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Exchange News: Huobi Trials EOS Exchange, Sharespost Enables Security Token Trade
In recent cryptocurrency exchange news, Huobi’s EOS exchange has entered trial operations, Sharespost has facilitated a secondary trade of...
Bisq DEX Launches DAO on Testnet as Developers Seek to Decentralize Governance
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Bisq has upgraded its open source software. The revamped platform includes a new user interface in...
The Differences Between Forex and Crypto Trading
Many would argue that comparing cryptocurrency trading with forex is like comparing apples and oranges, but that’s not entirely...
The Daily: Critical Bug Found in Beam Wallet, Wirex Adds Another Cryptocurrency
In Friday’s edition of The Daily, we cover the news about a vulnerability found in the Beam Wallet days after the launch of the...
PR: Bitex Global Launches XBX on Global Exchanges
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Indian Bank Forcing Customers to Agree to Anti-Cryptocurrency Policy
An Indian bank is reportedly forcing customers to agree that they “will not deal with any transactions related to cryptocurrency...
Query the Bitcoin Cash Blockchain With Bitcoin.com’s Dedicated Bitdb Node
Over six months ago, Bitcoin.com launched a dedicated development page for programmers working on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. More...
Block Propagation Startup Bloxroute Partners With Mining Operation Rawpool
On Thursday, Bloxroute Labs announced a partnership with the China-based mining operation Rawpool Group and global video communication...
China Announces New Regulations for Blockchain Companies to ‘Promote Healthy Development’
China is coming down hard on blockchain companies, even though the government appears to favor blockchain over cryptocurrency. The...
Bitwise Asset Management Files With SEC for New Bitcoin ETF
Bitwise Asset Management is the latest American financial firm to seek regulatory permission for launching a bitcoin ETF. The company...
5 Crypto Exchanges Have Been Licensed in Gibraltar Since Regulation
Several known crypto companies have been granted licenses to operate from Gibraltar since the British overseas territory adopted...
The Struggles and Successes of Introducing Crypto to the Unbanked: A Social Experiment in Colombia
How cryptocurrency can help the unbanked has been a hot topic over the past 12 months. It is a laudable goal, but one that it is by no...
Report Claims Chinese Mining Giant Bitmain Is Prepping for New Leadership
The cryptocurrency mining manufacturer Bitmain may have a new chief executive officer in the near future according to regional reports....
UK Crypto Ventures Raised Over $255 Million VC Funding in 2018
Brexit and the sharp downturn in the cryptocurrency markets have not been able to stop the growth of the British crypto industry. End of...
Markets Update: Bearish Momentum Grips Leading Cryptocurrencies After BTC Tests ATH Trendline
The cryptocurrency markets have produced a slight retracement in response to bitcoin core (BTC) testing a long-term descending trendline...
Flaw Discovered in Lightning Network’s Cross-Chain Functionality
While the Lightning Network is mostly known as a way to make Bitcoin payments instant and practically free, another often-touted aspect of...
Ethereum Classic Blockchain Suffers 51% Attack, Exchanges React
Ethereum Classic, an offshoot of Ethereum with an overall market capitalization of $531 million, suffered a 51% attack, which led to...
It’s Time We Began Pricing Things in Satoshis
What can you buy with a virtual pocketful of satoshis? Why, anything and everything. Whatever goods or services you can purchase with BTC...
Banned From Twitter & Reddit, Dark Overlord Disappears from Steemit
After being removed from Twitter and Reddit, the Dark Overlord Hacking group’s account has been taken off of Steemit. It is unclear...
PR: Bitbook Launches Online Gambling and Betting Platform
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
The Daily: Trust Wallet Adds BCH, 35,000 Merchants Get Access to Crypto Payments
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover an ethereum wallet that’s added support for bitcoin cash, a deal that grants access to...
7 Korean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Pass Government Security Inspection
The South Korean government has released the results of its security inspection of cryptocurrency exchanges. Only seven of them passed all...
Nick Szabo: Central Banks May Turn to Cryptocurrency Reserves Over Gold
At the Israel Bitcoin Summit at Tel Aviv University on Jan. 8, veteran cryptographer Nick Szabo explained that the use of...
