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South Korean Payment App Toss to Add Bitcoin Transactions
Fintech Former South Korean dentist hoped to smooth payment transactions. He stopped pulling teeth, and began working on a solution. His...
The Bitcoin Gold Project Responds to Negative Criticism
News Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the alleged hard fork project, Bitcoin Gold, that’s supposedly scheduled to take place on...
XBT Provider Launches First Ethereum ETNs
Markets and Prices The issuer of the world’s first bitcoin exchange-traded notes (ETN), XBT Provider, has announced the launch of the...
Japan Emerges as the World’s Foremost Hotbed of Bitcoin Trading
Economics Japan has emerged as the largest market for bitcoin trading by volume. This represents a shift from the market dominance...
Life on the Blockchain
Maria stirs from her sleep. She is awoken by a combination of soft tones, the opening of her curtains, and sounds of birds chirping. After...
New Technology Analyzes Fingerprints to Determine Alcohol and Substance Use
Human fingerprints have proven to be a substantial and reliable source of information. While most people assume these can only be used to...
PR: What’s Killing Cryptocurrency at the Point-Of-Sale and How Graft Can Prevent It
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Cambodia’s First Bitcoin Point-of-Sale System Debuts Amid Currency Debate
Emerging Markets Expats living in The Kingdom of Cambodia bring the country one step closer toward broader bitcoin adoption with a...
Dubai’s Land Department Adopts Blockchain Technology
The Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced that they are one of the first governments to adopt blockchain technology for the management...
Blockchain Lottery SmartBillions Was Hacked and It Was a Good Thing
On the October 4th, SmartBilions launched a hackathon involving its own platform. The goal? To identify any potential vulnerabilities...
Panama City Strip Mall Merchants Embrace Bitcoin Customers
Emerging Markets Last month news.Bitcoin.com reported on the grand opening of the Panama Blockchain Embassy, located at the Balboa...
eChing Takes a Blockchain Approach to Fortune Telling
No one can deny the Ethereum blockchain wears many hats these days. Although it will always be used to process network transactions, a lot...
Morningstar Japan Starts Ratings Business for Cryptocurrencies and ICOs
Services The Japanese subsidiary of Morningstar has launched a new business to provide ratings of digital currencies and initial coin...
Two More Bitcoin Startups Reveal Hard Fork Contingency Plans
News This week two more bitcoin-based businesses announced their company’s stance towards the upcoming 2MB hard fork this November. The...
PR: Etherparty Expands Globally with DCX Partnership
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The Decentralize Your Life Tour Promotes Freedom Cells Throughout the U.S.
Promoted Post This past July news.Bitcoin.com spoke with Derrick Broze host of the Conscious Resistance Network about the first leg of his...
Putin Tells Central Bank Not to Create Unnecessary Barriers to Cryptocurrencies
Regulation The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss cryptocurrencies. It was attended...
RoboForex Launches CFD Trading for Bitcoin
Finance Another international brokerage firm just entered into the bitcoin ecosystem. Roboforex out of Cyprus added bitcoin CFD trading on...
Circle Pay for Europe, Circle Trading for Whales
Finance Text messages and blog opinions travel flawlessly around the world, and for free. Circle Pay believes money should do the same....
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin on Lack of Incentives for Public Projects, Possible Solutions
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has been vocal about the lack of incentives for public open-source projects and developers...
Minimalist Family Sells Everything for Bitcoin Hoping It Pays Off
News Some people are very passionate about bitcoin, and then some people are really big believers in the cryptocurrency revolution. One...
PR: Viewly Pre-Ico Is Live, Min-Cap Hit, Currently at 70% of the Hard-Cap. Only a Few Days Left
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Ukraine Proposes Law to Completely Legalize Cryptocurrency Transactions
Regulation The first draft of a bill to legalize all cryptocurrency transactions in Ukraine has been submitted to its Parliament....
