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The Daily: New Crypto Bills on Capitol Hill, Russian Banks Face Demand for Cryptocurrencies
From Washington to Moscow, cryptocurrencies have entered the agenda of those who share a vocation to rule and regulate. Following the...
China During Crypto Ban: One Woman Tries to Live on Bitcoin
Close to being yet another annoyingly false media piece on how ‘hard’ it is to live on cryptocurrency, the Netflix of China, Iqiyi,...
UNICEF France Accepts Donations in 9 Cryptocurrencies
The French office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has started accepting donations in 9 of the most popular...
Chechnya to Create Mining Pool for Eurasian Economic Union Countries
Chechnya will create a Eurasian crypto mining pool, the press secretary of the head of the Chechen Republic has reportedly confirmed. The...
Six New and Improved Cryptocurrency Analysis Tools
Blockchain explorers and cryptocurrency analysis sites just keep getting better. While Coinmarketcap (CMC) still dominates, these days...
Bitcoin Glyphs Added to Apple’s Shortcuts Application
Apple recently introduced a new lineup of iPhones and its new operating system iOS 12. Moreover, four days ago the company also updated...
Exchanges Round-Up: Circle Invest Adds Four Alts, Stockholm IT Announces Crypto Fund
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, Circle Invest has added Eos, 0x, Stellar, and Qtum to its platform, Stockholm IT, a...
SEC Orders Proceedings to Rule on ETF, Seeks Further Feedback
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an “order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve...
Programmable Money: Bitcoin Cash Community Debates Oracle Driven Upgrade
Lately, there’s been a lot of conversation directed at adding a canonical transaction ordering (CTOR) process to the Bitcoin Cash...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto-Idealism Is the Future That Crypto-Statists Need to Defame
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 5 Crypto-Idealism is the...
The Daily: Binance Expands, Putin Advisor Visits Huobi, Brazilian Brokerage Goes Crypto
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is making good on its promises to expand globally – focusing on emerging markets and fiat-to-crypto...
Financial Blockades Are Bad for Humanity But Great for Bitcoin
Vloggers. Sex workers. Conservatives. Iranians. People from every strata of society, with nothing in common, save for a shared grievance....
PR: Crypto Exchange Bleutrade Confirms Its Presence In Malta
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Turkey Finance Minister Embraces ICO Hype for Already Troubled Economy
If regional Turkish media is to be believed, no less than the country’s Minister of Finance (Finmin), Berat Albayrak, has proposed looking...
Taiwanese Candidate Accepts Crypto Donations, California Bans Them
Using cryptocurrency for political donations has been a hot topic in many societies. Two recent developments demonstrate different views...
Steve Hanke: Central Banks Fuel Wealth Loss and Inflation – The World Needs Less of Them
Respected economist Professor Steve Hanke has chanted down central banks. While Hanke doesn’t tout cryptocurrency as an alternative,...
Of Moonshots and Mushrooms: Let’s Get Beyond Technocratic Thinking
The following opinion piece on Moonshots and Mushrooms was written by Max Borders, director of Social Evolution and author of The Social...
Crypto-Community Debates Bitcoin Core Bug and a ‘Forced Upgrade’
This week the cryptocurrency community has been discussing and dealing with the critical vulnerability that was found in the Bitcoin Core...
Markets Update: XRP Briefly Dethrones ETH as Second Largest Crypto
The cryptocurrency markets have produced a significant rally today – with just three of the top fifty crypto markets by...
China Updates Crypto Rankings, Downgrades Bitcoin
The China Center for Information Industry Development has updated its crypto rankings. The list contains 33 crypto projects, ranked...
PR: iCoinbay Rolls Out Trading Premium Gain Plan
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Experts Weight in on Stablecoins
Stablecoins have been all the rage this year with currently dozens in circulation bearing names like Tether, Basis, Sagacoin, TrueUSD, Dai...
Cybercriminals’ Still Prefer Bitcoin But Privacy Alt-Coins Will Rise, Europol Report
A Europol report has warned that while bitcoin remains top dog in the world of crypto-focused cybercriminal activity, so-called privacy...
