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Juicero may be the absurd avatar of Silicon Valley hubris, but boy is it well engineered
The Juicero story is a funny one in some ways and a sad one in others, so let’s just assume they cancel each other out and admire...
New Bitcoin Core Software Makes SegWit Optional for Miners
A new software update has been published by the Bitcoin Core open-source development community. Released on Saturday, version...
Weekly Round-Up and Cryptocurrency Markets Update
No consensus was reached last week towards Bitcoin scaling, in fact, the battle is getting protracted with each camp holding...
DJI’s new FPV goggles let you control your drone with head movements
When DJI announced the Mavic Pro last year they also teased a pair of FPV goggles that could be used to see first-person video from...
Blockchain Could Expand Central Bank Access, Says Bank of Japan
Central banks could allow access to accounts around the clock if they used blockchains or cryptocurrencies, a senior Bank of Japan...
AsicBoost Increases Profits by 2,000% For Bitcoin Miners If Utilized Covertly: Antonopoulos
On April 5, Bitcoin Core developer Greg Maxwell introduced the possibility of inhibiting a covert attack on the Bitcoin proof...
Revolar, the personal safety button, can get you out of tight spots
A new hardware/app device called Revolar aims to make it safe to walk the streets. This tiny button will notify your friends and...
The UN Wants to Adopt Bitcoin And Ethereum – And Soon
The United Nations (UN) is in the final stages of what could be one of the most epic blockchain projects of all time. After...
India’s ‘Million Meals’ Program taps Blockchain Tech to End Child Hunger
The world’s largest non-profit-run midday meal program for school children is looking at new technologies including...
The $999 SlingStudio makes it easy to produce multi-camera Facebook Live and YouTube streams
Sling Media, the Dish subsidiary you probably know for its Slingbox and Sling TV service, is announcing its SlingStudio hardware...
The Next Phase of the Blockchain Consortium is Here
Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis and corporate finance, and a member of CoinDesk's product team. The...
Research: India’s Push toward Digital Currency to Spur Smartphone Sales
A highly competitive telecom battleground that offers some of the cheapest mobile tariffs in the world and a marked move by...
Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin & DASH Analysis
Ethereum Regular readers will know that we have been waiting several days for ETH to pass through an arc pair. As shown in the...
Weekly Analysis: Litecoin, France, and North Korea in the Spotlight
Asset Current Value Weekly Change S&P 500 2345 0.85% DAX 12105 -0.50% WTI Crude Oil 49.61 -8.12% GOLD 1285.50 -1.14% Bitcoin...
Falcon Northwest’s Tiki is the sleek sports car of VR PCs
Falcon Northwest is a small company, but small can mean focus and care when it comes to device makers. Falcon’s business is PCs,...
PwC Report: 88% of Global Banks Sweat over Losing Revenue to FinTech Firms
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has found that a large majority of financial services firms intend to team up...
Can Smart Contracts Revolutionize Companies and Freelancing?
There are 53 million freelancers in America alone in what some are calling a workplace revolution. One aspect of smart...
What’s Horsepower? Or How to Differentiate Your Blockchain Startup
Jeremy Epstein is the CEO of Never Stop Marketing, a strategic marketing and consulting firm that focuses exclusively on helping...
European Commission To Establish EU Blockchain Observatory
The European Commission (EC) will tender offers for a service contract to establish a European Union (EU) Blockchain...
What’s To Do Before Ethereum Enters Its Third ‘Metropolis’ Stage?
Ethereum is over the hump, moving towards the third of its four planned stages of development to further the groundwork for...
Litecoin Reaches Agreement on Segwit Upgrade, Price Rises
The litecoin miners and developers have reached an agreement to activate segregated witnesses (segwit) and to increase...
Is $40 the New Floor for Ethereum’s Ether Tokens?
Ether prices have been hovering above $40 per coin as of late, indicating significant support for that price, according to several...
INTCoin Sets June 7 Launch Date, Featuring Anonymity and Speed of Payment
This is a sponsored story. INTCoin, a next generation decentralized currency developed by a global team, has announced a...
