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Trace Mayer Draws Support for Proof of Keys — Celebrating Genesis Block Day
Trace Mayer is calling for all bitcoiners to participate in a “Proof of Keys” celebration on Genesis Block day. “Not...
PR: Postar – Public Chain Transaction Platform
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Mastercard Files Patent for Blockchain Transactions Anonymization Method
Mastercard has filed a patent application for a method to keep blockchain-based transactions anonymous. The patent application, published...
Wirex Introduces Iban for All European Crypto Card Accounts
Cryptocurrency debit card provider Wirex has introduced Iban support for all EUR accounts in the past few weeks. Users in the European...
The Rise Of The All-In-One Bitcoin & Lightning Node
The last few months have seen a growing number of all-in-one Bitcoin and Lightning nodes emerging on to the marketplace, enabling more and...
$1 Million BTC Options Position Set to Expire on Dec. 28
Former portfolio manager at the University of Chicago endowment and current CIO of Blocktower Capital, Ari Paul, was reported to have made...
Chatter Report: Sirer Says Crypto Too ‘Volatile’, Zhao Ponders Next Bull ‘Trigger’
In today’s chatter report, Emin Gun Sirer debates with Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar on cryptocurrencies being a good store of value and...
Report: Indian Government Panel Submits Crypto Recommendations
The Indian government panel appointed to recommend cryptocurrency measures has reportedly submitted its report to the country’s...
P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful Builds Second School in Africa with Crypto
Paxful has announced the completion of its second built school in Rwanda, funded entirely with crypto as part of their initiative...
BitGo Joins Universal Protocol Alliance
The Goldman Sachs funded Crypto Custodial service BitGo has joined the Universal Protocol Alliance, it was announced yesterday. The...
Federal Agents Told This Silk Road Moderator to Fake His Own Death
A former administrator from the now-defunct Silk Road marketplace is recounting his story in a tell-all book and movie deal. After being...
Report: Swiss City of Zug Named Fastest Growing Tech Hub in Europe
The city of Zug, home of the Swiss Crypto Valley, has been named the fastest growing technology community in Europe. Zug ranked atop the...
Text-Enabled BCH Payments Now Available in 35 Countries With Cointext
Cointext has announced that its bitcoin cash wallet service has just launched in the Ukraine and Italy. Cointext is now connected to 35...
New Report Updates Cryptocurrency Exchange Ratings
A quarterly ratings report has upgraded the score previously given to seven cryptocurrency exchanges, while downgrading four. It has also...
The Daily: Trustology Raises $8 million, SEC Fines Crypto Fund Coinalpha
U.K.-based startup Trustology, which develops storage solutions for digital assets, has raised $8 million in funding and we’ve got the...
Bithumb Launches Voting Platform to Screen New Cryptocurrencies
Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has beta launched a public voting system for screening new coins to be listed on its...
Eight Reasons to Use Cryptocurrency Payments in 2019
This article on cryptocurrency payments was written by Thomas Highwater, who is an avid fan of all things crypto-related. Mr. Highwater...
Korean Court Case Alleges Government’s ICO Ban Is Unconstitutional
A constitutional complaint has reportedly been filed in South Korea alleging that the government’s ban on initial coin offerings is...
Australian Company Issues Loans Backed by Cryptocurrencies
A Melbourne-based company is now offering crypto-backed loans. Helio operates under an Australian Credit License (ACL) issued by the...
Simple Ledger Developers Publish Monthly Puzzle With Bitcoin Cash Treasure
In late November, the creators of the Simple Ledger Protocol announced the launch of Ledger Treasure, a contest in which contestants must...
Report: South Korea to Push for Major Adoption of Cryptocurrencies
South Korea will push for major cryptocurrency adoption, claims a new report, strengthening the spotlight on the tech hub which forms one...
Malaysian Financial Regulators to Intensify Scrutiny of ICOs, Cryptocurrencies
Malaysia’s securities regulator and central bank are to strengthen their scrutiny of initial coin offerings (ICOs) through new rules...
BCH App ‘Honest Cash’ Sees Significant Growth and Adds Native Wallet
Social media platform Honest Cash has activated 200 new users and added a few new features, according to its creator Adrian Barwicki....
