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PR: ClinicAll Revolutionizes the Healthcare Industry With Blockchain
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Hodl Hodl plan Bitcoin-centric prediction market to launch in spring this year
The Latvia-based Hodl Hodl team behind the non-custodial p2p exchange and the Bitcoin-maximalist friendly Baltic Honeybadger conference,...
In the Daily: Tokenized ETFs, Chainalysis, Binance Labs in Argentina
In this edition of The Daily we cover an exchange that offers cryptocurrency investors access to tokenized ETFs based on major indices, a...
1.3 Million Leaked Transactions Link Major Banks to $8.8 Billion Money Laundering Scheme
A new set of reports by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, compiled from over 1.3 million leaked transactions from...
Kaspersky: Bitcoin Needs Less Government Control and More Collaboration
Russian cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky has said cryptocurrencies can be a success, but only if governments stop trying to control...
IBM Launches New Blockchain Security Testing Service
IBM Security team X-Force Red has announced the launch of a new blockchain security testing service to help businesses identify weaknesses...
Turkish Real Estate Agency Sells 9 Houses for BTC
Turkish real estate agency Antalya Homes has sold nine properties to date using bitcoin core, mostly to foreign buyers. The houses cost a...
Blockchain Security Startup Quantstamp Expands to Japan with Fresh Funding
Quantstamp Inc., a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security startup, has announced the establishment of a limited liability company,...
4 of Tokyo’s Hottest Nightclubs Plan to Accept Bitcoin Cash
Japan is currently the third densest region of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) accepting merchants. In order to keep the adoption ball rolling, this...
Revenues on the Mend: Bitcoin Miners’ Gross Margins Grew 39% in February
Mining operations that process SHA-256 coins like BTC and BCH saw revenues slashed due to the bear market lows at the end of 2018....
Israel Securities Authority Wants a Dedicated Token Exchange
An Israel Securities Authority (ISA) committee tasked with examining the regulation of crypto coin offerings has submitted its final...
Onchain Stablecoin Transactions Remain Low Despite Surge in Trade Volume
Despite many stablecoins ranking among the top 20 most traded crypto assets by monthly volume, a recent report has shown that there are...
In the Daily: Opera Browser, EY Tax Tool, Elliptic, Cryptopia Exchange
In this edition of The Daily we cover the next step in the crypto strategy of the Opera browser, a new tax reporting tool for major...
Swiss Stock Exchange Launches Trading for ETH ETP
Switzerland’s SIX stock exchange has announced the launch of an ETH exchanged-traded product. March 5 comprised the first trading day for...
A Forensic Analysis of Blockchain Surveillance Companies
Blockchain analysis is big business. The U.S. government alone has spent $6 million on transaction mapping tools, while cryptocurrency...
Markets Update: Top Cryptos Reclaim Support as RVN Rallies
The leading cryptocurrency markets are attempting to reclaim the losses incurred during Tuesday’s dip, with many crypto assets having...
Blockfi Launches Interest Bearing Savings Accounts for Cryptocurrencies
On March 4, cryptocurrency-backed USD lending platform Blockfi announced the launch of a new savings program called the Blockfi Interest...
How to Create Your Own SLP Token Using the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain
Since the latest Electron Cash SLP version release and the newly published Badger Wallet extension, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters have...
PR: Austrian ANON Blockchain Summit Attracts Billion Dollar Businesses
This is a press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
In the Daily: Circle Acquisition, Tagomi Funding Round, Tradingview Crypto Index
In this edition of The Daily we cover a few examples of the evolving institutional crypto investment world. Circle has completed an...
Coinbase Severs Ties With Hacking Team Members While Data-Sharing Backlash Intensifies
Coinbase has been trending on crypto Twitter all week, but for all the wrong reasons. The #DeleteCoinbase hashtag has circulated on...
Indian Supreme Court Advocate Says Cryptocurrencies Cannot Be Regulated
A supreme court advocate has explained the limitations of the Indian government’s power to regulate cryptocurrency, determining that...
Tribeos Ad Platform Will Bring Commerce to Bitcoin Cash, Claims Founder
A new digital advertising marketplace called Tribeos aims to launch during Q3 of 2019 with ambitious plans to leverage the Bitcoin Cash...
