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PR: Bitcoin.com’s CEO Roger Ver and COO Mate Tokay Join XinFin.io Advisory Board
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The Bitcoin Misery Index: Finding An Entry Way With Sadness
This week the Wall Street analyst and Fundstrat executive, Tom Lee, has revealed a new index that helps cryptocurrency investors know the...
Hackers Target 400,000 Computers with Mining Malware
More than 400,000 personal computers have been attacked in a large-scale attempt to distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. The hackers...
Credit Card Aims to Pay Users 1% Crypto Back Rewards
A new type of credit card aims to pay users cryptocurrency rewards rather than the typical ‘cash back’ incentives offered by traditional...
Ant Creek: Is Bitmain Quietly Developing a Mining Facility in the US?
According to public documents the mining giant based out of Beijing, Bitmain Technologies, is allegedly building a data facility near Port...
Lil Windex Might Have 99 Problems, BCH Ain’t One
Cryptocurrency continues its worming into broader culture, and now it’s the turn of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). This week, rapper Lil Windex...
The ‘Crypto-Heater’ Mines Digital Currency While Heating Your Home
A French company named Qarnot has released a new home heater called the “Crypto-Heater or QC-1” that heats a room in your home while...
Mt. Gox Trustee Sell Off Bitcoin – Big Mkt Drop
Today March 9, CCN reported that the sell off of hundreds of millions of dollars, and the plan of the trustee to dump the remaining $1.7...
Most Forked Coins Are Proving More Hassle Than They’re Worth
The last month has seen a spate of high profile forks, as zclassic (ZCL), eth classic, and litecoin have all split to create new coins....
Singlepoint Launches Bitcoin Payment Solution for Cannabis Industry
Singlepoint has launched a bitcoin payment solution for the cannabis industry. The company also plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange...
PR: Let There Be Sex! Road Map of VR Technology Company (OKOIN Project) for March 2018
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Coincheck to Start Compensating Hack Victims and Resume Operations Next Week
Hacked Japanese exchange Coincheck is getting ready to start compensating its customers next week as it plans to resume operations. The...
Bears? Bitcoin Eyes $8K Defense
Bitcoin's 28 percent drop this week has turned the tide in favor of the bears, but a sustained break below $8,000 looks unlikely in the...
Wirex Launching Bitcoin Debit Cards in Europe
New crypto debit cards, with multiple currency accounts in GBP, EUR, USD, and BTC are offered by Wirex in Europe. The first plastic Visa...
ICOs Brush Off Regulatory Concerns, Raising $1 Billion for the Third Month in a Row
Despite all the talk of increased regulation and looming lawsuits, ICOs seem immune. Many new tokens are struggling to trade above their...
PR: New Cryptocurrency Exchange Market – CoinDeal.com
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Cryptocurrency Interest Wanes — Online Searches for “Bitcoin” Drop 80%
Over the course of the past few weeks, cryptocurrency prices have been dropping in value. However, online interest is another trend...
Russians Think Bitcoin Makes a Great Present
Cryptocurrency is gaining popularity in Russia as a good idea for a gift. According to a new survey, more and more Russians believe...
Europe’s Clocks Are Running Slow and Crypto Mining Is Being Blamed
From wrecking the environment to making it harder to search for alien life, cryptocurrency mining has been blamed for a multitude of sins....
Plattsburgh Officials Want Bitcoin Miners to Vacate the Small Town
Last week officials from the small town of Plattsburgh New York filed a moratorium request against bitcoin mining operations that...
Poll Suggests Young Romanians Want to Pay with Crypto
More than half of Romanians living in cities know about cryptos, and 60 percent of people under 40 believe they are the future of...
Regulatory Loophole Helps Startups in India Accept Bitcoin Without Breaking the Law
Some businesses in India believe that they have found a loophole in the finance minister’s speech that sought to clamp down on the use of...
