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New Hampshire’s Bill to Deregulate Bitcoin Effective Next Week
News New Hampshire House Bill 436 is slated to take effect next week on August 1st. The bill exempts bitcoin from regulatory action and...
Blockchain Startup Propy Aims to Revamp the Real Estate Industry
Image credit: A perfect neighborhood by karamysh, via Shutterstock.comCalifornia-based blockchain startup Propy is building a global...
CFTC Approves First Regulated Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange and Clearinghouse
News The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved institutional bitcoin derivatives platform Ledgerx LLC as the first...
Suspension Lifted: Japanese Exchanges and Merchants Resume Bitcoin Services
News Japanese exchanges have resumed bitcoin deposits and withdrawals after suspending them on July 23. These exchanges are members of the...
Bitcoin Experiences Rapid Growth and High Trading in Africa
Markets and Prices South Africa has already witnessed a surge of bitcoin interest and activity as the digital currency has taken a...
Controversy Escalates Over Viewshed for Maryland Offshore Wind Farms
With two wind projects moving closer to construction less then 20 nautical miles off the coast of Maryland, parties concerned about the...
Indian Bitcoin Hotspot Bangalore Sees 50+ Merchants Added This Month
News Bitcoin’s popularity in India is steadily growing, particularly in the country’s third most populous city, Bangalore. Leading Indian...
Austria, Canada, and US See Growth in Number of Bitcoin ATMs
News The number of bitcoin ATMs in service worldwide has continued to grow at an exponential rate. During June, the total number of...
Bollywood Celebrities Embrace Bitcoin – Bitcoin News
Emerging Markets Bollywood news recently reported celebrities are going bonkers for bitcoin. Famous Indian entertainers have been tweeting...
BIP91 Activates While Fork Still Looms In the Backdrop
Technology On July 22, 2017, at approximately 04:46:31 UTC at block height 477120 — BIP91 was activated on the Bitcoin network. As of this...
How Japanese Exchanges Prepare to Deal With Forked `Bitcoin Cash´
News The Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association has issued an announcement regarding Bitcoin Cash (BCC), which it expects to result...
Ethereum Co-Founder Thinks ICOs Are a ‘Ticking Time-Bomb’
Initial coin offerings (ICOs), which have become an emergent phenomenon of blockchain technology and digital communities, have garnered...
India Fights Over Which Government Body Will Regulate Bitcoin
Regulation As the Indian government discusses the regulatory framework for digital currencies such as bitcoin, a disagreement over which...
New Zealand Reserve Bank Rejects Need for Expansive Cryptocurrency Cyber Crime Regulations
News In recent statements addressing contemporary cyber threats, including those pertaining to cryptocurrency cyber crime such as...
The Curious Cases of the ‘Alphabay Kingpin’ and Hansa Takedowns
News This week we reported on the takedown of the two largest darknet markets on the deep web — Alphabay, and Hansa. Now reports further...
Acinq Launches Eclair the Lightning Network Android Wallet
Technology This week Bitcoin.com reported on the recent demo of the Lightning Network being tested by Bitfury on Bitcoin’s mainnet. Now...
Japanese Exchanges to Suspend Services on Sunday
News The Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association has announced its plans in response to the BIP91 lock-in. Thirteen Japanese bitcoin...
New Bitcoin.com Podcast Episode with Tim Swanson of R3
During this week’s Bitcoin.com podcast our host, Richard Jacobs, sits down with Tim Swanson, Director of Market Research of R3 consortium....
How Time-locked Bitcoins Could Incentivize Smooth Hard Forks
Featured There’s been a lot going on as far as development goes with the latest alternative clients and the Segwit2x plan also known as...
Thousands of Japanese Stores May Suspend Bitcoin Payments on August 1
News Over 5,000 retail stores and restaurants across Japan that currently accept bitcoin payments may suspend bitcoin use in their stores...
How Exchanges Plan To Deal With a Possible August 1 Fork
News Over the past week, many bitcoin exchanges have revealed plans for the possibility of a network fork on August 1, 2017. Also read:...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Bulls Are Back With Vigorous Energy
Markets and Prices July 20 was an exciting day for bitcoin proponents as markets suddenly switched from a bear crawl to a full fledged...
