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Erisx Launches Regulated Bitcoin Futures Market
Crypto trading platform Erisx has launched a bitcoin futures market regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Its...
Market Update: Bears Claw Crypto Prices Below Long-Term Support
Digital currency prices plummeted on Tuesday, as cryptocurrency markets lost billions during the morning trading sessions, New York time....
Indian Crypto Community Gathers to Dispel Confusion About Regulation
As the Indian government deliberates on the country’s crypto policy, there has been some confusion in media reports regarding crypto...
A Better Alternative to Banking – Club Swan
The crypto community has had a rough relationship with traditional financial institutions with limited solutions available. Around the...
Fidelity Launching Crypto Services in Europe, Citing ‘Significant Interest’
Fidelity Investments is expanding its crypto services to European clients after seeing increasing potential in this market. The expansion...
Indian State of Kerala to Produce 20,000 Blockchain Specialists in 2 Years
Beijing’s sudden rush into blockchain development and digital currency hasn’t gone unnoticed. From America to Europe and back...
Kleiman Estate Asks Judge to Overrule Craig Wright’s Objections
On December 16, new court filings from the Kleiman v. Wright case show the plaintiffs have responded to Wright’s objections against...
Plustoken Cash-Outs Could Be Behind BTC Price Drop, Says Report
On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will...
Mining Pool Simplecoin and Interactive Faucet Chopcoin Shut Down Due to EU Regulations
Like crypto payments provider Bottle Pay, mining pool Simplecoin and interactive bitcoin faucet Chopcoin are shutting down in light of...
Ciphertrace Says Banks Unknowingly Process $2 Billion in Crypto per Year
According to the blockchain analysis firm Ciphertrace, major U.S. banks process roughly $2 billion in digital currency transactions that...
Mystery Surrounds DDoS Attacks That Have Downed the Darknet
If you’ve been struggling to access your favorite darknet market lately, you’re not alone. Ongoing DDoS attacks have rendered...
Poles Hit With Backdated Tax on Crypto Trades
Crypto traders in Poland have been unpleasantly surprised with a controversial tax they thought they wouldn’t have to pay. The Civil...
Regulatory Roundup: Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China Rankings, NY Streamlines Policy
In this regulatory roundup, we cover a positive crypto story in India, China’s year-end rankings, and the European Central Bank...
‘DNA-of-Things’ Technology Can Store Bitcoin Passwords in Everyday Objects
Talk of bitcoin passwords being encoded and stored in synthetic DNA is not new, but in a recent development scientists have announced that...
German Banks Increasingly Charging Retail Clients Negative Interest Rates
A growing number of banks in Germany are charging retail customers negative interest rates, starting with the very first euro deposited...
Uphold Users Gain Access to Salt’s Crypto-Backed Loans
Uphold users have gained access to loans from Salt Lending using crypto holdings such as bitcoin cash (BCH) as collateral. The digital...
Here’s What Happens When You Use Lightning Network for the First Time
Do you remember receiving your first bitcoin? Seeing those satoshis arrive in your wallet is a magical, almost spiritual, experience. In...
Protocol, Networks, Law, and Anarchism
I imagine long ago there was a time when neither verbal nor written language existed for humans. Hand gestures and other physical cues...
Maduro Plans to Airdrop Petro to Municipal Leaders and Eligible Citizens
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro wants the nation state-issued cryptocurrency, petro (PTR) to have the same usability...
How SLP Dividends Can Tokenize Anything, Including the Stock Market
Not everyone is lucky enough to have access to the stock market and the ability to buy shares in successful corporations like Apple or...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists More Tokens for Trading
Bitcoin.com Exchange was launched in early September 2019 as an easy-to-use platform with world-class security and a powerful trading...
Indian Lawmaker Says ‘Cryptocurrency Is Inevitable’
Indian Parliament member Dr. Subramanian Swamy has shared his view on cryptocurrency. Advocating for India to make the transition to...
European AML Directive Pushes Crypto Startup Bottle Pay Out of Business
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year....
Bloxroute Releases Blockchain Distribution Network for Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash
On December 3, the crypto software firm Bloxroute’s cofounder, Eyal Markovich, announced the launch of the startup’s...
Russia’s Hydra Darknet Marketplace Plans $146M Token Sale
According to regional reports, the Russian darknet market Hydra is planning an initial coin offering (ICO) in order to expand the...
This Week in Bitcoin: $8 Billion BTC Trust and Maximalists Misbehaving
This Week in Bitcoin is your roundup of the prime talking points from across the cryptosphere. From the major news to the minor debates...
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are...
Christmas Comes Early for Bitcoin.com Games Players
Bitcoin.com’s very own online gaming platform has a special promotion for the holiday season. Each day for the next 12 days, the...
The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the...
2019’s Bitcoin Miners Are 5x Faster Than Predecessors
High-powered bitcoin miners and next-generation semiconductors go hand in hand and as process node technology grows, SHA256 hashrate...
Searching for Synthetix: Which Token Will Be Next Year’s 50x Winner?
If you bought synthetix (SNX) this time last year, you don’t need to read these words. You’re already rich after your moon bag...
