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Binance Acquires Indonesian Crypto Exchange Tokocrypto
Major crypto exchange and trading platform Binance acquires a stake in yet another business weeks after completing the acquisition of...
ErisX Becomes First Platform To Launch ETH Futures in the US
Digital assets platform ErisX, which is backed by TD Ameritrade Holding Corp, is the first regulated futures trading platform to launch...
JPMorgan Chase Starts Accepting Bitcoin Businesses for Banking Services
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly started providing banking services to bitcoin businesses, with the first two clients being Coinbase and...
XRP in the Red; but Bulls Have Opportunity to Breach $0.20
Ripple’s XRP token has in the past three days seen its value tank to $0.18 lows, but if bulls push it above $0.20, it would signal...
Bitcoin Halving Arrives: Block 630,000 is minted by Antpool
May 11, 19:23 UTC saw Chinese-based miner Antpool produce block 630,000 on the Bitcoin network, triggering Bitcoin’s third halving...
Up to 30% of Bitcoin Miners Close Shop as Business Turns Unprofitable After Halving
About a third of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firms may already be switching off their machines as the business becomes unprofitable due to a...
Bitcoin’s Third Halving Complete: Reward Cut Surprisingly Faster Than Previous Time Estimates
The Bitcoin blockchain has experienced its third block reward halving on May 11, 2020, at approximately 3:21 p.m EST, even though quite a...
Bitcoin Transaction Costs Soar 400% Amid Halving Hyperbole
The average transaction cost for Bitcoin (BTC) soared 414% in the days before the halving, peaking at $3.19 on May 8, from as low as $0.62...
Bitcoin to retake $10,000 on record CME futures gap
Despite massive volatility robbing it of momentum over the weekend, Bitcoin is set to retake $10,000 this week following its $1,200 CME...
Paxful Partners with Infinito Wallet to Promote Bitcoin Adoption
Paxful and Infinito are partnering at a time the latter, a P2P trading platform, has seen its users in Vietnam increase by 43% in Q1, 2020...
Crash Worse than Great Depression could arrive in 2020
Bitcoin halving is here with us and sentiment has never been so bullish for post-halving adoption. Sadly for legacy markets, the IMF and...
Jury Trial Scheduled for Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Against Craig Wright
Florida’s Southern District Court has been dealing with the Kleiman v. Wright case for well over two years and now the lawsuit is...
Average BTC Transaction Fees Drop by massive 30%
Bitcoin (BTC) average transaction fees have dropped over 30%, after peaking at $3.19 on May 8 Transaction fees on the Bitcoin networked...
Exchange Crypto with 0% Fees in Lumi Wallet
Everybody’s sick of commissions. Lumi Wallet is renouncing them, introducing 0% Fees on all in-wallet operations. All you need to...
Bitcoin plunges 15% triggering liquidations over $260 million
Bitcoin price plunged around 15% on Saturday and triggered liquidations on the BitMEX exchange, which saw over $260 million in long...
Bank of England Predicts Worst Economic Crash in 300 Years for UK
The Bank of England has predicted the worst economic crash since the Great Frost of 1709. Economists are less optimistic than the central...
Quantitative Hardening: Dissecting the Third Bitcoin Halving, 3 Key Data Points to Watch
In a touch more than 24-hours time, the third bitcoin halving will take place on May 12, 2020, on or around 9:50 p.m. ET. Miners will see...
Bitcoin Mining Markets Heat Up: Ebang’s $41M Deficit, Bitmain’s Alleged 2020 Revenue
The Chinese ASIC mining rig manufacturer Bitmain reportedly pulled in $300 million in revenue during Q1 2020. Meanwhile, as Bitmain claims...
Chinese Court Rules Bitcoin Is Asset Protected by Law
A court in Shanghai, China, has reportedly ruled that bitcoin is an asset protected by Chinese law in a case that has dragged on for...
Devon Brewer: Rediscovering the Golden Rule
The Golden Rule may be the most basic moral approach to dealing with others. It seems universal across cultures and religions. The Golden...
Award-Winning Filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann Launches Bitcoin Documentary Cryptopia
This week filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann launched the cryptocurrency-infused documentary “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future...
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called...
Bitcoin Suisse Sells 20% Stake to Raise $47 Million: Crypto Valley Broker Aims To Expand Into Banking
Crypto valley firm Bitcoin Suisse has announced plans to sell a 20% stake in the company. The sale is expected to raise 46 million Swiss...
