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The Mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto Allegedly Leveraged a Russian Proxy for Communications
4,171 days ago in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto invoked the Bitcoin network after sharing the white paper with people since Halloween 2008. Just...
Ethereum hash rate up 28.6% — its highest level in seven months
Ethereum hash rate increases to high levels so far this year, with prices looking to breach $250 Ethereum’s hash rate has increased...
Bitcoin to hit $20,000 this year, Bloomberg report claims
Bloomberg Crypto Outlook suggests that only a catastrophic decline will prevent the top cryptocurrency from hitting levels close to the...
India’s Crypto Trading Volume Soars Amid Economic Crisis
Despite the economic crisis, cryptocurrency trading platforms in India are reporting record-breaking volumes and new users. “People...
Bitcoin to Rise to $20K This Year Spurred by Government Money Printing and Covid-19: Bloomberg
Bloomberg has forecast bitcoin to reach its record high of $20,000, and possibly $28,000, this year. According to the company’s June...
A Number of Hong Kong Vending Machines Support Bitcoin Cash Payments Over BTC
Just recently, cryptocurrency evangelist Roger Ver shared a video on Twitter that shows a number of vending machines in Hong Kong that...
Chinese Government Crackdowns and Cheap Hydropower- Miners Migrate from North to South China
China-based bitcoin miners have started to migrate southbound from North China, according to local reports. The operators are having...
Cardano price jumps 60% on weekly charts as major upgrade approaches
Cardano has surged over the last week and is now up by nearly 60%, now ranking 10th on CoinMarketCap Last week Cardano co-founder, Charles...
Eidoo to Burn 80% of Company’s Token Holdings to Kickstart One of the Biggest Daos in Defi
Switzerland, 4th June 2020. Swiss-based crypto platform Eidoo is upgrading its native utility token into a governance token that will...
Japanese Finance Minister Shoots Down Plan to Cut Bitcoin Tax to 20%, Cites Crypto-Divide
Japan’s finance minister Taro Aso says he is opposed to reducing tax on bitcoin income to 20%, on par with stock dividends, arguing...
Another consecutive fall in mining difficulty could plummet Bitcoin’s price by 10%
Historically, major decreases in mining difficulty have been followed by drops in Bitcoin’s price, as seen on May 20 when difficulty...
Exponential Growth: Bitcoin’s Trading Volume Could Rival Major Asset Classes
Bitcoin’s trading volume has experienced exponential growth which could reach levels similar to major asset classes, according to a...
US Regulators Target Bitcoin ATMs: 88% of the Funds Exit the Country via Machines
Bitcoin automated teller machines (BATMs) will become the next target for regulators, as world governments tighten screws on money...
Roger Ver Donates $10K in Bitcoin Cash to Casa de Amparo Children’s Shelter
Just recently Bitcoin.com’s Roger Ver donated $10,000 worth of bitcoin cash to the charitable organization Casa de Amparo, a...
Despite Russia’s Confusing Crypto Laws, P2P Bitcoin Trade Volumes Soar
Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading data shows digital assets like bitcoin are growing extremely popular in Russia, despite the State...
US Government Prediction: Economy Faces 10-Year Recovery, $8 Trillion Loss From Coronavirus
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has projected that the coronavirus crisis will cost the U.S. economy about $8 trillion. Many factors...
Bitcoin wallet addresses increase by 4% as total supply reaches 80% profit
More Bitcoin addresses have been created in the past week, with average holdings now 79% in profit According to data from IntoTheBlock,...
Bitcoin’s Flash Rally to $10,400 was “Fake”, Short the Cryptocurrency, Warns Renowned Trader Bollinger
Long time trader John Bollinger has warned that bitcoin’s flash rally to over $10,400 on Monday was fake, adding that losses might...
Bitcoin’s spot volume could match all US equities within four Years
Bitcoin’s spot volume is tiny compared to the US equity and global exchange markets, however, data by Coinmetrics suggests that...
Bitcoin Cash Vietnam-Based Fiat-to-Crypto Trading Support Added to Bvnex Exchange
This week the trading platform Bvnex Exchange announced the support of bitcoin cash on the Vietnam-based fiat-crypto trading platform. The...
Travala Sees 205% Jump in Booking Revenue as Travel Demand Returns — 60% Paid With Cryptocurrencies
Crypto-friendly travel booking platform Travala has reported booking growth as demand for travel returns despite continued coronavirus...
