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A New Price Valuation Model Says $10,670 Fair Value For Bitcoin
Seba, a Switzerland based bank, is proposing a Bitcoin valuation model that places its fair value at $10,670. At this price, the model...
Bitcoin Cash analysis: price moves towards key trendline
Price is on the verge of a breakout at the upper limit of a key trendline Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin Cash has been trending towards...
Encryption Crackdown: Private Phone Network With 60,000 Users Dismantled by Law Enforcement
An international law enforcement team has brought down an encrypted phone network with 60,000 users worldwide. The platform was one of the...
Cryptocurrency-Focused Docuseries Airs to Millions of Viewers via the Discovery Science Channel
A new docuseries called “Open Source Money” recently aired on July 4 and premiered on the Discovery Science channel. The new...
Food and Cash Shortages Push Cubans Toward Permissionless Cryptocurrencies
The Nation of Cuba is dealing with a national food crisis, as Venezuela has stopped offering aid to the small island nation. Moreover, the...
Bitcoin-Friendly Kanye West Running for US President 2020, Taking on Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Kanye West announced on Independence Day that he is running for president of the United States in 2020, taking on Donald Trump and former...
4th Amendment Does Not Protect Bitcoin Data, US Fifth Circuit Court Rules
A Fifth Circuit panel of judges recently ruled that Fourth Amendment rights do not apply to cryptocurrency transaction data that stems...
Personal Data of 250,000 People From 20 Countries Leaked by Bitcoin Scam
A global bitcoin scam has reportedly leaked personal data of about 250,000 people from more than 20 countries. The majority of the...
Germany Takes Over FATF Presidency With New Guidance to Help Countries Apply Crypto Standards
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has a new president as Germany took over the presidency from China. The intergovernmental...
Over 2,500 Austrian Merchants Can Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments
More than 2,500 merchants in Austria can accept three types of cryptocurrencies via the payment processor Salamantex. The company...
John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the...
The IRS Investigation Division Is Requesting Information About Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrencies
The United States tax agency has published a request for information pertaining to privacy-centric cryptocurrencies and technologies that...
Despite Covid-19 Negativity, Crypto Prediction Markets Say Trump Wins the 2020 Election
According to a number of crypto prediction markets and futures, Trump will still win the election in 123 days, but his chances have...
Investment Firm Arcane Crypto to Go Public via $33 Million Reverse Merger
Arcane Crypto, a Norway-based investment company, said Thursday that it is planning to go public through a reverse takeover by Vertical...
Trouble in Defi Paradise: Compound-Issued DAI Surpasses DAI in Circulation
A number of cryptocurrency proponents have been discussing the stablecoin DAI this week, as the DAI allegedly held on the Compound...
UK Court Denies Maduro Access to $1 Billion of Venezuela’s Gold
The UK is denying Nicolas Maduro access to Venezuela’s gold worth about $1 billion, stored at the Bank of England. The UK High Court...
Bears look to pull Bitcoin down to $8,600 as Bollinger Bands tighten their squeeze
Bitcoin dropped to lows of $8,980 again as price remains trapped in a range Bitcoin price is likely to break down if indicators remain...
Stellar price analysis: lower correction inbound before a bullish push to June highs
XLM/USD price is trending lower as buyers fail to hold gains racked up in four straight sessions of upward momentum XLM/USD is slightly...
Crypto Use-Cases in Africa on the Rise, According to Luno
Twitter and Square CEO, Jack Dorsey recently said “Africa will define the future (especially the Bitcoin one!)” But was he...
Russian Court: Bitcoin Theft Not a Crime
A Russian district court has dismissed bitcoin theft as a crime since cryptocurrency is not regulated in Russia and there is no legal...
Mining Company Ebang’s Stock Listed on Nasdaq Down 11%, Firm Plans to Launch Offshore Exchange
The bitcoin ASIC mining rig manufacturer, Ebang International Holdings, was recently listed on Nasdaq last Friday on June 26. Ebang is now...
Demand for Bitcoin Will See a Dramatic Shift in 8 Years – Retail Addresses to Eat up Entire New Supply
A recent report from ZUBR Research explains that by 2028, retail demand for bitcoin will exceed the supply. The report highlights that in...
‘Running Drivenet:’ Bitcoin Proponent Discusses the Benefits of Drivechain Versus Lightning Network
During the last few days, a number of cryptocurrency supporters have been discussing Paul Sztorc’s Drivechain project, also referred...
