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The Opposition Towards Bitcoin ABC’s Proposed Upgrade Changes
On August 8, the Bitcoin ABC development team published an announcement regarding the November hard fork changes with plans to finish the...
In Venezuela, Cryptocurrency Is an Oppressor and a Lifeline
Venezuela embodies the best and worst potential of blockchain technology. While the Maduro regime uses the Petro coin to fund...
Apocalyptic Predictions About Privacy Coins Are Very Wide of the Mark
Bitcoin is a permissionless ledger. In plain English, that means you don’t need to ask anyone’s damn permission to use it. There are no...
Cryptowhispers: Binance Token Listing Quote – 400 BTC, $2.5 Million
Tantalizing, unconfirmed rumors are bouncing from crypto Twitter, and this time it’s Expanse co-founder Christopher Franko leading the...
The Daily: Ledger Adds Coins, Okex Launches Coinall, Exmo Partners with Mistertango
Covered in The Daily on Friday are several announcements crypto users may find interesting. Ledger has added support for 8 new coins and...
PR: ExCraft Launches DAO, User-Governed Cryptocurrency Exchange
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Ecobank Report Finds Significant Presence of Crypto in 36 African Countries
A report published by the pan-African bank, Ecobank Transnational Inc., has found that despite cryptocurrencies exerting a notable...
Crypto Friendly Policies Rapidly Drawing Companies to Thailand
Soon after Thailand adopted its regulations for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs), companies reportedly pile up to apply...
The ICO Market Has Hit the Brakes
The ICO economy succumbed to a dramatic decline in Q2 of this year. Such was the extent of the slump that its pushed the average ROI for...
Illegal Activity No Longer Dominant Use of Bitcoin: DEA Agent
A special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reportedly revealed that the use of bitcoin in illegal activities...
Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows — Dish Network and Flow Partner With Bitpay
This week Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents will be pleased to hear that more merchants can now accept bitcoin cash due to the crypto-payment...
New Bill Proposes 5% Tax on Crypto Incomes in Ukraine
A draft law prepared by deputies and representatives of the industry aims to introduce light taxation of crypto incomes in Ukraine....
This Cryptocurrency Data Site Lists Coins by Fair Market Value
When people look at the fiat value of cryptocurrencies they usually observe prices from data sites like Coinmarketcap.com that pull...
PR: XULT – the New Cryptocurrency Exchange by Exchangecoin (EXCC)
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Crypto Lender SALT Now Available in 35 States
SALT, one of the earliest cryptocurrency-backed lending providers in the space, announced this week it was expanding into 20 more states...
Blockchain Data Now Has Legal Bearing in the State of Ohio
Governor John Kasich from the Midwestern state of Ohio signed a bill this week that formally recognizes data recorded on a blockchain and...
Bitcoiners Flee to Censorship-Resistant Platforms Amidst Social Media Clampdown
There’s been a storm brewing all year on social media and this week it hit with a vengeance. Wave after wave of protest has lashed the...
The Daily: Shapeshift Acquires Bitfract, Bitmain Invests in Tribeos
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover stories about Shapeshift acquiring Bitfract, Bitmain investing in Tribeos, a dozen...
Canaan Unveils 7nm Chip Equipped Miner at Press Conference
At a recent press conference, the world’s second largest manufacturer of bitcoin mining rigs, Canaan Creative, revealed four new products....
15,000 Twitter Crypto Scam Giveaway Bots: Duo Security
This week, researchers uncovered empirical data confirming what most in the crypto Twittersphere already know – the space if flooded with...
Exchanges Round-Up: Goldman Considers Crypto Custody, SA Exchange Launches USDT
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, it has been reported that Goldman Sachs is considering exploring custody and other...
Philippines Building Crypto Valley of Asia
The Philippines government is building Crypto Valley of Asia, a cryptocurrency and fintech hub similar to the one in the canton of Zug,...
Electron Cash Wallet Now Available for Basic Feature Phones
This past February news.Bitcoin.com reported on the firm Coingeek announcing funding the Electron Cash programming team. Since then, the...