Tron Partners With Tether to Launch TRC20-Based Stablecoin
Tether (USDT), the seventh most valuable crypto asset by market cap, has shrugged off attempts by newer stablecoins to usurp it. Now, a...
Central Bank of the Bahamas Selects Blockchain Startup NZIA for Digital Currency Project
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has selected NZIA Limited as the technology solutions provider for its Project Sand Dollar, a project...
Travala.com’s Cryptocurrency Gateway Provides Travel to 82,000 Destinations
Members of the cryptocurrency community can now book rooms in over 550,000 properties worldwide by utilizing the accommodation and hotel...
Nordea Bank Faces Allegations of Laundering Russian Millions
Finnish public broadcaster YLE will air a damning program on March 4 that reveals Nordea Bank’s alleged involvement in a...
Gibraltar Exchange to List Bitcoin Cash Fiat Trading Pairs
A Gibraltar insured and regulated digital asset exchange is set to list bitcoin cash (BCH) versus fiat trading pairs. Users of GBX with...
In the Daily: Facebook Security Hole, Tron Attracts Snakes, the Satoshi Symbol
In Monday’s edition of The Daily, we examine Facebook’s latest security scare, and what this means for cryptocurrency users. We also take...
Venezuelan Government Launches Cryptocurrency Remittance Service
The government of Venezuela has begun offering a cryptocurrency remittance service. Remittances can be sent using two types of...
Startup Company Sets up Bitcoin ATM in Botswana
Express Minds Ltd has set up a bitcoin automated teller machine (BATM) in Gaborone, Botswana, increasing the number of the machines on the...
Bahrain Courts Indian Crypto Businesses in Collaboration With Government
The Bahrain Economic Development Board is inviting Indian firms to take advantage of the opportunities its country has to offer including...
An In-Depth Look at Ethereum’s Maker and Dai Stablecoin
Since tether (USDT) bolstered the idea of a working stablecoin over the last few years, there’s been a variety of different types of...
Cash Accounts Developer Publishes User-Friendly Cashual Wallet Concept
On March 2, Jonathan Silverblood, the creator of the Bitcoin Cash name system Cash Accounts, published a user-friendly wallet design he’s...
Bitcoin Early Adopters Build Seasteading Home off the Coast of Thailand
Interest in cryptocurrency is often interlinked with a passion for personal freedom and a desire to shape the future for the better. A...
Feb Volume Report: Leading Markets Post Strongest Month Since Q1 2018
For many leading markets, February produced the largest monthly volume since the first quarter of last year, with 30-day BTC trade...
Malta Might Be ‘Blockchain Island’ But Don’t Try Opening a Crypto Bank Account
Malta has been hyped up as the happy ending for crypto business who have trouble operating elsewhere, but there’s a problem: banks...
In the Daily: Binance Trading Competition, Bitdeer BCH Mining Plan, Voyager Merges Ethos
In this edition of The Daily we cover a trading competition and giveaway promoting Binance’s new platform, new mining plans from...
Payglobal Provides Cryptocurrency to Fiat Transfers With Existing Bank Cards
While there’s been a lot of news of cryptocurrency debit cards closing shop over the last two years, a company called Payglobal offers...
How to Use Multisig to Keep Your Coins Ultra-Safe
Multi-signature, or multisig, is a wallet configuration that requires at least two keys to authorize a transaction. Commonly used by...
Bitcoin Cash Supporter Convinces Chess.com to Accept BCH for Memberships
The popular website Chess.com used to accept bitcoin, but like many other well-known merchants it dropped the BTC payment option. Now...
5 Biggest Reasons to Choose Lyft IPO Over Uber in 2019
The big debate amongst IPO investors right now is whether they prefer Uber or Lyft. Both companies might appear to offer practically the...
Report: Quadriga’s 6 Cold Wallets Have Been Without Funds Since April 2018
Ernst & Young, the court-appointed monitor in the Quadrigacx saga, released a report on March 1 which shows that cold wallets known to...
Markets Update: Diminished March Trade Volume Mirrors Previous Patterns
Over the last few days, cryptocurrency markets have been holding steady and consolidating after the correction on Feb. 24. Currently, the...
In the Daily: New Terms From Bitmex, Binance Coin Record, Malta Bank Accounts
In this edition of The Daily, Bitmex has updated its Terms of Service. The revised rules prohibit residents of certain countries,...