Fund Providers Insist There’s Enough Market Liquidity for a Bitcoin ETF
For years, bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been struggling to get off the ground and receive approval from the U.S. Securities...
Immutability Questioned After Steemit Blog Bans 9/11 Blackmailer’s Account
The blockchain-powered blogging platform Steemit is being accused of centralization and censorship. On Jan. 7, 2019, the hacker group The...
Banking Agency Advises European Commission to Assess Common Crypto Approach
The European Banking Authority (EBA), a regulatory agency of the European Union, has published its assessment into the application of EU...
Bitcoin Goes on Sale in 24 French Tobacco Stores
At least 24 tobacco shops have started selling bitcoin coupons in the French capital of Paris. Widely known as “tabacs”, the stores...
Blockchain Insurtech Startup PAL Network Inks Partnerships with Toyota Tsusho and Allianz Malaysia
PAL Network, an insurtech startup using blockchain technology to offer smart contract-based insurance products, has signed two memorandum...
Jason Cox Extends Open Invitation for Assistance With Development and Review of Bitcoin Cash Code
BCH developer conversations have been taking place ahead of the upcoming May 2019 upgrade. In their latest video meeting, devs agreed that...
Bitcoin ATMs Continue to Spread Across the Globe
There are now over 4,000 bitcoin ATMs throughout the world, global statistics provided by Coinatmradar.com show. Nearly all of them...
The Daily: Bitpay Adds Multi-Crypto Settlements, Shapeshift Downsizes
In Wednesday’s edition of The Daily we cover a new feature that will allow Bitpay merchants to automatically diversify their settlements,...
Thailand Issues 4 Cryptocurrency Licenses, Rejects 2 Exchanges
Thailand has officially granted licenses to three cryptocurrency exchanges and one broker-dealer. Two exchanges have been rejected and one...
Major Mining Pools Have a ‘High Die-Off Rate’ Study Reveals
On Monday, Coinmetrics.io published a study looking at hashrate history of the most competitive BTC mining pools. The research from...
Leading Crypto Markets Post Worst Year of Monthly Price Action on Record
When looking at monthly market performance, 2018 was the bloodiest year in the history of the cryptocurrency markets. Of the seven largest...
Developer Releases Cash-DB, a Terab Project Fork for the BCH Network
On Jan. 7, the technician and researcher Joannes Vermorel announced the release of a new project called Cash-DB, a forked repository for...
Coinbase Suspends Ethereum Classic Following 51 Percent Attack
Coinbase has ceased interactions with the Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain after the exchange detected a 51 percent attack on the...
Nevada Saw an Influx of Blockchain Recorded Marriages in 2018
According to public records obtained from Washoe County, home to one of the marriage epicenters of the world in Reno, Nevada, the region...
Report Claims Central Banks Are Cautious About Issuing Their Own Digital Currencies
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has published a survey showing that most central central banks are “proceeding cautiously” on...
eToro: Preference for Stablecoins as Alternatives to Continue in 2019
The end of 2018 wrapped up what has been one of the worst year’s for the crypto market, with Bitcoin dropping to its lowest levels...
Review: Wasabi’s Privacy-Focused BTC Wallet Aims to Make Bitcoin Fungible Again
Privacy is relative, but by many people’s reckoning, bitcoin could use greater anonymity. The Bitcoin Core protocol hasn’t changed much...
Coinfloor Spin-Off CoinFLEX to Offer Stablecoin-to-Stablecoin Futures Contract
Crypto futures exchange Coin Futures and Lending Exchange (CoinFLEX) will introduce stablecoin-to-stablecoin futures contract, offering...
Venezuela Decrees Crypto Operators Must Pay Taxes in Cryptocurrencies
The Venezuelan government has published a decree requiring taxpayers with crypto operations in the country to pay their taxes in...
Bithumb Holding Company Looks to Raise US$100M in Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
Blockchain Exchange Alliance (BXA), the Singapore-headquartered holding company of Bithumb, one of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency...
Central Bank Official: Regulators Are Hindering the Development of Cryptocurrencies
An excessive number of regulatory agencies are interfering with the prospects of successful development of cryptocurrencies in Ukraine,...
