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3 Cents per kWh – Central Asia’s Cheap Electricity Entices Chinese Bitcoin Miners
As tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran in recent months, reports have detailed that Chinese bitcoin miners are looking to set up...
Altcoin Season Trending – LINK, XTZ, BSTX, HBAR Gain Up to 120% in 24h
The last few days have shown bullish price activity across the list of top cryptocurrency markets. There’s been a lot of focus on...
Fed Chair Powell Reveals US Response to China’s Digital Yuan, Libra, Public Payments Ledger
In his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answered a number of questions...
Cred Now Enables LTC Holders to Earn Up to Ten Percent Interest on Their Digital Assets
Cred, a licensed crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform based in California, now supports litecoin. The service will allow LTC...
Bitpay Partnership With Poynt Enables Crypto Payments at 100,000 Point-of-Sale Devices
On February 11, the Atlanta-based payment processor Bitpay announced the firm’s recent partnership with the company Poynt. Now...
Bitcoin Cash Captured More Than 10% of Darknet Sales Last Month
2019 was an interesting year for darknet markets (DNMs) and a number of marketplaces closed for a variety of reasons. Despite the...
Bitgo to Offer Regulated Crypto Custody in Switzerland and Germany
European crypto exchanges, as well as other companies with significant crypto holdings they need to protect, now have another option for...
Users of Bitcoin.com Exchange Can Win Rewards Worth $25,000 in Gocrypto Trading Competition
Gocrypto enables businesses with physical or online stores to accept instant crypto payments from different digital wallets with millions...
How to Red Flag Scams: Bitcoin Doubler Club, Cryptomia247, Mining Cheap, Orelex, and Wintrust
Last week’s news.Bitcoin.com post warning about common bitcoin scams like “The Bitcoin Code” elicited a plethora of...
From Star Trek to Wikipedia: Crashing Bitcoin SV Fails to Impress
The Bitcoin SV network and the infamous Craig Wright have been publicly scrutinized by two well known individuals. Wikipedia’s Jimmy...
Trump Views Crypto a Threat, Proposes Countermeasures in New Budget
The White House released the Budget of the U.S. Government on Monday, outlining some proposals to increase cryptocurrency oversight which...
JUST IN: $118 Million of Plustoken BTC on the Move Again – New Dump Incoming?
Plustoken’s stash of bitcoin is on the move again. The haul of ill-gotten gains, amassed during a long-running Ponzi scheme that...
Brussels Asks Europeans How to Regulate Bitcoin, Public Consultation Continues Into March
The European Commission is gathering feedback from EU citizens, businesses, regulators and other interested parties to establish a...
How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more...
40 Banks in Germany Declare Intent to Offer Crypto Services Under New Law
More than 40 financial institutions in Germany have reportedly declared to the country’s financial regulator, BaFin, their interest...
You Can Privately Cash out Bitcoin on These P2P Exchanges – for a Premium
Using P2P exchanges to cash out bitcoin provides privacy, but it comes with a premium – a price premium, to be precise. Whether...
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared...
Bitcoin Taxation Support Growing Industry – Here are 5 Useful Cryptocurrency Tax Calculators
For crypto owners looking to estimate how much they owe in taxes, there are some platforms with a free crypto tax calculator. They...
Bitcoin’s $10k Value Pushed Down by CME Futures Price Gap
Just recently BTC prices surpassed the $10,000 zone and held above that region for around 24 hours. Some speculators believe the price of...
312 Crypto Exchanges Registered in Australia, Regulator Confirms
A growing number of cryptocurrency exchanges have been registered with Australia’s crypto regulator. A spokesperson for the...
How Often Are Top Privacy Coins and Mixers Actually Used? – A Look at XMR, DASH, and ZEC
As Bitcoin and crypto help everyday individuals to regain control over their money, and make trusting third parties unnecessary,...
What Are Altcoins and Why Are There Over 5,000 of Them?
According to crypto market capitalization aggregators, there are more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today and over 20,000...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto is Banking for Anarchists and Average People
“What I love about Bitcoin is that instead of some rich old guy on Wall Street, young poor people are the ones getting rich”...