Buying PC Games With Bitcoin: Site Reviews
Back in 2015, I wrote what I thought would be an evergreen article on buying PC Games with Bitcoin. Since that time, a lot has changed....
Bitmain Announces Next-Generation Antminer Equipped With 7nm Chip
At the World Digital Mining Summit in Tbilisi, Georgia the blockchain firm and mining manufacturer, Bitmain Technologies, announced a new...
The Daily: Poloniex Drops 8 Coins, New Exchange Licensed in Estonia
Cryptocurrency trading platform Poloniex has delisted eight coins with low liquidity, while another US-based exchange, Gemini, is adding...
Stellar’s Wallet Lobstr Announces Launch of Custody Service Aimed at Being Consumer-Friendly
Stellar’s wallet, Lobstr, has announced that it has launched a new custody platform aimed at being consumer-friendly for retailer...
Review: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Decentralized Exchanges
Decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges are getting better. They’ve still some way to go before they match the UX of the best centralized...
PR: Coinsbit Launches Reliable and Safe Trading Platform
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Japanese Regulators Urgently Respond to Zaif’s Hack
Following the hack of Zaif, one of Japan’s regulated crypto exchanges, the country’s financial regulator immediately responded, launching...
Robinhood Responds to Accusations of Favoring Wall Street over Its Users
Seeking Alpha has published an exposé by Logan Kane regarding free stock and crypto trading smartphone application Robinhood. Mr. Kane...
US Representatives ‘Urge’ the IRS to Clarify Cryptocurrency Tax Guidance
On Wednesday September 19, a committee of US bureaucrats sent an open letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in regard to the way...
A Censorship-Free Version of Bitcointalk? Developer Launches Bitcoincashtalk.org
Over the past few years, there’s been a big problem with cryptocurrency related forums and censorship. This week an independent and...
Ex-Liberia Central Bank Chief Under Probe for Missing $104M, State Seeks FBI Help
More than a dozen government officials, including former central bank governor and his deputy, have come under investigation in Liberia...
Mining Round-Up: New Bitfury Chip, Anti-Cryptojacking Botnet Discovered
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency mining, Bitfury has announced a “suite” of products powered by the company’s new mining chip,...
Regulations Round-Up: MAS Official Says Tokens Aren’t Securities, SEC on Bookkeeping Obligations
In recent regulatory news, an official representing the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has stated that no existing crypto tokens...
Ant Financial Launches B2B Fintech Suite with Blockchain, AI Solutions
Ant Financial Services Group, the payments and financial services arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has launched a new suite of...
Treasury Committee Criticizes UK Regulators’ “Unsustainable” Crypto Stance
The parliamentary report published by the UK Treasury Committee has advocated for regulation of the “wild west” crypto-assets sector. The...
Weiss Ratings Backtracks After Tipping Ethereum to Beat Bitcoin
Weiss, the financial ratings agency that recently took a shine to cryptocurrency, has caught flak over its latest claim. After Weiss...
Crypto Exchange Poloniex Announces Delisting for Eight Coins Under New Rules
Crypto exchange Poloniex announced on September 18, 2018, that it had started the process of delisting eight assets from its trading...
The Daily: Coinbase Denies Self-Trading, Kraken Gets Feisty
The dust had barely settled on New York’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative when the exchanges profiled came out swinging. Kraken and...
Danske Bank’s Alleged Money Laundering Now Totals $234 Billion, CEO Quits
The investigation into Danske Bank’s alleged money laundering has uncovered new funds. The amount of “questionable money”...
Japanese Regulated Exchange Zaif Hacked – Nearly 6000 BTC Stolen
Japanese government-approved cryptocurrency exchange Zaif has confirmed that it has been hacked. After a preliminary investigation, the...
Russian Law Won’t Mention ‘Cryptocurrency’, Russians Won’t Stop Trading
Russia is preparing for the long-awaited legislation tailored to regulate its crypto space. According to the latest reports from Moscow,...
Credit Card Cartels Landed With $6.2 Billion Bill
Visa and Mastercard have run up the mother of all credit card bills. The monopolistic payment providers had been embroiled in a...