Over 80% of all Bitcoin investments are currently in the green
Many Bitcoin holders are currently enjoying healthy profits since Bitcoin’s 150% rally since the crash in March. Based on data found by...
Bitcoin ATM Provider to Double Machines After 40% Surge in First Time Users
Coinstar hosts over 3,500 Bitcoin ATMs and wants that number doubled as usage grew despite the recent lockdowns that were necessitated by...
Popular Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones: ‘Bitcoin Reminds Me of Gold Back in 1976’
Hedge fund manager and investor, Paul Tudor Jones, discussed his opinion in regard to the crypto asset bitcoin on Thursday, saying that it...
Telegram Consents to SEC Demand for ICO Documents
Telegram has filed court papers in an agreement to hand over documents related to its 2018 initial coin offering Telegram will provide the...
Coinshares Acquires Gabi Trading: New Unit Traded $3 Billion Worth of Crypto in 2019
Coinshares on Thursday launched its trading business, Coinshares Capital Markets (CSCM), reporting that the unit traded over $3 billion...
BTC is Best Hedge Against Inflation a Billionaire Claims
Paul Tudor Jones, a global figure in the hedge fund industry, is betting on Bitcoin (BTC) as the best option for hedging against...
Bitcoin smashes $10k resistance barrier ahead of halving
Bitcoin (BTC) has smashed another psychological level as the price rallies to $10,000 and a billionaire investor claims the digital asset...
New Cryptocurrency Exchanges Launch in India as Businesses Seek Answers From RBI
The Indian cryptocurrency industry has been growing rapidly despite the nationwide lockdown and the coronavirus crisis. Two new...
Square’s Cash App Reports BTC Quarterly Revenue Exceeds Fiat’s, Soaring 367% to $306 Million
Square’s Cash App reported Wednesday, that bitcoin (BTC) revenue during the first quarter of the year, soared 367% to $306 million...
Bitcoin Price Touches $10K Amid 2020’s Macroeconomic Storm and Covid-19 Fears
On May 7, 2020, the price of a single bitcoin crossed $10,000 per unit in USD value as the network only has four days until the halving,...
Decentralized Finance Startup Focused on Bitcoin Cash Raises $1 Million for Expansion
On May 7, the decentralized finance (defi) startup General Protocols revealed the team has raised over $1 million from investors. The...
Iran to Cut 4 Zeros From Its Currency Amid Chronic Inflation and US Sanctions
Iranian lawmakers have reportedly approved a plan to slash four zeros from the national currency, the rial, which has been falling sharply...
Abra Gets $5M Boost from Stellar Enterprise Fund
Crypto app Abra will benefit from a $5 million financial boost from the Stellar Enterprise Fund, as the San Francisco based platform...
Free TON Blockchain launched as Community asks Telegram to “No Longer Be Involved”
Free TON Blockchain launches days after Telegram expressed hope of launching its blockchain network in April 2021. TON Labs has announced...
Bitcoin Extends Upside Today as Altcoins See Red: Price Analysis
Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied more than 2.9 percent on the day as the top altcoin market, led by Ethereum (ETH) and XRP, flip red. Bitcoin is...
Bitcoin Brought in More Revenue for Cash App than Fiat in Q1 2020
Bitcoin brought in more revenue for Square’s Cash App than fiat, the company has revealed via its first-quarter earnings results...
Dollar Vigilante Founder Talks Covid-19 and Economic Crisis: ‘The Modern Financial System Is at the End of It’s Rope’
Jeff Berwick is an entrepreneur with a lot to say these days and he’s released a number of videos discussing the coronavirus...
Guarda Wallet – Multi-Currency, Multiplatform Wallet With a Taste for Special Features
Guarda wallet has been around for almost three years – the cryptocurrency storage that started out as open-source single-currency...
65% of Global Bitcoin Hashrate Concentrated in China
A new bitcoin mining map by the University of Cambridge shows that China accounts for 65% of the world’s hash power. About half of...
Dutch Bitcoin Exchange to Shut Down Citing Harsh DNB Registration Demands
One bitcoin (BTC) exchange in the Netherlands is set to close business following demand for registration and ridiculous fees put in place...
75 Companies Back Facebook Libra’s Competitor Celo
Celo, a competing project to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, has added 50% more new members to its alliance, bringing the total...
3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet
On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea,...
Meet Ideaology – All in One Blockchain Solution
DUBAI, UAE, 8th May (Friday) Time: 10 AM New York, NY, USA (GMT-4) ‘MEET IDEAOLOGY’ webconference is looking for you The exclusive,...
