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Bitcoin Has Caught the Attention of Tanzania’s Central Bank
Regulation Bitcoin is growing popular throughout a few regions within the giant continent of Africa. One of these areas seeing bitcoin...
Bitcoin Group SE Shares Skyrocket Along with Bitcoin’s Ascent
Fintech Shares of the company Bitcoin Group SE have skyrocketed along with the rise of bitcoin’s price. Its shares have almost doubled...
Things Aren’t Looking Good for Internet Rights
It makes me rather sad how often I have to write articles like this, but it is important to remember that Internet rights are still under...
Swiss Scientists Develop Edible Robots for Humans and Animals
While it is evident robots come in many different types and shapes, the edible variety is not all that popular right now. That may soon...
The Texas Bitcoin Conference is Coming Back to Austin
Promoted Post This month on October 28-29, 2017 the Texas Bitcoin Conference is coming to the Canyon View Event Center in Austin, Texas....
Papyrus Digital Advertising Ecosystem – Blockchain Goes Mainstream with a Durable Model for Transparency, Security, and Fair Play
What's the internet for? Social media, games, YouTube videos, or your favorite publications? Not quite. The internet is for advertising....
Lightning Network Centralization Leads to Economic Censorship
Op-Ed Written by Jonald Fyookball. A few months ago, I wrote an article called “Mathematical Proof That the Lightning Network Cannot Be a...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform ShapeShift to Integrate NEM’s XEM Token
ShapeShift, an instant cryptocurrency exchange platform, has announced plans to integrate NEM’s XEM token.Incorporated in Switzerland,...
PR: Worldcore Payment Institution Raises over $5 Million in the First Presale Days of Its Upcoming ICO
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Car Sharing Firm Gets $10 Million, Adds Bitcoin Payments
Fintech The India-based, Y-Combinator-backed car sharing firm, Drivezy, just raised Rs 65 crore ($10 million). The company has used the...
Fundstrat Global Advisors Create Bitcoin Indexes
Finance Bitcoin bull and independent research boutique, Fundstrat, reveals its new five indexes to monitor cryptocurrencies. Aimed at...
Malaysia’s Central Bank Signals Year-End Bitcoin Ban
Regulation Malaysia central bank Governor is taking bitcoin cues from China. His glib statements are attracting widespread regional...
Altcoin Exchange Performs First Atomic Swap Between Bitcoin and Ethereum
Technology On October 7, 2017, the decentralized cryptocurrency trading platform Altcoin Exchange announced the team performed the first...
Alleged Dark Web Drug Kingpin Arrested at World Beard and Mustache Championships
News A 38-year-old Frenchman suspected of selling drugs via the dark web has been arrested at Atlanta international airport after arriving...
Alphabet’s Project Loon Will Help Restore Cell Service in Puerto Rico
Technology enthusiasts may recall that Google has been experimenting with a concept known as Project Loon. This initiative would...
PR: Genesis Vision Platform for Private Trust Management Describes an Ideal ICO
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Elon Musk May Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Power Grid
Recently, Puerto Rico was hit by a devastating hurricane. The natural disaster crippled the island's infrastructure, and relief efforts...
Music Streaming Service Arena Pays Royalties in Bitcoin to Eliminate Industry Black Box
Interview Arena Music attempts to right the fallen music industry. As a loss leader streaming service pointing users to artist...
Krosscoin – a Cross-platform App Monetization Platform
KSS introduces a consumption-based token framework that allows application developers to monetize any functional component, in any...
Russian Foreign Ministry Opposes Alleged BTC-e Operator’s Extradition to US
The entire court case involving Alexander Vinnik will drag on for quite some time to come. It seems the Russian government isn’t too...
Bitcoin ATMs On the Rise in Russia
Featured The number of bitcoin ATMs is on the rise in Russia. Ten of them were recently installed in five districts of Novosibirsk by a...
Liberty in North Korea: Bitcoin.com, /r/GoldAndBlack Team for Worthy Cause
Crowdfunding Reddit online community members join forces to assist in the placement of North Korea’s Hermit Kingdom refugees. North...