Bitmain Offers Wi-Fi Routers Mining Cryptocurrencies
Have you ever thought about mining cryptos while surfing the web without being a victim of some malware, of course? If so, Bitmain has an...
Swiss Banks Are Onboarding Crypto Clients and Assets
Another Swiss private bank has announced in a statement that it’s open to on-board cryptocurrencies. Maerki Baumann private bank in Zurich...
PR: SoPay App Released, Offering Fast Transactions and SoPay’s Assets Mining (SAM)
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Crypto Tax and Accounting Software Libra Raises $15M in Series B Funding
Traditional venture capital investors seem to think that the field of crypto reporting apps is appealing. Cryptocurrency tax and...
Markets Update: Crypto-Prices Slide After SEC Announcement
Cryptocurrencies are dropping in value once again on Wednesday, August 8 as most of the top digital assets are down between 9 to 18...
Microsoft’s New Ethereum Blockchain Product Gets Rid of Mining
Software giant Microsoft has debuted a new Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) product that allows businesses across industry verticals to...
CFTC-Regulated Ledgerx Launches Interest-Bearing BTC Savings Platform
This week the firm Ledgerx announced the soft launch of its ‘Ledgersavings’ platform, a new service that allows users to deposit bitcoin...
The Daily: Coinbase Increases Trading Limits, ABCC Opens in Malta, Omniex Hires Former Regulators
On Wednesday, The Daily features a couple of announcements from Coinbase: the US crypto exchange enables instant purchasing with increased...
Bettergram Aims to Become the Crypto Version of Telegram
The Mac build of Bettergram, a desktop version of Telegram, was launched this week. It joins the PC build of the third-party desktop...
PR: Aeron Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary and Announces a Bonus Miles (Loyalty) Platform
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Opera Browser Opens Its Built-in Cryptocurrency Wallet to Desktop Users
Opera Ltd (NASDAQ: OPRA), the Norway-headquartered company behind the browser used by 322 million people, has decided to open up its...
SEC Postpones Decision on Vaneck Solidx Bitcoin ETF but Previous Concerns ‘Resolved’
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the time period it needs to make a decision on the Vaneck Solidx bitcoin...
Study Provides an Interesting Look at Changing Bitcoin Narratives
Last week Nic Carter, the partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of Coinmetrics.io, published an interesting study that looks at...
Innosilicon’s T2-Turbo Bitcoin Miner is Powerful, But GMO’s B3 is Still the Champ
Bitcoin mining is a very competitive industry. It has grown exponentially over the last few years. During the last nine months, there’s...
Poor Russians More Aware of Crypto Than the Rich, Poll Finds
A recently conducted survey has produced interesting results regarding how much Russians know about cryptocurrencies. People with lower...
Need Cold Storage? Check Out Bitcoin.com’s Revamped Paper Wallet Generator
There are many ways to store bitcoin cash, and while some people use mobile apps, others use hardware wallets to store their digital...
Decentralized Apps Might Be the Future but They’re Not the Present
To their proponents, dapps – decentralized applications – are the future of internet. To their critics, they’re multi-million dollar...
Bitcoin ATMs Now In The Thousands Around the World
Coinatmradar.com reports a milestone of the 3,500 threshold being crossed for bitcoin ATMs (BATM) installed across the globe. One of the...
The Daily: Coinbase Returns to Wyoming, Robinhood Crypto Reaches Iowa and Georgia
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief, we cover the return of Coinbase to Wyoming, the expansion of Robinhood Crypto to Iowa and Georgia,...
PR: Stemcell-pj – Tech to Reverse Ageing: Blockchain Startup Joins the Fight for Longevity
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Bitmain Launches Key Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
Bitmain Technologies Ltd. is launching a crypto mining facility and blockchain data center in the U.S. state of Texas at a former aluminum...
Bob Goodlatte Becomes First Member of Congress to Disclose Crypto Holdings
Bob Goodlatte, the chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, has reported his private cryptocurrency holdings – making Mr. Goodlatte...