US Government Watchdog: ‘Unclear’ If New DLT Rules Needed
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has yet to decide if new regulations are needed to capture blockchain tech. The...
How Does Bitcoin Reach a Decision?
Some 70% of miners have now made a decision on whether to support segregated witnesses (segwit) or Bitcoin Unlimited, a...
Japanese City Seeks Bitcoin Donations to Preserve Historic Park
As part of a bid to preserve a historic park, a city in Japan is reportedly raising donations in bitcoin. The city of Hirosaki,...
The Good Fight Season Finale Ends with Return of ‘Bitcoin Creator’
Bitcoin and cyber-terrorism are on prime time once more thanks to the most recent season finale of ‘The Good Fight’. As well,...
The MWW Iconik 3 is an inexpensive automatic watch for military fans
Manchester Watch Works aka MWW makes small batch watches that are sometimes homages to historic timepieces and are sometimes...
You Can Link Monero Transactions – But Which? And What’s the Impact?
The world's sixth-largest cryptocurrency network, monero, celebrated its third birthday this Tuesday, but not without having...
Geopolitics Bullish for Bitcoin – CryptoCoinsNews
Recent debate about Bitcoin as a safehaven against geopolitics is supported by consistent buying demand for the digital...
PowerRay is an underwater drone for filmmakers or fishermen
The creator of the PowerEgg, an ovoid flying robot, has begun accepting orders for its newest creation, a submersible camera drone...
How Cashaa Exploits Bitcoin Price Differentials for Remittances
Can bitcoin still provide a truly cheap money-sending service? While the idea might be out of favor in some circles, London startup...
Weekly Analysis of Cryptocurrencies | Hacked: Hacking Finance
Bitcoin In yesterday’s column I pointed out that on a longer-term setup on the daily chart, we had a buy signal. But I neglected to...
Bitcoin’s Unlimited Potential Lies in Its Apolitical Core
Nozomi Hayase, PhD, is a writer who covers issues of freedom of speech, transparency and decentralized movements. In this opinion...
ETHBITS Gets Green Light for New Copy Trading Cryptocurrency Exchange
Cryptocurrency exchange provider Ethbits has reached it’s minimum funding goal signalling that development on a new iTrade...
Q1’s Top Performing Cryptocurrencies Saw Big Gains
The first quarter of 2017 saw dramatic price gains for the top cryptocurrencies, as the total market added nearly $7bn in value....
Bitcoin Trading at a Near $100 Premium on Bitfinex
Bitfinex is now trading at a significant premium from other western exchanges with such huge gaps usually not seen for more...
That Time We Gave $500,000 in Bitcoin to College Kids…
Dan Elitzer is the blockchain and digital identity lead at IDEO CoLab (a collaborative R&D network) and the founder of the MIT...
Billionaire Investor Has 10% of His Money in Bitcoin & Ether
Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz has said that he is holding ten percent of his net worth in digital currencies such as...
8-Hour Miner Meeting Ends With Litecoin Scaling Agreement
Litecoin's scaling debate may be coming to an end. A group of miners and exchanges is throwing support behind a new proposal, an...
Delaware Law Amendments Would Facilitate Blockchain Maintenance of Corporate Records
Delaware Law Amendments approved by the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) are intended to...
German Startup Successfully Tests Electric VTOL ‘Flying Taxi’
By Avery Thompson In almost every vision of the future we were promised ubiquitous flying cars and personal airplanes, and yet that...
European Commission Backs Blockchain Pilot With €500k Budget
The European Union’s executive branch is establishing an "observatory" focused on blockchain as part of a wider pilot project....
Cambodia’s Central Bank Taps Blockchain for Public Payment System
The National Bank of Cambodia is working toward a blockchain payment system for its citizens in partnership with Japanese...
MasterCard creates biometric card – Popular Mechanics
Smarter technology has opened the door for easier and safer payments. Credit card provider MasterCard unveiled a card in South...