BCH Merchant Directories Now List 4,300 Bitcoin Cash-Accepting Businesses
Businesses around the world continue to adopt bitcoin cash (BCH) and in 2020 merchant acceptance continues to grow. Tallying up all the...
Prediction: Bitcoin to Rival Gold as a Store of Value in the Digital Age Thanks to Halving
The total market capitalization of gold is estimated to be above $7 trillion, which is over 38 times that of bitcoin at the moment....
How to Use a U2F Key to Secure Your Crypto Accounts
Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard for strengthening two-factor authentication. It involves the use of a physical key to...
London-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange LBX Faces Compulsory Liquidation
London-based cryptocurrency exchange LBX is the latest digital asset trading venue to face critical difficulties and is now being...
”Decentralized Networks a Powerful Phenomenon” – Why the SEC Commissioner Proposes Time-Limited Grace Period for Tokens
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce has formally proposed a grace period of three years for tokens....
Facebook, China Light Flame Under Fed: Governor Cites Stablecoins Influencing Digital Dollar Research
At the recent Symposium for Future Payments held in Stanford, California on February 5, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard stressed...
Ethereum vs Tron: Comparing Data, Defi and Stablecoins from Both Chains After Viral Tweet
On February 7, Cold Card and Opendime creator, Rodolfo Novak (also known as NVK), tweeted a picture of himself with Tron founder Justin...
German Economy in Risk of Recession Amid Weak Demand, Tariff Threat, and Epidemic
Germany, the economic powerhouse of Europe, is facing renewed challenges that may soon push it towards recession. Falling industrial...
Cryptocurrency Futures and Prediction Markets Show Trump Wins the US 2020 Election
In less than 270 days the United States will have its 2020 election and millions of people worldwide will be betting on whether Donald...
Swiss Financial Watchdog Proposes $1,000 Client Identification Threshold for Crypto Transactions
Famous for its favorable business climate that has attracted hundreds of crypto companies, Switzerland is now expanding its financial...
New Regency Television Wins Screen Rights to Onecoin Story – The Missing Cryptoqueen
The story of Onecoin and cofounder Ruja Ignatova might be seen on television sets in the near future. Reports detail that New Regency...
Defi Market Surpasses $1 Billion – But There’s a Catch
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance applications has surpassed $1 billion, prompting celebrations from the Ethereum...
Bitcoin Cash Community Begins Crafting Q&A Stack Exchange Site to Build Knowledge Base
On February 6, Bitcoin Cash supporters were introduced to a new BCH-centric Stack Exchange community called bitcoincash.stackexchange.com....
Bitcoin ETFs in Japan: FSA Explains New Rules for Funds Investing in Cryptos
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has explained to news.Bitcoin.com its recently adopted rules...
Tax Agents ‘Confiscate’ Bitcoin From Criminal but Keep the Coins in His Wallet
The State Revenue Service of Latvia (SRS) has seized some bitcoins for the first time. The cryptocurrency, allegedly acquired through...
Bitcoin.com, Danal Japan and ALLEX Partner up to Offer BCH Payment Services
Danal Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: Riichi Omura), which develops mobile payment systems and a financial settlement infrastructure business,...
Bitcoin, Tesla Stock, Tron: How Warren Buffett Got His First Bitcoin
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett received his first bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies during a dinner with five cryptocurrency...
Tax Friendly Saint Kitts and Nevis Approves Progressive Crypto Bill, Lenient Capital Gains Exemption
The island country of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located in the West Indies, recently passed a bill that legalizes digital currency assets...
How to Buy Bitcoin in the Philippines
The Philippines has many places you can buy bitcoin from. Not only has the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas licensed some cryptocurrency...
There’s No Such Thing as Tainted Bitcoins
All bitcoins are created equal. But in the eyes of blockchain forensics firms, some bitcoins are more equal than others. If these...
Bitcoin Trust GBTC Shares Spike Despite 30% Premium
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have seen significant gains as the entire cryptoconomy is up more than 40% since mid-December....
Not Just Ebay, NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Pushes Bakkt to Retail With Latest Acquisition
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, stunned many on Wall Street recently with a reported takeover bid for...
Overwriting Satoshi: Kraken Exec Says Bitcoin Wasn’t Built for Payments, Isn’t Peer-to-Peer
As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet...
