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South Korea’s Largest Underground Mall Adds Bitcoin Payments to 620 Stores
The largest underground shopping mall in South Korea, Goto Mall, has partnered with a local cryptocurrency exchange to enable its 620...
The World’s Worst Named Cryptocurrencies
Some people call them cryptocurrencies. Others call them altcoins or alts. But to many they’re known as shitcoins: digital currencies that...
Icy Wallet for the Blind is Part of the “Inclusive Spirit of Bitcoin”
“I just feel like the inclusive spirit of bitcoin,” developer Adam Newbold explained, “is maximum inclusion and access for everyone,” he...
ICOs and cryptocurrencies – a ‘rough’ guide to global regulation
Cryptocurrency mania, especially new ICOs, has led to an internationally inconsistent regulatory response. Some authorities have issued...
12.6M Viewers Will Hear About Bitcoin Watching The Big Bang Theory
Bitcoin will be featured on another television series, The Big Bang Theory, airing this Thursday on November 30, 2017. In fact, the entire...
Beer. In. Space.
Earlier this year, beer giant AB InBev – makers of Budweiser – announced it has plans to brew beer on Mars once humanity...
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank Is Building a Custodial Service for Virtual Money
If there is one rather intriguing trend in the financial sector, it is how banks are preparing to support digital currency and...
Reports of Israeli ICO Ban Are Fake News, Entrepreneurs Look to Create ‘Crypto Nation’
Should people be free to invest their bitcoin as they see fit, accepting the risks upon themselves as responsible adults, or should the...
PR: Uservice Is a Global Decentralized Blockchain Platform for the Auto Industry
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United Traders Reveals ICO Plans with a Vision to Solve the Liquidity Problem in the World of Cryptocurrency
United Traders is all set to launch a token ICO on November 30 to form a combination of platforms that would serve as a place to gather...
A Hacker Gained Access to the Bitcoin Gold Windows Wallet Github
Users of Bitcoin Gold (BTG) are facing yet another cyber security issue today. The BTG team has earlier revealed that someone has gained...
Spider Silk as Strong as Kevlar After Graphene Infusion
Spiders are fascinating creatures. They create complex webs to capture prey and sometimes to court mates. Whether they invoke disgust,...
Bittrex Dissuades Market Manipulators by Introducing Internal Changes
Cryptocurrency exchanges are living creatures, just like most other online services we use today. The companies powering these solutions...
Bitcoin Touches a Milestone Price of $9K Across Global Exchanges
The price of bitcoin has crossed the $9,000 USD zone across global exchanges on November 26, 2017, at approximately 10:40 am EDT. Earlier...
This Week in Bitcoin: Record Highs, Bankers Pile In, and a Wild Dragonmint Appears
Welcome to the second installment of This Week in Bitcoin in which we round up the most enthralling stories from the past seven days and...
A Currency to Revolutionize Internet Advertising
Internet advertising is heavily centralized in the favor of Cost Per Action (CPA) networks that are not obligated to share the methods of...
Germany to Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2022
The German government has agreed on a roadmap for phasing out nuclear power. All of the country's 17 nuclear plants are to go offline by...
What Is the Bancor Protocol?
We have seen an increased focus on digital tokens created on top of Ethereum as of late. Hundreds of new tokens have been brought into...
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Bitcoin Exchanges Struggle Under Growth Explosion
Bitcoin exchanges are feeling growth pains: locking up customers’ accounts, taking too long to onboard new clients, and sometimes making a...
Bitcoin Price Tops $9,000 and Could hit $10,000 Very Soon
Cryptocurrency markets continue to evolve at a rather surprising pace. Especially the Bitcoin price is shattering records left, right, and...
Crypto’s Revolutionary Moment? Catalonia Referendum Allegedly Funded by Bitcoin
According to Spanish newspaper of record, El Mundo, much of the media used to promote Catalonia’s October 1st (O-1) referendum to secede...
