no communication method is safe. There are always individuals looking to snoop on communication in...
PR: OREN Platform Aims to Fix the Gaming Industry’s Biggest Problems
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Revain Crowdsale Post-release
REVAIN is excited to announce the conclusion of crowdsale that ended as scheduled on September 6, at 12 P.M. NY with 2108 BTC accumulated....
GMO to Invest 10 Billion Yen in Its Own 7nm, 5nm and 3.5nm Dedicated Bitcoin Chips
Mining More details on the Japanese Internet Giant GMO’s plans to enter the Bitcoin mining market have been released. The company has...
Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges May Face Stricter Regulation and Licensure
Regulation Over the past week, bitcoiners everywhere have been focused on the speculative news of China ‘banning’ bitcoin and wondering if...
The Night Poloniex Listed Ethereum Classic
Note: The following is a story of the events that led to the survival of the original Ethereum chain after the hard fork related to The...
Building “Cappasity” for AR, VR and 3D Content
Imagine for a minute the next evolution of online retail, featuring an in-store browsing experience with interactive 3D images. All of...
Cryptocurrency Music Heats up the Ecosystem as Jason Vandal Releases New Rap
Featured Blockchain and bitcoin rapper, Jason Vandal, just announced his new Rap Crypto single, which should see full release on September...
PR: BlockRx to Improve Patient Safety with the First Pharmaceutical ICO Offering
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Why Solar SCADA is Taking Center Stage in Grid Modernization
While solar monitoring is not new, solar supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), with the emphasis on the “supervisory control”...
India’s Central Bank Says Digital Currencies Are ‘Susceptible to Misuse’
India’s central bank has said to a parliamentary committee that digital currencies are ‘susceptible to misuse or abuse.’In March, India’s...
Better, Faster zk-SNARKs: Zcash Developers Release New Privacy Tech
Researchers working on the zcash protocol announced today they've invented a new way to speed up the anonymous cryptocurrency. Today,...
Michal Kosinki – “Face-Reading AI can Detect Your Political and Sexual Orientation”
Opinions about facial recognition technology and artificial intelligence are all over the place. The combination of these two powerful...
PR: Smartlands Platform Opens the Agricultural Sector for Crypto-Investors
This is a paid press release which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Markets Update: Bitcoin Breaks Below $4000 During 12% Sell-Off
Featured Bitcoin has broken below $4000 USD following a sudden 12% sell-off. The dump occurred following the establishment of a third...
Korea’s Coinone Launches Physical Cryptocurrency Exchange
News Korea’s third largest bitcoin exchange Coinone has opened a physical cryptocurrency exchange. Six cryptocurrencies are supported...
Calvin Ayre Foundation Asks Crypto Community For Hurricane Aid in Barbuda – Will Match Donations
Crowdfunding Longtime Antiqua and Barbuda resident, Calvin Ayre, wants people to send immediate relief aid to the islands. Hurricane Irma...
Blockchain Tech Lauded in China, ICOs Shunned in the UK, Bitcoin Revered in Finland
Regulation Financial regulators have made official statements regarding a number of issues pertinent to cryptocurrency regulations in...
How One Blockchain Startup Is Combatting Centralization of the Credit Industry
Startup company Bloom seeks to take advantage of blockchain technology's perks to create a platform where the participants will have...
PR: TokenStars Launches ACE Token Sale, Early Bird Buyers Get Up To 50% Purchase + 40% Conversion Bonus
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
The Risks of Segregated Witness: Problems under Evidence Laws
Op-Ed By Jimmy NguyenChief IP, Communications & Legal Officer – nChain Group The bitcoin community still debates whether Segregated...
BTCC Mining Pool Stops Signaling for SegWit2x
More and more signs are pointing to the SegWit2x hard fork not taking place in November of 2017. After F2Pool pulled its support, it...
Deadcoins Launches Compendium of Deceased Cryptocurrencies
Altcoins Deadcoins hosts “a curated list of cryptocurrencies forgotten by this world”. Most of the coins detailed are artifacts from...
Bear Call? Ether-Bitcoin Trading Pair Positions for Weak September
The ether-bitcoin exchange rate (ETH/BTC) could be preparing for a breakout. At press time, ether is trading at 0.07165 BTC (about $310),...
Central Bank of Finland: Bitcoin Can’t and Doesn’t Need to be Regulated
In a research discussion paper entitled “Monopoly without a monopolist: an economic analysis of the bitcoin payment system” the central...
Hedge Token – The Next S&P Index of Crypto
Hedge Token is launching its ICO on September 15th, 2017 at 12:00 PM (GMT+2), creating the ï¬rst professionally created, rulebook-based...
Why Bitcoin is Not a Bubble
Op-Ed The internet is replete with people referring to bitcoin as a “bubble.” They are spreading fear, uncertainty, and doubt galore. They...
PR: Why Investors Cant Wait To Invest In Revolutionary Dicing Platform Ethbet
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
ERC20 Tether To Launch Next Week On The Ethereum Network
Image credit: Silver Ethereum coins by Wit Olszewski via Shutterstock.comTether and Ethfinex are about to launch the Tether ERC20 token on...
Goldmint Signs Agreement With Euroasia Mining
On September 4, 2017 Eurasia, the platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium and gold production company, is pleased to announce it has entered...
IG Bringing Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ether CFD Trading to the Mainstream
Finance Leading Contract for Difference (CFD) and spread betting provider, IG Group, is actively marketing bitcoin, bitcoin cash and ether...