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PR: Cryptobank Datarius Integrating Bancor Protocol
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Ron Paul, Tequila, Sun, Fun, and Crypto Coming up at Anarchapulco 2018
One of the most anticipated conferences of the year brings together disparate voices from the around the world: leaders such as statesmen,...
A New Line of Sex Toys Lets You ‘Get Off’ With the Price of Bitcoin
Bitcoin markets and the overall value of cryptocurrencies have been going crazy with price swings over the past few months. To add a...
Michael Novogratz: “Bitcoin May Dip to $8K” — Puts Crypto-Hedge Fund on Hiatus
The financial mogul Michael Novogratz, a former Fortress Investment Group executive, stated back in September that he planned to start a...
Coinbase Accused of Technical Incompetence After Hoarding Millions of UTXOs
The Coinbase development team has been accused of “technical incompetence” after amassing millions of UTXOs through careless housekeeping....
The SEC Crackdown on Suspicious Cryptocurrencies Is Getting Serious
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s investigation over shady behavior in the cryptocurrency market will only continue,...
Juliana v US: For Children of All Ages — Part One
Through the magic of YouTube TV, I was able to sit in on the oral arguments in the latest episode of Juliana v. United States. The lawsuit...
Belarus Legalizes Cryptocurrencies and ICOs – Tax-Free for Five Years
The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has signed a decree which legalizes cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings (ICOs), and...
Listen Up: The Economics of Commercial Energy Storage Systems
There is no doubt in my mind that energy storage systems will be as ubiquitous as solar — in all market segments. Utility companies are...
PR: BlockMesh Disrupts the Global Communications Industry – ICO Will Launch 28 February, 2018
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Tariff Decision Looms Large for Sale of SolarWorld
SolarWorld Americas Inc., one of two U.S. solar manufacturers asking President Donald Trump for tariffs on imported panels, says the move...
Indian Couple Asked to Be Gifted Bitcoin at Wedding
An Indian couple requested for friends and family to gift them bitcoin at their wedding earlier this month. The couple, Prashant Sharma...
How to Use iOS 11’s One-Handed Keyboard
You’ll find some surprises on the iOS 11 keyboard, including Key Flicks on iPad. By Lance Whitney You've updated your iPhone or iPad to...
Crypto Market Sheds Billions as Top 100 Assets Down
It's a down day for the global cryptocurrency markets, with just three of the top 100 assets by market capitalization having posted...
A Ledger X Bitcoin Contract is Still Pegged for $50K Amid This Week’s Price Decline
Bitcoin’s price has been in a slump this week after reaching record highs in the USD $19K territory. Since then the price has drifted into...
Etrade Joins Increasingly Crowded Bitcoin Futures Market
Etrade, a popular online retail trading platform, has announced it will support Cboe bitcoin futures contracts for its users. The company...
UK Green Bank Continues on Path of Waste-to-Energy Investment
After targeting waste-to-energy in September for its first investment since its purchase by the Macquarie Group this year, the Green...
Markets Update: Major Crypto Markets Dump in Unison
The majority of crypto markets appear to have regained correlation with bitcoin, with BCH, ETH, LTC, DASH and many other major markets...
New Geothermal Plant in Nevada Will Help Power Los Angeles
The first new geothermal plant in a group of projects that will feed power to the Los Angeles basin now is online. Ormat Technologies this...
Korean Authority Slaps Exchanges With Licensing Requirements
The South Korean government is conducting on-site inspections of crypto exchanges following the release of its emergency measures for...
PR: Money Metals Exchange – Investors Can Now Buy and Sell Precious Metals Using Various Crypto-Currencies
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Doing a 180 – Goldman Sachs Goes Crypto
The Year of Bitcoin continues to get more interesting, as reports surfaced today that legacy bank Goldman Sachs will open a cryptocurrency...
Bitcoin Crashes! Bitcoin’s Dead! Bitcoin’s Over! Or Is It? A Brief History of Deaths
The price of bitcoin (BTC) has dropped more than 25 percent in four days, and it looks headed for even worse territories as of this...