PR: Dropdeck.io – the Future of Funding Is AI-Driven, Decentralized, and Incentivized
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North Korean Citizens Study Cryptocurrencies at Pyongyang University
North Korean engagement with bitcoin and cryptocurrency appears to be ever growing, with recent reports indicating that university...
Payment Provider Billdesk Creates New Indian Crypto-Exchange
Cryptocurrency has become increasingly popular in India these days and now one of the country’s leading payment service providers,...
New Trading Tip Column `Writing On The Wall´ says “Sell Bitcoin Gold”
This post is the first in a weekly trading tips series called ’Writing On The Wall’, in which our game theory guide Eric Wall tries to...
FCC Announces Move to Repeal Net Neutrality, Keep Telling Them “No”
It pains me to write on this subject as often as I have to. Some of you may have been wondering where I've been in light of the latest...
iXledger and fidentiaX Announce Strategic Partnership to Disrupt the Insurance Industry.
SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 25, 2017 - iXledger is a ground-breaking alternative marketplace for insurers, reinsurers and brokers to trade...
What Is Bitcoin Diamond?
For the people who assumed we were done with ridiculous Bitcoin fork names, the reality looks very different. More specifically, the...
Coingather Exchange Has Been Offline for Days and No One Knows Why
Coingather, a tiny cryptocurrency exchange, has disappeared from the web, alarming customers who fear their funds are gone. The...
PR: VIBEhub VR/AR Teams up with Global Tech Giant Monster Technologies
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After a pre-sale of $22 mln, BitClave announces crowdsale for November 29
BitClave, a blockchain startup developing a decentralized search ecosystem, has completed a very successful private and public pre-sale...
Kazakhstan Establishes National Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association
Kazakhstan is one of those countries people hardly hear about when it comes to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. That’s not...
RocketICO Adopts Bancor Protocol
Decentralized startup accelerator RocketICO begins implementation of Bancor's Smart Tokenâ„¢ protocol on its platform. RocketICO is...
Theymos Planned to Have Bitcoin Knots Replace Bitcoin Core as Main Client
Not a day goes by without a healthy dose of Bitcoin drama, by the look of things. There have been so many discussions and debates over the...
At Last! A Blockchain Platform that Beats BTC and ETH!
Commanding 70% of the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin and Ethereum are the equivalent of flawed geniuses and any company considering...
Should Autonomous Vehicles Decide Who Lives and Who Dies in an Accident?
There have been a lot of interesting developments when it comes to self-driving cars. Not all of these are positive, mind you, and some...
What Is jWallet?
Most people will agree that Ethereum is a valuable addition to the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Although the system is not...
On the Path to the App of the Future – the First Stage of e-Chat ICO has Been Announced
On November 16, 2017 e-Chat has announced the first stage of ICO. This messenger with decentralized architecture, built-in multi-currency...
How to Carve up the Cryptocurrency Turkey Over the Holidays
With the holiday season almost upon us, the time has come to meet up with family members and friends. During these day-long festivities, a...
Regulatory Round-Up: South Korea Says Laissez Faire, Zimbabwe Dislikes and Singapore to Regulate
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has stated that it won’t regulate the digital token markets due to cryptocurrencies not...
Blockchain-based Ad Exchange AdEx Rushes Into the Real Sector with INK Partnership
AdEx, an international ad exchange operating on smart contracts and blockchain technology, has announced it exclusively collaborated with...
Construction of the world’s biggest Li-ion battery completed
The 129 MWh Powerpack system is the largest Li-ion battery storage project in the world By Paul Ridden Back in March, Tesla's Elon Musk...
Morocco’s Bitcoin Ban Would Result in Financial Censorship
Governments all over the world are being forced to pay attention to cryptocurrency all of a sudden. With officials scrambling to...
PR: trade.io Adjusts Market Cap & Trade Token Price Based on the Rise in Ethereum and Demand for Lower Entry Point
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Bitcoin Exchange Bitstamp Gets Masterpayment, Cuts Fees to 5%
Second only to Kraken by volume, making it one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, Bitstamp has partnered with...