Indian Government Confirms Cryptocurrency Regulation in Final Stages
The government of India has told the country’s supreme court that the committee tasked with drafting crypto regulation is in the final...
America’s Signature Bank to Offer Services to Bermuda Crypto Companies
U.S. commercial bank Signature will start to offer a full range of banking services to licensed fintech companies in Bermuda, including...
Economics Professor on Ripple Board Misrepresents Bitcoin During Stanford Lecture
A Stanford student has submitted a letter of complaint to the Graduate School Board stating that a resident economics professor grossly...
Business Owner’s Seething Critique of the Lightning Network Goes Viral
A business owner who runs a media company in Australia and pays employees remotely in the Philippines has given his honest opinion on what...
P2P Markets Report: Iranian Localbitcoins Volume Gains 190% in a Week
The peer-to-peer (P2P) markets have seen a dramatic increase in Iranian and Indonesian trade activity, with both markets posting...
Tencent’s WeBank Collaborates with Macao Over Smart City-Focused Blockchain, AI Initiatives
WeBank, the digital bank of China’s Internet giant Tencent, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Macao Science and Technology...
Mark Karpeles Still Faces Class Allegations in the U.S. After Japan Verdict
Mark Karpeles, the chief executive of the now defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has been denied a motion to stay in a class action lawsuit...
Researcher Claims to Have Sleuthed $90M of Quadrigacx Funds
A new research report links a trail of 12 wallets holding Quadrigacx funds worth $90M of ethereum to Kraken, Bitfinex, and Poloniex...
Auction of Seized Bitcoin Draws Interest From 110 Countries
Wilsons Auctions on Feb. 28 successfully sold off 315 bitcoin seized by the Belgian police from dark web drug dealers. The 24-hour online...
In the Daily: Coinhive Closedown, Eos Heist, Crypto Entrepreneur Arrested
In this edition of The Daily, the creator of the in-browser crypto mining software Coinhive is closing down due to the low prices of...
Finally: Ethereum’s Network Upgrade Constantinople Is Here
Constantinople, an upgrade to Ethereum’s network has gone live. The upgrade marks the end of a month-long wait due to the discovery...
Indian Crypto Community Rallies to Influence Government’s Decision on Cryptocurrency Regulation
In March 2019, cryptocurrency enthusiasts and experts across India will make their voices heard at a nationwide roadshow. They intend to...
Thailand Now Has 4 Approved Cryptocurrencies
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a list of four approved cryptocurrencies for use as base trading pairs in...
Kraken Offers $100K Reward for Help Finding Quadrigacx Funds
The San Francisco crypto exchange Kraken has announced the company is offering a $100,000 reward in exchange for a solid lead toward...
Bitcoin History Part 10: The 184 Billion BTC Bug
There was something unusual about Bitcoin block 74638. It was Core developer Jeff Garzik who first spotted it, commenting on the “quite...
P2P Exchange Hodl Hodl Announces New Prediction Market
On Feb. 27, KYC-free cryptocurrency exchange Hodl Hodl announced a new service called Predictions, which will soon be added to the...
New Freelancing Platform Supports 12 Different Cryptocurrencies
There’s a new freelancing platform called Freelance for Coins that provides users with the ability to publish offers and bids for...
Cryptocurrency Accounts for Less Than 2% of All Japanese Money Laundering Cases
Money laundering cases related to cryptocurrencies in Japan have increased significantly in 2018. Nevertheless, their number remains a...
The Crypto Frenzy Is Creating A New Generation Of Investors In Asia
The cryptocurrency frenzy of these past years has created a new generation of investors in Asia, according to new data released by...
Europe’s Regulatory Head Seeks Further Control of Crypto Assets
Steven Maijoor, who chairs the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has shown support for further regulation of crypto...
35 Countries Urged to Regulate Cryptocurrency Exchanges Like Commercial Banks
The Financial Action Task Force has finalized its requirements for the supervision and monitoring of cryptocurrency service providers. The...
Institutional Digital Asset Wallet Startup Curv Emerges from Stealth; Raises US$6.5M
Curv, a digital asset wallet startup, has emerged from stealth and announced a US$6.5 million seed funding round led by Team8 and Digital...