Popular Chat App Kakao’s Exchange Upbit Claims Number One Spot in South Korea
Kakao’s cryptocurrency exchange Upbit now claims to be the largest crypto exchange by volume in South Korea, one of the top three markets...
Forum Wars: r/btc Mod Hacked and r/Bitcoin Continues to Censor
One of the worst aspects of modern culture is that many people have gotten used to living only in their own media bubbles. Any differing...
Gaming Company Veltyco Tapping into Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
UK Gaming company Veltyco Group announced today that it has “commenced discussions with blockchain and cryptocurrency providers” about...
Tether Won’t Redeem Americans, Terrorists and Other Bad Actors
Living in a country known for having some of the toughest financial regulators in the world has its advantages and disadvantages. While it...
Wikileaks Founder Responds to Banking Blockade 2.0: “Use Cryptocurrencies”
This week the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, told his 600,000 Twitter followers that the website that exposes government corruption...
PR: IQeon Platform Transforms the Way We Approach Gaming Industry
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Finance Institutions Are Making a Massive Investment in Solar
The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently put its stamp on a series of financing deals that will boost solar development in India and...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Continues to Feel Bearish Sentiment
The price of bitcoin (BTC) has been suffering from a bearish decline since it reached $19,600 USD across global markets and had touched a...
Championing Decentralized Exchanges, Now Might Be the Perfect Time for Bisq
Removing the potential for a single point of failure, decentralizing gives way to three enduring principles upon which cryptocurrency...
Workshops Aim to Train Architects, Engineers on Solar Basics
While training opportunities abound for installers, a series of workshops in three southern U.S. cities aims to bring architects and other...
As States Update Rules for Solar, No Guarantee of Friendlier Policies
Missouri is the latest state where utility regulators are reevaluating outdated rules on customer-owned solar power and other distributed...
Cheated Cryptocurrency Investors Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Blockchain transactions are irreversible: that’s one of the strengths of digital currencies such as bitcoin. But when funds are stolen, it...
Solar Helps Reduce Costs for Affordable Housing in California
Affordable housing nonprofit LINC Housing yesterday said its SEED Partners unit has installed new solar PV systems at five LINC properties...
South Australian Government to Be Powered by Solar, Wind
New electricity retailer SIMEC ZEN Energy has won the contract to supply the South Australian Government until at least 2020. Under the...
These Are The Five Cheapest US States for Bitcoin Mining
For cryptocurrency miners seeking to set up a profitable operation, every kilowatt hour counts. As little as a cent per KWh can make all...
Rule Change Could Allow Listing Bitcoin Futures as Exchange Traded Funds
A potentially giant step toward approval for listing bitcoin futures as exchange traded funds (ETFs) was taken this week when the New York...
Two Weeks After Losing $60 Million in Bitcoin, Nicehash Are Back
In early December, mining pool Nicehash was forced to close after allegedly being hacked, losing almost 4,450 BTC in the process. At the...
PR: The Second Round of e-Chat ICO, First Decentralized Messenger, Is About to Start
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Japanese Entertainment Giant DMM Unveils Details of Crypto Exchange to Launch Next Month
Japanese entertainment conglomerate DMM Group, the operator of popular e-commerce site DMM.com with 27 million members, is preparing to...
The Philippine Central Bank Considers Regulation Standards for Bitcoin
The Philippine central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the country’s regulators are planning to create regulatory standards...
The World’s First Bitcoin Lottery is Offering a 1,000 BTC Bounty
Anyone kicking themselves for not buying bitcoin sooner now has a novel way to make amends. One of Ireland’s best known lottery operators...
Bitcoin Cash Embassy to Open in Limassol, Cyprus
With the launch of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) by Coinbase and Gdax, the adoption of the cryptocurrency is likely going to accelerate further. To...
