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CC Forum – Blockchain and AI Investment Forum
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London, UK www.cc-forum.com 14-16 October 2019 will see one of the world’s major industry...
Popular Smartphone Apps Are Adding Crypto Capabilities
News of Japan messaging giant Line’s September 17 launch of an app-connected crypto exchange is captivating lots of attention in the...
VERDAD is the Most Dangerous Crypto Bill to Face Congress Yet
The U.S. Congress is considering more than 20 bills on cryptocurrency. One deserves special attention: S.1025, the Venezuela Emergency...
North Korea Plans to Launch Cryptocurrency to Bypass Economic Sanctions
A North Korean official claims that a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) cryptocurrency is on the horizon. According to a...
Changes Afoot for Philippine Crypto-Friendly Economic Zone
The special economic zone in the Philippines known for its crypto friendliness is undergoing some changes. Government-owned Cagayan...
The Changing Shape of Crypto Funding in 2019
2019 was meant to be the year of the IEO. Or was it the STO? Whatever the case, it’s had its share of both, with mixed results....
Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size
The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32...
Taxation Isn’t Just Theft – It’s Bad for Crypto Adoption
Crypto awareness is reaching levels almost unimaginable just years ago, with telecommunications giants, big banks, mainstream media, and...
Bitcoin Cash Futures Expected to Open up US Market by Q1 2020
Futures contracts on bitcoin cash can be available at a CFTC-regulated exchange by the end of this year or the first quarter of 2020. This...
Snowden: US Seizing My Book Revenue is ‘Good for Bitcoin’
Former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) subcontractor Edward Snowden is being sued by the Department of Justice (DoJ) for his latest...
10 Tax Tools to Help Crypto Owners
While tax laws on cryptocurrency vary by jurisdiction, there are many useful tools to help you calculate crypto taxes, lower your tax...
Meet Nimbus, a Concept for Enhancing BCH Smart Contracts
On Monday, software developer Tobias Ruck introduced a new transaction version for the BCH chain called Nimbus in a demonstration video....
18,000 Traders and Growing – Bitcoin.com’s Crypto Exchange Shines Brightly
Since exchange.Bitcoin.com launched, our premier trading platform has seen a significant influx of users from Asia and Europe. So far, the...
Indian Parliament Member Helping Crypto Community Influence Regulation
The Indian crypto community has made progress towards influencing the government’s crypto policies. Some industry leaders have met...
FATF-Driven Delistings Capture the Criminalization of Privacy
The delisting of privacy coins like monero, zcash, and dash is becoming something of a trend in Asia, and could soon expand elsewhere. In...
Here’s How Europeans Can Deal With Negative Interest Rates
Low and negative interest rates have been a burden for account holders across Europe for some time. And it’s only getting worse, as...
BCH Microblog ‘Member’ Shows the Future of Reddit-Like Forums
Since the Bitcoin Cash upgrade in May 2018, software developers have unleashed a slew of microblogging protocols that utilize OP_return...
PR: Liven Announces Strategic Partnership with Bitcoin.com
Liven, the lifestyle rewards app that lets users spend and earn cryptocurrency rewards in over 1,000 restaurants across Australia, is...
How Crypto Became a Gambler’s Paradise
Comparing cryptocurrency trading to gambling is like comparing crypto tribalism to religion: the analogy is correct, but it’s also...
European Countries Step Up Response to Facebook’s Libra
The European Central Bank (ECB) and a number of countries in the region have stepped up their efforts in response to Facebook’s...
PR: Bitcoin.com Announces Partnership With Telecommunications Manufacturer HTC
World’s leading telecom manufacturer strikes a partnership to support wallets and Bitcoin Cash on flagship products to be sold...
HTC Adds Native Bitcoin Cash Support to Its Flagship Smartphone
The bitcoin cash community now has a new way to secure and transact its digital money, as HTC adds native BCH support to its Exodus 1...
At Least 19 Central Banks Give Way to Monetary Easing As Economy Slows
In a coordinated fashion, more than 18 central banks worldwide have or plan to cut interest rates, sparking a domino effect of monetary...