The next iPhone could feature a Touch ID sensor on the rear
Reliable iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson just shared new design schematics for the upcoming iPhone. The most interesting thing is that...
Hedge Fund Founder Invests 10% Net Worth into Bitcoin and Ether
The founder of Fortress Investment Group claims to have invested 10% of his overall net worth into cryptocurrencies. Speaking at a...
Japanese City Govt Accepts Bitcoin to Preserve Famed Historic Park
The government of the Japanese city of Hirosaki is accepting bitcoin donations in its effort to preserve and maintain a...
Juicero users find that man trumps machine
FADE IN: EXT. BOHEMIAN GROVE – NIGHT Two VCs are wearing feathered headdresses and leather breeches. One, Anton, is drinking...
Wire Transfer Problems Worsen for Digital Currency Exchange Bitfinex
Digital currency exchange Bitfinex can't send wire transfers abroad due to its ongoing banking issues, representatives said today....
Bitcoin’s Future | Hacked: Hacking Finance
Have you ever thought about a futures market for bitcoin. It seems the CME Group has. The idea is the same as the futures for any...
Facebook is building brain-computer interfaces for typing and skin-hearing
Today at F8, Facebook revealed it has a team of 60 engineers working on building a brain-computer interface that will let you type...
Cambodia’s Central Bank Signs Deal to Develop Blockchain Tech
The National Bank of Cambodia has reportedly inked an agreement with distributed ledger tech startup Soramitsu that will find the...
GAW Miners CEO Josh Garza Finally Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The Paycoin saga is finally coming to a close. As you can see in this document, sent to victims of the Josh Garza pyramid...
Crunch Report | Google Home Gets More Personal
Today’s Stories Google Home can now recognize up to six voices and give personalized responses Google said to be...
Spreads Widen at Bitcoin Exchanges Amid Bitfinex Banking Issues
Bitfinex's banking issues appear to be affecting the wider bitcoin exchange markets. As fiat withdrawal problems at the world's...
Bullish Bitcoin Price Nears $1,250 at 30-Day High
Bitcoin price is pushing higher in a continuing rally that began in the last days of March leading into April. On April 20th,...
Juicero CEO promises refunds for any dissatisfied customers while defending the company’s tech
Jeff Dunn, the former Coca-Cola executive who became CEO of Juicero last year, has responded to a wave of coverage suggesting that...
Bitcoin MSB Exemption Goes to New Hampshire Governor for Approval
Senators in New Hampshire have passed a bill that would exempt digital currency traders from money transmission regulations,...
New Hampshire Senate Considers Bill to Deregulate Bitcoin
The day of reckoning has finally arrived, which will see whether the New Hampshire’s state Senate will pass a bill that will...
Shopify launches a free, in-house-designed card reader
Shopify has designed its own hardware for the first time, building out a design team and coming up with a unique approach to the...
Malta’s Government is Developing a National Blockchain Strategy
Malta’s government is reportedly on the cusp of embracing blockchain through the adoption of a national strategy focused on the...
Arizona Governor Signs into Law Blockchain Gun Tracking Bill
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has signed a bill into law that prohibits the blockchain technology from being used to track...
GoPro to release prosumer spherical camera in fall 2017
GoPro today announced the Fusion, a camera capable of capturing spherical video for use in VR and standard video formats through a...
Litecoin’s Emerging Scaling Debate Explained
If you're wondering why litecoin is attracting new attention of late, you might not be alone. The often-overlooked alternative...
Japan’s Nomura Partners Google, IBM & Amazon for Fintech Program in India
Global investment bank and financial giant Nomura will invest in Indian FinTech startups using its new $100 million fund as a...
Nature Conservancy gives forest management a digital makeover
Keeping a forest healthy often means deciding what to do tree by tree and acre by acre. That’s easy enough with a square mile of...
Cornell Prof: Blockchain Exuberance Shouldn’t Cloud Consequences
The blockchain industry needs pragmatism – not idealism. That was the focus behind a talk given by Cornell University associate...