Bitcoin Pulls Away From Stock Market as Price Staying Above $8,000 Signals Strength – Bloomberg Analyst
Bitcoin (BTC) staying above $8,000 is a sign of increasing momentum and detachment from the stock market beta-pull, according to Bloomberg...
Bitcoin Price Tops $9,300 As Bitwise Study Says Holding BTC Boosts Any Portfolio
Bitcoin has hit a daily high of $9,392.64, the top cryptocurrency’s upside coming on the back of strong moves in the past 24 hours....
Token that Pays Investors when BTC Prices Fall launched by Swiss Startup
The new token allows traders to gain from any downside price movements of Bitcoin potentially allowing investors to create effective...
Crypto Investing App Ember Fund Raises $700k via SEC’s Reg. CF
Startup crypto investing app Ember Fund has successfully raised $700k in a crowdfunding sale the company conducted under the U.S....
US Central Bank Blamed for 2020 Financial Crash: ‘The Fed Is Lawless Economic Government Unto Itself’
The last two months dealing with the coronavirus outbreak have been strange, to say the least, and as data rolls in more people are...
Anycoin Direct Launches Innovative New Platform
Cryptocurrency exchange service Anycoin Direct rolls out a new website for the European market. With their newly designed website, Anycoin...
eToro Analyst Says New Investors Will Flock to Bitcoin after the May 12 Halving
eToro analyst Simon Peters believes the upcoming Bitcoin halving, now just days out, will see more investors jump onto the bitcoin...
European Central Bank: Stablecoins Need a Robust Regulatory Framework to Address Gaps and Risks
The European Central Bank looks at stablecoins as key instruments that can help consumers meet demand in the payments services, but wants...
Indian Crypto Boom: Exchanges See 10X Trading Volumes During Lockdown
India’s cryptocurrency sector is booming during the extended nationwide lockdown. Several Indian cryptocurrency exchange executives...
Bitcoin ATM Locations Surge to Over 7700 Worldwide Amid Global Crisis
The number of bitcoin ATM locations has been growing rapidly amid nationwide lockdowns and the coronavirus crisis. With hundreds of new...
Bitcoin to Peak at $115,000 by August Next Year, Says Pantera Capital CEO
Pantera Capital chief executive officer Dan Morehead has predicted a 50% chance the price of bitcoin (BTC) will hit $115,000 by August...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Users Can Now Purchase More Than $10K Worth of Cryptocurrency
During the end of March, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the newly updated Bitcoin.com Wallet that features a number of new services like...
US Treasury to ‘Borrow’ $3 Trillion for a Single Quarter – Anticipates Taking Billions More for Q3
On Monday, the United States Department of the Treasury announced it will be “borrowing” a record $3 trillion to help support...
MyCryptoMixer 2020 – The Best Bitcoin Mixer Necessary To Protect User’s Anonymity and Privacy
Governments and law enforcement agencies have been alerted to the possible illicit use of the pseudonymous Bitcoin (BTC) and...
XRP Market Update: Price On Verge of Upside Despite New Lawsuit against Ripple
XRP, the cryptocurrency launched by fintech company Ripple, appears not to have been impacted by the news of a new lawsuit against the...
Robinhood Crypto Secures $280M in Series F Funding
Equities and crypto trading company Robinhood has raised $280 million in its latest financing leg at an $8.3 billion valuation. Robinhood...
Telegram Forces US Investors to Take 72% Refund and Exit Gram Token Project
Telegram is now forcing U.S investors to immediately exit its TON blockchain project by accepting a 72% refund on their original...
Digital bank N26 raises $100 million in Series D funding
N26, a digital bank backed by Peter Thiel, has completed its series D funding by raising $100 to bring total funds raised in the round to...
Telegram orders US investors to sell back their TON tokens immediately
US investors in TON, Telegram’s in-house cryptocurrency, have been asked to immediately accept a payout due to a breach in US securities...
‘Bitcoin Has 50-50 Chance of Skyrocketing To $500K in August 2021’ — Pantera Capital CEO claims
Dan Morehead claims Bitcoin could skyrocket to hit upwards of $500K in 2021 due to the price action seen in previous halvings and bullish...
Iran Licenses $7.3 Million Bitcoin Mining Enterprise, Move Aimed at Easing U.S. Sanctions
Iran has issued a bitcoin mining license to Iminer, a Turkish-based company. Iminer will operate up to 6,000 rigs, with a computing power...