A Short History of the World’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Pools
Mining pools grow and shrink, and rise and fall altogether. Today there are more extinct mining pools than there are active ones. The...
Distrust of the Bolivar Prompts Venezuelans to Seek Sound Money
There’s a small team of committed researchers and activists called the Ryver Bitcoin Cash group surveying Venezuelans, and giving...
How Prime Brokerage Will Affect Crypto Markets
Prime brokerage firms are coming for crypto in what’s likely to be a race of winner-takes-almost-all. Goldman Sachs is synonymous...
Nature Abhors a Vacuum: Why Trump’s Proposed Negative Rates Bode Well for Bitcoin
In a recent tweet, U.S. president Donald Trump delved into an explosive, all-caps-loaded mini-rant about the necessity of getting...
Crypto Facilitates Money Transfer for Restricted China
Crypto is not illegal in China, but it is illegal for banks and financial institutions to deal in crypto. It’s also illegal to send...
Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated
Three months ago, Bitcoin.com launched its over-the-counter BCH marketplace on June 4. Since then, Local.Bitcoin.com has aggregated more...
Big Banks Won’t Touch Crypto Clients – But These Smaller Banks Will
Cryptocurrencies undoubtedly bring new business opportunities. The expanding industry around digital assets and its customers need more...
Review: Coinfinity’s Card Wallet Provides Tamper-Proof Cold Storage
Outside of exchanges, few cryptocurrency industries are as prosperous as custody. At this stage in Bitcoin’s lifespan, trading...
Developer Reveals Token Reward Platform Fueled by Bitcoin Cash
There’s a new crypto platform called Honeypoints that just released for beta testing on Apple’s Testflight. The digital...
PR: Sportsbet.io and Watford FC Drive Bitcoin Awareness
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
Crypto’s Forgotten Altcoins Re-Emerge: A Look at What’s Happening
During the crypto bull market of 2017, everybody was happy. It wasn’t just the BTC maximalists, BCH enthusiasts, or proponents of...
Greta Thunberg Joins Satoshi in Questioning Bank Bailouts
Saving planet Earth is a noble goal with many different dimensions. Climate change needs to be addressed vigorously as our world warms up...
PR: Bitmain’s Announces Highly Anticipated World Digital Mining Summit
Cryptocurrency mining leaders to speak include: Jihan Wu (Bitmain Co-Founder), John Ge (Matrixport CEO), Marco Streng (Genesis Mining...
Indian Lawmaker Raises Hope of Positive Crypto Regulation
A member of the upper house of the Indian parliament has given the crypto community some advice on what can be done to influence the...
The Hype Has Faded But Demand Remains for Enterprise Blockchains
The days when blockchain was portrayed as a cure-all for businesses of all kinds have gone. Now that the hype has faded, enterprise...
California City Official Uses Bitcoin Cash to Purchase Cannabis
In California, cryptocurrency payments are making headway in the cannabis industry as Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett became the...
Market Outlook: Uncertainty Builds With Thin Trade Volumes and Bitcoin Futures Launch
Digital currency markets have dropped in value over the last three weeks, losing $25 billion since mid-August. Market prices have been...
Connecting Cash to the Internet Using Stablecoins
Most often overlooked in the fintech space is the world’s most scalable and private payment system: cash. It is used in every...
Privacy Network Elixxir Invites Smartphone Users to Test Private Messaging
In an age where Google, Facebook and the NSA are known to be harvesting as much as our communications as they can, many people are...
Bitmain Launches Next Gen Miner as Bitcoin Hashrate Touches 100 Exahash
Last Thursday the China-based mining rig manufacturer Bitmain announced the launch of two new Antminers that offer hashrates between 53 to...
Plans to Build $50M Bitcoin Cash Tech Park Revealed
At the Bitcoin Cash City conference in North Queensland, the CEO of Code Valley, Noel Lovisa, announced plans to build a $50 million...
