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BTC: 36% in Circulation Lost, 23% Held by Speculators, US Tax Authority Monitoring
Two research firms released compelling data on the state of Bitcoin Core (BTC). Chainalysis revealed 36% of BTC in circulation is lost,...
New POS Terminal by Pundix Allows Nigerians to Make Purchases in Bitcoin
Indonesian cryptocurrency and payments company Pundix has introduced a point of sale terminal at a shop in Nigeria, allowing people in the...
SEC, CFTC, FBI Take Action Against Bitcoin-Funded Securities Dealer 1Broker
Three U.S. agencies have taken action against international bitcoin-funded securities dealer 1pool Ltd., aka 1Broker. The Securities and...
New Stablecoins: From Cryptopound and Metal-Backed Swiss Coin to Mongolian ‘Candy’
Following some notable premiers in the genre recently, the next batch of stablecoins is on the way. A British startup is partnering with a...
Markets Update: Digital Asset Consolidation and Accumulation Continues
On Saturday September 29, cryptocurrency prices are meandering along after an interesting two weeks of ups and downs. Since last week’s...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto’s Means Are Its End – as Crypto-Statists Well Know
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 6 Crypto’s Means are Its End,...
Braiins OS Publishes Open Source Firmware for Mining Rigs
This week the software developers behind the mining operation Slush Pool have announced a new organization alongside releasing an open...
Line Launches dApps Part of Its Blockchain-Based “Line Token Economy”
Line Corporation, a Japanese Internet firm and the operator of the country’s most popular messaging app, has announced plans to launch...
The Daily: Fiat vs Crypto Laundering, Bitcoin Anniversary Cash-Ins
Welcome to another weekend filled with tales of cryptocurrency intrigue. From shameless Bitcoin anniversary cash-ins to exaggerated claims...
Exchanges Roundup: Ledgerx Readies ETH Futures, Coinbase Partners With Caspian
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, anonymous sources have stated that Ledgerx is preparing to launch ETH futures...
Popular Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Ditches All Government Currencies
In what could be construed as calling the casual enthusiast’s bluff, BTC maximalists at the Samourai project announced, “All fiat currency...
Payments Platform Wirex Launches Iban for Spanish and French Users, Doubles Account Limits
Wirex on Friday announced it had introduced International Bank Account Numbers (Iban) on its Euro accounts for customers in Spain and...
European Regulator Renews Restrictions on Crypto-Based Derivatives
Europe’s securities watchdog, ESMA, has decided to extend the restrictions applied to a number of financial derivatives, including...
Free Crypto Trading App Robinhood Available in Alaska and Oklahoma
“Alaska, thanks for bearing with us,” popular smartphone trading app Robinhood tweeted. “Trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,...
US Federal Judge Rules My Big Coin a Commodity, CFTC Can Pursue Charges
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that My Big Coin is a virtual currency meeting the definition of a commodity, which falls within the...
Chopsticks API Gives BCH Application Developers Options During a Contentious Fork
On Thursday, September 27, Eminent.ly developers announced the launch of an application programming interface (API) called...
Bitcoin Group SE Reports Half-Year Profit Surges 300% to $3.86 Million
German digital currency exchange Bitcoin Group SE reported on Friday a first-half net profit increase of more than 300% to €3.33 million...
Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go
The creators of the counterparty.cash protocol and Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia have announced two separate Bitcoin Cash full node...
The Daily: Coinbase Launches Bundles, Coinswitch Supports Trading Without Account
Crypto exchange Coinbase will present its clients with the option to buy bundles of multiple cryptocurrencies and access useful...
Varanida is Aiming to Improve the Experience of Web Users, Advertisers, and Publishers with the Blockchain
The advertising industry is broken. In today’s digital era the internet is a place where we gather information, connect with others,...
India’s Zebpay Shuts Down Exchange Activities
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, Zebpay, is shutting down its exchange activities due to the crypto banking ban...
Gaming and Blockchain Leaders Unite in Alliance to Disrupt the Status Quo
A coalition of industry-leading gaming and blockchain companies have formed an alliance aimed at bridging the two to increase adoption....
