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Bitcoin Mixing Concept Payjoin Makes a ‘Huge Mess’ for Blockchain Surveillance
On Jan. 24, Adam Gibson, author of Waxwing’s Joinmarket blog, wrote about an interesting Coinjoin concept called Payjoin. The protocol...
S Korean Crypto Exchanges Team up to Fight Money Laundering, Illegal Trading Activities
Four of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, and Upbit, have announced a new initiative to increase...
Arwen Enables Self-Custody for Traders of Centralized Crypto Exchanges
Centralized exchanges are a common security concern in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. As a single point of failure they can be strong-armed...
Back to Basics: What Is Money?
Our current economic system can be compared to a merry-go-round that has us consuming, trapped in debt and spending as quickly as we...
Mystery Bitcoin Miners Are Altering Mining Pool Dominance
During the first month of 2019, studies have revealed the growing trend of unknown miners processing blocks on the Bitcoin Core (BTC)...
Belarus’ Largest Commercial Bank May Establish a Cryptocurrency Exchange
The cryptocurrency market might be underperforming in terms of prices, but the technology continues to evolve and become deeply integrated...
The Daily: Iran Said to Announce Crypto-Rial This Week, Italy Closer to Crypto Regulation
In this edition of The Daily, Iran is reportedly preparing to announce its national cryptocurrency during a conference starting on Jan....
Report: Indian Government Finalizing Crypto Regulatory Framework
The Indian government has reportedly confirmed that the report containing a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies by an...
Markets Update: Consolidation Continues as Traders Wait for a Breakout
On Sunday, Jan. 27, a vast majority of cryptocurrency markets have seen sideways consolidation as prices have been following a narrow...
8 Food Delivery Sites That Accept Cryptocurrency
Purchasing goods and services online with cryptocurrency is becoming increasingly popular. A growing number of takeaway platforms around...
Bloq Labs Reveals Software Suite That Aims to Increase Hash Power by Double Digits
The blockchain organization Bloq Labs has introduced a beta version of a new software suite for cryptocurrency miners called Titan. Bloq...
$15.4 Billion of New Cryptocurrency Value Was Created During 2018
A report recently published by Diar has estimated that nearly $15.42 billion of value was added to the market capitalization of the...
The Daily: Crypto Wallet Raises $15 Million, Localbitcoins Suffers Vulnerability
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature another recent example of venture capital infusion into the cryptocurrency space as...
Defying Crypto Winter, Swiss Crypto Valley Grows to 750 Companies
A new survey shows that the cluster of companies working with cryptocurrencies and related technologies in the Swiss Crypto Valley has...
Bitcoin Climbs in China’s First Crypto Ranking of 2019
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has released its latest ranking of 34 crypto projects. This is the first update...
An In-Depth Look at the Trezor Model T Hardware Wallet
Cryptocurrency hardware wallets have become a mainstay within the digital asset economy and over the years these devices have evolved....
Bank’s Refusal to Release $1.2B of Venezuelan Gold Strengthens the Case for Bitcoin
Venezuela’s economic crisis is impossible to ignore. President Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to withdraw $1.2 billion of the...
Dutch Startup Blockport Launches Full Featured Crypto Trading Platform
Amsterdam-based startup Blockport has announced the launch of its full featured cryptocurrency trading platform and integration with...
Double Down Your Bitcoin Security by Utilizing 2FA Services
After obtaining your first bitcoins on an exchange, you’ll want to keep them safe, even if the funds are only sitting...
Ireland Hosts Blockchain Hackathon for Public Services
The government of Ireland is hosting a blockchain hackathon this week to identify and analyze potential real-life use cases of blockchain...
Bitcoin History Part 9: Mt. Gox Is Born
“Hi everyone, I just put up a new bitcoin exchange. Please let me know what you think.” With those innocuous words, one of the most...
The Daily: Bakkt Shares BTC Futures Details, Kucoin Adds Grin Trading Pairs
In the first weekend edition of The Daily, crypto exchange Kucoin lists Mimblewimble coin Grin, giving it several trading pairs, and Bakkt...