South Africa Will Begin Testing Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Regulations
Emerging Markets The South African Reserve Bank has announced that it will trial cryptocurrency regulations. Loerien Gamaroff, CEO of...
Coinbase & GDAX Will Not Support Bitmain’s Hard Forked Bitcoin
Coinbase, the world’s largest bitcoin wallet service provider with 28.9 million wallets and 8.7 million active users, and GDAX, its...
PR: Why is BitDice Shutting Down its Current Investor Program and Running the ICO Instead?
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Bitfury Successfully Tests Lightning Network
Technology The firm Bitfury Group published a video which shows a successful demonstration of the Lightning Network on the Bitcoin...
Federal Judge Sides with Coinbase Customer Against IRS
News A federal judge has ruled in favor of an anonymous customer of the bitcoin exchange Coinbase against the Internal Revenue Service,...
PR: Announcement of Po.et’s Token Sale August 8, 2017
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Education Initiatives Increase Bitcoin Adoption
News Educational initiatives aimed at minimizing Bitcoin adoption resistance are on the way. For example, RSK is developing a specific...
Do Not Make Bitcoin Price Predictions Lest You Eat Your Words
Op-Ed There has been a lot of fear, doubt, and panic sweeping through the cryptocurrency world the last few days. Many people made doom...
Bitcoin Mining Pools Initiate Segwit Lock-in Period
News At approximately 00:06:48 UTC today, July 20, at block height #476768 the bitcoin network finished the BIP91 lock in period and...
Bitcoin.com’s Cloud Mining Services Sees Record Growth
Bitcoin.com’s mining services continue to grow exponentially as pool.bitcoin.com commands roughly 3 percent of the Bitcoin network’s...
Global Police Operation Undermines Darknet Markets
News A major operation orchestrated by the FBI, DEA, Dutch National Police, and Europol managed to infiltrate and undermine the...
AlphaBay Admin Had $8 Million in Bitcoin and Altcoins, Bragged About Porsche Purchase
[dfp_ads id=5447]According to the verified complaint for forfeiture regarding accused AlphaBay administrator Alexandre Cazes, the alleged...
Bitcoin Price Surges to One-Month High as Tech Outlook Improves
After dropping to a low of $1,836 this weekend, the bitcoin price is once again climbing back toward all-time highs. According to...
Kosovo Gets First Bitcoin ATM Despite Central Bank’s Warning
News Soon after the central bank issued a warning about digital currencies including bitcoin, Kosovo sees several signs of rising bitcoin...
Sessions: Trump Directed Law Enforcement Agencies to Go After Darknet Markets Like AlphaBay
In a press briefing at the Department of Justice today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and other...
Blockchain Startup Billon Receives €2M Grant from EU Research and Innovation Program
Polish blockchain startup Billon has received a €2 million grant from Horizon 2020, the European Union’s largest Research and Innovation...
PR: The Biggest Network of Entrepreneurs Announces Blockchain Platform
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US Federal Reserve Chair Bitcoin Photo Bomber Generates Over $15k in Donations
News The bitcoin photo bomber that recently appeared waving a big note reading ‘buy bitcoin’ behind US Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman,...
Ethereum’s Parity Client Users Lose Millions in a Multi-Sig Hack
News On July 19 the ethereum community was warned that the Parity client version 1.5 and above contained a critical vulnerability in the...
U.S. Congressman Says ‘Digital Currencies Are Not Compliant’
News On July 8 the Financial Services Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing concerning digital currencies. The...
Belfrics Launches Bitcoin Exchange in the Face of Indian Demonetization
Emerging Markets The monetary ecosystem is changing drastically in India. The country is bracing for demonetization of their local...
China Achieves 7.2-GW New Solar Capacity Milestone in 1Q17
China has installed 7.21 GW of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2017, achieving another renewable energy milestone with growth...
