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Status ICO Generates Over $60 Million, Fails to Deliver, Triggers Ethereum Network Overload
A decentralized messaging app called Status — built on the Ethereum blockchain— raises over $60 million dollars during its initial coin...
Unicode Consortium Adds Official Bitcoin “B” Symbol
On June 20 the Unicode Consortium revealed new version 10.0. They finally added the bitcoin symbol to their code. Now users can type the...
Bitstamp Initiates Litecoin Trading Function as the Currency’s Price Surges
European digital currency exchange Bitstamp rolled out Litecoin trading on Monday. The trading function will be accomplished by using...
State-funded Bitcoin Data Center Infuriates Montana Locals
Citizens of Bonner have complained to their local council about noise pollution coming from a state-funded data processing center owned by...
Investment Legend Bill Miller Is Still Bullish on Bitcoin
In a recent interview with CNBC, investment legend Bill Miller described bitcoin as “a true disruptor and true innovation in money”. Also...
Bitcoin.com Cloud Mining Contracts — Record Daily Sellouts
This past May, Bitcoin.com launched our cloud mining service which was met with phenomenal success. Since then we’ve had significant...
New Bitcoin.com Podcast Episode with Stefan Thomas of Ripple Labs
During this week’s Bitcoin.com podcast our host, Richard Jacobs, sits down with Stefan Thomas, CTO of Ripple Labs to discuss his company’s...
PBOC Will Not Release Regulations for Chinese Bitcoin Exchanges Anytime Soon
Local Chinese publications reported last month that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will issue regulatory guidelines for Chinese bitcoin...
Former Mycelium Employee Quit After Token Sale Funds Were Used for Vacation
On a recent episode of The Crypto Show, Daniel Krawisz, who previously worked as a backend developer at Mycelium, shared some of the...
GPU Shortage Intensifies as Cryptocurrency Mining Offers up to Twice the Average Russian Monthly Wage
European consumers in general and especially russian consumers have faced massive graphics card shortages following a dramatic increase in...
New York Regulator Reports on Cryptocurrency Licensing, Inspects Businesses
An annual report by the New York State Department of Financial services reiterates the importance of regulating digital currency...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Climbs Higher After Last Week’s Low
Since our last markets update bitcoin’s fiat value dipped 30 percent throughout the second week of June. Following the correction, the...
Ayondo to Offer Bitcoin Trading Through Tradehub and Wetrade
Ayondo have joined the growing list of mainstream contracts for difference (CFD) brokers who are offering bitcoin trading, with Ayondo...
Indian Government to Monitor Bitcoin Before Deciding If Regulator Is Needed
Representatives of various Indian government departments have made statement regarding the Indian government’s inquiry into virtual...
How to Piggy Bank Bitcoin Keys in a Cold Storage Mosaic Artwork
Just recently Bitcoin.com chatted with Max Hampton-Fischer, an industrial design student at the Rhode Island School of Design to talk...
Forbes Encourages Readers to Buy Bitcoin at All-Time High Price Area
An article posted in Forbes’ Level-Up encouraged its readers to buy into bitcoin, despite bitcoin’s price currently sitting within range...
UK Regulator Warns Investors Bitcoin Trading is Risky
A high ranking UK regulator recently warned people about the pitfalls and perils of bitcoin investing. Chris Woolard, The Financial...
China Blames Bitcoin Transactions for Leading to More Synthetic Drug Deaths
China is expected to ban a new synthetic heroin substance called U-47700, and they blame bitcoin as the currency “criminals” use to...
PR: How Ethereum Is Used in CTFs (Coin Traded Funds) and What the Benefits Are
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Lightning Network Developer Explains What Happens If SegWit Isn’t Activated on Bitcoin
Segregated Witness (SegWit) and the Lightning Network have often been associated with each other because SegWit would enable an improved...
Most Popular Contactless Smart Cards in Japan Adding Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
Sony’s Felica technology is behind many of the most popular contactless NFC smart cards. Already the de facto standard in Japan for...