US Law Enforcement Promises $5M for the Capture of Venezuela’s Superintendent of Cryptocurrencies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), has put out a bounty for $5 million for...
Bitcoin roars to $10,400 despite miners selling more Bitcoin than they mint
Bitcoin price cracked the $10k resistance levels for the first time in over a month to break out of a symmetrical triangle. The surge came...
Energy Value indicator signals Bitcoin bulls are not out of the woods yet
Bitcoin is exchanging hands above $10,000, but the Energy Value indicator suggests price is overvalued and another dip is very likely...
Hackers Move Another $800K in BTC Stolen From the 2016 Bitfinex Breach
Another $800,000 worth of bitcoin from the Bitfinex hack of four years ago has been moved to an unknown wallet. Whale Alert reports that...
2 Swiss Banks Launch Cryptocurrency Trading and Custody After Gaining Regulatory Approval
Switzerland’s financial regulator, FINMA, has approved two Zurich-based banks to offer a range of cryptocurrency services, including...
Bitmain Unveils Cheaper T19 Bitcoin Miner to Regain Lost Market Share
Bitmain on Monday released the Antminer T19, a cheaper bitcoin mining machine, in an effort to regain lost market share. The Beijing-based...
US Turmoil and Negative Interest Rates – Billionaire Michael Novogratz Says ‘Watch Gold and Bitcoin’
For the first time since October 2019, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell admitted to leveraging quantitative easing (QE) tactics. Powell...
Crypto Firm Uquid Launches Marketplace- 30,000 Digital Products, Bitcoin Cash Support
On May 28, 2020, the digital currency and blockchain company Uquid has announced that the Uquid Shop is now live and accepting...
Ethereum and XRP weekly price June 2020
Ethereum and XRP have had contrasting markets over the past seven days and are both up 18% and ETH/USD weekly recap Ethereum started the...
Market Update: Bullish Bitcoin S2F Chart, 6-Digit Prices, Liquidations Prime Crypto Values
The price of bitcoin and a number of cryptocurrencies have been sliding downward in value during the last 72 hours, after bitcoin touched...
Bitcoin monthly technical analysis: May to June 2020
The Bitcoin price index closed at $9,453 on May 31 to end the month above a key level for the first time in nine months. Entering the new...
India to Significantly Increase Crypto Market Share This Year: Report
India’s cryptocurrency market is set to gain significant market share this year, according to an industry report. The regulatory...
UK Government Seizes $185 Million From Dormant Bank Accounts for Crisis Relief
The UK government is seizing funds in dormant bank accounts worth approximately $185 million to fund its coronavirus relief efforts. So...
With Riots Erupting in US Cities, Using Tools of Peaceful Protest Can be More Meaningful
During the last six days, America has been feeling the wrath of a myriad of protests and riots in nearly every major city across the...
Amid Youtube Censorship, Individuals Flock to Decentralized Video Sharing Apps Like Lbry.tv
In mid-May, news.Bitcoin.com reported on one of our mining pool videos being censored and banned from the video-sharing platform Youtube....
The Most Reliable Bitcoin Mixer BitMix.Biz – Your Fast Crypto Security in 2020
The one who called himself Satoshi Nakomoto, created cryptocurrency so that anyone can keep their financial life untouchable and protected...
American Panic Led to the Creation and Expansion of the Corrupt Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System was created after the “Panic of 1907” and ever since its inception in 1913, the Fed is one of the...
China Passes Law Protecting Cryptocurrency Inheritance
China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include cryptocurrency, such...
ViaBTC Group Announces Strategic Upgrade to Advance Innovation and Improve Customer Experience
Hong Kong, 30 May, 2020 – ViaBTC Group, an innovative technology company specialized in blockchain and dedicated to providing users...
Bitcoin Fees Fall 60% While Transaction Count Declines
Bitcoin (BTC) average transaction fees dropped by nearly 60% in the last week, as the number of transactions queuing up to be processed on...
Bitcoin Hashrate Bounces Back- 2x the Mining Pools, Farm Diversification, 100 Exahash
Around 18 days ago, the Bitcoin protocol experienced it’s third block reward halving and the network saw a 33% hashrate loss. Since...
Bitpay Has ‘No Current Plans’ to Support Liquid or the Lightning Network
According to Bitpay’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Zielke, onchain bitcoin payments still rule the roost as far as payments are...