FinTech Startups in MENA Region Raised $100 Million in Last Ten Years, to Double by 2020
A new report has found that in the last ten years, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fintech startups have raised $100...
Crunch Report | Juicero Running Dry?
Today’s Stories Juicero users find that man trumps machine Facebook will license its new 360 cameras that capture in...
Coinbase is Planning to Launch an Ethereum Messaging App
Coinbase is reportedly launching a new subsidiary brand focusing on secure messaging and blockchain-enabled payments, its chief...
After BitFinex, Chinese Bitcoin Exchange OKCoin Suspends Wire Transfers
Prominent China-based bitcoin exchange OKCoin joins Hong Kong-based Bitfinex in freezing wire transfers, citing ‘issues’ with...
Scientists are racing nanocars on a solid gold track
Scientists are set to engage in a frivolous race of single-molecule “nanocars” on, if you can believe it, a solid gold track. It’s...
The IMF Just Finished its First ‘High Level’ Meeting on Blockchain
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the first-ever meeting of its High Level Advisory Group on FinTech today, a group...
Porsche Invites Startups For €25,000 Blockchain Disruption Contest
German automaker Porsche is seeking founders and startups in the blockchain industry to participate in a contest as it seeks...
That fancy smart gadget you put in your car could let hackers turn off the engine while you drive
More and more devices, from smart dash cams to head-up displays to Bluetooth-enabled diagnostics dongles, are looking to tap your...
Nasdaq Wants to Invest in More Blockchain Startups
Exchange operator Nasdaq is looking to invest in blockchain startups as part of a new venture initiative. Nasdaq Ventures,...
Music Society Giants Turn to Blockchain Technology
Three of the biggest music societies have teamed up to research a new system that will manage music copyright information...
Facebook will license its new 360 cameras that capture in six degrees of freedom
On day two of Facebook’s F8 conference, Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s CTO showed off designs for two new 360 cameras that the company...
BNP Paribas Taps Blockchain for Fund Distribution Platform
A subsidiary of French banking giant BNP Paribas revealed today that it is utilizing blockchain tech for a fund-distribution...
Bitmain Suddenly Increases Antpool Hashrate on Litecoin, Block Segwit Activation?
On April 17, Bitmain’s mining pool Antpool’s hashrate abruptly surged by around 20 percent in a period of few hours, from 200...
Blockchain Land Registry: A Solution Seeking a Problem?
With distributed ledger technology being promoted as a benefit to everything from farming to Fair Trade coffee, use case...
Japanese Government Unveils Evaluation Process for Blockchain Platforms
In a month where bitcoin gains prominence in Japan’s mainstream after the cryptocurrency saw recognition as a legal method of...
Primavera de Filippi on Blockchain and the Quest to Decentralize Society
"I went into the blockchain and I never left." Harvard researcher Primavera De Filippi is perhaps most well-known for blockchain...
Investment Recommendations April 18th | Hacked: Hacking Finance
S&P 500: Short-Term Sell S&P 500 futures, 4-Hour Chart Analysis The index remains below the line-in-the-sand zone between...
German Finance Watchdog Shutters OneCoin Payment Processor
Germany's top finance regulator has moved to shut down a payment processor tied to to the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, a digital...
Bitcoin Price Resurfaces Above $1,200
Bitcoin price has recovered from last week’s late tumble to push beyond the $1,200 milestone, as it makes gains toward the...
Game over, man! The NES Classic is discontinued planet-wide
Well, it was fun while it lasted. The NES Classic Edition (it went by several names, but you know what I mean) was the must-have...
The Biggest US Health Insurer is Hiring a Blockchain Director
The largest US-based health insurer is looking to hire a new point person on blockchain development. UnitedHealth is seeking a...
Deadline for Ethereum Classic DAO Withdrawals Extended
The White Hackers Group has extended the deadline for withdrawing DAO tokens on the ETC chain from the 15th of April 2017 to...