Ethereum Studio ConsenSys Teams Up With Chip Manufacturer AMD
Ethereum development studio ConsenSys is partnering with computer chip maker AMD to develop a new cloud computing infrastructure based on...
Report: Most Major Crypto Assets Show Close Price Correlation
The 2018 bear trend brought an increase in correlation across the leading cryptocurrency markets, with recent research indicating that 10...
The Daily: Kraken Swamped by US Subpoenas, AMD Partners Crypto Studio
In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a couple of stories that show how the U.S. is potentially stifling the development of the...
Crypto-Friendly Statesman Takes Over Swiss Presidency
After serving as finance minister of one of the most economically influential nations over the past three years, Ueli Maurer is now...
Bitcoin Cash Transaction Fees Were Less Than a Cent Throughout Most of 2018
One of the great benefits of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network is that miner fees have been consistently inexpensive for well over a year. A...
Coinbase and Its Troubling History of Customer Account Closures
Coinbase is hailed as a paragon of the cryptocurrency industry, its CEO’s every utterance amplified and its every coin listing...
Thousands of Banned Binance Customers Remain Cut off by the Exchange
Binance, the world’s second largest digital asset exchange by traded volume, has withdrawn its services from countries targeted by U.S....
Analysis: Understanding the SEC’s Stance on Crypto
Last year the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission took enforcement action against initial coin offerings and other crypto companies...
Four Cryptocurrency Hotspots That Saw Tremendous Growth in 2018
In the last few years, the cryptocurrency environment has changed drastically and there is a bunch of new cryptocurrency hotspots popping...
Texas Updates Regulatory Guidance Regarding Cryptocurrency Activities
The Texas Department of Banking has published new guidance regarding the regulatory treatment of virtual currencies under the Texas Money...
Wendy McElroy: Interview with Jeffrey Tucker on All Things Crypto, Part One
Interview with Jeffrey Tucker on All Things Crypto, Part One Conducted by Wendy McElroy The multi-faceted Jeffrey Tucker is an American...
The Daily: Derivative Market Hits $12B in Volume, Reports of Layoffs, Another Fork
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has announced reaching $12 billion in cumulative trading volume on its derivative market in December. The...
More Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Sign up for Self-Regulation
Five cryptocurrency exchange operators including Coincheck have signed up to self-regulate under Japanese law. They have joined the...
Five Bitcoin Board Games
Bitcoin is highly addictive. For those who come to know and love the cryptocurrency, sending, receiving, and hodling often isn’t enough....
Deploying Censorship-Resistance to Uphold Decentralization
This piece on censorship resistance was written by Jonas Sevel Karlberg. Karlberg advises several prominent projects and is a co-founder...
Despite Supreme Court Ruling, Chile’s Antitrust Court Orders Banks to Keep Crypto Exchange Accounts Open
Following the ruling by Chile’s supreme court that a bank can legally close accounts of a crypto exchange, the country’s Court...
Owner of Romanian Exchange Coinflux to Be Extradited to the US
The Romanian judiciary has decided to hand over to U.S. authorities the founder and CEO of Coinflux, one of the country’s cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin Primely Positioned as U.S. Foreign Policy Pushes Rivals to Ditch Dollar
As President Donald Trump presides over geopolitical shape-shifting as the poster boy of separatist politics, the most significant...
Number of Chinese Crypto Lawsuits Doubles in 2018
According to China Judgements Online, a database of Chinese court documents, half of all lawsuits pertaining to cryptocurrencies were...
InnovaMinex is Using the Blockchain to Deliver Traceability to Precious Metals
A new business model that uses the blockchain is delivering traceability to precious metals. Even though precious metals such as gold and...
Bitcoin Wallet Mycelium is the Latest to Join the Foundation for Interwallet Operability
Mycelium, a mobile Bitcoin wallet, has become the latest addition to join the Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO). The wallet...
Circle’s Cryptocurrency OTC Desk Swapped More Than $24 Billion in 2018
Finance company Circle claims its over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading desk swapped a notional volume of $24 billion last year....
BitTorrent Unveils Tron-Based Cryptocurrency
File-sharing software provider BitTorrent Inc. has announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency which users will be able to use to...
New Full Node Client ‘Bitcoin Verde’ Joins the BCH Ecosystem
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters were greeted on Thursday by another new full node client, library and blockchain explorer for the BCH chain...