Localbitcoins 2019 Revenue Rises 10% to $29.6 Million Amid Increased Paxful Competition
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto exchange Localbitcoins has reported that 2019 revenue rose 10% to $29.6 million from $27 million a year ago. For...
$11 Trillion Offshore Assets Uncovered After 100 Countries Share Information on 84 Million Bank Accounts
Governments in nearly 100 countries have been sharing offshore bank account information in an effort to crack down on tax evasion. Their...
Altcoin market analysis: SNX/USD has surged 120% over the past two weeks
SNX/USD hit a new all-time high on Thursday after a 23% jump on the day brought its gains over the past two weeks up by 120% While BTC/USD...
Altcoin market analysis: Cardano sees 14% price surge
Cardano has surged over 14% in the past 24 hours to hit levels last seen in June 2019, and on-chain signals are mostly bullish to suggest...
A ‘Significant Increase’: UK Regulator Says 2.6 Million Residents Have Bought Cryptocurrencies
The UK’s top financial regulator has conducted a survey and found a “significant increase” in the number of crypto...
Alt-Right Activist Stefan Molyneux Banned from Youtube, Raises $100K in Crypto Donations
The founder of Freedomain, philosopher and alt-right activist, Stefan Molyneux, received more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency donations...
Tether’s Market Valuation Grows 144% in 2020, USDT Market Cap Worth $10 Billion
The most popular stablecoin, Tether, has propelled its way into the third-largest position by cryptocurrency market capitalization. At the...
Bitcoin Investors Pocketed 42% in Gains During the Second Quarter of 2020
The second quarter of 2020 was very profitable for bitcoin investors, according to data analytics firm Skew. During the period, the top...
Brewdog Tokyo Accepts Bitcoin Cash Payments: Local BCH Meetup Gathers to Celebrate
On July 1, 2020, the popular eatery and bar in Japan, Brewdog Tokyo, started accepting bitcoin cash payments for products and services....
Gold Industry Shaken as 83 Tons of Fake Gold Bars Used to Secure $2 Billion Loans in China
The gold industry has been shaken after it was discovered that 83 tons of fake gold bars have been used as collateral for loans worth 20...
Tether hits $10bn market cap as DeFi drives demand
Despite controversy over its issuance, Tether has recently seen its market cap hit $10 billion to cement its status as the leading...
Basic Attention Token market update: BAT/USD shows bullish signs
The BAT/USD trading pair is about 2% down on the day, though sentiment remains bullish given spot trading volume and transaction count are...
Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 to Add 275 PH/s of Mining Capacity With $8.3M Capital Raise
Hut 8 Mining Corp. has raised $8.3 million from the sale of 6% of its shares to investors. The Canadian bitcoin miner originally intended...
Bitcoin’s 5% Drop in Value Puts Pressure on BTC Mining Operations and Older ASIC Rigs
During the last seven days, the price of bitcoin has dropped 4.8% from a high of $9,700 on June 24, to a low of $8,965 on June 27. Since...
Bamboozled: Gavin Andresen Says He Could Have Been Fooled by Craig Wright, BSV Supporters Speak Out
This week a number of Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit depositions have recently published and are now available for public viewing. One specific...
Record Breaking Unmoved Bitcoin Data Sparks Expectation of Imminent Bull Run
The amount of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year is at an all-time high. The last peak was in 2016, before the bitcoin bull run...
Bitcoin price recap: June 2020
Bitcoin price headed for monthly close beneath key level despite increased hodling and reduced on-exchange reserves that point to a...
Ethereum’s price is bearish despite massive fundamental growth: here’s what’s next
Ethereum has seen its transaction volumes soar, active addresses hit new all-time highs and daily fees surpass Bitcoin, but the price of...
60 Hong Kong-Based Vending Machines Support McAfee’s Ghost Token for Payments
On June 28, 2020, the team behind Ghost Coin revealed a partnership with the digital currency payment processor Ivendpay. Ghost is a...
Indian Crypto Banks and Exchanges See Massive Growth Amid Rising Covid-19 Crisis: Survey
The crypto industry in India is experiencing massive growth, according to a new survey of crypto banks and exchanges. Despite the...
Comprehensive Analysis Predicts Bitcoin Price Near $20K This Year, $398K by 2030
A new, comprehensive analysis has predicted the price of bitcoin to reach almost $20K this year and will keep rising to almost $400K by...
US Contract Miner Core Scientific Buys 17,600 Bitcoin Miners From Bitmain
U.S. contract mining firm Core Scientific has agreed on a deal to buy 17,600 mining rigs from Chinese bitcoin hardware maker Bitmain...