Wendy McElroy: Avoiding Fraud by Going Crypto-Anarchist
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 8 Avoiding...
The Daily: Binance Offers Multiple Accounts, Huobi Plans Institutional Exchange
In this edition of The Daily, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced support for multiple accounts and we’ve got all the...
Bitcoin History Part 3: Turning on the Faucet
With no exchanges, P2P marketplaces, or escrow services in Bitcoin’s earliest days, acquiring coins wasn’t easy. You either...
Bipartisan Bitcoin Bills to Step up Consumer Protection in the U.S.
Two United States congressmen have introduced two pieces of legislation to help prevent alleged cryptocurrency price manipulation while...
Brazillian Bitcoin Exchange Sends User $35M in Bug-Induced Error
Accidental millionaire Kaique Nunes has a bug to thank after his withdrawal request of 500 reals ($128) erroneously returned a cool 137...
‘Crypto Crisis’ Mining Simulator Lets Players Relive the Last 10 Years of Bitcoin
In October, an early access game called Crypto Crisis was released on the digital distribution platform Steam. The recently launched title...
Bitcoin Address Illuminates Amsterdam’s Lights Festival
Residents of the Herengracht, one of Amsterdam’s most famous canalside streets, have been confronted by a curious combination of...
USDT Volume Up Despite Tether’s Stablecoin Dominance Dropping
The ongoing drama surrounding the opaque operations of Tether throughout 2018 has driven the proliferation of similar pegged currencies,...
Coinbase Opens the Door to More Than 30 New Cryptocurrencies
Coinbase has announced that it plans to list over 30 cryptocurrencies, with many more to follow. In its largest listing spree to date, the...
After Year-Long Wait New York-Based Exchange Gemini Lists Bitcoin Cash
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced the launch of bitcoin cash (BCH) support and detailed that BCH will be available for trading on...
SEC to Decide Fate of Vaneck Solidx Bitcoin ETF by Late February
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed its decision on the Vaneck Solidx bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which...
The Daily: Coinbase Adds Paypal Withdrawals, Gazprombank to Manage Crypto Assets
In this edition of The Daily, Coinbase customers in certain regions can now link their Paypal accounts to withdraw fiat and sell...
Islamic Financial Institution to Launch Interbank Blockchain Tools
An agreement has been signed between iFinTech Solutions, a Tunis-based fintech firm, and the Islamic Corporation for the Development of...
Cryptocurrency Bear Market: Four Options – Choose Wisely
In the decade since the introduction of bitcoin, it has been a rollercoaster of a ride for cryptocurrency investors – especially after the...
Markets Update: Leading Cryptos Grind to New Lows for 2018
In the last 24 hours, many leading cryptocurrency markets have broken down to post new lows for 2018. The bloodshed has seen BCH fall...
Study Shows Gamers and Developers Want Free Market For In-Game Items
Blockchain enabled games are a popular concept inside the cryptocurrency community. I remember covering early attempts to combine the two...
International Cooperation ‘Critical’ to SEC Action Against ICOs
Steven Peikin, co-director of the enforcement division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently described...
Buffett Bet 2.0: Asset Manager Wagers Cryptocurrency Fund Will Beat S&P 500
Cryptocurrency asset manager Morgan Creek Digital is betting $1 million that its crypto fund will outperform the S&P 500, calling the...
Chinese Miners Short BTC Markets to Hedge Against Falling Prices
The price of bitcoin core (BTC) has dropped considerably over the past few months, significantly affecting individuals and organizations...
New Report Spotlights South Korea’s Growing Importance on Global Crypto Stage
South Korea is already a key player on the global cryptocurrency stage but a new report by blockchain intelligence startup Cindicator...
Report: Troubled Crypto Exchange Wex Finds New Owner
Cryptocurrency exchange Wex, successor of the infamous BTC-e, has a new owner. Dmitry Havchenko, a former Ukrainian entrepreneur turned...
Bithumb Overtook Binance as Largest Spot Exchange by Daily Volumes in November
Cryptocompare, the cryptocurrency market data aggregator, has published its monthly exchange review for November 2018, offering insights...