South Korea to Start Taxing Bitcoin Profits in 2021
South Korea will start taxing profits from bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies next year, according to local media reports. The...
Reddcoin (RDD) Nears PoSV v2 Activation, Clearing Way for Explosive Developments
Albuquerque, NM – May 29, 2020 – Feisty underdog and first generation cryptocurrency Reddcoin (RDD) launched the PoSV v2...
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Buys Over 1.5 Times Total BTC Mined Since Halving
Grayscale Investments has purchased more than 1.5 times the number of bitcoins mined since the third Bitcoin halving for its bitcoin...
JPMorgan to Pay $2.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit for Overcharging Crypto Fees
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a crypto class-action lawsuit. Originally filed in 2018, the suit...
The Many Facts Pointing to Adam Back Being Satoshi
During the last year, news.Bitcoin.com created a series that shows the many facts that point to certain individuals who might just be...
Grayscale: Central Bank Digital Currencies Will ‘Neither Replace nor Harm Scarce, Uncompromising Bitcoin’
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose no threat to Bitcoin’s value proposition, instead, they will spur its growth toward...
Samsung and the Gemini Crypto Exchange Partner Up: The first deal of its kind in the US
Samsung and Gemini’s partnership will make it easier for over 4 million users to buy Bitcoin throughout North America. Gemini,...
Swiss government rejects $103M fund intended for blockchain firms in ‘Crypto Valley’
The Swiss government reportedly rejects the $103 million bailout plea crypto companies sought to alleviate the severe impact of COVID-19....
Grayscale is Buying Up All Minted Bitcoin Since Halving
Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin purchases have doubled since May 11th, the fund accumulating more than miners can generate in a day....
Cryptocurrencies Spread 4X Faster in Undeveloped Countries: Blockchain Analysis Report
During the month of April, the blockchain project Onfo initiated an experiment to see how fast crypto assets can gain popularity in four...
Watch the Price Says Trading Guru Peter Brandt
Price will tell you about market moves, but don’t be so naïve as to expect it to always behave predictably. Price is the most important...
Revolut’s UK users bought 68% more Bitcoin in April
A new study reveals that UK retail traders bought more Bitcoin in April after countrywide lockdown had seen purchases drop by 50%...
Leading Australian Regulated Micro-Investing App Adds Bitcoin Option for Investors
Popular demand for cryptocurrency has prompted Australia’s leading micro-investing platform Raiz (formerly Acorns) to add a bitcoin...
Bitcoin Suisse: Users Can Now Trade Gold Against Bitcoin and Ethereum
Swiss crypto financial firm Bitcoin Suisse has added gold, silver, and platinum to its platform, allowing users to trade the precious...
Trump Threatens to Close Down Social Media Platforms After Twitter Tampers With His Tweets
A row with Twitter has provoked U.S. President Donald Trump to threaten to close down social media platforms. This follows Twitter...
Bitmain Cofounder Allegedly Expelled – Could Face Litigation for Operation Interference
One of the largest ASIC mining manufacturers worldwide, Bitmain, has allegedly ousted cofounder Micree Zhan. Regional reports note that...
Coinbase acquires prime brokerage platform Tagomi
Coinbase will complete the acquisition of Tagomi later this year but has not disclosed any financial terms Coinbase has announced that it...
Altcoin roundup: Ethereum, EOS and Ripple
Ethereum, EOS and XRP are three of the top 10 altcoins by market cap but struggled since Bitcoin’s crash earlier this year As Bitcoin...
Vodafone partners with Energy Web to integrate smart grid with an IoT blockchain
Vodafone and Energy Web want to bring billions of assets in the energy sector onto the blockchain Vodafone is partnering with Energy Web...
Bull Run Imminent? Hodl Waves Chart Shows 60% of Bitcoin Hasn’t Moved in a Year
According to the creator of the analytical bitcoin data web portal, Look Into Bitcoin, a chart often referred to as ‘Hodl...
South Korea to tax crypto income from next year
The country plans to make traders, miners and projects receiving initial coin offerings to pay income tax from March 2021 South Korea will...
Libra rebrands Calibra wallet to Novi
Facebook’s Calibra digital wallet is now Novi and will come as a stand-alone app, as well as offering integration with Messenger and...
Bitcoin Risks Turning Bearish Due to Declining Market Health, Says Glassnode
Bitcoin (BTC) risks sliding back into bearish territory should onchain activity and overall market health continue to decline, warns...