Lightning Network Wiki Page Faces Removal for Lack of Notability
A slew of Wikipedia editors would like to delete the Lightning Network (LN) Wiki page because the subject matter does not hold notability....
Lagarde Sees Demand for Stablecoins, Plans to Put ECB ‘Ahead of the Curve’
At her first press conference as head of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde outlined her plans to lead the ECB...
24K Casino Adds Ethereum
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Iran, Hong Kong, India: Failed Protests Point to Need for Crypto-Anarchy ‘Second Realms’
What is the second realm? It’s both an abstract and concrete “place” parallel to here, where temporary autonomous zones...
Mainstream Investment Vehicles Tied to Cryptocurrencies Grow Exponentially
These days bitcoin and a variety of other digital assets are now being traded as funds and traditional equity holdings. The landscape of...
German Fintechs Rush to Offer Crypto Custody Services Under New Law
Fintech companies in the Federal Republic are quickly moving to develop and offer custodial solutions for digital assets under the new...
Mining Report Shows 65% of Bitcoin’s Hashpower Stems From China
As the end of 2019 approaches, Coinshares Research has published its bi-annual mining report that contains informative research and...
Croatian Post Now Offers Crypto Exchange Service at 55 Branches
Croatian Post, the biggest provider of postal services in the Republic of Croatia, is now offering a cryptocurrency exchange service at 55...
15 Million Debit Cards Exposed as Iranian Banks Fall Victim to Cyber Warfare
The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the...
NY Regulator Proposes Relaxing New Coin Listing Requirements
The New York State Department of Financial Services, the Bitlicense regulator, has published a proposed framework for licensed companies...
IDEG Reports Launch of New Bitcoin Trusts in Asia With Coinbase as Custodian
According to a recent press release from IDEG Investment Limited, “Asia’s First Bitcoin Trusts” have been launched...
China’s Inflation Hits a Record 4.5% as Beijing Prepares to Test Digital Yuan
China has been confronted with multiple economic and financial problems this year amidst an ongoing trade war with the United States....
SLP Token Market Cap Surpasses $50 Million
For over a year now, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token universe has grown quite vast. There are now more than 6,000 SLP tokens in...
AI Research Reveals Crypto Leaders Are Angry and Depressed
An artificial intelligence-driven personality research on the characteristics of crypto industry leaders such as Vitalik Buterin, Justin...
BRD’s Adam Traidman on New Products, Crypto Adoption, and Banking the Unbanked Into 2020
Breadwallet, later known as Bread, and now just as BRD, was the first crypto wallet in the App Store in 2014. Its non-custodial, open...
Market Update: Despite Uncertainty, BTC Longs Skyrocket
Digital currency prices have slumped again as the entire crypto market capitalization has dropped below $200 billion. At press time, most...
Denmark’s Tax Authority Sends Warning Letters to 20,000 Crypto Owners
The tax authority of Denmark has reportedly sent out warning letters to 20,000 crypto owners asking them to amend their tax returns, pay...
Sweden’s Financial Authority Approves Swiss Crypto ETP Provider Amun
On December 10, Switzerland-based firm Amun AG announced the company’s base prospectus has been approved by the Swedish Financial...
The State Encourages ICO Fraud. The Free Market Minimizes It
Many Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been and are frauds. The state enables this con game in various ways, including the establishment...
Ross Ulbricht Uses Elliot Waves to Predict Bitcoin’s Trajectory From Behind Bars
Ross Ulbricht, serving life without parole for allegedly running the Silk Road marketplace, hasn’t allowed his detention to deprive...
Italians Love Cash But Are Growing Fond of Crypto, New Stats Suggest
Italy, one of the world’s largest economies, has faced plenty of financial challenges in the past decade. That’s probably one...
CBD Coffee Company Leverages Censorship-Resistant Nature of Crypto
On December 8, the U.S.-based coffee firm that uses cannabidiol (CBD) in its product, Crazy Calm, launched a promotion that aims to send...
Accused Onecoin Co-Conspirators Fight Criminal Charges in the US
The Onecoin scam, a multi-level Ponzi scheme that acquired $4 billion from investors has been falling apart at the seams. Criminal...
The Coolest Jobs in Crypto
Meme Lord. Street artist. Unique startup founder. Feeder of the hungry. There’s no end to the amount of cool jobs in crypto, and new...
Bakkt Launches Bitcoin Options in US, Futures in Asia
Bakkt has launched two new regulated bitcoin derivatives products. Within hours of launch, Bakkt announced that over 1,000 futures...
China Releases Year-End Crypto Rankings
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has published its year-end crypto project rankings. Thirty-five projects...
Bitcoin History Part 21: Miners Pour One out for Satoshi
There are a few ways of looking at bitcoin mining. As an ostensibly selfish enterprise, wherein miners are seeking to extract precious...
UP Alliance Members to Lock Mega-Utility Tokens for a Year
Universal Protocol Token is a mega-utility token offering attractive interest rates when lending and borrowing, lower exchange fees,...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Offer New Strategies Before Reward Reduction
As the reward halving approaches, bitcoin miners are preparing new strategies so customers can reap the most profits from their hashrate...
