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UK’s FCA Suspends Epayments Service – Over £100M Frozen and Alleged Onecoin Connection
Epayments, one of the largest payment providers in the U.K., has halted operations after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) suspended...
Court Rejects Ripple’s Bid to Dismiss Class Action Lawsuit Filed by XRP Investors
A court case that has the future of XRP at stake continues after Ripple’s motion to dismiss it was rejected by a court in...
Lebanon Fights for Separation of Money and State as Residents Use Bitcoin to Evade Capital Controls
Mass unrest in Lebanon due to allegations of political corruption and heavy handed capital controls has carried over into the new year,...
The Bull and Bear Case for Investing in the Top 20 Cryptocurrencies
Should you buy bitcoin or bitcoin cash? Does tezos have further room to grow? Is monero a long-term hold? There are no absolute answers to...
Bitcoin Rich: 6 Crypto Entrepreneurs Make the 2020 Hurun Billionaire List
On Wednesday, the “Hurun Global Rich List,” a ranking of the wealthiest individuals, published its 2020 report that notes the...
Raising $100K for Cashfusion’s Security Audit, Bitcoin.com Matches Donations to Improve BCH Privacy
Bitcoin.com is a proponent of privacy and we have been monitoring Bitcoin Cash projects like Cashshuffle and Cashfusion closely. Last...
Bitcoin in INR: Binance, Wazirx, Cashaa, Zebpay Announce New Offers for India
Several cryptocurrency exchanges in India have recently stepped up their offerings as they wait for the supreme court’s decision on...
Coinbase Wallet Adds Support for Short and ‘Human-Friendly’ Cryptocurrency Addresses
One of the scariest features of transacting with cryptocurrency, for many new users, is correctly inputting the long hexadecimal addresses...
Next Step Mobile Surveillance: How You Walk, Your Heartbeat – Why Bitcoin Matters to Combat Government Privacy Invasion
It may sound like something from a dystopian cyberpunk movie, but payment providers could soon be validating transactions by the way users...
Wikileaks Gathers $37M in BTC Since 2010 – Over $400K Sent After Julian Assange’s Arrest
The world was shocked when Wikileaks cofounder Julian Assange was arrested in April after being cooped up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in...
Bitcoin History Part 24: Celebrating the First Halving in 2012
As the third Bitcoin halvening approaches, a handful of OGs will wistfully recall the first such event, which occurred in November 2012....
CoinDeal Launches Crypto Debit Card With Great Benefits
The cryptocurrency exchange founders with years of experience in finance, Blockchain, and crypto industry, have prepared a pre-order of a...
Wielding the Tools of Liberty: Exploring Wendy McElroy’s Latest Book ‘The Satoshi Revolution’
When Satoshi Nakamoto launched the Bitcoin network, not only was the protocol a breakthrough in computer science, but it transformed the...
How to Hide Your Bitcoin – Opsec, Anonymity, Cold Storage, Brainwallet, Dexes and Non-Custodials
In an era of increasing economic uncertainty, surveillance, specialized cybercrime and hacking, knowing how to hide bitcoin safely has...
China Adopts Security Standards for Blockchain Applications in the Financial Sector
Keeping the focus on blockchain development, banking authorities in China have issued a set of rules pertaining to the secure application...
Flipstarter Reveals Eatbch and BCH Development Funding Goals – Blog Post Receives $2k in Tips
On Sunday, developers of the Flipstarter.cash project announced the start of private testing for the platform’s BCH assurance...
Bitcoin Halving Will Drop Inflation Rate Lower Than Central Banks’ 2% Target Reference
When Satoshi Nakamoto invented Bitcoin, the creator designed the protocol to be an inflationary currency, one that is predictable as...
Warren Buffett Slates Bitcoin, Denies Owning Crypto Gifted by Justin Sun
“I don’t have any bitcoin. I don’t own any cryptocurrency, I never will … You can’t do anything with it...
US Develops Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program Targeting P2P Sites, Forums, Darknet Markets
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revealed a cryptocurrency intelligence program aimed at identifying unlicensed crypto...
How to Anonymously Buy Bitcoin Online and in Person
Buying bitcoin is a bit like buying contraception: it’s a basic human right, you should be entitled to do so privately, and...
G20 Kicks Off 2020 Discussion on Cryptocurrencies — Urges Countries to Apply FATF Standards
The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors had their first 2020 meeting this weekend in Saudi Arabia. They discussed...