What Grin and Mimblewimble Mean for the Future of Bitcoin Privacy
In a little over a month, one of the most eagerly anticipated cryptocurrency projects in recent times will launch. There will be no ICO or...
Previously Inactive Whales Are Moving Large Amounts of BTC
Earlier this week, armchair sleuths began pointing out that large amounts of cryptocurrency from long-dormant addresses have been on the...
Nasdaq Confirms Plans to Launch Bitcoin Futures in First Half of 2019
Joseph Christinat, the vice president of Nasdaq’s media team, has confirmed that the exchange will soon launch bitcoin futures. In a...
IRS to Face Record Number of Loss Claims, Says Crypto Accounting Firm
Node40, a developer of bitcoin tax-reporting software, expects the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to receive a record number of...
Chilean Court Rules in Favor of Closing Bank Accounts of Crypto Exchange Orionx
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of Chile has ruled that state-owned Bancoestado was justified in closing the accounts of...
The Daly: Poloniex Offers Institutional Accounts, Okex Launches ‘Perpetual Swap’
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is now offering institutional accounts and we’ve covered the announcement in The Daily. Also, Okex...
Bitwise Launches Bitcoin Fund, Driven by Client Interest
Bitwise Asset Management has launched two new cryptocurrency funds, one of which only invests in BTC. The launch “is driven by...
Venezuelans Remain Skeptical After President Maduro Raises Petro’s Value
Nicolas Maduro’s move to increase the price of the petro, the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency designed to counter inflation, has...
Conflux Raises US$35M for Blockchain DApps Protocol
Conflux, a blockchain protocol designed for decentralized applications (DApps) that promises much higher capabilities in terms of...
Coinmarketbook Gauges Cryptocurrencies by Buy Support Rather Than Market Cap
A lot of cryptocurrency enthusiasts and market observers reference websites that measure the digital asset economy by market...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Are Still Blood Red
As 2018 nears an end, cryptocurrency prices are dipping once again, having seen significant losses since the start of the year. This...
Chat Bot Advises Crypto Startups and Investors
Three Ukrainian companies have developed an English-language chat bot that provides consulting services to businesses and investors in the...
Singapore Financial Regulator Updates Guide to Digital Token Offerings
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published new guidelines pertaining to digital token offerings. The document provides...
Three Bitcoin Lies That Just Won’t Die
Did you hear that China’s just banned Bitcoin? Or that mining is killing the planet? Course you did. It’s hard to ignore the...
BTC.com Adds Replay Protection, SV Extraction Tool
BTC.com has added replay protection and a coin extraction tool for the Bitcoin Cash/SV hardfork. This makes it safe to spend Bitcoin Cash...
The Daily: Binance Shows DEX Preview, Ohio to Attract Blockchain Startups With Big Investment
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover Binance’s second preview of its upcoming decentralized exchange and how the state of...
P2P Markets Report: Dumping Drives Record Volume Across Latin America and Asia
The heavy selling pressure that has dominated the cryptocurrency markets in recent weeks has coincided with a surge in peer-to-peer (P2P)...
Chatter Report: Pompliano Praises Bitcoin Performance, Antonopoulos Says Death Spiral ‘Unlikely’
In today’s Chatter Report, we explore the different ways crypto influencers have been responding to the low prices of 2018. Some are...
Japan’s Money Forward Announces Details of Upcoming Cryptocurrency Exchange
Japanese public company Money Forward, operator of a personal budgeting app with 7 million users, is preparing to launch a crypto...
Express Your Gratitude With Bitcoin.com’s New Smart Tip Generator
Bitcoin.com has launched a new service that provides anyone with the ability to generate customized bitcoin cash (BCH) tips. Users can...
Political Decentralization: Freeing the Internet From Monopolists With Crypto-Tech
This piece on political decentralization was written by Jonas Sevel Karlberg. Karlberg advises several prominent projects and is a...
Bitfinex Adds Four Stablecoins Including GUSD and USDC
Bitfinex, together with its sister exchange Ethfinex, has announced the introduction of four new stablecoins. The additions take the...