PR: Player Lands $64,818 in Just One Spin on Hansel & Gretel at BitStarz Casino
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Renewables Industry Learning from Oil and Gas Insights
The way the world thinks about renewable energy has transformed. It is no longer just a concept but a reality, and interest in renewable...
Russia Prepares to Legalize ICOs
Russia is currently working on a regulatory framework to legalize Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), local publications reported on Wednesday....
Predicting the August 1 Split Flow Chart the Hard Way
Below is a detailed flow chart graphic that depicts the possible outcomes to the upcoming scaling proposals that may be implemented in the...
Counterparty Experiences Millionth Transaction – Bitcoin News
Counterparty recently experienced its millionth transaction. This is good news for the bitcoin-based smart contracting platform. It...
Global Money Transfer Summit Comes to London to Explore the Future of Remittances
The Global Money Transfer Summit, one of the most recognized conferences in the remittance industry, will take place on October 10 and 11,...
CoinDash ICO Hacker Nets Additional Ether as Theft Tops $10 Million
Prospective investors are still sending ether to an ethereum address compromised in an initial coin offering (ICO) held by a startup...
Kraken Estimates Last Quarter’s Trading Volume 10x Previous High
Kraken’s CEO, Jesse Powell, has stated the cryptocurrency exchange’s volume during the second quarter of 2017 comprised 10x more trade...
Some ICOs Now Ban Americans – Who Should Expect More Ostracism
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) or token sales are a surging trend to raise funds quickly. In May, for example, the Monaco Visa ICO raised...
13 Japanese Exchanges Agree to Suspend Bitcoin Service on August 1
The Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association has officially announced its plan on how to deal with the possibility of a Bitcoin protocol...
PR: Exchange Union Coin to Bridge Digital Currency Exchanges for Enhanced Trading
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Next Level Design — New-School Solar Software Providers Take on the Incumbents
The market for solar PV design software has opened up significantly in the past five years. New offerings have taken off in that time, and...
Bitcoin Developers and Bitmain Accuse Each Other of Making False Promises
The divide between bitcoin mining company Bitmain and Bitcoin Core contributors is stronger than ever. In recent interviews, Bitcoin Core...
PR: CryptoPing Launches Subscription-Based Signal Bot Service
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Crypto Market Crosses $80 Billion As Ether, Bitcoin Prices Gain
The cryptocurrency market continued to rebound on Tuesday, crossing the $80 billion-mark after a weekend that saw steep declines across...
Following Money Through the Bitcoin Laundry Is Not So Easy
Just recently there was a small ransomware outburst called “Peyta” that attacked various computers around the world. The creators of Peyta...
PR: Bitaccess Reveals EFT Is Available to Buy Bitcoin and Ethereum
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Google, Dandelion Geothermal, and the Thermal Energy IoT
This focused write up is based on an article originally published on LinkedIn about the recent spin-off of "Dandelion" from X, the...
Korean Digital Currency Bill to Launch Shortly but Government Has Concerns
The bill to provide a legal framework for digital currencies including bitcoin in South Korea is set to be introduced this month. However,...
$500,000 per Bitcoin? Public Personas Get Bullish on Bitcoin
Financial strategists, stock analysts, and tech gurus are all bullish on bitcoin. Even amidst concerns about how bitcoin will be upgraded...
How Hackers Stole $7 Million in Ether From Coindash ICO
Coindash is a blockchain company that helps investors manage investments and hedge those investments against other traders. This morning...
Kazakhstan Seeks to Become Regional Hub for Cryptocurrency Industry
The Kazakhstan government has announced its intentions to make the country host to “the most favourable business climate” for...
IBM Unveils New Encryption Technology to Combat Data Breaches
IBM Z. Photo Credit: Connie Zhou for IBMIBM has rolled out its newest mainframe, IBM Z, which delivers new data encryption capabilities....
The Bitcoin Scaling Countdown: Miners Begin Running Segwit2x Software
It seems July 17 has initiated the beginning steps towards Segwit2x activation as the code has been released and miners who supported the...
Bitfury Releases ‘Anchorable’ Enterprise Blockchain
Can Bitfury Group replicate its success in enterprise blockchain? by Pete Rizzo ADVERTISEMENT Long a leader in the lucrative bitcoin...
