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Zero-Confirmation Forfeits: Adding Security to Unconfirmed BCH Transactions
On Nov. 20, the Bitcoin Cash developer Awemany announced the first code proposal for a concept called Zero-Confirmation Forfeits (ZCF), a...
Markets Update: Dump Drives Record BTC Volume on Binance, XRP Extends Lead Over ETH
Cryptocurrency markets have continued to see significant losses, with BCH, BTC, and ETH posting new lows for 2018. Despite also losing...
North Korea to Hold Crypto Conference in April
North Korea plans to host an international summit of experts from the cryptocurrency industry. The Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency...
ETH Mining Not Profitable, Miner Heats Home With ASIC Rigs
In recent mining news, Susquehanna International Group has reported that it is no longer profitable to mine ether with a GPU. In other...
TrustED Launches Blockchain-Based Platform for Educational Background Checks
Australia-based startup TrustED has launched a blockchain-based academic credential verification service. The platform leverages...
Bitcoin Isn’t Volatile – the World Is
It’s been a horrible year for cryptocurrency. Assets down an average of 90 percent, constant despair and each new day bringing fresh...
SEC Investigates Salt Lending’s ICO, Huobi Advises Russian Bank on DLT
In recent regulatory news, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly launched an investigation into Salt...
The Daily: BTC Spot Index Launches, Futures Platform Delayed
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover a number of developments in the institutional segment, including a new BTC spot index, a...
Indian Government Expects to Finalize Cryptocurrency Bill Next Month
The Indian government has reportedly filed an affidavit with the country’s supreme court detailing its progress on cryptocurrency...
KPMG: Institutional Investment Key to Cryptoassets Growth
Auditors KPMG have published a report stressing the need for institutional investors to join the cryptocurrency industry. The report...
Three Blockchain Finalists in Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge
Billionaire and tech personality Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge 2019 contest has been narrowed down to ten teams and three...
Crypto Detectives Project Rates and Investigates Suspicious ICOs
An online platform created in Russia has set a noble goal of making the cryptocurrency industry safer for investors. The project...
Zimbabweans Use BTC to Pay for Food Hampers Amid Foreign Currency Crisis
Study263, a Zimbabwean-owned fintech startup operating from South Africa, has opened an online store allowing Zimbabweans to buy food...
PR: Lightning Fast Stablecoin USDX Launches Token Sale
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Shed Billions in Bloody Sell-Off
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been glued to the price charts over the last 48 hours as digital assets across the entire crypto-economy...
Bchd Developers Announce Neutrino Wallet for Bitcoin Cash in Beta
Named after the subatomic particle that can pass right through the entire planet without being detected, neutrino is meant to be a...
3 Reasons Privacy Coins Are Unlikely to Overtake Bitcoin
When people give reasons for various altcoins’ inability to overtake bitcoin as the dominant digital asset in the world, the conversation...
The Daily: Fake Trezors, Catching Knives, Stablecoins With Everything
There aren’t many prices that cryptocurrency traders can bear to look at right now, but stablecoins are one of the few exceptions....
Everything That’s Wrong With Roubini’s Central Bank Crypto Love Letter
Whenever Nouriel Roubini talks smack about Bitcoin, it’s hard to know how to respond. Do you ignore “Dr. Doom,” mindful...
Fear, Loathing and Opportunity: How Crypto Traders Are Handling the Drop
The last 24 hours have been the worst the cryptocurrency markets have seen since the 24 hours prior. Things have been looking grim for...
Singapore Finalizes Regulatory Framework for Cryptocurrency Payment Services
The central bank of Singapore has finalized the country’s new regulatory framework for payment services, which now includes...
Greek Court Accused of Violating the Rights of Alleged Btc-e Operator, Postpones Hearing
The judges at the Greek supreme court have been accused of violating Alexander Vinnik’s rights. The alleged Btc-e operator has been...
Swiss Crypto Exchange-Traded Product Launching Nov. 21, But It’s Not an ETF
New.Bitcoin.com has confirmed that the exchange-traded product tracking an index of five leading cryptocurrencies will start trading on...