PR: HashMining.eu Cloud Mining Allows Anyone To Mine Ethereum
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PR: This Investment Is Just Like Buying Bitcoin in 2012
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Australian Financial Authorities Look Into Ethereum’s Conflicts of Interest
This week Bitcoin.com spoke with an anonymous individual from Australia who has been in contact with the Australian Securities and...
Assisting in Bitcoin Purchases for Ransomware May Be Illegal in the US
‘White hat’ security consultant, Vinny Troia, had his Coinbase account suspended for breaching US regulations by paying cyber-ransoms,...
Indian Government to Recommend Bitcoin Regulation Within 6 Months
The Indian government will meet to discuss the regulatory framework of Bitcoin and other digital currencies next week, according to a...
Israeli Startup Colu Launches Second Local Digital Currency in the UK
Image credit: London via PixabayColu, a startup headquartered in Tel Aviv that develops localized digital currencies based on blockchain...
HYCM Offers Bitcoin-USD Pairing Amidst Greater Cryptocurrency Integration into Mainstream Financial Industries
In response to popular pressure from clients, forex and CFDs broker HYCM have announced that they have added the BTC-USD pairing to their...
Survey Provides Insight Into Malaysian Cryptocurrency Community
Luno has published results of a survey conducted from its Malaysian userbase. The findings yield fascinating insights into the development...
Litecoin’s Price Tops $50 to Set New All-Time High
After three years of ups and downs, the price of the cryptocurrency litecoin has finally set a new all-time high. Launched in late 2011 as...
70 Percent of the Bitcoin Hashrate Begins Signaling Segwit2x
On June 16 the alpha code for the scaling solution Segwit2x was released to the public following a large number of mining pools having...
Feecon 2017: Bolstering the Principles of a Free Society and Bitcoin
On June 15-17 hundreds of liberty focused individuals attended the Foundation for Economic Education’s Feecon 2017 to learn about...
Australian Tells Story of Throwing Away Hard Drive Hosting 1400 Bitcoins
Sydney-based technology journalist Campbell Simpson details his story of throwing away a hard drive containing 1400 bitcoin 5 years ago....
Coincheck Reopens Lending Service with 11 More Cryptocurrencies
The bitcoin lending service has resumed at Japanese exchange Coincheck, with the addition of eleven more cryptocurrencies that the...
Craig Wright on “The Risks of Segregated Witness: Opening the Door to Mining Cartels”
Written by Dr. Craig Wright. The bitcoin community continues to debate Segregated Witness, the Bitcoin Core development team’s proposed...
Bitcoin Trading in Venezuela Intensifies, Bolivar Still Down and Devalued
A Bloomberg article pointed out June 15 that Bitcoin trading volume has jumped to 1.3 million this past week in Venezuela. There seems to...
Chinese Explore Future of OTC Trading at Bitcoin Meetup
In a recent meeting in Chengdu, China, traders explored how over-the-counter (OTC) exchanges will function in the future. The meeting was...
Celebrities Continue to Discuss the Subject of Bitcoin With Optimism
Over the past few months, many well-known investors have been coming out of the woodwork to discuss the decentralized cryptocurrency...
Top Bitmex Representatives Discuss The People’s Bank of China and Bitcoin’s Future
In a recent interview published on Technode with CEO Arthur Hayes and COO Ben Delo, Bitmex’s co-founders discussed Bitmex’s growth,...
Bitpesa CEO Claims Bitcoin-Based Remittance Companies Have Reduced Costs by 75%
Bitpesa founder and CEO, Elizabeth Rossiello, has claimed that bitcoin-based remittance services have reduced the costs of international...
PR: The Secret to Becoming a Crypto Millionaire
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Chinese Miners Announce Accelerated Development and Activation of Segwit2x
A new agreement has been struck among Chinese Bitcoin exchanges and mining companies representing the majority of Bitcoin’s hashing power....