“People’s Money” Crypto to Outlast Fiat “Scam” – Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author
Exchanges Round-Up: Coinjar Launches Aussie Crypto Fund, Square Trades OTC
In recent news pertaining to virtual currency exchanges, Coinjar has launched Australia’s first cryptocurrency index fund; Square’s latest...
Bitcoin Cash Powered Social Media Platform Memo Continues to Thrive
This past April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a social media application powered by bitcoin cash transactions called Memo.cash. Since then...
SEC Has No Jurisdiction to Look at Bitcoin for ETF Decision, Admits Commissioner
A commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voiced her opinion that the agency overstepped its bounds to...
Indian Exchange Zebpay Enables Trueusd (TUSD) Stablecoin Trading
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, Zebpay, has enabled Trueusd (TUSD) trading, deposits and withdrawals. The...
Bitcoin Price Intraday Analysis: Expecting Fresh Lows
Before we begin our analysis, it is important to discuss what had prompted a sudden $500-drop in the Bitcoin market. OKEx, a Hong...
Many Swiss Bankers and Financial Regulators Quit to Join the Crypto Space
A lot of people in Switzerland have left the traditional financial sector to work in the crypto space, in which the banking nation is now...
Black Hat Demo to Reveal ‘White Rabbit’ Crypto-Transaction Surveillance Tool
This week in Las Vegas there are two well-known events taking place dedicated to information security and the global hacking...
The Daily: New Education Centers, Vietnamese Ask for Fraudster’s Extradition
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a number of new academic education centers around the world devoted to the research of the...
Bank of Thailand Green-Lights Financial Companies for Crypto Activities
Thailand’s central bank has announced the rules under which financial institutions, including commercial banks, and their subsidiaries can...
Coinbase Seeks Online Merchant Crypto Adoption by the Millions
Adoption news keeps flowing this week, from Wall Street to Australia, and now San Francisco. The United States largest cryptocurrency...
Chinese Investor Sues Okcoin Over 38.748 ‘Unclaimed’ BCH
A cryptocurrency investor has brought a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin regarding 38.748 BCH. The plaintiff accuses the...
P2P Markets Report: Selling Drives Upswing in Emerging Markets’ Volume
The recent selling pressure experienced by BTC has driven a surge in the peer-to-peer trade volume for numerous emerging cryptocurrency...
A Look at Stylometry: Can We Uncover Satoshi Through Literary Quirks?
Over the past few years, the number of people hunting for Satoshi Nakamoto has increased as people all over the world have been in search...
Queensland, Australia Invests Portion of its $6.1Mil Ignite Ideas Fund in Crypto Startup
Queensland, Australia is giving away millions with its Ignite Ideas fund. This week, it posted details regarding the AUD$8.3 million grant...
Blockchain States Lure Citizens with Political Nostalgia and Voting Rights
If you’ve ever thought of acquiring a digital, virtual citizenship, there are a couple of new options on the table – a ‘Satoshi Nakamoto...
Okex Socializes Loss From Over $400 Million Bet Among BTC Futures Traders
Anyone getting involved with leveraged trading must assume upon themselves the risks associated with the potentially highly rewarding...
Bitpico Cashes Out, Claiming BTC to Be “World’s Most Manipulated Commodity”
Bitpico, a controversial mischief-maker within the world of bitcoin, has allegedly rage-quit BTC altogether. The pseudonymous entity, who...
‘Treasure Ship’ ICO Dupes Investors – South Korea Asks Interpol for Help
South Korean police have asked Interpol for help with an investigation into the fraudulent token sale of Shinil Gold Coins that were...
The Weekly: China Hires Cryptographer, McDonald’s Unveils Maccoin, Bitmain Gets Richer
In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief we reported about China hiring a cryptographer, McDonald’s unveiling Maccoin, Bitmain...
$32mil Raised by Mining Company Listed on London Stock Exchange
Idealistic startup Argo Blockchain PLC, a mining company, is the first cryptocurrency-related firm to sit on the prestigious London Stock...
Markets Update: Bears Claw Billions Off Digital Currency Valuations
Cryptocurrencies tumbled once again today in value as a great majority of digital assets are seeing losses this Saturday. Since our last...