AMF Concludes ICOs Have No Legal Status Under French Law
Regulation Robert Ophele, the President of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has revealed that the AMF does not believe...
PR: Wellesley Information Services and International Data Corporation Release Agenda for November Blockchain Conference Content
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Singapore’s MAS Moves Toward Regulating Cryptocurrency-Based Businesses, Not Cryptocurrency Itself
Regulation Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, and...
The Bitcoin Cash Community Debates Future Difficulty Adjustments
Technology It has been three months since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network was introduced to the cryptocurrency community. So far, the BCH...
Bitcoin Illegal in Nepal? Police Arrest Seven Individuals for Trading Operations
Regulation This week seven individuals were arrested for running illegal bitcoin exchange operations in Nepal. According to Nepal’s...
Ahold USA Introduces Marty the Robot
One way to make robots appear more friendly to consumers is by giving them a short and easy-to-remember name. Marty does the job quite...
Japan’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitflyer Launches Bitcoin Visa Prepaid Card
Services Japan’s largest bitcoin exchange by volume, Bitflyer, has launched its own reloadable Visa prepaid card. Customers can fund them...
Coinbase Reveals its 2x Fork Plans
News Another large bitcoin exchange in the industry, Coinbase, has announced an update concerning the upcoming Segwit2x hard fork. The San...
The Satoshi Revolution – How and Why Government Outlawed Private Money
Featured The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations.Chapter 1: Listening to the Past (part 2).by Wendy McElroy How did...
Singapore Announces Second Stage of Bank-Supported DLT Venture
Blockchain technology has always been thought to be capable of making a big impact in the financial sector. There’s still a lot of...
Google’s Pixel 2 Lacks a Headphone Jack
Google’s recently-announced Pixel 2 smartphone boasts many impressive features. However, the company has chosen to do something that...
Chief Indian Economist: Bitcoin Won’t become a ‘Legal Currency’ in India without Regulation
A prominent Indian economist believes that bitcoin needs to be regulated in India before it will become a legal currency.In a Q&A...
England Can Now Use Left-Over Pence to Automatically Buy Bitcoin
Services England’s new application Dust links user bank accounts to exchanges, using leftover pence and pounds. Once the requisite amount...
Circle Unveils Open Source Blockchain Project For Digital Wallet Interoperability
Consumer finance startup Circle has unveiled Cent Routing Exchange (CENTRE), a new open source project that aims to use blockchain...
PR: Etherparty Beta Goes Live with Three Real World Use Cases
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Taiwan’s FSC Chairman Opposes Heavy-Handed Cryptocurrency Regulations
Regulation Wellington Koo, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) chairman, today expressed his desire for Taiwan to emulate Japan’s...
ETX Capital Deploys Bitcoin CFD Trading for Clients
Finance ETX Capital, A London-based FCA regulated brokerage, just embraced bitcoin. They now offer a full suite of bitcoin services and...
Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to ‘Denounce’ Segwit2x Participants
News On October 6, 2017, the web portal Bitcoin.org announced it was “denouncing” the Segwit2x hard fork and companies involved with the...
Australian Government Faces Scrutiny Over New Facial Recognition Measures
Any new proposal signed by politicians related to facial recognition technology will be met with a lot of scrutiny. Consumers are slowly...
ICO Central: Why Switzerland Will Remain Crypto Valley
by Ian Simpson Ian Simpson is head of marketing and communications at Lakeside Partners, an early-stage investment firm in Zug,...
PR: Tothemoon Project: the Merits of Cryptocurrency Mining on the Tothemoon Farm
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Finnish Law Enforcement Cracks Down on OneCoin Promoters
It is only a matter of time until all of OneCoin’s financial investigations catch up with it. Multiple countries are investigating...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Pops Higher But Meets Upper Resistance
Markets and Prices Bitcoin markets are kicking up a notch as the price tested the US$4,425 zone today, after spiking past the $4,300...