$9M and Over 4,500 Fusions – Bitcoin Cash Supporters Anticipate the Cashfusion Audit
Since November 28, 2019, the Cashfusion protocol has helped facilitate 4,583 fusions to-date with roughly 40,564 bitcoin cash ($9.1M)....
IMF Predicts Banks Will Struggle at Least 5 More Years After Global Economy Recovers
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that banks will struggle to generate profits at least five years after the global...
PBC Governor says China has no launch timetable for the Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China has reiterated that the Digital Yuan is still at the testing phase and there is no set timetable for the...
Swiss Government Rejects $103 Million Bailout for Crypto Companies Battered by Coronavirus
Switzerland’s government has rejected a 100 million franc ($103 million) bailout for local cryptocurrency companies battered by the...
India’s RBI claims no restrictions were imposed on banks for working with crypto businesses
The RBI’s response follows several complaints that some banks were refusing to offer banking services to crypto exchanges and...
Despite Trust Model Debates, Ethereum Is Bitcoin’s Largest Sidechain by Total Value Locked
The Ethereum network now has more bitcoin held in reserves than the Lightning Network, according to onchain statistics. At the time of...
BitAmp – The Next New Open Source Wallet
With the recent rise of Bitcoin prices and the Bitcoin halvening, new entrants into the cryptocurrency field may wonder where they can...
India’s CoinDCX exchange secures $2.5m investment from Polychain
CoinDCX raises the new investment just months after completing its Series A funding round that raised $3 million CoinDCX, the largest...
Crypto Visa card to launch for UK and Europe
Eidoo’s non-custodial card is targeted for millions of Visa users in the UK and Europe Decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, Eidoo,...
RBI Confirms No Ban on Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Businesses or Traders in India
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has confirmed that there is no longer any banking ban on crypto exchanges,...
Goldman Sachs Hosting Bitcoin Call as Institutional Interest in Cryptocurrency Surges
As interest in cryptocurrency grows among institutional investors, global investment banks, like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are...
Eight Countries That Don’t Tax Your Bitcoin Gains
As world governments push through legislation to levy taxes on capital gains from bitcoin (BTC) transactions, seeking to earn more from an...
Over a Hundred 10-Year-Old Bitcoin Addresses Signed: Message Calls ‘Craig Wright a Fraud’
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on Craig Wright’s recently submitted bitcoin address list that contained at least three...
BigONE Exchange Unveils Star Program
BigONE, one of the world’s safest cryptocurrency trading platforms, is excited to launch its new Star Program, a referral system...
Ethereum addresses hit 40M, up 350% since its all-time high price
Ethereum now holds more daily active addresses than Bitcoin, according to Weiss Crypto Ratings The number of Ethereum wallets holding...
Retail investors increase their holdings as Bitcoin’s price hovers below $9,000
Increase in the number of addresses with less than 0.1 bitcoins means most small investors are using the downturn in prices to increase...
Bitcoin Cash Tokenization Bolstered by the Creation of an SLP Foundation
On Monday, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters were introduced to a Simple Ledger Protocol alliance called the SLP Foundation. According to the...
Telegram drops TON appeal in US court
Telegram is no longer going to pursue an appeal against a court order barring it from launching the Telegram Open Network (TON), and...
John McAfee Announces Privacy Coin – Airdrop Today
2020 has been a turbulent year for the cryptocurrency market, but it has established the resilience of blockchain technology. Despite a...
Wealth manager warns against betting on ‘Sexier’ Bitcoin
A top wealth manager has warned that now isn’t the time to buy cryptocurrencies. Neither does he feel investors need to look at what...
Trezor and Ledger “investigating claims” that hacker is selling stolen data
Hardware wallet providers — Trezor and Ledger — have said their security teams are investigating claims that a hacker has stolen...
This Is Not Capitalism: How Covid-19 Shined a Light on America’s Fascist System
In the last few months, giant American corporations and financial incumbents that are subsidized by the U.S. government, have profited...
US Real Estate Crisis: Home Sales Plunge to 9-Year Low, Mortgage Delinquencies to Soar Past Great Recession Level
The US real estate market is facing a crisis as unemployment soars amid the coronavirus pandemic. Home sales have plunged to a nine-year...
Hacker Attempts to Sell Data Allegedly Tied to Ledger, Trezor, Bnktothefuture Customers
According to an online monitoring web portal called, Under the Breach, a hacker is purportedly trying to sell customer information that...