Markets Update: BCH and BTC Consolidate, ETH Regains Second Spot
BCH and BTC markets have begun the year with consolidation, with BCH bouncing between $150 and $175 and BTC trading within a $3,500 to...
The Daily: Cointext Offers Philippines BCH Wallet, Beam Launches Mimblewimble Coin
Cointext’s SMS bitcoin cash wallet is now available in the Philippines and we’ve got the details below. Also in The Daily on Friday, the...
It’s the 10th Anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block. Here’s What People Are Saying
Today mark’s the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin’s Genesis block, signalling the launch of what has become the number one...
Thailand Develops Blockchain Tech for E-Voting
Thailand’s National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), a government organization responsible for information and...
Indian Central Bank’s Report Shows Cryptocurrencies Are Not Currently a Threat
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published a report indicating that cryptocurrencies are not a threat currently. However, the central...
Chatter Report: Sechet Claims Cashaccount a Potential ‘Privacy Disaster’, Voorhees Defends Coinbase
In today’s roundup of crypto chatter, Jonathan Silverblood responds to Amaury Sechet’s privacy concerns with Cashaccount. Erik...
Report: 70 to 80 Percent of South Korean Miners Shut Down in 2018
Chinese state television has sought to document the toll taken on South Korean cryptocurrency companies by 2018’s bear market, with...
Overstock Becomes the First Major US Company to Pay Business Tax in Bitcoin
The cryptocurrency-friendly company Overstock.com announced on Thursday that company will be paying part of its business taxes to the...
The Next Big Thing or a Total Monstrosity? Four Experts Weigh in on Stablecoins
Stablecoins have long divided opinion in the crypto community, with some believing they’re needed to gradually convert the masses...
Banking Struggle Drives Bitcoin ATM Manufacturer Lamassu to Switzerland
While governments and banks in some countries are trying to hamper the development of cryptocurrency-related businesses, other locations...
Bitcoin’s Proof of Keys Day Begins With Industry-Wide Support
In addition to being Bitcoin’s 10th birthday, Jan. 3, 2019 will go down in history as being the crypto world’s inaugural Proof of Keys...
Jordan Peterson Has ‘Real and Increasing Sympathy’ for Bitcoin Users
In a recent video posted to The Rubin Report YouTube channel, host Dave Rubin and clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson announced they...
10 Years Ago Bitcoin’s Genesis Block Changed the Course of History
Over the last 12 hours, cryptocurrency supporters across the globe have been celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Bitcoin genesis...
Analysis: Why Crypto Derivatives Are Considered Dangerous
There is a new generation of cryptocurrency-based derivatives being launched in 2019 which could significantly increase overall trading...
The Daily: New York Establishes Crypto Task Force, Novogratz Buys More of Galaxy Digital
In Thursday’s edition of The Daily, we cover a new task force established by the state of New York to explore the cryptocurrency market...
Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange in 45 Countries Sees Strong Demand in Venezuela
An Indian cryptocurrency exchange, which is now live in 45 countries, reports that it is “seeing immense enthusiasm and buyer...
144 ICOs Launched During 2017 Failed Last Year
Coinopsy, a website that maintains an active catalog of “dead” cryptocurrencies, currently estimates that 264 altcoins failed to survive...
Last Year’s Altcoin Army Have Become This Year’s Bitcoin Brigade
This time last year, altcoiners were jubilant at the soaring value of their respective cryptos, while gloating at BTC’s diminishing...
2018’s Top Cryptocurrencies Ranked by Github Activity
Over the past 12 months, digital asset values have dropped considerably, but behind the scenes cryptocurrency development has increased....
South African Officials Create Regulatory Working Group Dedicated to Cryptocurrencies
The Minister of Finance of South Africa, Tito Mboweni, explained in a letter on Jan. 2 that the region’s government has created a...
VC Fred Wilson Predicts “New Bullish Phase” in Crypto
In his annual post about the new year ahead, prominent venture capitalist and Union Square Ventures (USV) co-founder Fred Wilson predicts...
European Exchange to Offer Investing in Stocks With Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency holders who look for ways to diversify their portfolios into other markets are about to get a new option for doing so. A...