Swiss Vocational School Lucerne University Accepts Bitcoin for Tuition
News On October 3 the Swiss public vocational school, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, announced its now accepting bitcoin...
2x or NO2X: Why Some Want to Hard Fork Bitcoin in November – and Why Others Don’t
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DMarket Announces Second Phase of Token Sale
DMarket, the first global marketplace for trading in-game items, announced the dates of the company's main token sale. According to CEO...
Mexico Proposes Legislation to Tame Bitcoin
Regulation Mexican politicians join the growing club of government regulators wishing to get a handle on bitcoin and financial technology....
Welto Integrates with Coinbase so Users Can Pay Bills with Bitcoin
Services A new bitcoin and cryptocurrency application, Welto, just integrated Coinbase into their system. Welto now allows users to pay...
PR: Developers Announce Launch of Zumminer, Emphasizing Its Multi-Functionality and High-Level Wallet Security
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GameCredits Price Analysis – high probability of trend reversal
GameCredits (GAME) currently has a US$159 million market cap, and rose in value by a factor of 10x in 2017. However, the asset has lost...
Bitfinex Launches Segwit2x ‘Chain Split Tokens’
News On October 5, the popular bitcoin exchange Bitfinex released its chain splitting terms and conditions concerning the upcoming...
Russia’s Central Bank Pushes for National Cryptocurrency
Regulation The Russian Central Bank is contemplating creating a national cryptocurrency, after seeing multiple benefits it could bring to...
Ethereum-Powered Construction Payroll Platform Etch Selects KPMG As an Adviser
Etch, a UK startup developing a blockchain-based payroll platform for the construction industry, has selected Big Four consulting firm...
ECB Considers “Legal Restraints” Against Bitcoin Says Council Member
Regulation This week the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member, Ewald Nowotny, stated in an interview that the ECB is...
Brazil’s Largest Brokerage Creates XP Bitcoin
Emerging Markets Brazil’s XP Investimentos signals its willingness to meet customer demand, filing patent on the brand XP Bitcoin. The...
Japan’s Finance Industry Embraces Bitcoin Mining
Mining Japan’s major players in the financial industry are eyeing bitcoin mining with a goal of generating new revenue. They also hope to...
PR: ICOWatchlist.com Introduces: A New Ico Market Statistics Tool
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Josh Garza Held Liable for $9 Million USD for Wire Fraud
News Homero Josh Garza has been held liable for $9,182,000 USD by a U.S. federal judge. Garza pleaded guilty to one charge of wire fraud...
Russia’s Central Bank Instructs Clearinghouse Not to Settle Cryptocurrency Contracts
Regulation The Central Bank of Russia has sent a letter to one of the country’s biggest clearinghouses, instructing them to refuse to...
London Firm Uses AI to Improve Premium Beer
With so many different types of beer in existence all over the world, it is definitely becoming much harder to provide something unique to...
Eidoo Introduces a Wallet for All Your Cryptocurrency Shopping Needs
Rising asset prices are always fodder for the media seeking stories on speculative excess. Cryptocurrencies, though, are no longer only...
Name Bazaar Is a P2P Marketplace for ENS Domain Names
Ever since District0x was announced, people have been eager to learn what the platform has in store for the future. One of the projects...
Chinese Media Calls for “Zero Tolerance” on Crimes Involving Cryptocurrencies
Regulation Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Ye has published an editorial piece calling for regulators to take a “zero tolerance” approach...
An In-Depth Interview With Electron Cash Developer Jonald Fyookball
Interview This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Jonald Fyookball, the creator of the Bitcoin Cash (BCC) lite client, Electron Cash....
Dan Morehead: Bitcoin Likely to Become Expected Part of Portfolios
Dan Morehead, the founder of Pantera Capital and chairman at Bitstamp, a major cryptocurrency exchange that accounts for around 13 percent...
ToTheMoon Experiments With Optional In-Browser Monero Mining
The concept of mining Monero with one’s browser has received a very bad rap over the past few weeks. That isn’t a big...