Bad Cryptocurrency Projects Have Squandered Millions of Dollars
Cryptocurrency scams take many forms. But one thing they all share is the goal of enriching their founders at the expense of investors. If...
PR: CrowdForce Launches ICO For Blockchain Based Agency Banking & Data Collection Platform
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Cryptocurrency Mining Giant Bitmain Files for IPO in Hong Kong
Bitmain Technologies, the cryptocurrency mining firm co-founded by billionaires Jihan Wu and Ketuan Zhan, released public financial...
Colombia Crypto Exchange Asks New President for Banking Help
Alejandro Beltrán of Colombia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Buda.com, effectively shuttered by banks in the country refusing to do...
RBI Denies Creating Crypto, Blockchain and AI Research Unit
India’s central bank has reportedly denied setting up a unit to research cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence as the...
BCH Roundup: Markets and Developments Leap Ahead This Week
There’s been a lot going on within the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem lately as both BCH markets and infrastructure developments this week...
Debit Card Issuer Bitnovo Announces Bitcoin Cash Support, as Acceptance Continues to Grow
Bitnovo has launched support for bitcoin cash (BCH). Starting September 27, users of Bitcard and N26 account, both bank-free product...
SFOX Adds Support for Litecoin Giving Institutional Investors the Chance to Diversify
A cryptocurrency dealer, aiming to provide trading services for high-volume traders and institutional investors, has today announced it is...
Bitdb’s Global Database Now Crawls the Entire BCH Transaction Universe
This week the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Unwriter has released the second iteration of Bitdb, a global NoSQL database backed by BCH and...
Goldman Sachs and Google Back Blockchain Payment Startup
Respected Serial Entrepreneur, Marwan Forzely made a daring move when he sold his former company eBillme to Western Union, which helped...
US Regulator Moves to Sanction Plexcoin’s Lacroix and Paradis-Royer
United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly seeking further sanction against alleged crypto scammers Dominic...
Bitpay and BTC.com Team: 1 Million Users Gain Access to $1 Billion Merchant Market
BTC.com has . announced its wallet will enable Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 70 (BIP-70) for payment transactions, which is especially...
The Daily: Around the World on 1 BTC and the Plausibly Deniable Brainwallet
In today’s edition of The Daily, we’re focusing on human interest stories. Tales involving people rather than products, as a reminder of...
Super Rich: Popular Thai Foreign Exchange Chain to Add Cryptocurrencies
Superrich International Exchange, a popular foreign currency exchange chain in Thailand, has reportedly revealed a plan to begin offering...
French Regulator Blacklists More Fraudulent Crypto Businesses
AMF, France’s financial regulator, has expanded its list of entities involved in fraudulent activities often related to cryptocurrency...
Top Crypto Markets of September 2016 – Where Are They Now?
Looking at a snapshot of the top cryptocurrency markets by market capitalization from the 25th of September 2016 shows that whilst the...
Analysts Suspect Cryptocurrencies Used to Evade US Sanctions in North Korea
During an interview earlier this week, two Washington-based financial intelligence analysts explain that North Korea is using...
Despite Ban, 25 Google Play Apps Found to Cryptojack Users
Sophoslabs has published a report in which the company claims to have identified at least 25 Android apps published on the official Google...
Bitmain Bids for Public Listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The China-based mining manufacturer Bitmain Technologies has filed its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus in order to gain approval...
Josh and Ross: The Government Doesn’t Care About You
The U.S. Government doesn’t care about your losses. They don’t care if you get scammed. What they care about is their own...
Developer Paul Sztorc Launches the First Version of Drivechain
On September 24, the director of research at Tierion and the bitcoin developer Paul Sztorc announced the launch of the first Drivechain...
Bitfinex Launches Decentralized Exchange EOSfinex in Beta
Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex has announced the launch of EOSfinex, a decentralized exchange built on the EOSIO technology, in...
Circle Enters the Stablecoin Races With USDC
Stablecoin mania is showing no signs of abating. Within a week of Gemini launching its US dollar-pegged coin, Circle has followed suit....
Pesamill Africa Launches as Kenya’s Latest Exchange Offering P2P And Centralized Trading
Pesamill Africa started trading today in one of Africa’s most active bitcoin markets. The exchange will compete with the likes of...