Tidbits: Jesse Powell Criticizes Custodial Ownership, Simon Dixon Slams the Banking System
Tidbits is a roundup of talking points from across the cryptosphere. Today, Jesse Powell and Samson Mow both voice their opinions on the...
Just Because Cryptocurrency Isn’t ‘Legal Tender’ Doesn’t Make It Illegal
Central bank warnings about crypto assets may give the impression that cryptocurrency is illegal, especially since these entities often...
Swiss Bank Partners With Bitstamp to Enable BTC Funding and Withdrawals
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has partnered with a Swiss bank to allow the bank’s customers to fund their dollar-denominated...
JP Morgan: Bitcoin Would Only Make Sense in a Dystopian Scenario
JP Morgan has continued to bash bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, saying the value of them is still unproven and that it will be at least...
‘XRP Army’ Accused of Harrassment After Intense Debate Over the Token’s Market Cap
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of discussion about the company Ripple Labs and the digital token XRP. A recently published...
These Tools Will Help You Calculate Your Crypto Taxes
Filing taxes can be tricky and in jurisdictions like the United States is notoriously complicated. But when cryptocurrencies are added to...
The Cypherpunk Dream: Protecting Data and Dismantling the Dossier Society
AI specialist Dr. Rand Hindi conducted a presentation on cypherpunk history and data privacy in St. Moritz, Switzerland, at the Crypto...
Study Finds Certain Proof of Stake Networks Vulnerable to Low Cost Attacks
On Jan. 22, a team of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) released a unique study concerning the longevity...
PR: Smartrade Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Grin & Beam: Privacy, MimbleWimble & Competition in Trade-offs
This January has finally seen mainnet launches of two implementations of the novel MimbleWimble privacy-focussed payment protocol come to...
The Daily: Market Cap Metric Attracts Flak, Trust Wallet Does Desktop
In Friday’s installment of The Daily, we round up the latest debate over whether market cap should be used to rank cryptocurrencies....
eToro Lists Crytpo #14, Adds Support for ZCash on its Trading Platform
Social trading cryptocurrency platform eToro has listed ZCash (ZEC), the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, on its platform. The support of...
Leaked Images Reignite Expectations for Crypto Wallet in Galaxy S10
It is a premiere expected by many and crypto enthusiasts have become part of the impatient crowd. The long-awaited 10th anniversary...
New York Regulator Grants Licenses to Robinhood Crypto and Libertyx
Robinhood Crypto and Libertyx have been granted licenses by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Robinhood is now...
Jamaica Stock Exchange Plans to List Security Tokens
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is to list security tokens as tradable assets after completing a 60-day live trading pilot with Canadian...
Satoshi’s Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Now Available in Arabic and Hindi
On Jan. 22, blockchain infrastructure firm Bitfury announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos that Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin...
After Not Filing Taxes for 8 Years, John McAfee Claims IRS After Him For Cryptocurrencies
Earlier this month, John McAfee indicated online that he had not filed taxes for eight years and all but dared the IRS to come after him....
Galaxy Digital Reportedly Raising $250M to Help Firms Survive Crypto Winter
The current market environment has caused several cryptocurrency companies such as exchanges, and miners to cancel growth plans, downsize...
MyCrypto Acquires Ambo for the Next Wave of New Crypto Users
An open-source blockchain interface that is aiming to simplify the process of storing, sending, and receiving crypto assets, has today...
New Malware Attacks Hold ASIC Miners to Ransom
According to reports from cybersecurity researchers, there’s a new ransomware virus on the loose that’s targeting bitcoin miners. A...
UK Regulator: Utility Tokens Are Not Subject to Securities Laws
Britain’s financial regulator is seeking to clarify which cryptocurrency activities need to be officially authorized. The regulator...
Why a Global Recession Would Be Good for Bitcoin
Macro trends suggest that a global economic crisis could be looming. Worries about a global recession have been fed by the newly published...
The Daily: Crypto Startups Licensed in Poland, Dutch Bank Offers Coin Storage
In this edition of The Daily, the Polish financial watchdog has authorized two crypto companies to operate as payment service providers...
