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PR: Full Steam Ahead – Fresh off a Successful Pre-Sale Round, the Naga Fintech Group Launches the Main Token Sale
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What Is the CryptoKitties Project?
Blockchain technology is suited for many different purposes, although the vast majority of use cases have yet to be explored. The new...
Despite Warnings China’s Over the Counter Bitcoin Economy Is Booming
Bitcoin in China has deep roots as a vast majority of mining takes place in the region, and the country once accounted for the lion’s...
The Next Unicorn ICO? 15% Bonus Pre-Sale live – What is Beluga Pay?
Beluga Pay is making big waves in the ICO world, due to having a live product in market, a partnership with a billion dollar bank and...
Cboe Beats CME to the Market, Will Launch Bitcoin Futures December 10
Very few people would have imagined just a year ago the rapid pace of bitcoin adoption by established financial institutions today. We are...
What Is LocalTabs?
There is a new service in the Bitcoin world guaranteed to spark a few new debates. The LocalTabs platform is designed to find others in...
Three Kenyans Face Felony Charges for Selling Bitcoin to a Bank Robber
One of the fundamental aspects of money is that its origins are irrelevant for its use or value (Pecunia non olet), also called...
UK Ministry of Treasury Plans to Regulate Bitcoin
Regional reporting insists Her Majesty’s Treasury (Treasury) of the United Kingdom (UK) is “launching a crackdown on the virtual currency...
PR: Gameflip ICO Is Now Live! Launch Comes After a Pre-Sale That Achieved 112% of Its Goal
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IOTA Price Reaches new All-time High of $2.4
Cryptocurrency markets are always evolving in interesting directions. While most people keep an eye on Bitcoin or Ethereum, the IOTA price...
Venezuela Announces the Creation of Oil-Backed National Cryptocurrency – the Petro
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of the country’s national cryptocurrency. It will be called the Petro and...
Dutch Columnist: Bitcoin Destabilizes the Economy and Undermines Banks
A Dutch columnist has come under flak for urging readers to sell their bitcoins because they’re “dangerous”. In a widely shared op-ed, the...
Blockchain-Based Digital Art – Passing Fad or the Next Big Thing?
Two words: Crypto Kitties. Last week’s feel-good story, infused with the perfect blend of cute, kitsch, and crazy, was all about...
Localbitcoins Markets Set Record Trading Volume
In recent weeks, numerous countries have set record highs for trading volume on Localbitcoins. The spike in volume can be attributed to...
Ethereum Price Analysis – Dapp testing network limits
Ethereum (ETH) underwent a tumultuous week following a breach of all time highs, and now currently carries a market cap of US$43.8 billion...
Trading Column `The Writing on the Wall´ – What Will CME Bitcoin Futures Do to the Price?
This post is the third in a trading tips series called ’The Writing On The Wall’, in which our game theory guide Eric Wall tries to...
This Week in Bitcoin: Big Bangs, Huge Swings, and a Word From the White House
Every week we tell ourselves “This one’s got to be quieter” and yet every week we’re proven wrong. Welcome to the latest and craziest...
IOTA Doing Big Things as Microsoft Partnership Announced
IOTA has been on a tear as of late, with prices more than doubling in the span of a week thanks to favorable headlines and a new...
Gold Mining Company’s Shares Jump 1,300% After Switch to Bitcoin
With the exponential growth in bitcoin’s price this year and ‘blockchain technology’ becoming the hottest buzzword in the business world...
Clean Energy Leaders Fear Brutal Impact on Renewable Growth As US Tax Reform Takes Shape
In the early morning hours of Dec 2, lawmakers in the U.S. Senate passed their version of a tax reform bill. Unlike the version of the...
Ukrainian Regulators: Bitcoins Cannot Be Recognized as Money, Legal Tender, Currency or Securities
A joint statement between the Ukrainian central bank and the country’s top financial regulators shows that existing legal concepts do not...
CME and CBOE Receive Regulatory Approval for Bitcoin Futures Contracts
The past few weeks have brought major changes for Bitcoin in the financial sphere. More specifically, we are seeing more and more entities...