The Daily: UK’s Revolut Seeks EU Licenses, Quppy Launches Wallet With BCH
British-based digital bank Revolut has applied for financial licenses in two European Union member states, Lithuania and Luxemburg, in the...
Coinbase Opens Its Doors to an Array of Altcoins
Coinbase, a traditionally timid exchange when it comes to listing cryptocurrencies, has dramatically changed its stance. The...
3D Gun File Company Reorganizes After Cody Wilson Resigns
Cody Wilson, founder and Director of Defense Distributed (DD) has resigned, according to a press conference held Tuesday, September 25th...
PR: Bithumb to Hold Transaction Fee Payback Promotion for Overseas Users
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Google Bringing Back Crypto Ads in US and Japan
Google has announced that regulated cryptocurrency exchanges will be allowed to advertise on its platforms in the United States and Japan...
Squire Mining Discloses Next-Generation ASIC Chips Will Be Made by Samsung
This week the firm Squire Mining, a company that plans to offer next-generation 10nm ASIC chips, has revealed it is working with Samsung...
Regulations Roundup: U.S. Govt. Pays $5.7 Million for Blockchain Analysis, Amit Bhardwaj’s Assets Seized
In recent regulatory news, a report published by Diar has found that U.S. government agencies have paid approximately $5.7 million USD to...
Russian Crypto Groups in Telegram Increase Membership Despite Ban
The members of crypto-related Telegram channels have increased in number since the messenger was banned by a Moscow court in April,...
Coinbase Looking to ‘Rapidly Add’ New Assets, Opens Applications
Coinbase has announced a plan to “rapidly add” new assets to its system through open applications. The announcement is seemingly a change...
European Banks Complicit as Corrupt African Leaders Plunder Their Home Economies
European banks have allegedly been complicit as corrupt African leaders pilfer the wealth of their economies in the billions of dollars....
Surveys: 1 in 4 Millennials Want to Invest in Crypto, 3% of China Already Has
In recent cryptocurrency surveys, a poll of 100,000 Chinese citizens has found that 3% have invested in cryptocurrencies, and a survey...
Mt Gox Bankruptcy Trustee Sells Approximately 25,000 BCH and BTC
Mt Gox has published an announcement that its civil rehabilitation and bankruptcy trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi, has liquidated 25,331 BCH...
UK Startup Gospel Technology Raises £5 million for Enterprise Data Blockchain Platform
Gospel Technology, the developer of an enterprise database built on blockchain technology, has announced a £5 million Series A funding...
Vague Laws Leave Crypto Users Confused in Almost Half of the US
Justin Wales and Arnaldo Rego, lawyers at Carlton Fields, have surveyed all 50 states in the US, looking for clarity on money transmitting...
Bitcoin Enters the Scrabble Lexicon
To its holders, bitcoin is immensely valuable. Except, that is, for holders of the seven tiles required to spell ‘bitcoin’ on the Scrabble...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Dip Again Forming Consolidated Support
Just when cryptocurrency prices were starting to look better, digital asset markets shaved around $19 billion USD off the entire...
Pushing the Boundaries of Economic Change: Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange in Africa
Bitcoin is pushing the boundaries of economic change in Africa. In East Africa, a new deal between digital currency exchange Bitpesa and a...
CasinoFair Launches on the FunFair Blockchain Casino Platform
FunFair, the decentralized blockchain casino platform has launched CasinoFair as the first brand to go live on its platform. FunFair...
Concert Producer Hyperglow Teams Up with Blockparty to Offer Safer Ticketing Process on the Blockchain
They are a scourge on the ticketing event industry: lengthy check-in protocols, ticket fraud and secondary resellers. Yet, despite...
Zaif Hit With Third Improvement Order, Revises Hack Estimate
Japan’s top financial regulator has issued hacked crypto exchange Zaif a third business improvement order. The exchange has revised its...
The Daily: Speculators and Investors Hodl, Venezuelans Send Crypto With SMS
A study has detected stability in the amounts of bitcoin held for both speculation and investment during the last several months through...