Russia’s Finance Ministry Proposes Registering Cryptocurrency Miners and Licensing Exchanges
Regulation At a meeting of regulators on Monday, the Russian Finance Ministry proposed to register cryptocurrency miners as well as to...
Porn Star Tempts Russian Prime Minister to Legalize Cryptocurrencies in a Video Message
Featured Russian porn actress Ekaterina Makarova has recorded a video message to urge her country’s regulators, including the Prime...
European Council Approves the Wifi4EU Initiative
A few months ago, we touched upon the concept of Wifi4EU. The main objective of this service is to provide free access to WiFi hotspots...
Bitcoin Endures Instantaneous Flash Crash on Major Price Index
Markets and Prices Bitcoin endured a flash crash early Tuesday morning. In just a few minutes, bitcoin plummeted $600. However, it quickly...
Publica To Use Ethereum Blockchain For New Publishing Ecommerce Platform
Delray Beach, Florida: Publica is building a new ecommerce platform for the publishing ecosystem using the Ethereum blockchain and smart...
Abu Dhabi to Regulate Cryptocurrencies as Commodities and ICOs as ‘Specified Investments’
Regulation The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has published its position regarding...
Digix and ETHLend Announces Extensive Partnership on Decentralized Lending
Tokenization of assets. Digix was one of the first proof-of-concept on tokenizing valuable real-world assets. Tokenization means that a...
Celsius Targets Millennials With New Blockchain-Based P2P Lending Platform
Celsius team (from left to right): S. Daniel Leon, President/COO; Alex Mashinsky, Founder/CEO; and David Brill, General Counsel/Corporate...
Russia to Block Access to Cryptocurrency Exchange Websites
Featured The first deputy Governor of Russia’s Central Bank, Sergei Shvetsov, is reported to have stated that Russia will move to...
PR: Smartlands Platform Attracted Early-Bird Investors
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Vanuatu Becomes First Nation to Accept Bitcoin in Exchange for Citizenship
Emerging Markets The South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has become host to the world’s first government to accept bitcoin in exchange...
Markets Update: The Bitcoin Price Rocket Blasts Off Again
Markets and Prices As we predicted in our last markets update, bitcoin markets were behaving like a shaken can of soda — waiting to pop....
Cointracking.info Aims to Make Cryptocurrency Portfolios Easier to Track
Taxes As cryptocurrency trading and investment become more prevalent, users often find that they need tools to track their portfolios to...
If Ads Don’t Work, Can Publishers Strike Subscription Gold?
By Erin GriffithErin Griffith Tony Haile spent seven years trying to save the internet from click-based hell. As CEO of Chartbeat, a...
Japanese Renewable Energy Provider Offers Low Flat-Rate Electricity for Crypto Miners
Mining Japanese renewable energy provider, Looop, has announced an electricity plan aimed at reducing costs for bitcoin and other...
Auctus Pre-sale Ends With Strong Numbers
Auctus conducted a pre-sale between October 3rd and 6th. The team behind Auctus, who is building a platform for blockchain-powered pension...
Bitcoin Has Caught the Attention of Tanzania’s Central Bank
Regulation Bitcoin is growing popular throughout a few regions within the giant continent of Africa. One of these areas seeing bitcoin...
Bitcoin Group SE Shares Skyrocket Along with Bitcoin’s Ascent
Fintech Shares of the company Bitcoin Group SE have skyrocketed along with the rise of bitcoin’s price. Its shares have almost doubled...
Things Aren’t Looking Good for Internet Rights
It makes me rather sad how often I have to write articles like this, but it is important to remember that Internet rights are still under...
Swiss Scientists Develop Edible Robots for Humans and Animals
While it is evident robots come in many different types and shapes, the edible variety is not all that popular right now. That may soon...
The Texas Bitcoin Conference is Coming Back to Austin
Promoted Post This month on October 28-29, 2017 the Texas Bitcoin Conference is coming to the Canyon View Event Center in Austin, Texas....