PR: CoinLoan Lending Platform Granted Full License
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The Abyss Platform Aims To Reimagine The Video Game Industry Marketing
The Abyss digital distribution platform is gearing up for its Token Sale. The team behind the project aims to allow gamers and game...
trade.io Announces Historic Partnerships & Introduces Tiered Structure Further To Community Demand
03 December 2017, Zug Switzerland highly anticipated upcoming ICO trade.io has made three major announcements this week, which have...
Coinsource Adds 18 Bitcoin ATMs in Atlanta, Among Ten Most Unbanked US Cities
The Texas-based bitcoin ATM network, Coinsource has deployed 20 new machines in the state of Georgia, marking its single largest...
Drivechain Team Submits Two Sidechain-Related BIPs
Scaling Bitcoin is still a very talked-about topic in the developer community. On-chain scaling isn’t the approach most people are...
How Qchain Plans To Fix Native Advertising
Qchain, an American-based blockchain company, is here to streamline the fastest-growing sector of the digital advertising agency: native...
Japan Increases Lead – Approves Another Four New Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has approved four more cryptocurrency exchanges to legally operate in Japan. This is the second...
ECB Wants Digital Cash for Banks to Keep up With Bitcoin
While American central bankers are still just monitoring the risks bitcoin poses to the established banking system, their counterparts...
Three Crypto Projects Attempting to Penetrate the Video Game Industry
2017 has seen an explosion of cryptocurrency projects and startups focused on video games. As a whole, the video game industry appears to...
Bitcoin Pushes Canada Toward State Crypto Coin
You’ve read in these pages of the possible Cryptoruble, Russia’s attempt to stave off bitcoin. The European Central Bank and Swift is also...
Bitcoin’s Price Rocket is Bringing Out New Prophets of Doom: Nobel Economist, Vanguard Founder, Fed Governor
Curiously, bitcoin’s success has brought out new prophets of doom (few below 60 years of age though), and the digital asset’s price only...
PR: Quoine Lists Qash on Global Exchanges Quoinex, Qryptos and Bitfinex
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Bitcoin Cash Network Status: Transactions On the Rise
The Bitcoin Cash network is trucking along as the blockchain is currently finishing up its fourth month of existence. As more adoption and...
Record ICO Tezos Founders Seek Bail-Out From Foundation
Following mounting lawsuits, the founders of Tezos are seeking for their legal costs to be covered by the Swiss-based foundation tasked...
Trading Column `The Writing on the Wall´– Futures are Almost here, Is This the Right Time to Buy?
This post is the second in a trading tips series called ’The Writing On The Wall’, in which our game theory guide Eric Wall tries to...
Bitcoin-Related Job Postings Have Spiked on Linkedin and Upwork
The number of jobs relating to bitcoin and cryptocurrency on Linkedin and Upwork has grown significantly in recent years. Both platforms...
What’s Going on with Einsteinium?
Skeptics and supporters alike are scratching their heads about the massive run Einsteinium (EMC2) has taken over this path month, rising...
CME Rival Cboe Suggests its Coming Futures Market Would Include Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) only months old is being floated as a possible addition to a futures offering family by Cboe Global Markets (Cboe)....
This Ukrainian Shipping Firm is Using Bitcoin to Evade Sanctions
A Ukrainian shipping company has become the first to accept payment in bitcoin. Its motivation for taking the digital currency? To evade...
Proposed U.S. Legislation May Criminalize Those Who Conceal Bitcoin
Last week on November 28 a revision was made to the U.S. bill S.1241 called “Modernizing AML Laws to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist...
Bitcoin Isn’t the Environmental Monster Most People Think It Is
Over the past few years, we have heard multiple allegations that Bitcoin is a threat to our environment. More specifically, the amount of...
International Mining Consortium Announces ICO For Mining Gold
For decades various multinational companies around the world have been mining gold and other metals. Russia is the third largest gold...
PR: Exmo Cryptocurrency Platform to Launch Margin Loans with the Power of Crowdsale
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What Is IOTA’s DAG Implementation?
Ever since the IOTA project launched, a lot of people have been paying attention to its Tangle infrastructure. There is still a lot of...