Securing a Major Exchange Listing Is No Guarantee of Success
It is widely assumed that securing listing on a major cryptocurrency exchange will ensure an altcoin’s long-term success. Many ICO buyers...
Ebang Announces 44 Terahash E-11 Miners With 10nm Chips
The China-based Ebang Communication, one of the largest ASIC mining chip makers in the region has announced a new series of mining rigs...
Bitcoins For Secured Loans – Indian Industry Still Doubtful
Secured loans in the digital lending space are witnessing a lot of innovations. But thinking of cryptocurrencies as collateral forms for...
Here We Go Again — Crypto-Community to Deal With Another Foundation
This weekend a new organization was announced at Baltic Honey Badger bitcoin conference called the ‘B Foundation.’ At the event, Satoshi...
National University of Singapore Launches Academic Blockchain Research Center
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has announced the launch of the Cryptocurrency Strategy, Techniques and Algorithms (CRYSTAL)...
Introducing Top eToro Popular Investor Jay Smith
Jay Smith is one of eToro’s most recognisable traders, and he wants everyone to achieve success on the leading global investment and...
Six.network is Aiming to Reinvent the Digital and Creative Economies
In 2016, the entire digital economy contributed 15.5 per cent of total global GDP, or $11.5 trillion. This was mainly driven by the...
Voltaire.cash Exchange Launches – Supporting BCH as the Base Exchange Pair
A new cryptocurrency exchange has launched today called Voltaire.cash, a trading platform that aims to utilize bitcoin cash (BCH) as the...
The World’s Biggest Ethereum Hackathon is Hitting San Francisco Next Month
ETHGlobal is set to host, what is expected to be, its biggest Ethereum hackathon in the Golden Gate Bridge state next month. Over the past...
US Dollar Losing Dominance as a Means for Settling Transactions in Africa
The dominance of the United States dollar as a settlement currency in Africa is being challenged by emerging payment methods in financial...
PR: IX Launches Exchange with BTC as Platform Token
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Coinnest Executives Indicted for Accepting Bribe for Coin Listing
The Seoul Southern District Public Prosecutors’ Office has reportedly indicted two executives of South Korean crypto exchange...
Caspian Brings New Crypto Trading Tools to Coinbase Institutional Traders
Caspian, a startup that has built an institutional grade full stack cryptocurrency trading platform, has partnered with Coinbase to...
Trezor Users Can Now Exchange Cryptocurrencies Directly In-Wallet
This week the hardware wallet Trezor added the ability to buy and trade cryptocurrencies within its beta wallet’s interface. Now users can...
PR: Last Chance to Contribute to Modex Tech ICO
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Tether Has No Significant Impact On Bitcoin Price, Study Reveals
Speculations surrounding the supposed influence of Tether in inflating the price of Bitcoin might have been put to rest by a recent...
The Daily: Rethinking Bitcoin’s Market Cap, ICOs Printing Money
Welcome to a new week crammed with new ways of thinking about Bitcoin and its fellow cryptocurrencies. To kick things off, today’s edition...
Longhash Launches Bitcoin Tracker to Find ‘Dirty Money’
Longhash, a crypto and blockchain media and analysis site, recently launched its own Bitcoin Tracker. In an effort to “offer more peace of...
RBI Argues Supreme Court Should Not Interfere With Its Crypto Decision
The Reserve Bank of India has filed an affidavit with the country’s supreme court in response to one of the petitions against its...
The Bitcoin Files Protocol Provides a BCH Secured File Storage System
This weekend the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) developers have announced another new feature to the Bitcoin Cash network called the Bitcoin...
Swiss Bankers Association Acts to Prevent Crypto Firm Exodus
The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) has released a set of guidelines intended to bolster the availability of financial services to...
Study Finds “No Evidence” of USDT Price Manipulation
A study examining the widely suspected correlation between Tether issuance and BTC price movement, undertaken by Wang Chun Wei and...
Markets Update: Despite Negative Headlines – Crypto-Prices Continue to Rise
A few days ago digital asset markets saw some good gains pushing the entire crypto-economy up past $229 billion. Both bitcoin cash (BCH)...