Bithumb Launching Kiosks at Restaurants for Food Orders and Crypto Payments in Korea
Korean crypto exchange Bithumb is entering the retail kiosk business to accelerate crypto adoption in the country. These order-taking and...
Ex-Trump Chief Strategist Bannon: Cryptocurrencies Make Central Banks Redundant
Bitcoin has always been considered by its staunch supporters a tool to bring about personal financial freedom from government control and...
Japan Punishes Seven Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Suspending Two
The Japanese financial regulator has punished seven cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, suspending the operation of two of them. “The...
New Player Asrock Said to Enter the GPU Mining Market
Another major hardware producer may venture into the GPU market very soon. Motherboard manufacturer Asrock is reportedly going to offer...
PR: It’s Time to Give Back! New Nauticus ICO Program to Help Protect Children and the Oceans
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Markets Update: Crypto Values Drop to Lower Vantage Points
The price of cryptocurrencies across all markets has been dropping in value quite a bit over the past 48 hours. BTC/USD markets started...
Japanese Conglomerate GMO Mined Over 200 Bitcoins In 2018 So Far
GMO Internet has released a monthly report on its mining business for February 2018, revealing that the company has mined over 200...
Chinese Internet Regulators Block Cryptocurrency Exchanges on Social Media
Despite all its previous efforts to prevent the people it rules from engaging in the online trading of cryptocurrencies, the Chinese...
SEC Publishes Warning Against Unlawful Crypto Exchanges
On Wednesday, March 7, the U.S. regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a letter concerning the potential of...
Wallet Provider Bread Adds Bitcoin Cash Support for Apple Devices
This week the popular wallet provider Bread (BRD – formally Bread Wallet) announced the release of its new update — fully integrated...
Mt. Gox Soap Opera Continues: Karpeles Released on Bail, Shadow Companies, and Whale Dumps
Mt. Gox Mark Karpeles’ release on bail has produced a new radio program examining the historic hack and heist, but is also raising...
PR: Auctus Releases the First Blockchain Based Retirement Planning Platform
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Research Paper Says Issuers of ICO Tokens Will Face Class Action Lawsuits
This month a law firm called Polsinelli LLP published a study called “Cryptocurrency Class Action Lawsuits: A New Frontier” which explains...
Bots Blamed for Binance Bug That Leaves Traders Reeling
Binance has found itself at the center of an unusual trading bug that has created big winners and losers. In a matter of minutes, viacoin...
From ‘Attack’ to ‘Optimization’ — Slush Pool Reveals ASIC Boost Compatibility
Back in the spring of 2017, the discussion of a technology called ‘ASIC Boost’ was a very hot debate amongst bitcoin proponents. Bitcoin...
Cryptocurrency, ICO and Blockchain Officially Added to the Dictionary
Besides helping language learners, students and everyone else find the exact definitions of words, dictionaries also sometimes serve as...
The Wealthy Want Crypto but Don’t Understand It, Survey Shows
The world’s richest people are putting more and more money into cryptocurrency, despite the fact they don’t understand it very well, a new...
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Are Commodities, Federal Court Rules
Courts, financial regulators, legislators and governments around the world are struggling to fit bitcoin into their existing frameworks....
Venezuela Picks FX Platform to Auction Petro ‘Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency’
Venezuela has chosen a platform on which to auction its “oil-backed cryptocurrency”, the petro. While the country’s National Assembly has...
Domains Running Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Surge 725 Percent
The number of domains with cryptocurrency mining scripts installed has skyrocketed 725 percent in four months, according to a security...
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission Suspends Mining Scheme
Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) recently suspended the operations of mining investment scheme, Hashbrasil. The CVM has...
PR: Betex Blockchain P2P Binary Options Platform Launches the Main Token Sale
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Retirement Custodian Bitira Offers Insured Multi-Cryptocurrency IRAs
The cryptocurrency retirement account firm Bitira has announced the launch of two new features added to its business model, which includes...