7 Days Left Until the Great Bitcoin Halving: Hashrate Jumps Over 140 Exahash, Miner’s Hoard
Just recently the price of bitcoin jumped over the $9,000 per coin zone, but retracted back a hair not too long afterward. On May 3, the...
Lebanese Currency Collapse: Failed Policies Led to Economic Meltdown
Lebanon is facing an unprecedented economic crisis and the local currency has already lost about 60% of its value. The central...
Paxful Creates a Bitcoin-Based Donation Fund to Help African Charities During the COVID-19 World Crisis.
The P2P marketplace, Paxful has created Africa Fund. This Bitcoin-based initiative will accept donations from the public in a bid to help...
Venezuela Claims Petro Cryptocurrency is Worth Over Six Times its Actual Value
As more countries seek to adopt their own cryptocurrencies, Venezuela’s Petro is struggling to meet expectations in the face of economic...
US Real Estate Market Shudders: Experts Predict 40% Lower Sales, March Contracts Dip by 21%
According to the National Association of Realtors, pending contracts for property sales dropped by 20.8% in March. Further, the 30-year...
India’s Crypto Exchanges Seek Tax Clarification from RBI
India’s Supreme Court has reversed earlier RBI guidelines that barred financial institutions from trading, now Indian crypto exchanges are...
Ripple Co-founder Sold-off 54.2 Million XRP in April
Ripple (XRP) co-founder Jed McCaleb has regularly sold off his XRP holdings since agreeing to a settlement with the Ripple team in 2014...
Bitcoin Rally Checked at $9K as COVID-19 News Impacts Stock Markets
Bitcoin’s match to higher prices has failed to break above key resistance once again as sellers push it below $9,000. The top...
90 Million More People Can Now Spend Crypto With TenX
TenX’s popular Visa debit card—which lets you spend cryptocurrency without having to manually top up—has launched in Germany and Austria....
Onecoin Lawsuit Continues: Judge Lifts Stay Order, Investigators Search for ‘Crypto Queen’
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the unsealed indictment tied to the Onecoin cofounder Sebastian Greenwood. At the same time,...
9 Countries Show Huge Growth in Cryptocurrency Interest: Coinmarketcap
Coinmarketcap has revealed the top countries with the largest increase in the number of users. One segment shows the countries with the...
US Manufacturing Crisis: Fastest Economic Deterioration Ever Recorded, Analyst Says
The US manufacturing activity has plunged to a record low, indicating that the country has entered into a deeper recession. “This...
Data Shows the US Economy Was Collapsing 5 Months Before the Coronavirus Outbreak
During the last two months, the global economy has shuddered and a great number of people still attribute the financial meltdown to the...
Eric Hughes: A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t...
Bitcoin Sextortion: Scams Using Email, Videos, Passwords to Extort BTC
Millions of people worldwide have received sextortion scam emails in 2020 asking for bitcoin. These bitcoin sextortion schemes sometimes...
ECB in Full-On Emergency Mode as ‘Unprecedented Decline’ Hits Eurozone
The euro area is facing an “unprecedented” economic decline, the worst since records began. European Central Bank (ECB)...
Player Hits $250,000 (29 BTC) Slots Jackpot Staying at Home
Staying at home can pay off, not only for one’s health but also for one’s Bitcoin stash. This statement has never been more...
UK Cryptocurrency Firms Turn to Equity Funding as ICO Coffers Plunge 70%
UK cryptocurrency and blockchain startups are turning focus back to conventional means of raising capital, as initial coin offering (ICO)...
12 Months of Onchain Data Shows Bitcoin Whales Obtained Hundreds of BTC from Small Fish
According to recent data, crypto participants known as ‘bitcoin whales’ have been steadily accumulating bitcoins, and not...
CoinTracking Launches Two Powerful, Free Plug-ins for Crypto Traders
Though the top cryptocurrency exchanges offer charts, many don’t offer the analytical features crypto traders need to make good...
While the Global Economy Shudders, Andreessen Horowitz ‘Excited’ to Invest $500M Into the Crypto Industry
The private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced the company is investing $515 million into the cryptocurrency...
Overstock’s tZERO seeking a broker-dealer license from U.S Authorities
tZERO aims at securing the broker-dealer license to allow for trading of security tokens and other traditional stocks. Overstock was one...
Ripple to Reduce its Sales of XRP as Prices Rise
Ripple, who notoriously own a large portion of XRP, have reduced their sales of the token significantly, the lowest sales in any previous...