Gifts and Remittances: Bitcoin.com’s New Tools Allow People to Send BCH via Email
This month Bitcoin.com launched two services that help facilitate bitcoin cash adoption and crypto remittance via email. In a recent video...
Visualize Crypto Transaction Privacy Scores With Blockchair’s ‘Privacy-o-Meter’
On June 24, the block explorer and blockchain data platform, Blockchair, announced the launch of a new privacy tool called the...
‘Sophisticated’ Hacker Plunders $450,000 From Defi Protocol Balancer
Decentralized finance (Defi) protocol Balancer was on Sunday hacked for more than $450,000 worth of cryptocurrency. In two separate...
Ripple Price: XRP/USD downtrend likely to extend beyond current 900 days
XRP/USD’s monthly candle is likely to close lower than current levels and extend its two-year downtrend XRP has consistently posted lower...
Bitcoin Gold price rises 24% ahead of monthly close
Bitcoin Gold price is up 23% in the past 24 hours as price breaks above $10.00, though overbought conditions shown by technical picture...
Bitcoin.org Maintainer Calls for the Removal of Cobra, Website Owner Then Fires Him
The infamous and controversial owner of the website bitcoin.org, Cobra, is under fire recently and a number of community members have...
Lebanon’s Financial Meltdown: Currency Plunges 80%, Huge Losses at Central Bank, IMF Bailout Stalled
The financial crisis in Lebanon has seen its currency, the Lebanese pound, fall 80%. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated...
Bolstering Separation of Money and State Following the 244th Independence Day
With the fourth of July approaching, many Americans will have to contemplate whether or not the holiday is an empty affair. After the last...
Skeptics Concerned Plustoken Scammers Plan to Dump $187M Worth of Ethereum
Crypto market skeptics and speculators are concerned about 789,000 ETH that started moving four days ago last Wednesday. The transaction...
Federated Sidechains: $8M in BTC Stuck in Limbo, Analyst Says Action ‘Violates Liquid’s Security Model’
Liquid, the sidechain network developed by the company Blockstream, saw 870 bitcoins ($8 million) frozen in moderation queue due to a...
Jim Rogers, Mark Cuban, Peter Schiff Will ‘Go All-In’ on Bitcoin — Max Keiser
Max Keiser believes that bitcoin naysayers like Jim Rogers, Mark Cuban, and Peter Schiff will go all-in and invest big in bitcoin when...
Popular Analyst Reveals New Bitcoin Pricing Model: Prediction Suggests ‘Bullish Run a Month Away’
The popular bitcoin analyst Willy Woo told his 132,000 Twitter followers that he’s working on a new pricing model that suggests a...
‘Casino Jack’ Abramoff Charged in AML Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Fraud Case, Could Return to Prison
Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist behind one of the biggest Washington lobbying scandals as portrayed in the feature film Casino Jack, has been...
US Real Estate Market Crisis: 4.3 Million Mortgage Delinquencies, Commercial Properties Sink in Value
The U.S. economy continues to look bleak as the American citizens and small businesses nationwide struggle to keep up with the...
Timothy C. May: Libertaria in Cyberspace
Here are a few points about why “cyberspace,” or a computer-mediated network, is more hospitable than physical locations for...
Wirecard: Crypto Card Users’ Funds Locked as UK Regulator Suspends Subsidiary
UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Friday suspended the license of Wirecard Card Solutions (WCS), a unit of troubled Wirecard AG,...
Yield Farming Pool Concept May Solidify Ethereum’s Role as BTC’s Main Sidechain
Decentralized finance (defi) applications on the Ethereum chain have been growing wildly during the last two years. Now a number of...
Final Judgment: Telegram to Pay Crypto Investors Back $1.2 Billion, US Court Orders
The dispute between Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is coming to a close as the final judgment has been...
Online Data Analysis Points to Venezuela Accepting BTC for Passports
During the last week, a number of bitcoiners have been discussing Venezuela’s Administrative Service for Identification, Migration,...
Whale activity driving interest in Chainlink, LEND and ZRX
While Bitcoin and Ethereum prices go into a brief lull, Chainlink, Aave and 0x have seen an uptick thanks to massive accumulation by...
$1bn in Bitcoin options contracts expire today
June 26 marks the expiration of that largest batch of Bitcoin options, and the big question is what next for BTC/USD Around 114,000...
Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup
Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big...
Review: Crypto.com’s Ruby Steel Prepaid Visa Card
A number of members in the cryptocurrency community, typically people who are paid in crypto assets, have tried a myriad of prepaid cards...
Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Claims He’s Autistic, Judge Tosses Out Sanctions Against Craig Wright
The Kleiman v. Wright case is seemingly headed to trial on July 6, 2020, after Judge Beth Bloom ruled against the Kleiman’s attempt...
Wirecard $2 Billion Scandal: Firm Files for Insolvency, Ex-CEO Arrested, User Funds Safe
Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2.1 billion – but customer...
US Senators Introduce ‘Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act’ — With Backdoor Mandate
US lawmakers have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted information. This bill...
Bitcoin Cash-Fueled Blogging Website Read.cash Raises Over $100K for Collective Initiative
A few months ago news.Bitcoin.com reported on the web portal read.cash, a blogging website fueled by bitcoin cash that rewards users in...
Australians Can Now Pay for Bitcoin at 3,500 Australia Post Offices
Australian residents can now pay for bitcoin at more than 3,500 national post offices. The new service launched by Bitcoin.com.au is aimed...
Bitcoin price update: sell-off sees $15bn lost from market cap
Bitcoin price shot below $9,000, total market cap falls by $15 billion and miners send a year-high record amount of bitcoins to exchanges...
Cryptocurrency price update: Ethereum and XRP
Bitcoin slumped to lows of $8,980 on Wednesday, the decline dragging the rest of the market lower The cryptocurrency market fell into a...
Bitcoin Price Dump: Miners Start Selling 9,000 BTC, Possibly Opening Bear Cycle
Bitcoin miners on Tuesday transfered nearly 3,000 bitcoin, worth around $28 million, directly into exchange wallets. Several thousand...
KPMG Introduces Cryptocurrency Management Platform
KPMG has launched a cryptocurrency management platform designed to accelerate institutional crypto adoption. KPMG’s patent-pending...
Leveraged Tokens Soon Available on the Bitcoin.com Exchange
Four new tokens by Amun will be listed on the Bitcoin.com Exchange this Thursday. Amun is a leading crypto technology company that builds...
6 Privacy-Enhancing Tools That Place Bitcoin Cash Transactions Ahead of the Pack
On June 24, a Reddit post had a few Bitcoin Cash proponents discussing a number of privacy enhancements BCH supporters can leverage every...
Buy Stablecoins With Your Credit Card in Lumi Wallet
Lumi Wallet announced that from June 2020, Tether USDT, Binance USD, Paxos Standard Token, Celsius and Dai are available to purchase in...
Ethereum’s fees remain above Bitcoin’s for second week running
As DeFi lock-in in Ethereum averages $14M each day, the total fees of the second-largest crypto network remains above that of Bitcoin...
ChainLink: LINK/USD spikes 10% as bulls reach all-time high levels
ChainLink touched a high of $4.94 on Monday, its 11% upsurge seeing it come close to hitting a new all-time high LINK/USD has surged by...
Bitcoin Mining Chip Manufacturer Ebang to List on Nasdaq This Week
On Friday, June 26, the China-based Zhejiang Ebang Communication, often referred to as Ebang, will be listed on Nasdaq, according to...
83% of Bitcoin Addresses Currently Profitable, Says Glassnode
At least 83% of existing Bitcoin addresses are currently in a state of profit, according to Glassnode. That’s a 43% increase since...
Ethereum Network Fees Jump Above Bitcoin Transaction Fees for Two Weeks Straight
This week digital currency enthusiasts have been discussing network fees, specifically transaction fees associated with the Bitcoin and...
Jim Rogers Discusses Bitcoin as Money and Why Governments Will Stop Crypto
Jim Rogers, who cofounded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has shared his view on bitcoin, its use as money, and...
Average Price of Bitcoin More Than Quadrupled Between Reward Halvings
Investing in bitcoin has been somewhat of a phenomenon, as millions of individuals have invested funds into the crypto-economy since at...
7-Eleven, CVS, Rite Aid: Libertyx Adds 20,000 Stores to Buy Bitcoin With Cash
Libertyx has expanded its network to include 20,000 7-Eleven, CVS, and Rite Aid Pharmacy stores where customers can buy bitcoin with cash....
Bitcoin climbs to $9,800 as PayPal integration rumour loads optimism
Bitcoin price jumped nearly 5% as reports emerged payments giant PayPal could soon support the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies...
Zilliqa price: trend reversal strengthens after 900% gains in two months
Analyst predicts ZIL/USD could drop 40% to $0.011 after gaining over 900% between March 16 and June 11 The price of Zilliqa is correcting...