This ICO Project Wants to Detokenize Itself
Digipulse, a Latvian startup offering “crypto-inheritance” services, has decided to completely detokenize its business. Only two of its...
Gox Creditors Agree to $1.3Bil Repayment in BCH, BTC, No Altcoins, by Summer 2019
Mt. Gox, the defunct and disgraced bitcoin exchange (at one time the biggest in the world) is preparing a final chapter in a long, sorted...
Bithumb Resumes Deposit and Withdrawal Services – Upbit Reveals 127% Cash Reserves
South Korean exchange Bithumb has resumed deposit and withdrawal services for a number of cryptocurrencies after the recent hack. Another...
BCH Roundup: More Developments, 687K Transactions, and Rebirth Parties
Bitcoin Cash proponents are celebrating the year anniversary of ‘Bitcoin Independence Day’ on August 1st and now into the weekend. Over...
Coinbase Custody is Eyeing Some Extremely Odd Altcoins
As is now customary for the company, Coinbase has released a list of the latest assets it’s considering. The latest batch are being mooted...
The Daily: Cars and Pizzas for Crypto in Russia, Crypto Valley in South Korea
The wide adoption of cryptocurrencies in Russia has been put on hold after the State Duma postponed the final reading of three crypto...
PR: BodyOne Blockchain Ecological Network Energizes the Fitness Industry
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NYSE Owner: Bitcoin Should Be in Retirement Funds, Credit Cards, Retail Stores
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of arguably the most important stock exchange in the world, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is...
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: With Tether ‘Concern is Always There’
During a recent conference in South Korea, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao responded to questions about the company’s relationship with...
Canaan Creative Announces World’s First Mining TV Set
The world’s second largest manufacturer of bitcoin miners, Canaan Creative, has unveiled what the company describes as the world’s first...
Russian Extradition Request Complicates Fate of Suspected Btc-e Owner
A court in Thessaloniki, Greece has accepted an extradition request from Russia for suspected Btc-e operator, Alexander Vinnik. Last...
Japanese Association Seeks Authority to Enforce Self-Regulation on Crypto Exchanges
Japanese crypto exchanges may soon have an official self-regulatory body. The Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association has applied with...
Report: Mood About Crypto Markets Changes Two Months After Trends
It takes about two months for the public sentiment to adjust to new trends in the cryptocurrency markets. That’s according to a recently...
High Times Becomes the First IPO to Accept Cryptocurrencies
On Thursday, the well-known cannabis culture brand and publication High Times announced it’s holding an initial public offering (IPO) and...
Japan Labor Ministry Confused as Crypto Salaries Demand Increased
Japan’s Labor Ministry is not hiding its confusion as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and venture companies requested a deregulation of...
PR: BUBI Launches Code Review Bounty Program
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Markets Update: Monster Liquidations and Flash Crash Fear
For more than six months of 2018, cryptocurrency markets have been extremely bearish considering the massive bull run in 2017. Last month...
Bitcoin Could be ‘First Worldwide Currency’: NYSE Owner
The chief executive of the company that owns and operates the world’s largest stock exchange believes that bitcoin has the potential to be...
US Court Seizes 81 BTC, Sends Bitcoin Trader to Jail for 41 Months for Money Laundering
A U.S. district judge has ordered a bitcoin trader to forfeit 81 bitcoins and sentenced him to 41 months in prison for money laundering....
Experts Question the Security of Telegram’s New Passport Service
Security experts have called the integrity of Telegram Passport into question. The identity scheme, which launched last week, provides a...
The Daily: Hackers in High Demand, China Hires Cryptographer
Traders in the US, Russia and China are the most common victims of cyberattacks targeting cryptocurrency exchanges as you’ll discover in...
PR: Nexty Platform – a Breakthrough for E-Commerce and Retails
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Bitcoiners Hope to Have a Friend in Top US Regulator Jay Clayton
Bitcoin might have a mole, a sympathetic insider at the highest levels of the US financial regulatory apparatus, if recent ecosystem press...