Hash Wars: A Successful BCH Upgrade and a ‘High Risk’ Exchange Listing
It’s been close to four days since the Bitcoin Cash upgrade and the blockchain split that occurred on Nov. 15. Since the acrimonious fork,...
Crypto Exchange ProBit Aims to Distinguish Itself from Other Platforms
The world of finance is changing, interest in cryptocurrencies is growing and new opportunities are being presented. This includes the...
Humans.net Launches Blockchain-Backed Freelancer Marketplace
Humans.net has officially launched its peer-to-peer, blockchain-based freelancer marketplace, following a US$10 million seed funding round...
Bitcoin Cash Developers Launch Beta Bchd Client Written in Golang
On Nov. 18, a few days after the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fork, Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia announced the launch of Bchd, a full node...
Bcoin Developers Release Cross-Chain Atomic Swap Application
On Friday, Nov. 16, the developers behind the full node projects Bcoin and Bcash announced an application that allows users to complete...
Thai Central Banker: A National Cryptocurrency Is Years Away
Central bankers have been talking about issuing their own digital coins ever since they first saw the appeal that bitcoin holds for many...
BIGtoken Aims to Give Users Back Control of Their Data, Rewards for Three Most Active Beta Testers
Personal data is incredibly valuable. Why, though, aren’t the people who own that data making money from it? The Facebook-Cambridge...
Report: Censorship-Prone EOS ‘Needs to Re-Architect Its Infrastructure’
EOS, the $4 billion blockchain project developed by Dan Larimer, has been savaged in an exhaustive new review. The 17,000-word report,...
Ivy and Hiveex Launch Ivypay to Facilitate Consumer Bill Payments in Australia
Ivypay, a cryptocurrency-based payments platform, was launched in Australia on Nov. 19. The service — built by blockchain company Ivy in...
The Daily: Okcoin-Backed Studio Raises $16M, Coinbase-Funded Game to Enter Beta
In today’s edition of The Daily, we focus on the intersection between the cryptocurrency industry and gaming. A game startup recently...
Cryptocurrency Memes: The Only Assets That Can Survive a Bear Market
If there are two things a bear market’s good for, it’s building and memeing. Your portfolio might be down, but if you’re anything like...
Major Venezuelan Department Store Chain Accepts Cryptocurrency
The people of Venezuela have been forced to cope with an increasingly difficult economic situation in recent years. This has led to a loss...
Cryptocurrency Markets Consolidate Near 2018 Low
The drama surrounding the recent Bitcoin Cash fork has comprised the catalyst for significant action across the cryptocurrency market,...
Smart Contract Developers May Be Held Liable by the SEC
Nick Szabo invented them but has reservations about what they’ve become. Vitalik Buterin adopted them but now regrets using their name....
Markets Update: Traders Expecting Major BCH Action When Exchanges Open
It’s been a pretty hectic week for cryptocurrency enthusiasts as the infamous Bitcoin Cash hash war has unfolded. Overall, the...
Cryptopia Has over 100 Markets Disabled, Charging Fees For Return
The Cryptopia exchange seems to be having some problems. At press time, over 100 different coin markets are disabled. Many of the coins...
Gem Launches Crypto Portfolio Management App
US-based crypto startup BitVault, Inc., doing business as Gem, has announced the launch of its consumer crypto portfolio app that lets...
The Daily: US Bank to Issue Crypto Cards, Coinbase Updates Wallet
In Sunday’s edition of The Daily, we cover the upcoming launch of a new Visa debit card that will allow users in the U.S. to spend...
Cryptocurrency Exchange-Traded Product Live on Swiss Stock Exchange Next Week
An exchange-traded product tracking an index of five leading cryptocurrencies reportedly will start trading on Switzerland’s Six stock...
More Cryptocurrency Exchanges Opening in Thailand, SEC Warns Approvals Needed
A growing number of companies are entering the cryptocurrency space in Thailand. However, they have not applied for approval from the Thai...
Crypto Experts From Sanctioned Countries to Receive Training in Crimea
The leading crypto industry association in Crimea has proposed establishing an international training center to prepare experts from...