Bittrex Adds Tether Competitor TrueUSD as Regulation Rumors Persist
As the saying goes, don’t keep all your stablecoins in one basket. Over-reliance on tethers could prove costly to an exchange such as...
Popular Social Networks in Russia to Accept Bitcoin
Two Russian-based social networking platforms have announced they are now accepting cryptocurrency payments. Vkontakte, the most popular...
New Study Looks at the Cost to Mine BTC Across the Globe
Just recently the firm Crescent Electric Supply Company conducted a study that showed the cost of mining one single bitcoin in each state...
One in Three Cryptocurrencies Is Currently Unspendable
Cryptocurrencies are speculative instruments, their price predicated upon future prospects rather than current reality. As a consequence,...
How the Marshall Islands Sovereign Cryptocurrency Came About
The cryptocurrency community is full of entrepreneurial people who think they can change the world. From challenging financial and tech...
Coinbase to Launch its First Crypto Index Fund
Popular US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced today the launch of its first ever index fund. Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX),...
PR: Dating App Viola.AI Announces Partnerships with 7 New Lifestyle Merchants in Asia
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The Curious Case of ‘Cobra Bitcoin’: The Peculiar Anon with a Lot of Power
The controversial owner of the web portal Bitcoin.org and Bitcointalk, an anon named ‘Cobra Bitcoin’, has been a popular subject within...
Chinese Altcoins Can’t Stop Failing
Every country produces its share of underperforming altcoins. They’re called shitcoins for a reason. But China has a track record for...
Taiwanese Airline to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments for Flight Tickets
Asia is probably the most cryptocurrency receptive part of the world where, in addition to a strong bitcoin trading mania, you can already...
More Belarusians Search “Crypto”, Question “Legalization”
Interest towards cryptocurrencies in Belarus has increased significantly in the past year. Topics related to bitcoin, mining, and...
Québec Premier: We’re Not Really Interested in Bitcoin Mining
Québec, Canada has recently been thought to be a bitcoin mining boom town, as more data centers set up there to take advantage of...
Grayscale Launches Crypto Investment Trusts for BCH, ETH, XRP, and LTC
Grayscale Investments has announced the launch of four new single-asset cryptocurrency investment trusts for bitcoin cash, ether,...
Russia Drafts Law to Criminalize the Use of Cryptocurrencies as Money
The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a law to criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies as money substitutes. The Bank of Russia and...
PR: MoneyToken Implemented Falling Market Protection Service
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Japan’s SBI Holdings Claims 40% Stake in Hardware Wallet Company
This week the Japanese financial services management group SBI Holdings has announced that it has acquired 40 percent of the Taiwanese...
How to Create Custom Bitcoin Cash Addresses With Vanitygen
Earlier this week the creators of cashaddress.github.io announced the stable release of ‘Vanitygen Cash,’ a vanity-themed BCH address...
South Korean Travel Site with Over 50,000 Hotels to Accept 12 Cryptocurrencies
A South Korean travel website with over 50,000 hotels and other types of accommodation facilities will begin accepting 12...
High-Frequency Trading Firm Virtu Threatens Legal Action Against Virtcoin
HFT giant Virtu has been the target of an apparent clone scam, using its likeness to attract possible investors. The company is...
PR: Essentia.One in Talks with the Netherlands Government for Blockchain Solutions to Border Control
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‘Decentralized Bank’ ICO Miroskii’s Entire Team Is Phoney
A new initial coin offering (ICO) called Miroskii hopes to build a ‘decentralized bank’ by utilizing blockchain technology. Looking at the...
Decentralized Exchange IDEX Hits $13 Million a Day While Etherdelta Falters
The Myspace/Facebook analogy has been gratuitously overused, yet it aptly describes Etherdelta and IDEX. The former was once the only...
Patent Data Reveals the Banking Sector’s Strange Relationship with Bitcoin
Banks and bitcoin are odd bedfellows, but they do share some things in common. To its proponents, bitcoin is the future of money, but it...