ChangeNow – The Recently Launched Exchanger Made $1 mln Turnover in Just one Day
ChangeNow is a platform created for the simple exchange of any cryptocurrency. The service is delivered to be safe, simple and convenient...
New Bitcoin.com Podcast With Crypto-Economist Jon Matonis
This week’s Bitcoin.com podcast with our host ‘Bitcoin Brian’ features the e-money researcher and crypto-economist, Jon Matonis. The...
Cryptocurrency Mining Scripts Can Run Without an Open Browser
Any browser script capable of mining cryptocurrencies has gained somewhat of a bad reputation this year. This is mainly due to various...
Gameflip: The Marketplace for Both Gamers and Publishers
The digital gaming goods industry rakes in 100 billion dollars annually, and the industry is still in nascency considering that the...
John McAfee Now Predicts a Bitcoin Price of $1M by Late 2020
John McAfee has become a pretty interesting personality in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. He has launched a major mining...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 3: Bad News: Government Takes Cryptocurrency Seriously (Part2)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 1 : The Trusted Third Party Problem Chapter 3: Trying to Undo Satoshi...
Cryptotrader Lets Customers Use Multiple Trading Bots at Once
The concept of cryptocurrency trading bots has always been somewhat controversial. Most of these programs require a fair amount of...
“Only After Regulation Will Banks Work With You” – Japanese Exchange Operator Kayamori on Singapore Expansion
Can a legal, licensed crypto exchange be unregulated at the same time? While that might sound counter-intuitive, cryptocurrency exchanges...
Meme Chart Mania: Is This the Tip of the Iceberg or Have We Already Hit Peak Bitcoin?
The White House discussing bitcoin. The Big Bang Theory discussing bitcoin. Katy Perry and Warren Buffet discussing bitcoin. Bitcoin web...
Bitcoin Price Steams Ahead Toward $11,000 in Wake of Small Correction
It is evident there is a very strong focus on the Bitcoin price right now. After some substantial losses over the past few days, it seems...
India’s Bitcoin Fever Sees Trade Volumes and Exchange Sign-ups Spike
Bitcoin is trending in India as the decentralized currency reached new price highs this week. According to multiple reports, the country’s...
PR: Truckcoin, the Fastest Payment Processing Cryptocurrency ICO Is Finally Here
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Litecoin Price Tops $100 Again as Momentum Remains Strong
It is evident good things continue to happen in the world of cryptocurrency right now. With the Bitcoin price recovering pretty quickly,...
‘No Regulation Needed’ – Moscow Stock Exchange Plans to Trade Bitcoin Futures
The largest stock exchange in Russia, Moscow Exchange, has been building an infrastructure for the trading of cryptocurrencies. However,...
Indonesian Media Urge Bitcoiners to Cash In Ahead of Crypto Ban
“Bank Indonesia will enact a regulation that confirms the ban on using virtual currency,” announced Pikiran Rakyat. The Republic of...
Buying Bitcoin On a Margin: Winning Big or Losing Your Shirt
On November 29 there were quite a few bitcoin market spikes, and so-called flash crashes on exchanges, according to traders on social...
CME Group confirms Bitcoin Futures to launch December 18th
CME Group today announced that it has self-certified the initial listing of its Bitcoin futures contract to launch on Monday, December...
Is “Zero-Waste” Bitcoin Mining Achievable?
Mining is an essential but energy-intensive means of securing the bitcoin network. It is thanks to this process that millions of strangers...
Bitcoin’s Journey from $1,000 to $10,000: The Stories That Got Us Here
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Trump and the Federal Reserve Are ‘Keeping an Eye on Bitcoin’
The U.S. government is very aware of cryptocurrencies and the rise of bitcoin. This week American authorities from multiple agencies such...
Regulators Greenlight Bitcoin Futures
Bitcoin futures contracts to be offered by CME Group Inc. and Cboe Futures Exchange to mainstream investors.CME Group, the world's largest...
Central Bank of Azerbaijan Discusses Future Implementation of Blockchain Technology
Lately, banks throughout the world have begun experimenting with blockchain technology, given that it offers quicker transactions, lower...