SLP Token Trading Platform Cryptophyl Adds BTC Pair With Bitcoin Cash at Flat 0.15% Fee
Digital asset exchange Cryptophyl has announced it’s launching bitcoin core (BTC) trading. The first available pair is with bitcoin...
4 ‘Bitcoin Contenders’ With Zero Use Cases and Barely Any Infrastructure
Cryptocurrency markets and the industry are extremely competitive and many users believe a single digital asset will reign someday, and...
Crypto’s Dotcom Era Begins as Handshake Launches Decentralized Domains
Handshake, one of the more original crypto projects to have spawned during the ICO era, has completed its long-awaited launch. The...
Hong Kong Crypto Exchange Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak and Protests
Crypto exchange service provider Bitspark is shutting down next month despite reporting exponential growth following the launch of its...
Market Update: Bitcoin Cash Shines as Crypto Markets Show Bullish Signals
Digital currency markets are in the green again today after seeing some moderate losses the day prior. The leading cryptocurrency in the...
UK Crypto Startups to Pay Discounted £2,000 Fee for Registration, FCA Revises Application Charges
Young and small cryptocurrency businesses will pay lower registration fees than big companies, the United Kingdom’s financial...
Indian State Government’s ‘Blockchain District’ Now Has a Dedicated Accelerator for Blockchain Startups
The Indian state of Telangana has launched a blockchain accelerator in its recently created Blockchain District, in collaboration with...
Public Sale Is Live for Coin Powering Cypherpunk Pioneer David Chaum’s Privacy Focused Xx Network
The Xx network is designed to allow people to communicate and exchange value without revealing any information to intrusive government...
Croatian Post’s Crypto Exchange 2 Months in: More Local Users, BTC, ETH, and XRP Favored by Customers
In December news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Croatian Post’s launch of their own crypto exchange service. After a pilot run in the...
Wendy McElroy: The Narrative and Philosophy of Cryptocurrency
“The central banks of Britain, Japan, the euro zone, Sweden and Switzerland have grouped up to assess potential use cases for...
Mint Bot Allows Telegram Users to Tip People in Chat Rooms With Any SLP Token
A software developer recently launched a new Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tipping bot for Telegram chats that allows anyone to tip any SLP...
Craig Wright’s ‘Bonded Courier’ Allegedly an Attorney Who Can’t Communicate
During the first week of February, the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit continues with more tales about the alleged bonded courier. In...
Fear Grips Stock Market Traders While Cryptocurrency Investors Become Greedy
The clash of two emotions, fear and greed, is said to determine investors’ sentiment. This ratio draws a historical picture of the...
Blockchair Launches Release Monitor so You Will Never Miss Another Hard Fork or Core Client Update
It can be very hard to keep track of all the latest software upgrades in the crypto ecosystem, which is a crucial thing to do for...
World Markets – Managed Trading Accounts
Trading in any market can be a difficult thing, especially if you lack technical knowledge. Luckily, there are services like managed...
US Government Auctioning off Bitcoins Worth $37 Million in 2 Weeks
The U.S. government has opened registration for the bidding of over 4,040 bitcoins, currently worth more than $37 million, which will be...
Bitcoin.Com Releases Fastest Ever Wallet App, With Built-In Support for Bitcoin Cash-Powered Tokens
Bitcoin.com has developed its fastest ever wallet app with an improved design and a new focus on user experience. The Bitcoin.com Wallet...
Government Think Tank Niti Aayog Identifies Key Blockchain Use Cases for India
The policy think tank for the government of India, Niti Aayog, has published a strategy document identifying a number of key areas...
The Controversial S2F Model Predicts Bitcoin Price Will Reach 100,000 USD Within 2 Years
The current price of BTC is roughly in line with the popular stock-to-flow (S2F) system for technical analysis, and if the trend continues...
How To Buy Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Using Paypal
These days there are myriad ways people can purchase cryptocurrencies, and the payment platform Paypal is a popular choice. Multiple...
5 Mining Operations Command More Than 50% of BTC’s Network Hashrate
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing mining centralization after a report was published that disclosed five mining operations...
China Stocks Plummet Despite 1.2 Trillion Yuan Injection to Mitigate Effects of Epidemic
China’s stock market plunged Monday under selling pressure accumulated during a prolonged holiday. Investors have been worried by...
Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese Crypto ASIC Manufacturers to Delay Orders
Bitcoin mining rig deliveries from China are delayed due to the coronavirus according to a few Chinese manufacturers. Microbt and Ebang...
Zengo Is a Keyless Yet Noncustodial Bitcoin Wallet
Zengo is a non-custodial mobile wallet that dispenses with private keys in favor of threshold signatures to create two ‘mathematical...
Line’s Digital Currency Link to Be Available in Japan as Early as April 2020
Launched in October 2018, Asian messaging giant Line’s Bitbox crypto exchange has made its link (LN) digital asset available to...
Bitcoin Verde’s New Project Aims to Promote Bitcoin Cash Node Diversity
Software developer Joshua Green announced Friday via the read.cash blog that the Bitcoin Verde team is launching a project to increase...
Cambodia Announces Own Cryptocurrency as More Details Surface About China’s Digital Yuan
With China still in the lead, other countries are advancing their projects to develop payment systems around central bank digital...
Silk Road Mentor’s Arrest Rekindles Tales of Rogue Agents and Pirate’s Treasure
On January 30, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) revealed that Roger Clark, the alleged senior...
Police Forces in Belgium, France and Israel Stop Scam Promising 35% Returns on Crypto Investments
Police forces in Belgium, France and Israel have reportedly put a stop to an international scam promising high returns of up to 35% on...
US Politicians Want to Ban End-to-End Encryption on Messaging Services like Telegram and Whatsapp
Under the guise of fighting against online child pornography, American politicians are trying to effectively ban end-to-end encryption on...
41 German Banks Now Charge Negative Interest Rates
The number of German banks charging negative interest rates has been rising rapidly. At least 41 banks now charge negative interest rates...
IRS Explains What Crypto Owners Must Know to File Taxes This Year
Kicking off this year’s tax filing season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has published important tips for crypto owners to...
Don’t Invest in Bitcoin Code, Bitcoin Doubler or Bitcoin Trader – They Are All Scams
Those new to crypto and with money signs in their eyes can easily be taken in by scams, and there are many, thanks to the decentralized...
Boerse Stuttgart’s Bison Trading App to Add Bitcoin Cash and Launch Desktop Version
Bison, the crypto trading application offered by Boerse Stuttgart, has seen a remarkable growth of users in the past 12 months, the group...
Darknet Users Discuss the Connection Between DDoS Attacks and Exit Scams
During the last few weeks, a number of darknet markets (DNMs) like Dread and Empire have been attacked relentlessly with heavy DDoS...
Jiang Zhuoer Restructures Development Funding Proposal for Bitcoin Cash
On January 31, Btc.top founder Jiang Zhuoer addressed the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community again after his initial proposal last Wednesday was...
US Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Says Regulations Cannot Impede Crypto, Affirms Priorities
Andrew Yang, who is running for U.S. president in the 2020 election, has explained what his priorities will be regarding cryptocurrency...
Developer Adds Improvements to the Bitcoin Cash Java Library
On January 30, the software developer Pokkst published a blog post sharing his experience of how he’s been maintaining the Java BCH...
Deutsche Bank Reports €5.3 Billion in Net Loss for 2019 as It Counts the Cost of Restructuring
A year of reorganization has left its mark on Germany’s leading financial institution. Deutsche Bank revealed this week it suffered...
These Are the Most Traded Tokens on Decentralized Exchanges Right Now
The decentralized exchange landscape is evolving fast, with new liquidity aggregators and relays enhancing usability while reducing...
Hierarchies of Money: Why You Use Bank Money But the Bank Wants Reserve Currency
While people tend to think of money as being all the same, the fact is governments and banks use different types of money than the...
Ethereum’s Value Transfer Is Now Dominated by Stablecoins
The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain has become home to a number of stablecoins. On January 29, Messari researcher Ryan Watkins explained that...
Google Executive From India Joins Coinbase as Chief Product Officer
A Google executive from India has joined Coinbase as the new chief product officer after 11 years at Google. He aims to help Coinbase make...
US Bank Silvergate Sees Growth in Crypto Clients, Despite Decreasing Deposits From the Sector
Financial results released by two U.S. banks providing services to the crypto industry have indicated a decline in deposits from digital...