The Cobo Vault Hardware Wallet Will Outlive You
The arms race between hardware wallet manufacturers is showing no signs of abating. Every new device must be more secure, robust and...
Another ‘Satoshi Message’ Attempts to Sway Public Opinion, But Fails
It’s been a crazy week in cryptocurrency land as a large portion of the community watched the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network split into two...
Hash Wars: BCH Proponents Confident a Resolution Is in Sight
On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community entered the third day of its hash war, with many supporters growing confident that...
The Daily: New Woe for ICOs, Bitcoin Cash Trading Resumes
In Saturday’s edition of The Daily, we examine Q3’s figures for initial coin offerings, and ponder where they go from here in the wake of...
Estonia Issues Over 900 Licenses to Cryptocurrency Businesses
In less than a year since Estonia introduced licensing for companies operating in the cryptocurrency industry, the number of licenses...
A Brief Introduction to Voluntaryism for Crypto Neophytes
The blockchain space appeals to freethinkers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries. Many of these iconoclasts practice voluntaryism, although a...
Free Keene Activists Launch Bitcoin Embassy New Hampshire
Keene, New Hampshire is well known city for libertarian philosophies and more recently as a hotbed for cryptocurrencies. On Monday, Nov....
Islamic Countries Challenge USD ‘Sanctioning Tool’ With Planned Common Cryptocurrency
Muslim countries around the world are planning to push back against the U.S. dollar’s long global dominance by creating a common digital...
SEC Settles Charges With Two ICO Issuers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with two initial coin offering issuers. These cases are the...
Hash Wars: Day Two and the Anticipation for BCH Trading Platforms to Reopen
It has been close to 24 hours since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain split on Nov. 15, and the community is assessing the first day of...
ECB Official Decries Bitcoin as ‘Evil Spawn’ of Financial Crisis, Ripple Consolidates Lawsuits
In recent regulatory news, an executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) has given a dismissive appraisal of bitcoin and...
Nvidia Misses Q3 Revenue Target as Cryptocurrency Slump Weighs on Business
Shares of Nvidia plunged as much as 17 percent in after-hours trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday, after the U.S. bitcoin...
The Daily: Bitsane Introduces Tether-Euro Pair, Covesting Launches in Gibraltar
In Friday’s edition of The Daily, we look at Bitsane’s decision to list tether (USDT) and trade it against the euro. We also...
Coinmine Launches US$799 Crypto Miner
LA-based startup Coinmine has announced the launch of Coinmine One, a sleek, plug-in device that aims to simplify the complex...
Poles to Pay 19% Tax on Income From Cryptocurrency Transactions
The government of Poland recently submitted amended income tax regulations for approval by President Andrzej Duda. The updated framework,...
Web Giants Censor Bitchute and Bloom
Another week, another slew of projects banned by major web platforms. Paypal has ejected Bitchute, a Youtube competitor that champions...
Hash Wars: ABC Chain Leaps More Than 50 Blocks Ahead
All eyes were on the Bitcoin Cash network today as the blockchain split into two after the last common block was found on the chain at...
Stablecoins Demand More Trust than Fiat Currency
This article about the problem with stablecoins was written by Kevin Murcko, the CEO at cryptocurrency exchange, CoinMetro, and forex...
Japanese Regulator Unveils Plan to Regulate Cryptocurrency Wallet Services
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency, has unveiled a plan to regulate cryptocurrency wallet services. The...
French Financial Markets Regulator Estimates ICOs Have Raised $21.9B Globally Since 2014
France’s financial markets regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), has published a report examining trends relating to...
eToro Cryptocurrency Wallet Review
Social trading platform eToro released its cryptocurrency wallet on November 6, 2018, to much fanfare. The company, which only last month...
Miner Abandons Swedish County, Leaves $1.5M in Unpaid Electricity Bills
Two mining companies with operations in Sweden have reportedly abandoned their facilities in the country’s northernmost county of...
Coinbase Ventures Backs Home Crypto Mining Startup Coinmine
Coinmine is a new startup that aims to make in-home mining accessible for non-technical users, based in Los Angeles and founded by Farb...