Shopify Joins Libra While Quitter Vodafone Advertises Bitcoin on Facebook
Facebook’s coin project, Libra, continues to draw attention despite setbacks, including a shrinking pool of backers and a growing...
IOTA Network Down for 11 Days – Devs Claim Mainnet Will Be Operational Next Month
The IOTA network has been down for approximately 11 days and the IOTA Foundation doesn’t expect the mainnet to be reactivated until...
$30M Bitcoin Cash ‘SIM Hack’ Sparks Wild Crypto Tales With Vague Sources
On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw...
Cryptocurrency Explained on the Latest Episode of The Simpsons
Could this be a sign that the mainstream media is warming up to bitcoin again like they did before the 2017 rally? The Simpsons featured...
Wells Fargo Fined $3 Billion for 15 Years of Illegal Practices Affecting Millions of Customers
Wells Fargo, one of the largest U.S. financial services companies, has agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve the U.S. government’s...
No Backdoor on Human Rights: Why Encryption Cannot Be Compromised
In April 2019, the UK issued an Online Harms White Paper to announce its campaign to rein in “harmful speech” on social media...
How the IRS Audits Cryptocurrency Tax Returns – Filing Expert Shares Example, Insights on AML Focus
Tax season is one of the most dreaded times of the year for many, and when the added confusion of filing crypto returns is thrown into to...
Understanding Defi Flash Loans: Complex Attacks, Inflation and Composable Systems
Two recent flash loans on the defi platform Bzx have started a fierce debate about the subject of using uncollateralized loans in a quick...
Brave Challenges Google’s Advertising Power Before the UK Competition Watchdog
The company behind the privacy-oriented browser Brave has set out to convince regulators in the U.K. to end Google’s advertising...
Get Ready for the Bitcoin Halving – Here Are 9 Countdown Clocks You Can Monitor
The anticipation for the block reward halving for BTC, BCH, and BSV has been building. All three cryptocurrencies will see rewards halved...
Chinese Government-Backed Institute Releases New Ranking of 37 Crypto Projects
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its latest crypto project ranking — the first this year....
Major HSBC Layoffs: 35,000 Job Cuts and Massive Restructuring Announced
Banking giant HSBC has unveiled a major restructuring plan that includes 35,000 job cuts. The move came as the bank’s net profit...
BCH Funding Debate: Amaury Séchet Responds to IFP Questions, Noting Contention in the West
On February 20, Bitcoin Cash engineers held the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting and the first since the Infrastructure Funding...
How to Check the Bitcoin Price, Hashrate, Data – The 21 Best Monitoring Sites
As bitcoin grows in popularity and recognition worldwide, resources dedicated to providing in-depth and diverse stats on all things crypto...
How to Find Your Nearest Bitcoin ATM
Cryptocurrency markets have experienced a few intensive weeks since the start of the year that took prices to 2020 highs in mid-February....
Coronavirus Quarantine Controls and Shipping Delays Impact Bitcoin Miners
During the first week of February, a few of the top mining rig manufacturers from China revealed they were forced to postpone device...
Bitcoin Cash House Ghana Finds Liquidity Provider, Seeks to Partner With Mobile Money Services
Bitcoin Cash House Ghana has announced they’ve found a liquidity provider for converting between BCH and Ghanaian cedi, and are now...
In Response to Bitcoin, Central Bank of Brazil Presents Instant Payment System Pix
Banco Central do Brasil has started testing a new payment network with the promise to offer Brazilians near instant transactions and many...
BCH Funding Debate: Developers Plan to Launch IFP-Free Version of Bitcoin ABC
On February 19, a group of well known software developers announced the launch of a new Bitcoin Cash full node with the Infrastructure...
Ireland Seizes Bitcoin Stash Worth $56M But Can’t Sell for 7 Years
Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) seized 6,000 BTC from a Dublin resident who was accused of growing cannabis on property...
Virgin Galactic Stock Is Skyrocketing, Will Take Bitcoin to Shoot You Into Space
Virgin Galactic is one of the leading ventures in the emerging private space race alongside companies such as Spacex. However, it is being...
8 Tips for Getting the Most out of Crypto Telegram
For news, gossip, FUD, FOMO, charts, bots, and project updates, crypto Telegram is where it’s at. The beating heart of the crypto...
Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era – The Latest Two Faces of the Same Scam
With the rising price and popularity of bitcoin come numerous scams. Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era are two investment schemes that...
Boerse Stuttgart: New German Crypto Regulation Poised to Attract Institutional Investors
Since the new German crypto regulation went into effect, financial institutions in Germany have been preparing to offer crypto custody...
Swiss Savers View Cryptocurrencies as Option, Now That Bank Accounts Don’t Save Them From Inflation
Cryptocurrencies are gradually becoming a viable alternative for savers in Switzerland, according to a new poll. The Alpine nation’s...
Defi for Bitcoin: Collateral Peg Platform Provides Noncustodial BTC Lending on Ethereum
During the second week of February, a new project called tBTC was unveiled that is similar to the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) created with the...
Market Update: Bitcoin Halving Hype, Golden Cross Signals, and GBTC’s 41% Premium
Cryptocurrency markets have seen fresh gains on Wednesday after the slight pullback that started two days prior. Most of the top 10...
How to Mine Bitcoin in 2020
Bitcoin mining is a great way to earn cryptocurrency while providing a valuable service to the global network of users. Miners can set up...
Lightning Network Increasingly Fragile to Attacks – Hope Turns to Drivechain for Bitcoin Scaling
A report published February 7 and authored in part by Blockstream researcher Christian Decker found that the BTC Lightning Network is...
Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 Finance Policy Proposes Strict Bitcoin Regulations
The 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addressed the subject of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICO) in his...
‘Central Banking Is Socialism for the 1%’ – Report Cites Wealth Inequality Driven by Stimulus
For a while now, central banks like the Federal Reserve have been participating in quantitative easing (QE) practices, despite the fact...
Voluntary Financing: Bitcoin Cash Devs Reveal Noncustodial Funding App Flipstarter
On February 15, a user on the read.cash blog site announced the development of a new Bitcoin Cash fundraising project called...
Currency.com Accused of Exploiting KYC to Withhold Customer Funds
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice,...
Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash
In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals,...
Cannabis Buzz Harshed by Regulations, Cash Shortage While Cryptocurrency Is Ready to Light Up
Recent reports show that major marijuana companies are running out of money, and businesses in Canada are especially in danger of becoming...
Central Bank of China Pumps 300 Billion Yuan Into Financial System, Cuts Loan Rates
The Chinese government has taken multiple steps so far to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, including interest...
Max Keiser Predicts $400,000 BTC on Alex Jones Show, Jones Compares Bitcoin to ‘Power of Fire’ From the Gods
The moment many conspiracy-minded bitcoin enthusiasts have been waiting for arrived yesterday when Info Wars muckraker Alex Jones compared...
DEX Volume Soars But Bzx Exploit Raises Questions About ‘Decentralization Theatre’
As the decentralized finance juggernaut rolls inexorably forward, the exploitation of defi project Bzx – in which $350K, or around...
50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg and Nas: Celebrities Who Could Be Bitcoin Millionaires
Many celebrities have mentioned the benefits of bitcoin and leveraged the asset for certain projects. For instance, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg...
BCH Funding Debate: Btc.top Founder Suggests 2/3 Hash Vote and 6-Month Evaluation
Over the last few days, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been debating the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) after Bitcoin ABC published an...
Cryptocurrency Is Agorism in Action
The book “New Libertarian Manifesto” (NLM) by libertarian-anarchist Samuel E. Konkin III (SEK3) launched a movement that has...
Curious About Bitcoin, Nigerians See Increasing Opportunities to Buy and Spend Cryptocurrencies
Higher prices since the start of the year have been restoring popular interest in cryptocurrencies. Google searches for...
The Many Facts Pointing to Dorian Nakamoto Being Satoshi
In March 2014, a Newsweek columnist named Leah McGrath Goodman published a story called “The Face Behind Bitcoin.” She claimed...
More On-Ramps, Liquidity, Options: Why Bitcoin’s Next Bull Run Will Be Different
Bitcoin’s next bull run will look very different from the last one. In 2017, BTC took the elevator to $20K before following the...
Steemit for Sale: Popular Crypto Blogging Platform Sold to Tron, Community Reacts
Crypto blogging platform Steemit is undergoing a big change, migrating from its own Steem blockchain to the Tron network. The struggling...