850 MW Solar Thermal Plant Will Support Oil Extraction in California
A new 850-MW solar thermal project will help oil and gas producer Aera Energy power its operations at the Belridge oilfield in Southern...
Funding Boosts Australian Renewable Energy Storage Projects
A system to capture biogas from a wastewater treatment plant, store it as thermal energy and sell it to the electricity grid is among the...
Ethereum Poker ‘Pokereum’ demo released by superdao, fundraising now Pre-ICO only with Bonus SUP rewards
Pokereum just released its demo here. Pokereum is a decentralized poker DApp that uses smart contract and client side cryptography to...
Britain: Where You Can Bet on Bitcoin but Can’t Find a Bitcoin Exchange
If buying bitcoin isn’t a big enough gamble, there’s another way to wager with it – by betting on which merchant will be next to accept...
PR: The Abyss Platform Aims to Reimagine the Video Game Industry Marketing
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Federal Reserve Has No Plans to Create a Digital Currency
One of the biggest questions among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is whether or not central banks will issue their own digital currencies. So...
Solar Panel Maker Pushing for US Tariffs Mulls Sale Offers
Suniva Inc., the bankrupt U.S. solar manufacturer asking President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on imported panels, is evaluating a...
ixo Foundation: A Blockchain-Based Response to U.N. Call for a Data Revolution
Every year, over one trillion dollars is spent on impact projects supporting the United Nation's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs),...
“If My Wife Knows, I’m Dead” – Man Shares Story of Losing 1000 Bitcoins
When Alex began mining bitcoin, he was doing so out of technological curiosity and did not think that bitcoin would see meteoric price...
PIVX Becomes First Proof of Stake Cryptocurrency to Enable Total Transaction Privacy
December 1st, 2017 (TORONTO) - PIVX (Private Instant Verified Transaction), has rolled out its highly anticipated new core wallet v3.0.0...
It’s Official – CME Group to Launch Bitcoin Futures December 18
The largest options exchange worldwide, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME), has announced its official Bitcoin futures contracts...
A Few Ways to Claim Bitcoin Gold
Lately, people have been talking an awful lot about bitcoin forks and how to claim them. One particular fork that took place on October 24...
Egypt Finance Attorney General Calls for International Governance of Bitcoin
The First Attorney General of Financial Affairs for Egypt announced at a continental conference of prosecutors how international...
Russia Developing Global ICO Ratings Standard With 30 Countries
The Russian Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency has partnered with representatives of 30 countries to develop a global...
Ethereum Classic Price Rises to $27.5 Again After Difficult few Days
It is safe to say all cryptocurrency markets are still reeling after that first Bitcoin price correction. With most altcoins still in the...
Turkey Religious Ministry: Bitcoin “Not Appropriate to Buy or Sell” for Islamic Believers
Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı (Ministry Presidency of Religious Affairs) of the Republic of Turkey has issued the guide “Bitcoin and Ethereum,...
White House ”Monitoring The Situation” While Study Shows Illicit Use of Bitcoin Has Dropped
To aging heads of state and conservative bankers, bitcoin is a tool for criminality. To those in the know, nothing could be further from...
NYU Plans to Launch an Undergraduate Course in Cryptocurrencies
This year’s incredible bitcoin rally has raised a lot of interest in the cryptocurrency and created huge demand from people to learn...
Bitcoin Market Update – Record trading volume
Bitcoin (BTC) violently shed over 19% on the BLX earlier this week before rebounding after crossing the five digit barrier above...
Malta Bitcoin Schizophrenia: Government and Banks Send Mixed Signals
Malta Financial Services Agency (MFSA) has issued its Discussion Paper on Initial Coin Offerings, Virtual Currencies and related Service...
Full Steam Ahead – Fresh Off a Successful Pre-Sale Round, The NAGA Group Launches the Main Token Sale
After concluding a successful token pre-sale round, FinTech company The NAGA Group is launching their main token sale, which begins today...
New $100 Million Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund to Use XRP
TechCrunch and CrunchFund founder Michael Arrington has announced he is going all in on cryptocurrency investments with a new hedge fund...