Alphabay Phisher Makes $1 Million in 14 Months Stealing Bitcoins
A deep web hacker operating under the pseudonym of ‘Phishkingz’ has recently claimed to have generated over $1 million from phishing...
Crypto Assets Bounce Back Above $70 Billion Amid Day of Gains
After a daunting weekend in which the value of cryptocurrencies cratered to levels not seen in months, 48 of the top 50 tokens are posting...
Adapting to a Renewable-rich Grid: Businesses Embrace Building Management Solutions
Transitioning to the energy landscape of the future is oftentimes distilled down to a rise in renewable power generation. But the reality...
PR: ACT Is NGO 2.0 – Bringing Power Back to the People
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CNBC, Roubini Veteran Ash Bennington Joins CoinDesk as First-Ever Markets Lead
Former CNBC reporter and Roubini EconoMonitor editor-in-chief Ash Bennington has officially joined CoinDesk as its first-ever full-time...
Viabtc Launching Bitcoin Cash Token and Mining Pool for Bitcoin ABC
Major mining pool and bitcoin exchange Viabtc has announced the launch of their new mining pool designed for “Bitcoin Cash” (BCC). These...
PR: Gimli – Decentralized Live Stream Bets and Interactions
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A Brief Glimpse Into the Lives of Chinese Bitcoin Miners
Ever wonder what it’s like to work at a bitcoin mining farm in China? Just recently two reports revealed the inner workings of Chinese...
Mining Bitcoin Using Old Computers and Retro Gaming Consoles
Bitcoin mining has grown into a vast economy over the past few years as large ASIC-powered mining farms process transactions for the $32...
Breadwallet’s Bitcoin Therapy Hotline Exceeds Expectations
The first week with Breadwallet’s Bitcoin Therapy Hotline exceeded all expectations, announced Breadwallet CMO Aaron Lasher. He did not...
Cryptocurrency Market Nears 50% Decline From All-Time High
The total value of all publicly traded cryptocurrencies has declined more than $10bn in the last 24 hours, amid a sell-off that broadly...
Japan’s Cryptocurrency Business Association Plans for August 1 Guidelines
This week we reported on upcoming events that might be taking place on August 1, concerning potential interruptions connecting to the...
Possible Bitcoin Network Spam Attack is One User’s Moby Dick
A Twitter user named LaurentMT has been battling his very own “Moby Dick.” He implied the White Whale has come in the form of a spam...
MIT Study Shows Exclusivity Encourages Greater Bitcoin Adoption
MIT launched a study in 2014 that showed early adopters help to spread new technology throughout society, if they feel they have exclusive...
Central Bank of Albania Lists Five Most Important Bitcoin Risks in Public Warning
The central bank of Albania issued a public announcement on Thursday, warning citizens of the risks related to the use of digital...
Markets Update: Bears Drag the Bitcoin Price Down to New Lows
This week the price of bitcoin has been descending downwards following a bearish trendline and is currently hovering just around the...
Bitcoin Price Drops Near $2,000 as Crypto Markets Fall Toward $70 Billion
The price of bitcoin hit a 49-day low today, falling near $2,000 for the first time in weeks amid a broad sell-off across crypto assets....
Swissquote Partners with Bitstamp to Offer Bitcoin Trading to 200,000+ Customers
Switzerland’s leading provider of online financial and trading services, Swissquote Bank, has partnered with bitcoin exchange Bitstamp to...
Kik CEO: Doing an ICO Is Our Only Way to Compete With Facebook
In June, Kik CEO Ted Livingston appeared at the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup to chat with World Crypto Network host Thomas Hunt about the...
Ethereum Millionaires Might Be Attracting Attention From Regulators
Just recently Bitcoin.com has been covering the ongoing case between the U.S. tax agency, the IRS and its dealings with the cryptocurrency...
Bitkan Announces the 2017 BTC & Blockchain International Summit
On September 9, 2017, blockchain enthusiasts from all around the world will attend the ‘BTC & Blockchain International Summit’ taking...