23 Days Until a Bonded Courier Supposedly Delivers Keys to $8 Billion in BTC
In 23 days, the infamous self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright will allegedly receive 1,100,111 BTC from a trust purportedly held...
Nexo Now Offers Bitcoin Cash Instant Crypto Credit Lines
Bitcoin Cash community members are able to borrow against their favorite digital asset in more than 40 fiat currencies across more than...
IRS Now Requires Tax Filers to Disclose Crypto Activities
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized and put in use a new tax form that requires crypto owners to declare whether they...
Regulatory Roundup: Bitcoin Futures Fund Approved, India’s RBI-Backed Digital Currency
In this regulatory roundup, we cover the U.S. SEC approving a bitcoin futures fund, the new IRS tax form targeting crypto owners, and...
Weiss Ratings Downgrades EOS to ‘C-‘ Due to Centralization – How Other Coins Measure Up
Weiss Ratings has downgraded EOS once again, taking its ranking from a B to a C-. The group cites “failure to decentralize,”...
New Ukrainian Law Says ‘Virtual Assets’ Can Be Used for Payments
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, has approved amendments that introduce legal terms and definitions pertaining to the...
A List of Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventors and Satoshi Clues Debunked in 2019
Since the inception of Bitcoin, a variety of unique individuals have come forward saying they invented blockchain technology. In 2019, a...
Crypto Community Erupts Over Ethereum Foundation Member’s Arrest
On Friday the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the arrest of Ethereum...
Beam, BCH and Zcash Will Join BTC in Halving Their Mining Rewards
There’s been a lot of noise about Bitcoin’s halving, set to occur in May, and the effect this will have on price as...
Deutsche Bank Strategist Predicts Crypto Could Replace Fiat Money
Deutsche Bank analysts have made some predictions regarding the future of cryptocurrency. Strategist Jim Reid explained why...
Buy Presents or a Christmas Trip Using Gift Cards Purchased With Crypto
Gift cards have become a popular payment tool for cryptocurrency users. Plenty of platforms now offer a wide variety of cards which can be...
Bitcoin Cash Represents 93% of November’s Crypto Spending in Australia
News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on web portal Bitcoinbch.com’s in-depth report, which detailed BCH outshining BTC retail spending...
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy. Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for...
While Markets Move Sideways, Crypto Whale Sightings Increase
While cryptocurrency markets have been moving sideways during the last few weeks, digital currency proponents have been observing large...
SEC Approves Bitcoin Futures Fund
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an investment fund that will invest in bitcoin futures contracts. SEC...
Boerse Stuttgart’s Crypto Exchange Live for All Traders in Germany
Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, has opened up its cryptocurrency trading platform to all interested...
Ross Ulbricht Clemency Petition Gathers 250,000 Signatures
On Friday, the Clemency for Ross Ulbricht petition hosted on Change.org surpassed 250,000 signatures. The solicitation for signatures...
Chicago Company Mines at Oil Wells, Educates Producers About Bitcoin
Utilizing stranded gas to power bitcoin mining rigs at oil and gas wells is a promising business opportunity. It is profitable for all...
Bitcoin Cash 2019: Year in Review
2019 is coming to an end and the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem has matured a great deal. BCH has successfully upgraded twice this year,...
Fortune Star Digital Asset Fund Locks Over 85% of LFE Cash Tokens
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
EU Finance Ministers Place Defacto Ban on Libra
Libra’s ongoing organizational snags and run-ins with regulators continue into December, as EU finance ministers agreed Thursday...
Venture Capitalists Have Invested Over $200M in Stablecoins
Does the world need more stablecoins? Yes according to VCs, who have thrown hundreds of millions of dollars at projects developing stable...
Mining Chip Maker Ebang Next in Line to File for US IPO
Ebang, the ASIC chip and mining rig manufacturer based in Hangzhou, China is allegedly filing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the...
Almost 70 Crypto Funds Close This Year, Twice as Many Launch
Dozens of crypto funds, almost 70, have closed this year, a mainstream media outlet reported. And while the startling number reveals the...
Tron and Poloniex Relationship Scrutinized After Digibyte Delisting
The crypto firm Circle recently revealed that it was spinning off the trading platform Poloniex and has since warned customers to withdraw...
The Politics of Destruction
For some time now, I have been aware of a widespread fascination among many libertarians with Jim Bell’s “Assassination...
ECB Nominee Blames Resistance to Negative Rates on Financial Illiteracy
European Central Bank (ECB) executive board nominee and member of the German Council of Economic Experts, Isabel Schnabel, recently...
Crypto-Focused Lender Blockfi Launches Trading Platform
Crypto financial services company Blockfi has launched a trading platform supporting three cryptocurrencies. The new offering adds to the...
RBI Governor Discusses Crypto and Central Bank Digital Currency
The governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das, spoke about cryptocurrency during a press conference on Thursday. He...
Crypto Startups to Get up to $75,000 From the Government of Ukraine
Ukrainian crypto companies can now receive up to $75,000 each in the form of government sponsored grants. A special fund set up by the...