Bitcoin Software Wars: Segwit2x Node Masking and Opt-in Replay Protection Merged
Technology This week, the Segwit2x development team merged a controversial implementation into the project’s Github repository that masks...
PR: CEX.IO Goes into Market Expansion and Adds Zcash to Its Portfolio
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Greek Court Supports Extradition of Former BTC-E Operator Alexander Vinnik
News A Greek court has ruled in favor of extraditing the alleged former operator of BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik, to the United States. Vinnik...
A Protocol for Blockchain Adoption for Mainstream Businesses
As crypto visionary Andreas Antonopoulos said of the development of technology trends, “in technology it is often not the best...
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Latest Exec to Flirt with Bitcoin
Finance Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, cozies up to bitcoin, albeit hesitantly. He’s following a global corporate trend. As its...
Goldman Sachs is Considering a Bitcoin Trading Operation, but CEO Retains a Neutral Position on the Cryptocurrency
[the_ad id="7016"]Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs is thinking about launching a new trading operation, geared specifically...
South Korean Crypto Community to Push Back Against ICO Ban
Featured Last week, South Korean regulators said they would ban all initial coin offerings. They are imposing a “prohibition on all forms...
Major South Korean Bitcoin Trading Platform Coinone’s Offline Exchange is Growing in Popularity
On September 11thh, Coinone, South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange behind Bithumb and Korbit, launched the first offline...
PR: Blockchain Pioneers In Trade Finance ModulTrade Launch Token Pre-Sale To Open Global Trade For Small Enterprises
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An Inside Look at Genesis Block — Hong Kong’s New Cryptocurrency Working-Space
Interview This past August news.Bitcoin.com reported on a ‘mystery miner’ from Hong Kong who helped jump-start the Bitcoin Cash...
Honda Unveils Prototype of Humanoid Robot for Disaster Response
Robots can come in many different shapes and sizes. Moreover, they can be deployed for many different reasons, including offering relief...
Oracle is jumping on board the blockchain bus and could help drive it to the mainstream
Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison Oracle By Becky Peterson Blockchain technology is no longer just for startups. Now even...
The CFTC Unofficially Scrutinizes Coinbase Over Ethereum Flash Crash
Coinbase is an exchange and wallet service provider a lot of users have grown to like over the past few years. At the same time, there are...
Coinbase Under Investigation for Ethereum ‘Flash Crash’
Featured The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating Coinbase for an Ethereum “flash crash” that occurred in June. During...
Large Japanese Energy Supplier Adds Bitcoin Payments With a Discount
Services Remix Point, a Japanese company engaged in a number of energy-related businesses, has recently launched a new electricity service...
Hong Kong Exchange Seeks to Capitalize Upon Chinese Cryptocurrency Crackdown
Markets and Prices Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Tidebit is actively seeking to attract Chinese investors who have been forced from...
PR: Announcing Viewly Pre-ICO, a Decentralized Video Platform
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Government Head of IT Department Fired for Mining Bitcoin Using State-Owned Computers in Crimea
Mining Two government officials of the Crimean Council of Ministers were caught mining bitcoin using government computers and were...
Nigerian Based P2P Bitcoin Exchange Offers Services to All African Nations
Emerging Markets The Nigerian person-to-person (P2P) bitcoin exchange, Bitkoin.Africa, launched on October 1st. The exchange currently...
Ross Ulbricht’s 144,336 Bitcoins – Bitcoin News
Featured Ross Ulbricht attorney, Paul Grant, refers to stipulation of federal government seizure as a “sad day for justice” and a “boon...
Sweden’s Largest Online Stockbroker Avanza Bank Adds Bitcoin Services
Finance This week, Avanza Bank, Sweden’s largest online stockbroker with over 600,000 customers is now providing clients with the ability...
Bitpay Sprints Towards Processing $1B Bitcoin Payments Annually
News The global bitcoin payment service provider, Bitpay, has released a progress report that details the company’s payment volume has...