‘7 Million Transactions a Second’ — Research Paper Declares 1TB Blocks Feasible
This week a research paper was published by the founder of Lokad, a quantitative supply chain software company, and it details how...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Rallies to $4000 — While BTC Markets Dip
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has experienced dramatic bullish action recently, gaining over 100% against USD in just three days. As of this writing,...
Japanese Internet Giant GMO Launches Bitcoin Mining Business
Japanese Internet leader GMO Group has announced today that it has launched a new cryptocurrency mining business through its European...
Investors Call Foul Play as Coinbase Parries Insider Trading Accusations
The operation had been underway for weeks. Had all gone to plan, Coinbase and Gdax customers would have awoken on Wednesday morning to...
Bids Are in for Massachusetts Offshore Wind Procurement; Storage Included
Offshore wind power proposals were due today in response to a request for proposals (RFP) by three utilities in Massachusetts. Companies...
PR: 300E Holdings a Long Term Blockchain Investment Fund Announces Spartan Decentralized Exchange
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Global Wind Energy Insight: Work Harder, Be Smarter in 2018
2017 has been yet another tumultuous year. Cratering prices for wind and solar. The South African stand-off at the OK corral continues....
You Might Not Get Any Smarter in 2018, But AI Will
You Might Not Get Any Smarter in 2018, But AI Will Experts from IBM, GitHub, Oracle, Salesforce, Tableau, and others tell us what's...
The Bitcoin Cash Community Prepares for ‘Change the Address Day’
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community, developers, and businesses that support the decentralized currency are preparing for “Change the Address...
BP Re-Enters Solar Power Market With $200 Million UK Deal
After a six-year absence, BP Plc returned to the solar energy business with a $200 million investment in a British company that develops...
EOS Raises $700M Despite Token Affording No “Rights, Uses, Purpose, or Features”
Block.one’s EOS ICO has raised approximately $700 million USD, despite EOS’ FAQ page clearly stating that token-holders will not be...
Three Ways Science Is Targeting Energy Storage Cost
In 2017, scientists shared new ways to think about energy storage and identify opportunities to work with materials that are readily...
Nigeria Experiences Spike in Bitcoin Adoption
Nigeria has witnessed a recent spike in bitcoin adoption, with the P2P markets setting a new record for trading volume thus far during the...
Major Korean Crypto Exchange Upbit at Center of Regulatory Controversy
The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange affiliated with Kakao Talk has recently become the center of regulatory controversy. Upbit is the...
Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Reveals He Sold All His Litecoin
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee has revealed on social media that he sold and donated all his LTC holdings over the past few days. The...
“Bitcoin” And “Mining” Dominate Google Searches as Ukraine Closes in on Legalisation
Keywords like „Бiткойн“ (Bitcoin) and „майнинг“ (mining) have climbed to the top 5 of the “What is…” category in Google Ukraine’s 2017...
New Chain Platform Ivy Brings Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
Smart contracts – self-executing pieces of code – are most commonly associated with the ethereum network. Long before Vitalik Buterin...
Bitcoin Cash Jumps 70% as Coinbase and Gdax Announce Immediate Trading
Retail and professional cryptocurrency traders can now trade Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on two of the world’s most popular exchanges, Coinbase and...
Bitcoin Glossary: You’ve Heard of Crypto Mania – Now Say Hello to Cryptophasia
To outsiders, cryptocurrency is a strange and bewildering world. Dive into bitcoin Twitter for the first time and you’re confronted by an...
2018 Pyeongchang United States Olympic Luge Team to Accept Bitcoin Donations
Over the weekend, the United States Olympic Luge Team announced they are the first Olympic team in the country to advocate for and accept...
SEC Suspends Trading in Publicly Traded `The Crypto Company´ after 2500% Rise
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced “the public interest and the protection of investors require a suspension of...
Despite Falling Revenue, ICO Fever Remains High
Once celebrities began endorsing ICOs, many were quick to claim that this was the top; the mania had reached its peak and the token bubble...
SEC Halts Crypto Stock Over Manipulation Concerns After Massive Jump
Trading halt tied to concerns shares being manipulated: SEC Agency adds that investors may not be getting accurate data By Matt Robinson...