Government Hates Crypto Because It Empowers the People, Not Because It’s Used for Crime
A recent article from MIT Technology Review has leveraged a somewhat sensationalist headline to stir up fear about bitcoin and crypto. The...
Total Surveillance Coin Will Be a Dystopia if Controlled by Facebook or Government
Digital currency provides unprecedented abilities to spy on and control what people do, and having that power in the hands of a few people...
India’s Popular ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Show Gives Crypto a Boost
One of the most popular reality TV shows in India called Kaun Banega Crorepati, based on the show ‘Who Wants to Be a...
Roger Ver Shares His Story in New Video Series
As someone who was there from virtually the start, Roger Ver has seen and done it all in Bitcoin. A tireless evangelist for Bitcoin since...
Despite Setbacks, Darknet Markets Show Continuous Growth in 2019
Since the birth of the Silk Road, there’s been a cat and mouse game between global law enforcement and darknet market (DNM)...
Crypto Banking Expands With Positive Interest Rates and New Services
Banking, in the traditional sense of the term, has become a financial burden for account holders in regions where the era of subzero...
Stablecoins and Exchange Coins – What’s the Difference From the Ol’ Corporate Bond?
A new weekly record was set last week in global corporate bond sales, with investors grabbing hold of around $140 billion in new bonds...
10 Useful Browser Plugins to Help Crypto Users
There are many different browser extensions or plugins that benefit cryptocurrency users, ranging from price trackers and wallets to those...
‘Avoid Biased Calculations’ Says Crypto Researcher After Cherry-Picked Chart Debate
On Friday, crypto analytics site Messari and data analyst Zack Voell shared a controversial chart called “Bitcoin Cash versus...
The 3 Top Drivers of Crypto Adoption – BCH City Wrap-Up
With Townsville, Australia’s Bitcoin Cash City conference and related post-conference events now all wrapped up, participants are...
Bitcoin’s Scaling Problems Forced Facebook to Launch Libra
If it wasn’t for Bitcoin there would be no Libra. That much is self-evident, since Satoshi’s creation laid the groundwork for...
PR: Hashcube Announces Bitcoin Mining Investment Forum in Thailand
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
You Can Buy a Dream Car With Bitcoin Cash at Autocoincars.com
Buying a new car is always a thrill. Purchasing a luxury vehicle, a roadster or a classic even more so. But such an enjoyable acquisition...
Bitcoin’s Early Days: How Crypto’s Past Is Much Different Than the Present
Over the last 24 hours, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a transaction that saw 94,000 BTC sent to an unknown wallet. The...
Bitcoin Cash-Powered File Storage Concept Sparks Interest and Debate
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents were introduced to a new project called the Cashweb protocol on Friday. The blockchain file sharing scheme...
Keene New Hampshire Is Not Only a Libertarian Enclave – It’s Also a Crypto Mecca
Over the last few months, there’s been a lot of attention directed toward destinations like Slovenia, North Queensland, Japan, and...
Bitcoin ETF: How SEC Exemptions Help Firms Offer Interim Products
There are several exemptions the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offers that allow companies to launch their bitcoin...
Venezuelans Fighting Economic Hardship Discover Crypto’s True Potential
For quite some time now, Venezuela has been suffering from a political crisis and a collapsing economy. Venezuelans dealing with rampant...
Capital Controls in Argentina Demonstrate Dangers of Government-Controlled Money
The current financial system, with governments and central banks controlling the flow of money, creates impediments for people’s...
3-Day Japan Bitcoin Cash Survival Challenge
Among cryptocurrency enthusiasts, Tokyo is often mentioned as one of the most crypto-friendly cities in the world. Recently, it has...
Emergent Coding, Adoption Incentives and Practical Use – Bitcoin Cash City, Day 2
The Bitcoin Cash City conference in North Queensland has just wrapped up, and participants are now unwinding after two consecutive days of...
Simple Ledger Protocol Announces Virtual Hackathon Devoted to SLP Token Ecosystem
For 72 hours on Sep. 27-30, teams from around the world will participate in a Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) Virtual Hackathon. Participants...