Brazil’s Biggest Banks Under Investigation For Monopoly In Cryptocurrency Trade
Some of Brazil’s biggest banks have come under investigation for alleged monopolistic tendencies in the trade of bitcoin and other...
New App Allows Users to Create a Custodian-Free Bitcoin Trust
On Wednesday, September 19, a team of developers launched a platform called the Open Savings Initiative. The application allows any...
Major Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit Opens in Singapore Next Month
Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit will reportedly begin operations in Singapore next month. The new exchange will offer...
Raising the Dead: Is Bitcoin Cash Fiat Currency?
Since the inception of cryptocurrency, some critics have dubbed it “just another fiat money.” This has been the wail of...
Critical Bug Found in Bitcoin Core Invokes the Multiple Client Argument
Over the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency community has been discussing a critical vulnerability that was found in the Bitcoin Core (BTC)...
Art Exhibition in France to Celebrate Bitcoin’s Tenth Birthday
A group of artists hailing from across the globe will congregate in France to showcase an exhibition celebrating the upcoming tenth...
Treasury Select Committee: Regulation Needed in Crypto Industry’s “Wild West”
MPs on the U.K.’s Treasury Select Committee have said that the crypto industry is the “wild west” and that investors are...
S Korea’s Dunamu Expands Crypto Exchange Upbit to Singapore
South Korean fintech company Dunamu Inc. is expanding its crypto-asset exchange business to Singapore. The company said it chose Singapore...
8 Surprising Findings from New York’s Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative
A lot of cryptocurrency traders are sick of hearing about “manipulation”. They just want to buy and sell bitcoin in peace, without Twitter...
PBOC Provides Update on Its Crypto Prevention Efforts
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has issued a statement detailing its efforts to stop and prevent crypto and initial coin offering...
The Daily: Iran to Allow Mining Hardware Imports, Cyprus Creates Fintech Hub
Following a decision to recognize mining as an industry, the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to legalize the import of mining equipment....
Five Major Banks Penalized in State Funds Theft Case in Kenya
Kenya’s central bank has penalized five major commercial banks for handling stolen state funds in the corruption scandal involving...
55% of All BTC Is Parked in Whale-Sized Wallets
If the huge amount of BTC locked in the wallets of long-term investors is anything to by, bitcoin’s nascent adopters are in no hurry...
P2P Markets Report: Record Volume in Peru, Argentina, Philippines
According to Coindance, peer-to-peer (P2P) trading activity has significantly rebounded during recent weeks, following the record low in...
A Third of Humanity Remains Financially Excluded
Unrestricted access to financial services is one of the main preconditions for achieving economic freedom. However, large portions of the...
Zimbabwe’s Golix Battles To Grow Volume After Breaking Into Seven African Countries
Zimbabwean cryptocurrency exchange, Golix, is now active in seven countries across Africa, but it may be sometime before everyone buys...
Exchanges Round-Up: Palestinians Use Crypto to Transfer Offshore, LXDX Targets Retail Investors
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, Palestinians are reportedly turning to crypto brokers to facilitate cross-border...
US Confiscates Millions in Cryptocurrencies in Alphabay Forfeiture Case
This month the US District Court of Eastern California has been very busy dealing with cases involving the infamous and now defunct...
Less Than Two Months Away – Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Discussion Heats Up
Over the past few weeks, Bitcoin Cash supporters have been debating the upcoming hard fork scheduled for November 15th of this year. Most...
Denmark’s Largest Bank Took Two Years to Close Accounts of Blacklisted Russian Clients
Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, reportedly knew that some of its Estonian branch’s clients were on the Russian...
$10 Trillion US Exchange Takes a Step Toward Crypto: Nasdaq Bids for Cinnober
News wires buzzed this week when the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (Nasdaq) announced its pending...
Institutional-Grade Crypto Trading Platform Caspian Raises US$16M in Pre-Sale
Caspian, a startup developing an institutional-grade cryptocurrency trading platform, has raised US$16 million in a pre-sale of its CSP...