Using Blockchain, IoT Sensors and Food-Sensing Tech to Address Food Safety Concerns
New emerging traceability technologies including Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors, blockchain and food-sensing technologies, have the...
Shamir’s Secret Explained: Distributing a Seed Phrase Into Multiple Parts
When an individual first joins the cryptocurrency economy and obtains their first bitcoins, at times the process can be daunting. Most...
Cryptocurrency Adoption Rising in Iran as Government Mismanages Economy
Iran is toying with the idea of lopping zeros off its national currency as inflation goes through the roof. History tells us this is...
Mastercard Fined $650M by EU for ‘Artificially’ Raising Fees
The European Union’s competition commission has handed Mastercard a €570 million euro ($648 million) fine for artificially raising payment...
SEC Filing for Vaneck Solidx Bitcoin ETF Withdrawn
Cboe BZX Exchange has withdrawn its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for Vaneck Solidx bitcoin ETF. The U.S....
Davos 2019: Leaders Share Mixed Cryptocurrency Predictions
The annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos from Jan. 22 to 25, attended by business leaders, politicians, and economists is...
Blockchain.com Launches New Educational Resource With Bitcoin Cash Report
Wallet provider Blockchain.com has created a new educational tool to help newcomers to the cryptocurrency ecosystem access information on...
Money Transmitter License Not Required for Crypto Businesses in Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) published guidance for virtual currency businesses...
Huobi to Launch its Own Stablecoin in H1 2019
Huobi Group is planning to launch its own stablecoin in the first half of 2019, Chris Lee, CFO and board secretary of Huobi Group, said on...
OTC Desks Proliferate as Volume Shifts From Spot Markets
While trading volume on the top cryptocurrency exchanges declined dramatically during the second half of 2018, all signs suggest that...
The Daily: Huobi Downsizes, New OTC Desk to Launch in US
In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily we cover a number of developments that show how cryptocurrency exchanges around the world are evolving...
Governmental Overreach in Developing Nations Will Hasten Hyperbitcoinization
For bitcoin idealists, the coming utopia for global finance stars bitcoin dismantling the fiat hegemony, empowering citizens to own their...
Tidbits: Peter Todd on Passphrase Memorization, Antonopoulos Explains Transaction Fees
Tidbits is a roundup of talking points from across the cryptosphere. In this edition, Peter Todd suggests memorizing randomly generated...
PR: Bitcoin.com Partners With Anarchapulco
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
$16 Million Now Believed to Have Been Stolen in ‘Weird’ Cryptopia Hack
Details have so far been murky regarding millions of dollars worth of tokens stolen from New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange...
Presidential Candidate John McAfee Flees U.S. for Alleged Tax Fraud
U.S. presidential candidate John McAfee announced on Tuesday that he has fled the country. According to McAfee’s recent Twitter video he’s...
Hollywood Actor Kevin Connolly Directs New Television Pilot ‘Cryptos’
The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami had a surprise visit last Thursday when Kevin Connolly, the actor from the HBO series...
Current Crypto Bear Market Set to Become the Longest Ever
The market downturn that has prevailed since early 2018 is now within weeks of becoming the longest winter in the history of the...
Former Mt Gox CEO Reflects on Incarceration in Japan While Facing More Prison Time
The infamous Mark Karpeles, former CEO of the now defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, appeared in an exposé interview on Monday and publicly...
Xapo Transfers Key Operations to Switzerland
Global crypto services provider Xapo is moving major operations from its base in Hong Kong to its office in Switzerland. The company is...
Romania Imposes 10% Tax on Cryptocurrency Earnings
Romania has amended its tax laws, allowing it to start taxing gains from bitcoin investments at a rate of 10 percent. The improved fiscal...
Why Cryptocurrency Custody Solutions Are on the Rise
The last six months has witnessed significant growth in the number of businesses and banks launching cryptocurrency custodial services....
Swedish Trader Expects to Pay 300% of Crypto Profits to Tax Agency
According to local media, a Swedish cryptocurrency trader is anticipating receiving a tax bill of approximately $1 million after...
The Daily: 100 Exchanges’ Security Rated, Enjinx Block Explorer Launches
Tuesday’s installment of The Daily details new tools that are helping users safely navigate the cryptocurrency ecosystem. From making an...