Inside Renewable Energy — The Washington DC Outlook on Renewables in 2018
In this episode, Joel Stronberg of the JBS Group discusses the top three big events that happened in Washington D.C. that affected the...
“Fake Satoshi” Dorian Nakamoto is Probably $273,000 Richer After Selling His Bitcoins
In 2014, Dorian Nakamoto was wrongly identified as being the inventor of bitcoin. In the aftermath of Newsweek’s faulty dox, a...
Markets Update: Several Coins Surging as Crypto-Economy Value Tops $600 Billion
This week on December 19 the cryptocurrency market capitalization for all digital assets has crossed a significant $609bn valuation....
Legendary Investor Bill Miller Now Holds Half His Hedge Fund in Bitcoin
With the launch of bitcoin futures by two leading American options exchanges, lending the cryptocurrency more credibility among mainstream...
New Energy Storage Firm Launches Business with Pipeline Purchase
California-based esVolta last week launched its new utility-scale energy storage business with the purchase of operational projects and a...
PR: Crypto Trust Network $CTN ICO Launches: It’s Time to Bring Trust Back to the Trustless Network and Fight Crypto Fraud
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3 Things Companies Can Do in 2018 to Push Global Climate Action
Companies stepped up on climate change in 2017. In 2018, they need to bring countries with them. It is fantastic that there are now more...
China’s New Policy Will Move Solar Closer to Regions Where It’s Needed
China’s plan to introduce a system to monitor and evaluate the solar-power market will help direct new investments to regions where fewer...
House Bill Seeks New Energy Storage Tax Credit
U.S. Reps. Ryan Costello (R-Penn.) and Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) last week introduced a bill that would create a new investment tax credit for...
The Next Step In Overstock’s Master Blockchain Plan Is Underway
That's how Overstock founder Patrick Byrne describes the often unexpected moves that have come to characterize his efforts to rethink Wall...
US Blames Bitcoin Ransomware Attack Wannacry on North Korea
The US government has announced it now officially considers North Korea to be behind the Wannacry bitcoin ransomware cyber attack which...
Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange Youbit to Close After Second Hack in a Year
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Youbit has revealed plans to file for bankruptcy. The decision to close operations follows...
India’s Crypto Crackdown: Wealthy Bitcoiners Targeted, Start-Ups Scrutinized
It has been a busy week for the government of India concerning cryptocurrencies. After it raided crypto exchanges, it is now actively...
PR: Investing Platform Coinseed Announces ICO Pre-Sale for Spare Change Investment in Cryptos
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Zerolink Invites Users to Test its Anonymous Bitcoin Coinjoin Mixer
Zerolink, a bitcoin-based privacy solution, has announced plans for a large-scale anonymity test. To ensure the pilot’s success, the...
Major Japanese Automotive Group and Dealerships Embracing Bitcoin
One of Japan’s largest used car automotive groups has partnered with the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Bitflyer to enable...
Thomson Reuters Adds Bitcoin Cash to Eikon Platform
Over 300,000 financial professionals working in asset management, hedge funds or other institutions now have access to bitcoin cash data...
Centra ICO Faces Class Action Lawsuit, Accused of Violating US Securities Laws
Centra, an initial coin offering (ICO) noted for having been promoted by Floyd Mayweather, is now facing a class action lawsuit. The ICO...
Fifteen Ways to Donate Bitcoin to Charity This Holiday Season
The holidays are coming, and as bitcoin has increased in value, many crypto-proponents are donating their funds during this year’s “season...
Tax Equity Market in Potential Peril from Final Tax Reform Bill
As lawmakers prepare to vote on the final version of the much-anticipated U.S. tax reform bill that was released last week, the renewable...
PR: Extra Credit Takes Bitcoin Education to the Next Level
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Wind in Europe — How Does It Blow?
Europe maintains a healthy market but is looking forward to fresh energy and climate ambitions to add certainty over what the post-2020...