Sberbank’s Herman Gref: “Cryptocurrencies Are a Fact of Our Life”
Russia has a very interesting relationship with cryptocurrency. We have seen so many conflicting reports over the past few months, it...
iPhone 8 vs. iPhone x – Which One is the Better Smartphone
When it comes to smartphones one of the key players in the industry is Apple. The iPhones are one of the most bought mobiles of the modern...
Public Wireless Network Costs Austrian Man US$117K Worth of Bitcoin
Using public wireless networks has always been a security risk first and foremost. While it may seem logical to a lot of people to connect...
Covesting Ushering in New Era of Cryptocurrency Trading
Gibraltar November 24, 2017 Team of former Saxo Bank employees lead by Dmitrij Pruglo, professional equity and fx trader, announced the...
Kim Dotcom Wants to Replace the Internet With MegaNet
Kim Dotcom has become a major cult figure in the world of technology over the past few years. His vision for the future revolves around...
Swissquote Bank Launches Exchange-Traded Bitcoin Certificates
The firm Swissquote Bank SA has announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency based exchange-traded product called ‘bitcoin certificates.’...
Sticking to the Scrypt: The History of Litecoin in 500 Words
Since its beginning, Litecoin has been rooted in the democratization of mining. It found its inspiration in several other altcoins that...
The History of Ethereum in 500 Words
If there is one cryptocurrency that has attracted outsize attention this year, it has to be Ethereum. Although not all its news has been...
Hong Kong Company Set to Build Crypto Mining Farm and Museum on Russian Island
One of the first foreign cryptocurrency companies to take advantage of a Russian free trade zone is based in Hong Kong. Among other...
IOTA Price Drops by 16% in Both USD and BTC Value
A lot of cryptocurrencies have gone through a pump cycle over the past few weeks. Whenever an event like this takes place, it is only a...
PR: Smartplay.tech the First Blockchain Gambling Machine with Unlimited Bonuses Announced
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President of Belarus Expected to Sign Decree to Legalize Cryptocurrencies
A draft decree on the Belarusian High-Tech Park which would legalize cryptocurrencies is awaiting the president of Belarus to sign into...
The Curious Case of the New ‘Dragonmint Bitcoin Miner’
According to reports from a few news outlets, social media platforms and online forums a new bitcoin mining rig called the “Dragonmint” is...
The Fundening? Quarter Billion Dollar Gold Fund is Buying Bitcoin
A Bloomberg interview has revealed Old Mutual Gold & Silver Fund has set aside roughly 11 million USD from its holdings since spring of...
Blockchain Forges Ahead at Nasdaq
There have been many successful Blockchain proofs of concepts in financial services, and it's exciting to see the beginnings of a shift...
New Virtual Reality Tool Lets You Explore the Bitcoin Blockchain in 3D
As an intangible asset, bitcoin can be hard to picture. Yes, you know what it is, you’re familiar with how the blockchain works, and...
The compelling case for decentralized crypto exchanges
The decentralized nature of digital currency networks is one of the main advantages that cryptocurrencies have over fiat currency, as it...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Bull-Run Primes Altcoin Markets for New USD Highs
With bitcoin currently consolidating above $8000 USD after establishing an all-time high of nearly $8400 USD, some liquidity has shifted...
What Is the Tulip Mania ICO All About?
One term we hear all too often in the cryptocurrency world these days is “tulip mania”. Financial experts from all over the...
Developers Invoke the Idea of Bitcoin Cash-Based Colored Coins
This week the Openbazaar developer, Chris Pacia, got the bitcoin cash (BCH) community excited about the possibility of using ‘Colored...
Wallet-Monero Is a New Website Attempting to Steal Your XMR
A lot of people have started paying attention to Monero as of late. This also means people are looking for proper wallets to store their...
SophiaTX Integrates Blockchain Technology With SAP
In September, SophiaTX announced the first open-source platform to primarily integrate blockchain technology with SAP software, used by 87...