Korean Government Officials De Facto Banned from Holding and Trading Crypto
The South Korean government has reportedly de facto banned all government officials from holding and trading cryptocurrencies. Even if...
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Slash Withdrawal Fees
In the past week, three of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges have cut bitcoin withdrawal fees by up to half. While the average...
Russian Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of Bitcoin Sites
The Supreme Court of Russia has taken upon itself the responsibility to decide a case that may become a precedent for the crypto sector....
Korea’s Mandatory Crypto Real-Name System Neglected – 19% Conversion Rate
South Korea’s real-name system for cryptocurrency trading has been enforced for over a month, but most accounts have not been converted to...
Ripple Soars Then Plunges off Coinbase Rumors – Again
In times of economic uncertainty, bitcoin flourishes. In times of high fees, litecoin prospers. And in times of Coinbase rumors, ripple...
Liberty Con 2018 Brings Freedom and Bitcoin to Washington DC
On March 2-4 the international pro-liberty nonprofit, Students For Liberty, hosted a three-day conference called Liberty Con, an event...
PR: Paytomat Will Run a Token Sale to Bring Cryptocurrencies to Your Next Door Cafe and Grocery Store
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Paypal Files Patent for Expedited Cryptocurrency Transaction System
A recent patent filing reveals that Paypal might be considering expanding its exposure to the cryptocurrency ecosystem with a new system...
Kaliningrad Offers Tax Breaks to Attract Bitcoiners
Crypto regulations have not been adopted in Russia yet, but a string of words and deeds suggests that Moscow may take full advantage of...
BTC Transaction Volume Reaches Two-Year Low
The seven-day average for the number of daily bitcoin transactions has reached a two-year low, recently dropping below 160,000 for the...
This Week in Bitcoin: Courtroom Drama
Bitcoin was born on the internet but destined to end up in court. Where there’s money, there’s a trail of gold-diggers, scammers, and...
PR: Electroneum Launches Groundbreaking Mobile Miner
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24-Year-Old Sent to Prison for Selling Bitcoin Without Asking for ID
US law agencies can celebrate another success in their tireless crusade to stop ‘unlicensed money transmitting’ in the land of the free....
$500 Million Has Been Mistakenly Sent to Ethereum’s Genesis Address
Genesis blocks hold a symbolism that’s almost spiritual. They represent the birth of a new cryptocurrency, and when that currency...
Bitfarms to Raise Up to CAD$50m to Scale Cryptocurrency Mining Operation
Canada seems to have become the hottest destination for bitcoin miners from all over the world thanks to a combination of cheap renewable...
New Malaysian Cryptocurrency Regulation Come Into Effect
Last week, Malaysia’s new Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) policy guidelines specifically addressing...
Major Pawnshop Network in Ukraine Launching Cryptocurrency-Secured Loans
A major network of pawn shops in Ukraine is launching a new lending service with loans secured by cryptocurrency. With over 300 branches,...
Bittrex Blocks Residents of North Korea, Iran, Crimea, Syria, and Cuba
Concerns from Russian traders that they may be unable to access Bittrex once the exchange’s new terms of service come into effect this...
Class Action Complaint Accuses Coinbase of ‘Insider Trading’
A class action lawsuit was filed against Coinbase this past Thursday on March 1 accusing the exchange of ‘insider trading’ for the bitcoin...
Jameson Lopp Leaves Bitgo to Launch Casa Wallet for the Crypto Rich
Bitgo engineer Jameson Lopp is a Bitgo employee no more. The developer, who is one of the best known figures in bitcoin, has been coaxed...
PR: Rate3 Wants to Empower a Truly Global Payment and E-Commerce Network by Making It Fair, Transparent and Cheap
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Highly Organized Crime Blamed for $2mil Bitcoin Mining Burglaries
Local police in Iceland are describing it as the largest theft of its kind, if not ever, for the country. Hundreds of bitcoin mining...