In the Daily: Fidelity Investments, London Stock Exchange Group, Sofi
In this edition of The Daily we feature a number of traditional financial companies that are stepping into the crypto assets world....
Putin’s Order: Russia to Adopt Cryptocurrency Regulation by July This Year
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has instructed his country’s government to adopt federal laws relating to cryptocurrency by...
Honest Cash Publishing App Sees Organic Growth and New Features
Last November, a new Bitcoin Cash-powered publishing platform was launched called Honest Cash after the blogging site Yours.org opted to...
New Pwc Report on Crypto Insolvency Captures the ICO Chaos
Accounting firm Pwc’s Hong Kong branch recently released a crypto insolvency report guiding crypto business owners on what to do...
Cryptopia Lost Almost a Tenth of Its Assets in January Hack
New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has published a series of tweets detailing the extent of the losses it suffered during an...
Platform for Crypto Payments to Bank Accounts Launching in the UK
A company based in London has announced it’s launching a payment service that can help increase the mainstream adoption of...
Crypto Exchange Circle Partners With Financial Surveillance Provider Nice Actimize
On Feb. 27, Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle announced a partnership with Nice Actimize financial crime detection and...
Cybercriminals Ditch Ransomware and Malware-Based Attacks for Cryptojacking: IBM Study
Increased security measures and awareness are driving cybercriminals to change their techniques in search of a better return on...
Wirex Introduces Global Crypto Accounts for Businesses
With the beta launch of crypto and fiat-enabled business accounts, crypto payments platform Wirex has taken a major step toward mainstream...
Top Business School in India to Offer Advanced Blockchain Program for Professionals
A top business school in India is set to offer an advanced blockchain program for professionals. It marks the latest case of global...
In the Daily: Blockchain Phones, Crypto Cash Out Gets Easier, Banks vs Exchanges
Wednesday’s edition of The Daily charts the rise of blockchain phones and the effects they’re exerting on the tokenized assets supported...
Cryptocurrency Jobs Peak in These Indian Cities
Demand for skilled professionals in the crypto space has been steadily rising, according to new data that ranks cities in India based on...
China’s New Crypto Ranking: Bitcoin Upgraded, Tron Debuts Near Top
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has released its latest ranking of crypto projects. A total of 35 projects were...
These Bitcoin Easter Eggs Are Hidden in Plain Sight
Easter eggs are everywhere if you know where to look. Spanning all seasons and all forms of multimedia, these inside jokes, hidden puzzles...
125-Year-Old Swiss Bank Julius Baer Enters Cryptocurrency Market
Julius Baer, the 125 year-old Swiss private bank, has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency banking startup Seba Crypto AG. The bank...
Cashshuffle Participants Mix $20K of Bitcoin Cash in One Transaction
Over the last few days, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) enthusiasts have been meeting online to mix BCH using the Cashshuffle mixing software for the...
Lightning Network: Cool Enough for Twitter Jack and Fidelity But Not Iran
On Feb. 22, bitcoiners rejoiced when the financial banking giant Fidelity was handed the ‘Lightning torch’ as the Lightning Network’s...
Warren Buffett Calls Bitcoin a Delusion – But an Ingenious One
Warren Buffett’s opinion of bitcoin has evolved. In a recent interview, he described the cryptocurrency as ingenious but also called it a...
Nasdaq’s New BTC and ETH Indices Launch With Real-Time Price Data
The Nasdaq stock exchange has officially listed bitcoin core and ethereum indices on its platform of 4,000 global indices starting Monday,...
Markets Update: Support Turns Into Resistance for Leading Cryptocurrencies
Following Sunday’s sudden rally and retracement, most leading crypto assets have produced sideways consolidation just below the support...
Tech Business Leaders Name IoT Processes As Blockchain’s Greatest Disruptor: KPMG Study
Technology executives expect the Internet-of-Things (IoT) processes (27%) to be one of the greatest blockchain disruptors over the next...
In the Daily: Bitcoin Cash on Amazon Show, Bitwarden, Coinbin, Huobi Australia
In this edition of The Daily we cover an Amazon Prime show that features Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the open source password manager Bitwarden...
Maduro’s Petro Becomes More Accessible, but Scrutinized by Venezuelans
For a while now people were skeptical about the Petro network and questioned whether or not it even existed. Many Venezuelan citizens...