SpaceX to send Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to the Moon … with room for his friends
BY Nick Lavars Japanese art curator Yusaku Maezawa, pictured inside a component of the BFR, says he has always been inspired by the Moon –...
PR: INLOCK Signs MoU with Institutional Lending Provider – Partners with Major CEE Crypto ATM Manufacturer to Test Its Platform
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Robinhood Accused of Taking from Younger Investors to Benefit Wall Street Traders
Journalist Logan Kane of Seeking Alpha conducted a deep dive on the practices of popular stock and cryptocurrency trading smartphone...
Security Specialist Wizsec Gives Insight on the Billion Dollar BTC Wallet
The bitcoin security specialists Wizsec has recently explained to the public that the wallet that held more than 111,000 BTC did not...
Bithumb and Coinone Terminating Fiat Withdrawals for Unverified Crypto Traders
Two major South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have announced that they will no longer allow unverified users to make withdrawals in...
More Banks Sanctioned for AML, Fraud-Related Violations
When societies discuss cryptocurrencies, the argument that the decentralized and unregulated nature of the crypto space leaves the door...
Custodial vs Non-Custodial Crypto Swap: Which Offers the Best Exchange Rate?
If you’re planning to swap between cryptocurrencies, there is no shortage of options. Many people will use a centralized exchange such as...
Seoul-Based Food Delivery Service Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash
This week Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fans were pleased to hear another well-known merchant is now supporting BCH for payments. The South...
Two People Thousands of Miles Apart Explain Why They Are Living off of Dash
Venezuela and New Hampshire in the U.S. are too vastly different economic areas. Yet despite this, two people, thousands of miles apart,...
High Return? CannabisCare CopyPortfolio Offered By eToro
Eagle-eyed investors are constantly seeking financial instruments that have the potential to generate high returns. Sometimes their...
Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard Fork To Ropsten Testnet In October, No Date For Mainnet Yet
Ethereum’s core developers have agreed to activate Constantinople in a testing environment, next month, according to a bi-weekly...
North Queensland is Becoming a Hub of BCH Accepting Businesses
The northern part of the Australian state, Queensland, is bustling with cryptocurrency energ. The region is extremely passionate towards...
The Secret to Better Government Is Less Government
Governments. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them, right? From first world countries to war-torn hellholes, bemoaning politicians...
The Daily: Wirex Expands to Canada, Coin Stats Syncs Exchange Transactions
Wirex, the popular European crypto card provider, has announced it’s expanding to Canada and we have the details covered in The Daily....
BTC Hashpower Doubles During Bear Market as Miners Sacrifice Profit for Position
According to Fundstrat analyst Sam Doctor, it appears Bitcoin Core (BTC) hashpower has doubled since just before the start of summer. That...
PR: EasyVisual Blasts Advertising Market with New Channel for Brand Promotion
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Japanese Regulator Unveils Crypto Regulation Updates
Japan’s financial regulator has recently unveiled the current state of the crypto regulations in the country. Three crypto operators are...
Exchanges Round-Up: Coinbase to Hire 130, EF Hutton Backs Acex Exchange
In cryptocurrency exchange news, Coinbase plans to hire 130 additional staff at its New York office by the end of 2019, a recently...
Google Security Expert Warns Against Bitcoin Bragging Online
Mark Risher, Google’s director of product management, Google Identity, account security, and spam & abuse, recently urged...
Nigerian President Demands HSBC Bank Return $100M in Stolen Money
Decentralised cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are anathema to traditional banking. Bitcoin allows people to trade directly with each other,...
Growing Number of Indian Crypto Exchanges Say Fiat Support Is Back Despite RBI Ban
A growing number of crypto exchanges in India have announced the return of fiat deposit and withdrawal support despite the crypto banking...
Netherlands’ Largest Bank ING Group Fined $900M for Money Laundering
This week Dutch authorities revealed to the public that the Netherlands’ largest financial services provider, ING, had violated numerous...
Don’t Hate EU Internet Regulation – Defy It
The European Union has come in for criticism over its repeated attempts to regulate the web. Critics assert that waves of EU legislation...