Circle’s USDC Stablecoin to Be Listed on Binance, Trading Begins Tomorrow
Goldman Sachs-backed startup Circle has announced that Binance will list its USDC stablecoin. Binance, one of the world’s largest...
Hash Wars: The Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Has Begun
Today Thursday, Nov. 15, a great majority of the cryptocurrency community is fixated on the contentious Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork and...
Canaan’s Hong Kong Listing Plans in Limbo
Plans by bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Canaan to list shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange are now uncertain, as the Chinese...
Canadian Court to Take Custody of Quadrigacx Funds, NYDIG Gets Bitlicense
In recent regulatory news, a Canadian court plans to take custody of $19.5 million of funds that Quadrigacx deposited with the Canadian...
ERC1538: Future Proofing Smart Contacts and Tokens
A new Ethereum Standard has been proposed. While I rarely cover still developing tech, ERC1538 is an interesting one worth bringing up....
Seba Crypto Expects Swiss Banking License, Independent Reserve Integrates Tax Tool
In recent exchange news, Seba Crypto AG has predicted that it will receive a Swiss banking license within the first half of 2019. We also...
Isle of Man Updates Registration Rules for Cryptocurrency Businesses
The financial regulator of the Isle of Man recently introduced changes to its policy governing the registration of companies in the...
The Daily: Coinbase Blesses Binance, Game Day for BCH
It’s a big day for Bitcoin, though quite what flavor of Bitcoin remains to be seen. By the time the dust has settled on this...
BCash Hash War Looms With Community at Impasse Ahead Of Today’s Scheduled Upgrade
With an increasingly divided Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community at what appears to be an impasse ahead of today’s planned upgrade, the next few...
Aevolve Introduces First Crypto Token to be Offered in a Tracker Certificate on SIX Swiss Exchange
Aevolve, a Zurich-based healthtech company, has announced the launch of the first crypto token to be offered in a tracker certificate for...
Bitfinex Introduces New Fees, Bitmex Rejects Claims It Trades Against Its Customers
In recent cryptocurrency exchange news, Bitfinex has introduced new withdrawal fees, the CEO of Bitmex has refuted accusations that the...
Bitcoin ATMs Most Common Scam Payment Method in Australia
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has warned taxpayers to be “on high alert” for phone scammers demanding payment through bitcoin ATMs....
Stablecoins Fetch a Premium as BTC Hits Year Low
Officially, Wednesday, Nov. 14 will go down as the worst trading day of the year, as BTC sunk to record lows. Unofficially, there were...
Russian Developers to Help Iran Build Its Crypto-Economy
Experts from Russia will provide support for the development of Iran’s crypto-economy. The cooperation is part of an agreement reached by...
Fork Watch: Disputed Consensus and an Abundance of Game Theory
In less than 24 hours the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will be facing a hard fork involving consensus changes that are currently disputed...
On Bitcoin Cash Fork Eve, Craig Wright Holds The Keys
The Bitcoin Cash Hash war is about to come to an end, for good or ill. Right now, it looks like Craig Wright is in the lead. Unless...
Kucoin Exchange Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding Round
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin has announced it has raised a combined total of $20 million in series A funding. Taking...
Mint Exchange Opens Trading for FX Brokers and Institutions
As cryptocurrency is steadily taking over the online forex trading industry, more and more specifically tailored solutions are being...
IMF: Central Banks Could Issue Digital Currency
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said central banks throughout the world should...
Singapore Crypto Exchange KuCoin Raises US$20 Million Series A
KuCoin, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that IDG Capital, Matrix Partners and Neo Global Capital have agreed to...
Preparing for the Looming Bitcoin Cash Fork
On Nov. 15, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network faces a contentious fork and many BCH users have been wondering what to do with their funds...
The Growth of Security Tokens in 2018
2018 was meant to be the year of security tokens. The number of projects seeking to launch security token offerings (STOs) would mushroom,...
The Daily: Coincheck Relists Nem, Okex Adds Dong
In this edition of The Daily, we report on Coincheck’s decision to resume nem (XEM) trading and relist two other coins — ether (ETH)...