Papyrus Digital Advertising Ecosystem – Blockchain Goes Mainstream with a Durable Model for Transparency, Security, and Fair Play
What's the internet for? Social media, games, YouTube videos, or your favorite publications? Not quite. The internet is for advertising....
Lightning Network Centralization Leads to Economic Censorship
Op-Ed Written by Jonald Fyookball. A few months ago, I wrote an article called “Mathematical Proof That the Lightning Network Cannot Be a...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform ShapeShift to Integrate NEM’s XEM Token
ShapeShift, an instant cryptocurrency exchange platform, has announced plans to integrate NEM’s XEM token.Incorporated in Switzerland,...
PR: Worldcore Payment Institution Raises over $5 Million in the First Presale Days of Its Upcoming ICO
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Car Sharing Firm Gets $10 Million, Adds Bitcoin Payments
Fintech The India-based, Y-Combinator-backed car sharing firm, Drivezy, just raised Rs 65 crore ($10 million). The company has used the...
Fundstrat Global Advisors Create Bitcoin Indexes
Finance Bitcoin bull and independent research boutique, Fundstrat, reveals its new five indexes to monitor cryptocurrencies. Aimed at...
Malaysia’s Central Bank Signals Year-End Bitcoin Ban
Regulation Malaysia central bank Governor is taking bitcoin cues from China. His glib statements are attracting widespread regional...
Altcoin Exchange Performs First Atomic Swap Between Bitcoin and Ethereum
Technology On October 7, 2017, the decentralized cryptocurrency trading platform Altcoin Exchange announced the team performed the first...
Alleged Dark Web Drug Kingpin Arrested at World Beard and Mustache Championships
News A 38-year-old Frenchman suspected of selling drugs via the dark web has been arrested at Atlanta international airport after arriving...
Alphabet’s Project Loon Will Help Restore Cell Service in Puerto Rico
Technology enthusiasts may recall that Google has been experimenting with a concept known as Project Loon. This initiative would...
PR: Genesis Vision Platform for Private Trust Management Describes an Ideal ICO
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Elon Musk May Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Power Grid
Recently, Puerto Rico was hit by a devastating hurricane. The natural disaster crippled the island's infrastructure, and relief efforts...
Music Streaming Service Arena Pays Royalties in Bitcoin to Eliminate Industry Black Box
Interview Arena Music attempts to right the fallen music industry. As a loss leader streaming service pointing users to artist...
Krosscoin – a Cross-platform App Monetization Platform
KSS introduces a consumption-based token framework that allows application developers to monetize any functional component, in any...
Russian Foreign Ministry Opposes Alleged BTC-e Operator’s Extradition to US
The entire court case involving Alexander Vinnik will drag on for quite some time to come. It seems the Russian government isn’t too...
Bitcoin ATMs On the Rise in Russia
Featured The number of bitcoin ATMs is on the rise in Russia. Ten of them were recently installed in five districts of Novosibirsk by a...
Liberty in North Korea: Bitcoin.com, /r/GoldAndBlack Team for Worthy Cause
Crowdfunding Reddit online community members join forces to assist in the placement of North Korea’s Hermit Kingdom refugees. North...
AMF Concludes ICOs Have No Legal Status Under French Law
Regulation Robert Ophele, the President of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has revealed that the AMF does not believe...
PR: Wellesley Information Services and International Data Corporation Release Agenda for November Blockchain Conference Content
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Singapore’s MAS Moves Toward Regulating Cryptocurrency-Based Businesses, Not Cryptocurrency Itself
Regulation Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, and...
The Bitcoin Cash Community Debates Future Difficulty Adjustments
Technology It has been three months since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network was introduced to the cryptocurrency community. So far, the BCH...
Bitcoin Illegal in Nepal? Police Arrest Seven Individuals for Trading Operations
Regulation This week seven individuals were arrested for running illegal bitcoin exchange operations in Nepal. According to Nepal’s...
Ahold USA Introduces Marty the Robot
One way to make robots appear more friendly to consumers is by giving them a short and easy-to-remember name. Marty does the job quite...
Japan’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitflyer Launches Bitcoin Visa Prepaid Card
Services Japan’s largest bitcoin exchange by volume, Bitflyer, has launched its own reloadable Visa prepaid card. Customers can fund them...
Coinbase Reveals its 2x Fork Plans
News Another large bitcoin exchange in the industry, Coinbase, has announced an update concerning the upcoming Segwit2x hard fork. The San...
The Satoshi Revolution – How and Why Government Outlawed Private Money
Featured The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations.Chapter 1: Listening to the Past (part 2).by Wendy McElroy How did...
Singapore Announces Second Stage of Bank-Supported DLT Venture
Blockchain technology has always been thought to be capable of making a big impact in the financial sector. There’s still a lot of...
Google’s Pixel 2 Lacks a Headphone Jack
Google’s recently-announced Pixel 2 smartphone boasts many impressive features. However, the company has chosen to do something that...
Chief Indian Economist: Bitcoin Won’t become a ‘Legal Currency’ in India without Regulation
A prominent Indian economist believes that bitcoin needs to be regulated in India before it will become a legal currency.In a Q&A...
England Can Now Use Left-Over Pence to Automatically Buy Bitcoin
Services England’s new application Dust links user bank accounts to exchanges, using leftover pence and pounds. Once the requisite amount...
Circle Unveils Open Source Blockchain Project For Digital Wallet Interoperability
Consumer finance startup Circle has unveiled Cent Routing Exchange (CENTRE), a new open source project that aims to use blockchain...
PR: Etherparty Beta Goes Live with Three Real World Use Cases
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Taiwan’s FSC Chairman Opposes Heavy-Handed Cryptocurrency Regulations
Regulation Wellington Koo, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) chairman, today expressed his desire for Taiwan to emulate Japan’s...
ETX Capital Deploys Bitcoin CFD Trading for Clients
Finance ETX Capital, A London-based FCA regulated brokerage, just embraced bitcoin. They now offer a full suite of bitcoin services and...
Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to ‘Denounce’ Segwit2x Participants
News On October 6, 2017, the web portal Bitcoin.org announced it was “denouncing” the Segwit2x hard fork and companies involved with the...
Australian Government Faces Scrutiny Over New Facial Recognition Measures
Any new proposal signed by politicians related to facial recognition technology will be met with a lot of scrutiny. Consumers are slowly...
ICO Central: Why Switzerland Will Remain Crypto Valley
by Ian Simpson Ian Simpson is head of marketing and communications at Lakeside Partners, an early-stage investment firm in Zug,...
PR: Tothemoon Project: the Merits of Cryptocurrency Mining on the Tothemoon Farm
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Finnish Law Enforcement Cracks Down on OneCoin Promoters
It is only a matter of time until all of OneCoin’s financial investigations catch up with it. Multiple countries are investigating...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Pops Higher But Meets Upper Resistance
Markets and Prices Bitcoin markets are kicking up a notch as the price tested the US$4,425 zone today, after spiking past the $4,300...
Swiss Vocational School Lucerne University Accepts Bitcoin for Tuition
News On October 3 the Swiss public vocational school, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, announced its now accepting bitcoin...
2x or NO2X: Why Some Want to Hard Fork Bitcoin in November – and Why Others Don’t
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DMarket Announces Second Phase of Token Sale
DMarket, the first global marketplace for trading in-game items, announced the dates of the company's main token sale. According to CEO...
Mexico Proposes Legislation to Tame Bitcoin
Regulation Mexican politicians join the growing club of government regulators wishing to get a handle on bitcoin and financial technology....
Welto Integrates with Coinbase so Users Can Pay Bills with Bitcoin
Services A new bitcoin and cryptocurrency application, Welto, just integrated Coinbase into their system. Welto now allows users to pay...
PR: Developers Announce Launch of Zumminer, Emphasizing Its Multi-Functionality and High-Level Wallet Security
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