Airdrop Mishap Causes Korean Exchange to Accidentally Send BTC to Customers
A South Korean crypto exchange mistakenly sent its customers BTC and other cryptocurrencies due to an error during an airdrop. Some users...
How to Buy Bitcoin Anonymously
Buying bitcoin is not a revolutionary act. Nor should it be. And yet the way statists, apparatchiks and politicians bang on, you’d think...
Host a BCH Giveaway With Bitcoin.com’s Golden Ticket Software
Have you ever thought about creating a cryptocurrency giveaway during a hosted event? Now you can create your own crypto-based sweepstakes...
Mastermind Who Planned Iceland’s Biggest Bitcoin Heist Jailed for 4.5 Years
Last year, Sindri Stefansson was arrested for his part in what has been described as the biggest heist Iceland has seen – over $2 million...
Falcon Private Bank Launches Crypto Wallet With Support for Direct BTC and BCH Transfers
Switzerland’s Falcon Private Bank has introduced a cryptocurrency wallet as well as support for direct transfers of BTC, BCH, ETH and LTC...
Russian Institutions Back Proposal to Let Companies Use Cryptocurrency
An idea to allow companies from certain sectors and in some regions to use cryptocurrencies is gaining traction in Russia. The proposal...
Crypto Smart Card Manufacturer Tangem Raises US$15M from Japan SBI
Tangem, a Swiss manufacturer of crypto “smart banknotes,” has raised US$15 million from SBI Crypto Investment, a digital asset venture...
Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform Bitquick Implements Bitcoin Cash Support
Over-the-counter marketplace Bitquick has announced the company is now supporting multiple cryptocurrencies and has officially added...
ICOs Produce Slow Start to 2019
During the first two weeks of 2019, initial coin offerings (ICOs) raised roughly $90 million, according to data published by Icobench. Of...
The Daily: Bitmain Reflects on 2018, Memo Releases Mobile App
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover a reflection on the passing year by the cryptocurrency mining technology giant Bitmain, a mobile...
‘Satoshi Way’ Course to Prepare Crypto Developers in Ukraine
Ukraine’s crypto business sector has decided to address the deficit of developers in the field. Several companies, the industry’s...
PR: trade.io Turns up the Heat With Massive Airdrop – Attractive Trading Competition
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Review: The Ledger Nano X Adds Bluetooth and a Fussy Mobile App
There’s a lot to love about Ledger’s hardware wallets. There’s also a lot to loathe. From a design, manufacture, and presentation...
How US Government Shutdown Affects Bitcoin ETF Approval
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is due to make a decision on the Vaneck Solidx bitcoin ETF next month, and the deadline...
Regulations Have Ruined the Physical Bitcoin Industry
As bitcoiners celebrate the 10th anniversary of Satoshi’s invention, veteran enthusiasts will be aware that a lot has changed since the...
Cryptocurrency GIFs: Animations That Capture the Mood of the Markets
The cryptocurrency ecosystem is filled with unique individuals with a penchant for sharing dank memes. Besides an arsenal of killer...
Indonesian Unicorn Go-Jek Acquires Majority Stake in Filipino Crypto Wallet
Indonesian unicorn Go-Jek has announced a partnership between the company’s payments platform, Go-Pay, and Filipino cryptocurrency wallet...
Blame Banks for Damaging the Environment – Not Bitcoin
Another mainstream media outlet has published a piece warning of the dangers Bitcoin poses to the environment. We’ve heard these...
US Crypto Investors Incurred $5.7 Billion in Unrealized Losses Last Year
The results of a survey published by Credit Karma estimate that crypto investors in the U.S. realized losses of approximately $1.7 billion...
The Case for Universal Basic Income Gains Strength As Recession Fears Deepen
Britain’s protracted and problematic Brexit from the European Union, coupled with China’s falling exports and America’s record trade...
The Daily: Coinspot Launches OTC Desk, Bitdeer Expands in Eastern Europe
Crypto exchange Coinspot has launched an over-the-counter trading desk in Australia and you’ll find more about the platform in this...