Belarus High Tech Park Introduces Additional Crypto, Blockchain Regulations
Building on its first Decree No. 8 On the Development of the Digital Economy (December 2017), special economic zone the Belarus High...
Vertcoin Network Suffers 300-Block Reorg Following 51% Attacks
Vertcoin (VTC) is currently struggling with a series of 51 percent attacks and a number of blockchain reorganizations. According to...
Chinese Government-Backed Company to Launch Stablecoin by February
Grandshores Technology Group is a public company affiliated with a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) fund backed by the government of...
Finma: Crypto Startups Can Handle up to $100M of Deposits in Switzerland
Crypto-asset companies can now apply for licenses to handle as much as 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) in public deposits under...
Atomicpay Launches Private Beta of Digital Currency Payment Gateway
Startup Atomicpay.io announced the beta launch of its cryptocurrency payment gateway on Dec. 3, with support for six different digital...
Paxful Completes Second School in Rwanda #BuiltWithBitcoin
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplaces in the world, is once again demonstrating how the cryptocurrency...
The Daily: 29% of Freelancers Want to be Paid in Crypto, Asian Exchanges Fake Volume
Today’s edition of The Daily covers everything from hardware wallets to fake volume on cryptocurrency exchanges. But to kick-start...
Debunking the Bitcoin Death Spiral Theory
Bitcoin critics always seem to be the loudest during bear markets, which means the most ridiculous negative statements about the digital...
Blockchain-Based E-Voting Proves to Be A Hit in Switzerland: Report
Following the successful blockchain-based e-vote last summer, residents of Zug, Switzerland, are eager to adopt the new voting method more...
Korean Incoming Finance Minister Confirms Cryptocurrency Taxation Plans
South Korea’s incoming finance minister, Hong Nam-ki, has reportedly unveiled his government’s taxation plans for...
Swiss Crypto Valley Association Leadership Steps Down After Governance Review
More than half of the members of Switzerland’s Crypto Valley Association (CVA) board have announced their decision to step down in...
November Volume Rankings: Bearish Momentum Drives Surge in Trade
The significant bearish momentum experienced across cryptocurrencies throughout November drove a significant increase in monthly trade...
US Law Enforcement Wants Blockchain Surveillance Tools for Privacy Coins
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published its 2019 fiscal year pre-solicitation document. Throughout the 27-page...
Former Israeli Prime Minster Calls Cryptocurrencies a ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Ehud Barak served as the prime minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. These days he makes a lot of money as an investor and co-founder of...
A Cashless Society – Utopia or Dystopia?
From Stockholm to New York, major global hubs are ditching cash for cards. As contactless payment devices including smartphones and...
Organized Crime Goes Digital With the Blockchain-Based ‘Mafia Wars’ Game
Over the last couple of years, blockchain-based gaming has become more popular with collectible games like “Spells of...
Australia’s Financial Regulator Grants License to Bitcoin Exchange Coinzoom
Coinzoom Australia said Dec. 3 that it has been officially registered as a digital currency exchange with financial watchdog Austrac. The...
PR: Midex Launches EU Regulated Crypto to Fiat Exchange
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Report: At Least 77.6% of Bitcoin Mining Powered by Renewable Energy
The latest version of Coinshares’s bi-annual bitcoin mining report is now available, and it includes some fascinating conclusions in terms...
Markets Update: Falling Cryptocurrencies Wipe Out Last Week’s Gains
Cryptocurrency markets have seen losses over the last 24 hours and since our last markets update five days ago. Since then, most of the...
Russian Marketplace Allows Users to Sell Items Priced in Cryptocurrency
A new Russian online marketplace that allows users to buy and sell goods and services priced in cryptocurrency has rapidly expanded in...
The Daily: Asus Wants to Turn Gamers Into Miners, Wyoming Advances Crypto Bank Bill
In today’s edition of The Daily, we look at the effect of cryptocurrency on video gaming, banking laws and popular media. A leading...
Japan Unveils Plans to Regulate Initial Coin Offerings
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has held several meetings to discuss how to best regulate initial coin offerings. In addition to...