Bank Negara Malaysia Will Introduce Crypto Regulation in Early 2018
Governments around the world are actively looking for ways to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. That is much easier said than...
PR: Alphaex.net Partners with Xinfin.Org to Provide Digital Exchange Backbone for It’s Pilot Projects
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Paradise Papers Reveal Bitfinex’s Devasini and Potter Established Tether Already Back in 2014
Bitfinex’s Giancarlo Devasini and Philip Potter has been named in the Paradise Papers – an enormous data leak identifying over 120,000...
Sacramento Regional Transit Hackers Demand $8K Bitcoin Ransom
It has been a while since we last heard anything about hackers demanding a Bitcoin ransom. In Sacramento, hackers have successfully...
Bitcoin Gold Wallet That Stole Private Keys Scooped $3.3 Million
Last week it emerged that a fake BTG wallet which had been promoted on the bitcoin gold website was fraudulent. The team’s developers...
SMS Coin is Planning on Being Listed on Exchanges in UK, Asia, and Latin America on November 27
Speed Mining Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter, Speed Mining) built a Cryptocurrency Mining Center in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. Their Coin, SMS...
New Mexico College to Issue Digital Diplomas via Blockchain
Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced its intention to issue diplomas to over 100 graduates through the...
Six of the World’s Most Bitcoin-Friendly Neighborhoods
If you’ve tired of trying to red-pill your mom on bitcoin, and your mailman isn’t feeling your frequent pitches on decentralization,...
Spread Solar for the Holidays: Four Gift Giving Ideas for 2017
It’s that time of year again: holidays! Until 2018 begins, we try to set aside some extra time for family, eat delicious meals together,...
Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin Black Friday
Black Friday, the internet’s annual day for rampant consumer excess, is looming. On November 24, an online spending spree the likes of...
Bitcoin Cash Price Tops $1,500 Again as Second Pump is in Effect
A lot of things have changed in the world of cryptocurrency these past few days. A lot of currencies are surging in value, with Bitcoin...
PR: Blockchain Intermediators Lamden Announce December Tau Token Crowdsale
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Malaysia to Place Bitcoiners Under Existing Anti-Money Laundering Laws
In order “to prevent the abuse of the system for criminal and unlawful activities and ensuring the stability and integrity of the...
NAGA Token Sale – The Tokens From the Real Economy
A vast majority of the companies who are entering ICO are not offering any already established product. You are being told that if you...
Rare Pepe Blockchain Cards Have Produced More Value Than Most ICOs
Over the course of 2017, there’s been a lot of blockchain projects, and the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) craze has been off the charts. One...
Three (non-pointless) permissioned blockchains in production
It's exactly two years since we published "Avoiding the pointless blockchain project", a checklist of questions to ask when assessing...
Bitcoin Skeptics Just Too Old to Get Digital World, Says Hedge Fund Mogul Novogratz
With this year’s incredible rally in bitcoin’s valuation driving it into mainstream global financial conversation, many established...
Deep Web Roundup: Alphabay Suspect Dies, Monero Climbs, and 126m Verge Lost
The days of darknet markets driving bitcoin are long gone, but even for those with no compunction to visit the deep web, its activity is...
Top Wall Street Analysts Set New Bitcoin Price Targets Above $10,000
Prominent Wall Street analysts from Fundstrat, Standpoint Research, and Galaxy Investment Partners are pointing to a coming bullish run on...
Bitcoin Cash Sees Significant Support and Adoption Over Four Months
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network is almost four months old from when it split away from the legacy chain on August 1. Since then the...
Piety Aims to Disrupt Organized Religion
We've been seeing a splurge of many innovative blockchain solutions built on the Ethereum platform, but one which stands out with it's...
What Is the Stash Node Pro?
We have seen many intriguing creations in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Stash may be one of this year’s more interesting...
He’s Back! Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan Chase Ponders Bitcoin Futures Move
The Wall Street Journal reports Jamie Dimon’s JP Morgan Chase & Co. is “looking at business opportunities in the planned bitcoin-futures...