84 PBOC Digital Currency Patents Show the Extent of China’s Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly filed 84 patents relating to its plans to launch a digital currency. The patents...
Coinbase Says Bitcoin Will Become Closer to Digital Gold in 93 Days
With May’s Bitcoin halving event drawing ever closer, Coinbase recently took to pushing the “Bitcoin as digital gold” narrative. In a...
US Worried Crypto Could Undermine Dollar as World Reserve Currency, Hiring Researchers to Prepare Response
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has admitted that cryptocurrency could undermine the U.S. dollar as the...
India’s Election Commission Developing Blockchain System for Voting
The Election Commission of India is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop a blockchain system for voting, the...
China Is Scrubbing Cash Notes to Stop Virus Spreading so Its Government Paper Money Wont Kill You
Research has shown that government paper money is a hotbed for bacteria and that, at least in the U.S., most bank notes in circulation are...
Bitcoin ATMs Grow in Number Reaching Almost 7,000 in Operation Around the World
ATMs supporting digital coins have increased parallel to the predominant trend on cryptocurrency markets since the beginning of 2020. With...
5% of Block Rewards – Bitcoin ABC Will Add Infrastructure Funding Plan in Next Release
Bitcoin ABC developers published a blog post on Saturday which discusses the miner Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and the team told the...
Tradeblock Estimates Post-Halving Mining Cost of $12,500 per BTC
On February 7, the blockchain analytics provider Tradeblock published a report about the upcoming BTC reward halving. BTC’s block...
BTC’s Market Share Drops Consecutively for 14 Days – Dominance Ratio Slides to 60%
Cryptocurrency markets have been climbing higher in value as coins like BTC have gained over 19% during the last 90 days. However, many...
Tax Rules Hit Brazilian Crypto Exchanges, Forcing Trading Platforms Acesso Bitcoin and Latoex Out of Business
Tax regulations implemented even before dedicated legislation has been adopted have hit Brazilian cryptocurrency exchanges. Digital asset...
Craig Wright’s $100B Theft Claim – BTC and BCH Used His Database Without Permission
The infamous Craig Wright, the Australian native who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has published a blog post that explains he owns...
IOTA Network Still Down: How the Next Bitcoin Killer Screeched to a Halt
On February 13, the IOTA network came to a screeching halt and the IOTA Foundation reports that $1.6 million worth of the native currency...
BCH Latam: Creating a Viral Feedback Loop for Mass Adoption With Bitcoin Cash
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with George Donnelly from the BCH Latam initiative about his plan to help the people of Latin America...
Pirate Chain Coin Now Available for Trading on Bitcoin.com Exchange, Joins New Alliance
Pirate Chain (ARRR) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency with non-optional, private-only addresses and transactions. This coin has is now...
US Department of Justice Is Criminalizing Onchain Privacy, Starting With Mixers
The American government’s long-running war on privacy escalated this week following the arrest of Coin Ninja’s Larry Harmon on...
Bitcoin and Doomsday Preppers — Would Crypto Have Any Survival Value If SHTF?
As so-called “doomsday prepping” grows in popularity thanks to news of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese cities, red flag gun...
Digital Remittances Reach Record High of $96 Billion, Fees Charged by Traditional Providers Open Door for Cryptocurrencies
In a globalized world where labor follows capital, the remittance industry has been growing constantly in both volume and users....
$10K Bitcoin Prompts Influencers to Call a Bull Market
Cryptocurrencies have gained significant value over the last few weeks and it’s causing exuberance among digital currency...
XRP Plummets 56% in One Candle, Bitmex Traders Outraged Over Flash Crash
A number of XRP traders are complaining about massive liquidations on Bitmex as the price of XRP spiked and was brought down by 56% in a...
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Are ‘Like a Giant Garbage Dumpster,’ Says Minneapolis Federal Reserve President
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, said on Tuesday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are...
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Gives Testimony on Cryptocurrency, New Regulations Rolling Out Soon
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave his testimony on cryptocurrency before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Mnuchin said...
New Report Finds North Korean Mining of XMR Increased Tenfold in 2019, Online Activity 300%
A report published by cybersecurity organization Insikt Group claims internet use in North Korea has grown significantly in the past three...
Coinbase Margin Trading Now Live for Coinbase Pro Users
Coinbase has launched margin trading for users of its cryptocurrency trading platform, Coinbase Pro. Both individual and institutional...
How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet
Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed...