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Bitcoin Debit Cards Halt Service to Non-European Residents Due to Visa’s New Rules
News Four bitcoin Visa debit cards are suspending service to non-European residents due to Visa’s new licensing restrictions. BTCC and...
PR: Modum.io Announces ITO Starting Sept 1. The MOD Token Is Backed by a Regulatory-Driven Business Case for Blockchain Tech in the Pharma …
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Blockchain Platform Polymath to Take “Securities Tokens” Mainstream
Toronto-based Polymath is building a securities tokens platform, enabling financial companies to launch their own asset-based securities...
Bitcoin Cash Network Turns One Month Old and Continues to Move Forward
Blockchain The bitcoin fork on August 1, which produced the cryptocurrency and network Bitcoin Cash (BCH), turns one month old today...
Coinbase Captures Majority of Virtual Currency Consumer Complaints in 2017
Finance This week the student loan organization, Lend EDU, published a report that details virtual currency company complaints are up...
Bitcoin Price Jumps Above $4,800 for the First Time
Bitcoin's price briefly passed above the $4,800 mark for the first time today. According to data from CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index...
Is BTC-e Back? Troubled Exchange Enables User Log-ins Weeks After Crackdown
BTC-e, the bitcoin exchange charged by US authorities last month with a host of money laundering crimes, has launched a new website weeks...
An Inside Look at Kim Dotcom’s Upcoming Bitcache and K.im Platform
Reviews Last week news.Bitcoin.com reported on Kim Dotcom’s teaser video of the highly anticipated Bitcache application. We got early...
PR: Five Advantages of Universa Blockchain over Bitcoin and Ethereum
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How to Cut the Cost of Wind Energy in Half — A National Lab Report
New energy science and technological breakthroughs could cut the cost of wind energy in half by 2030—making it fully competitive with the...
‘Game of Skill’: US Markets Tech Provider Launches Bitcoin Betting Game
A new "game of skill" centered around bitcoin's price changes is going live. Launched by Chicago-based Level Trading Field, Bitcoin...
Strict Regulations Drive Shapeshift and Keepkey out of Washington State
Regulation Digital asset exchange Shapeshift and its recently acquired hardware wallet maker Keepkey have announced that they are exiting...
Aragon “Transparency Framework” Aims to Set Industry Standards for Crowdfunded Projects
Image credit: A see through piggy bank with money coins by pogonici via Shutterstock.comAragon, a platform built on Ethereum for creating...
Bitcoin Price Sets New All-Time High as Crypto Market Tops $170 Billion
Bitcoin's price has risen above $4,700 for the second time in as many days to hit a new all-time high. Prices climbed as high...
Financial Commission to Issue Certification for ICOs
News The Financial Commission has established a panel of purported fintech experts to issue certification and assess the merits of...
PR: Crypto Analysis Engine Trackr Has Been Accepted on 3 Exchanges and Raises Nearly $200K – ICO Is Currently Live With a Bonus!
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Anti-Censorship Bot For Detecting Deleted Posts on Reddit Gets Censored
Privacy A bot called “censorship notifier” was recently released on Reddit. It was built to scan for censored posts, but it has now been...
Bitcoin Is Becoming a Popular Investment for Middle-Class Americans
Finance According to a recent report from NBC, middle-class Americans are growing quite fond of bitcoin and cryptocurrency investment....
Now Bitcore Nodes Can Switch to Any Bitcoin Implementation — Even Forks
Technology The company Bitpay has been busy lately dealing with the recent blockchain split, the possible upcoming fork, and dealing with...
Are Investment Bubbles in the Crypto Space a Good Thing?
Bitcoin is in a bubble.That’s according to some. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban, BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones and...
Chinese Officials Travel to US to Discuss Fintech and Cryptocurrency Regulations
Regulation Chinese state representatives visited San Francisco last week to meet with distributed ledger technology businesses and...
PR: Cointal, The First Multi-Cryptocurrencies P2P MarketPlace Launched Pre-Signups
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The Minor Metals and Energy Storage — It’s Party Time
It’s turning out to be a great year for minor metals. Rechargeable-battery ingredient cobalt has gained 83 percent, while ruthenium, used...
John Martinis Believes Quantum Computing Threat to Be Long Way Off
Technology At a recent crypto event, Google’s John Martinis addressed the hypothetical threats posed by quantum computing, stating that we...
Monero Is Getting Its Own Version of LocalBitcoins
A team of monero enthusiasts based in Hong Kong have launched an alternative version of LocalBitcoins.com. Called LocalMonero.co, the...
PR: Archain Is Building an Uncensorable Internet Archive Inside a Cryptocurrency
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Australian Government: Bitcoin Is Causing Organized Crime to Proliferate
Regulation The Australian government believes it has honed in on the cause of increased organized crime. According to an (ACIC) report,...
Bitkan Launch OTC Bitcoin Cash Trading via Mobile App
Markets and Prices Bitcoin trading services provider, Bitkan, has announced the launch of over the counter (OTC) bitcoin cash trading. OTC...
PR: LAToken Closed Round 1 of the Token Sale at $330m Valuation
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Nxt Launches ‘Blockchain Creation Kit’
Blockchain platform Nxt has announced the launch of its Blockchain Creation Kit, which allows third party developers to create their own...
Russian Energy Corporations Discuss Partnerships With Bitcoin Miners
Mining Russian media has reported that two of the nation’s major energy corporations, EvroSibEnergo and Gazprom, are in discussions with...
U.S. Lawmakers Aim to Protect Bitcoin Users from Government Harassment
Regulation Members of the U.S. government are steadily preparing legislation towards the use of cryptocurrencies. Some representatives...
Chinese Regulators Consider Crackdown on ICOs
Regulation Chinese regulators discussed plans designed to initiate a crackdown on ICOs being held in China, according to local media. It...
Moscow Stock Exchange Prepares to Trade Cryptocurrency
Regulation Moscow Stock Exchange is creating an infrastructure to trade cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The exchange plans to trade...
PR: ICO Date Announced for Native Currency and the $715 Billon Dollar Freelance Industry
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Estonian Government Considering Raising Bitcoin For its Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Republic of Estonia, the first country in the European Union (EU) to introduce the concept of e-residency, a government-issued digital...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Skyrockets to $4650 Setting New All-Time High
Markets and Prices Bitcoin’s value is skyrocketing today on August 29 reaching an all-time high of $4,650 per BTC across global exchanges....
Engineers Demonstrate Zcash/Bitcoin Atomic Swaps
Technology Blockchain interoperability is becoming a very popular concept that allows the trading of two different cryptocurrencies...
Listen Up: Energy Storage is the Home Appliance of the Future
Twenty years ago, the problem with rooftop solar was that customers needed a large collection of lead acid batteries to store their...
The Bitcoin Price Just Set a New All-Time High Above $4,700
The price of bitcoin is now trading at its highest level ever. At press time, the average price of bitcoin across global exchanges was...
PR: Ties.Network Announces Token Generation Event (TGE)
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Russia Proposes Treating Bitcoin as Financial Asset Restricted to Qualified Investors
Regulation The Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev has proposed regulating cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as financial...
New Blockchain Hub Opens in Israel
Singulariteam, CoinTree Capital, and BlockchainIL have teamed up to open Alignment, a blockchain hub in Israel. The hub aims to be a...
Cryptobuyer to Install Costa Rica’s First Bitcoin ATM
Emerging Markets Cryptobuyer has announced plans to install a bitcoin ATM in Costa Rica. The company claims its terminal will be the first...
SEC Warns of ICO Schemes After Suspending 4 Firms
Regulation The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a warning about companies making Initial Coin Offering (ICO)...
Telegram Founder Believes Bitcoin Will Undermine US Hegemony
Featured A Russian Sputnik news article reported Telegram and Vkontakte founder hopes bitcoin will undermine US hegemony. Further, he...
Over $50K in Cryptocurrency Donations Will Help Texas Hurricane Victims
News Over the past couple of days, the state of Texas was hit by a ferocious hurricane, devastating the region with severe flooding and...
PR: Over 5,500 People Choose to Invest in ATB Coin
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Saxo Bank Offers Bitcoin Exchange Traded Notes
Finance A Denmark-based multi-asset and trading institution, Saxo Bank, recently stated they are allowing clients to gain exposure to...
New Source of Energy-critical Lithium Found in Supervolcanoes, Stanford Researchers Find
Most of the lithium used to make the lithium-ion batteries that power modern electronics comes from Australia and Chile. But Stanford...
Pro-Bitcoin Expedia CEO Picked to Run Uber
News Uber has reportedly chosen Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO. Under Khosrowshahi’s lead, Expedia started accepting...
Litecoin Price Surges to New All-Time High Over $60
Litecoin prices have surged over the past 24 hours, reaching a new all-time high following a month of generally sideways trading. Peaking...
Crypto Media Group Recruit Celebrities to Promote ICOs
Emerging Markets Crypto Media Group is actively recruiting celebrities to conduct promotional campaigns for upcoming ICOs. Floyd...
PR: Enjin Coin Announces Pre-Sale of Gaming Cryptocurrency
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Japan’s Largest Rewards Site Operator With 5 Million Users Launching Bitcoin Exchange
News The operator of Japan’s largest rewards site with 5 million users is launching a bitcoin exchange. Ceres Inc has partnered with...
Long and Short Bitcoin ETFs Filed with SEC
Finance Two more bitcoin ETFs have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “Rex Bitcoin Strategy ETF” and “Rex...
IRS May Consider Bitcoin Cash Fork Taxable Income This Year
Taxes The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may consider bitcoin cash taxable this year, according to tax experts. Some bitcoin cash...
Bank of Mexico Rejects ‘Virtual Currency’ as Legal Classification for Bitcoin
Regulation The governor of the Bank of Mexico, Agustin Carstens, has rejected adopting ‘virtual currency’ as the legal classification for...
Kim Dotcom Teases Micro-tipping App Bitcache for Youtubers
News On August 26 the notorious Kim Dotcom released a preview of his new Bitcache platform for Youtubers. Additionally, Youtube creators...
New Bitcoin.com Charts: The Bitcoin Ecosystem at a Glance
Announcements At Bitcoin.com we’re very passionate about the decentralized economy and everything tethered to the evolving Bitcoin...
Can Bitcoin Become a Major Reserve Currency by 2030?
According to research released in late 2015, U.K.-based Magister Advisors, a financial institution which focuses on facilitating mergers...
Popular Korean Talk-Based Stock Trading App Adding Cryptocurrency Exchange
Technology South Korea’s top mobile stock trading app is launching a cryptocurrency exchange for bitcoin and ether. Kakao Stock is based...
U.S. Pressures BTC-e Exchange as They Plan to Distribute Funds Next Month
News Last week the Russian bitcoin exchange, BTC-e, told the public about the trading platform’s plan to repay customers. Now the exchange...
Chinese Manufacturing Giant Midea Seeks Household Appliance Mining Patent
Mining Public records reveal the large Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer, Midea Group, recently applied for a patent that enables...
South African Officials National Cryptocurrencies As “Too Risky”
Regulation The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has described the development of national cryptocurrencies as ”too risky” for the central...
PR: DetectorToken Already Raised $70k in First 3 Days – ICO Is LIVE With 25% BONUS!
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Vietnam Prepares to Analyze Legal Framework for Bitcoin
Regulation The Vietnamese government prepares to analyze bitcoin and cryptocurrency. They may provide a regulatory framework for them in...
Ethereum Centralization Risks Outlined By Grayscale Investments In New Report
One of the most difficult aspects of bootstrapping a new cryptocurrency network is moving beyond the early stages of inevitable...
Bitpay Addresses Last Week’s Controversial Segwit2x Blog Post
News On August 25 the largest global bitcoin payment processor, Bitpay, addressed the company’s controversial blog post on Segwit2x last...
Brokers Introduce Bitcoin Cash CFD Trading
Fintech Forex and Contracts For Difference (CFD) brokerages are introducing Bitcoin Cash CFD trading pairs to their platforms. This month,...
PR: Announcing the Cove ICO Pre-Sale: Helping People Take Back Control of Their Digital Identity
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Bitcoin Cash Becomes the Longest Chain As Miners Toggle Between Profits
News The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network is almost a month old and seemingly growing stronger as the days continue. As of August 22, the BCH...
ICOs May Be Subject to Securities Laws in Canada
Regulation The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has issued a statement outlining regulatory concerns regarding Initial Coin...
Bitfury Mines Segwit Block Larger Than 1MB as Bitcoiners Wait for Network Relief
Technology It’s been well over 24-hours since Segregated Witness activated on the Bitcoin network, and cryptocurrency spectators have been...
North Korea Could Be Targeting Bitcoin Exchanges in Hacking Attack
Security North Korea has allegedly been involved in unleashing cyber attacks against South Korean bitcoin exchanges and other blockchain...
PR: LAToken Raised $8,5 Million Within the First Day of Public Token Sale
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Comcast Taps Solar for Smart Home Services
Sunrun yesterday said it has reached an agreement with Comcast for the solar and storage company to be the exclusive solar provider for...
SEC Suspends Trading of Bitcoin Firm’s Shares After 7000% Price Jump
Regulation The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the trading of a Bitcoin-focused firm’s shares after their...
Ethereum-Based Invoice Finance Platform Hive Raises Over US$8 Million
Image: Investment growth, via FlickrThe Hive Project, which intends to build the world’s first cryptocurrency-based invoice financing...
India Continues to Ponder Bitcoin Regulations as Cybercrime Soars
As Indian authorities consider a framework for digital currency regulations, the nation is witnessing a rise in the number of cyberattacks...
Bitcoin Prices Bounce Back Above $4,400
Bitcoin prices have once more climbed past $4,400 following days of generally sideways movement within the $4,100–$4,200 range. Starting...
Lightning Network Launches Third Release Featuring Bitcoin & Litecoin Atomic Swaps
Technology Following the activation of Segregated Witness (Segwit) on the Bitcoin network, the developers from Lightning Labs released the...
PR: Lunyr Private Alpha Release on September 18, 2017 on the Ethereum Mainnet
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MGT Capital Raise $2.4 Million to Expand Mining Operations
Mining MGT Capital has announced it has raised $2.4 million USD to expand its mining operations. The capital has been raised through the...
PR: DOVU, Blockchain Powered Mobility, Backed by InMotion Ventures, Powered by Jaguar Land Rover
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Introducing the Simple to Use and Robust Bitcoin.com Wallet
Announcements We’re always striving for Bitcoin.com to be the leading destination for all your bitcoin needs. This month we are thrilled...
Research Profiles Australian Bitcoin Users
Markets and Prices Researchers have profiled the normative Australian bitcoin user, describing the industry participant’s avatar as under...
BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen: Bitcoin Miners are Butthurt Over SegWit
During a conversation with Muneeb Ali of Blockstack at Blockstack Summit 2017, BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen shared some of his thoughts...
Op-Ed: Bitcoin Passed $4,000, but What’s the Real Reason Why?
Most crypto-fans never thought they’d live to see a day when bitcoin reached its true pinnacle of financial stability, but it appears that...
Large Korean Conglomerate Gets Into Bitcoin Remittances Post Legalization
Services A large South Korean conglomerate is entering the Bitcoin remittance market. Dongbu Group is partnering with Bitcoin remittance...