Popular Japanese Capsule Hotels Embracing Bitcoin
Since the Japanese government started recognizing bitcoin, an increasing number of merchants in the country have adopted it as a payment...
Central Bank of Samoa Issues Warning Against Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Samoa has issued a warning against digital currency, including bitcoin, as part of a larger effort to crack down on...
Ignore the State’s Coming Blockchain Grab. Be Happy Libertarians
A May 30tharticle in the Atlantic declared, “Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism. Extreme libertarians built blockchain to...
PR: How to Profit from “The Flippening”
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Legality of Basic Attention Token and Other ICOs Called Into Question
At the start of June, Brave Software raised $35 million USD in 30 seconds, selling out their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in record time....
Second Annual Coinsbank Blockchain Cruise ‘Massive Success’
Just recently Bitcoin.com reported on the Second Annual Coinsbank Blockchain Cruise that took place this past May 25th through June 3rd....
New Dandelion Proposal Aims to Anonymize Bitcoin Transaction Broadcasts
Back in February a new privacy white paper for the Bitcoin network called ‘Dandelion’ was published and received a lot of attention from...
Coinbase Temporarily Disables Ross Ulbricht’s Account, Hires Silkroad Prosecutor
Yesterday, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase disabled alleged Silkroad founder Ross Ulbricht’s account. They reactivated it later, citing...
PR: Nimiq Delivers the World’s First Browser-Based Blockchain Technology to Enable Mass Adoption
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In the Green: Cryptocurrency Prices Rebound After Market Correction
Cryptocurrency prices rebounded today, reversing the price declines seen during this week's broad correction. This rebound was seen across...
Survey Shows Bitcoin Has Much Room to Grow with Retail Investors
A recent survey of retail investors in Japan, the US, and Hong Kong shows that only a tiny fraction of them are currently investing in...
Top German Banker Warns Cryptocurrencies Could Precipitate a Financial Crisis
A top German banker, Jens Weidmann, commented Wednesday that digital currencies like bitcoin could cause a financial catastrophe. The...
Philippines’ Central Bank Issues Guidelines for Virtual Currency Exchanges
The BSP (Central Bank of the Philippines) has released official guidelines for the regulation of virtual currency exchanges. The...
1 in 4 UK Drug Users Have Purchased Narcotics via Dark Web Marketplaces in the Last Year
According to London-based drug and alcohol research group, The Global Drug Survey (GDS), 25.3 percent of UK drug users have used anonymous...
PR: iDice: The Most Innovative Online Casino in History
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SEC Eyes Initial Coin Offerings for Regulatory Oversight
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking hard at Initial Coin Offerings. This information comes after SEC recently piped up,...
Bitcoin Sees Largest Dollar-Value Retracement in History
Between the 12th and 15th of June, bitcoin lost approximately 30% of it’s value, seeing the largest dollar-value retracement across 4 days...
Bitcoin.com to raise base mining payout to 120%
Bitcoin.com is happy to announce we are raising the base mining pool payout from 110% to 120%. We made this decision as a result of the...
Crypto Fund AG Announces New Cryptocurrency Fund…But It’s No ETF
Crypto Fund AG recently announced they are introducing the “world’s first diversified cryptocurrency fund”, which is touted as a...
Remitano Expands Bitcoin Remittance Services Into Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania
Cryptocurrency exchange Remitano has expanded beyond Asia to offer its bitcoin remittance services to millions of citizens in Africa. Also...
Bitcoin Now More Likely to Get SegWit Before August 1st to Avoid Chain Split
The discussion around scaling Bitcoin has continued into the summer months of 2017, with BIP 148 and SegWit2x now the two most talked...
Global Bitcoin ATM Proliferation Nearly Doubled During May
The global proliferation of bitcoin ATMs nearly doubled during May when compared with April. The United States and Canada saw increases in...
Nepal Joins Club of Communist Countries Who Seek to Stifle Local Bitcoin Adoption
Nepal has emphasized the need to develop a legal framework for monitoring Bitcoin and other ‘informal channeling of funds’ during recent...
PR: Blockchain-based TV Production 21 Million Project Hits ETH Funding Target, Reveals Advisory Board
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Sea of Red: Top 10 Cryptocurrencies See Steep Declines as Market Turns
Just hours after traders reported a shift in strategy, the global cryptocurrency markets appear to be correcting – and fast. At press...
Digital Currency Regulations Coming Soon to Iran
After years with little to say about bitcoin, the Iranian government is reportedly just a few months away from passing proposed...
PR: Insurex Announce Crowdsale for Blockchain-Based Marketplace for Insurance Products
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Bitcoin ETN Crosses $100 Million After Unprecedented Demand From Investors, Partners With Xapo
The issuer of Europe’s only bitcoin-based exchange-traded notes (ETNs), XBT Provider, on Thursday announced that its assets under...
South Korea to Dispose of 216 Bitcoins in First Public Auction
The South Korean government will hold its first public auction of bitcoins that were seized from criminal proceeds, according to local...
Blockchain Project Bancor Raises Record US$153 Million In ICO
Blockchain project Bancor has raised a record of US$153 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). 396,000 ethers, the native...
Bitmain Announces Hard Fork Protection Plan Against UASF
On June 14 the Beijing-based bitcoin company Bitmain released a contingency plan for the upcoming so called user activated soft fork...
Australian Opposition Leader Believes Bitcoin is Fueling Terrorism
The left opposition leader of Australia, Bill Shorten, has indicated he wants to deter use of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. The leader...
Bitquence Announces Crowd Sale for Crypto Wallet With Asset Management and Liquidity Network
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Bitcoin Price Hits 10-Day Low As Crypto Markets Tumble
The price of bitcoin continues to edge lower. At press time, bitcoin was down 5.5% across global exchanges, falling to a low of $2,547.18....
MobileGo Token to Begin Trading on Bittrex Exchange Following Successful Crowdsale
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Morgan Stanley: `Regulators Need the Blockchain Master Keys´
Investment bank Morgan Stanley stated in a report they have been receiving many calls from people interested in investment opportunities...
Bolenum’s Project to Widen Cryptocurrency Adoption
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Macransom Bitcoin Ransomware Attacks Apple Users
Internet security experts are warning of new Mac-targeting viruses available for sale on the darknet. Also Read: Scam Alert Round-Up: We...
Thomson Reuters to Power Blockchain Contracts with Experimental Service
Media giant Thomson Reuters is opening up its data to smart contract authors building on private versions of the ethereum blockchain and...
Localbitcoins Introduces New Fee Structure
In the face of rising Bitcoin network transaction fees, the premier over-the-counter exchange Localbitcoins is enacting several changes to...
The Hidden Reason Behind Bitcoin’s Increasing Fees: Darknet Mixers
Just recently a darknet marketplace (DNM) vendor who details he’s been involved with the bitcoin industry for five years, says the rising...
CrypViser and ChronoBank – Efficient Collaboration
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Kraken, Coinbase, Gdax, and Poloniex Bitcoin Exchanges Experience Technical Difficulties During Flash Crash
After testing $3000 USD, bitcoin entered a sharp retracement which saw several major bitcoin exchanges experience significant technical...
Investors are Swarming to Buy the iDice ICO: Here’s Why.
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Popular Demand Spurs Goldman Sachs to Start Covering Bitcoin
After numerous client requests, Goldman Sachs has reportedly started covering bitcoin. The firm released a report on Monday with a bearish...
Dentacoin: The First Blockchain Concept for the Global Dental Industry With an Exclusive Hard-Capped Presale
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The #Flippening: Will Ether ‘Pass’ Bitcoin And What Would It Mean?
No stranger to strange milestones, the cryptocurrency sector may soon see a historic first, one that could upend long-held perceptions of...
The Rise of Digital Money Has Exploded Since Bitcoin’s Creation
Bitcoin changed the landscape of digital money when it was introduced to the world in 2009, and was followed by many other types of...