PR: PayKassa.pro Launches Multifunctional Payment Aggregator
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
5 Key Concepts from Day One at Bitcoin Cash City
With day one of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City all wrapped up, conference attendees were left with an overflow of big ideas to...
Cryptocurrency Projects Are Upping Their Privacy Game
What you do with your digital currency ought to be nobody else’s business. Unfortunately, law enforcement, regulators, blockchain...
Fantasy Sports Giant Fanduel Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash
The second-largest fantasy sports provider Fanduel has revealed customers can make deposits on the platform using cryptocurrency. Fanduel...
Indian Government’s New Report Views Crypto Positively
A new Indian government report has put cryptocurrency in a positive light, viewing the mechanisms surrounding it, including initial coin...
Dutch Central Bank Prepares to Start Regulating Crypto Sector
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing to supervise the country’s crypto sector. The bank has requested crypto exchanges...
World’s Biggest Bitcoin Cash Conference Kicks Off in Australia – What to Expect
Arguably set to become the world’s biggest Bitcoin Cash conference yet, Bitcoin Cash City kicked off today in sunny Townsville,...
New Storm Concept Could Strengthen Bitcoin Cash Instant Transactions
Software developer Awemany has published a potential alternative approach to instant transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network called...
Why Portugal’s Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong...
Indian Exchanges Innovate as Calls for Positive Crypto Regulation Escalate
Indian crypto exchanges are innovating, launching new products and improving services for their users, despite the country’s...
Crypto Payments Startup Eligma Raises €4 Million From Bitcoin.com and Pangea Blockchain Fund
Many retail stores would like to welcome the added business that the crypto community brings, but find that they don’t have the...
Craig Wright to Challenge Judge’s Ruling in the Billion-Dollar Lawsuit
Craig Wright is looking to challenge Judge Reinhart’s decision and has asked the court for an extension of time in order to dispute...
Crypto Needs Less Government Regulation – Not More
A recent opinion article by Peter Lin, “Why Regulation Is The Best Thing For Crypto,” presents common arguments on why the...
‘We’re Going to Find You’ – How Undercover Agents Trade Prison Time for Bitcoins
An Australian national living in Boulder, Colorado was slammed with a one year and a day prison sentence last month for trading bitcoins....
Bitcoin.com’s Premier Cryptocurrency Exchange Is Now Live
We’ve just launched our premier trading platform exchange.Bitcoin.com and registered users can access it right now. Since we...
Why the Birth of Bitcoin Can Be Traced Back to 1971
The world economy is a complex system that has undergone many different phases in the past century. As strange as it may sound today,...
More Than 70 Projects and Applications Built Around Bitcoin Cash
Over the last two years, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network’s protocol and third-party infrastructure have grown in robust fashion....
Tether Plans to Mint Digital Yuan and Commodity Coins, Says Bitfinex Shareholder
Tether Holdings, the firm that issues tether (USDT), has plans to launch an offshore Chinese yuan stablecoin called CNHT. Tether’s...
What’s Being Built – and What’s Not – on 2019’s Smart Contract Blockchains
Has anyone checked in with EOS lately, to see how it’s doing? How about Tezos – any signs of life there? In mid 2017, two of...
Check Out the New Featured Tokens on Bitcoin.com’s Markets Page
Markets.Bitcoin.com has just launched a Featured Tokens page, allowing coin creators with unique tokens to apply for a listing through a...
Agorism and Bitcoin: Free People Don’t Ask Maxine Waters for Permission
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even...
Crypto Lending Platforms Prepare to Assail the Banking System
The battle lines have been drawn and the troops assembled. On the one side stands the combined might of the banking cartels, centuries of...
Cryptocurrencies Such as Bitcoin Cash Shine During Hong Kong Protests
The Hong Kong protests started in June 2019 over a controversial bill and now after weeks of demonstrations, marching citizens are...
How Market Makers Inject Liquidity Into the Cryptoconomy
Market makers have a reputation that is entirely disproportionate to what they do. Despite what half of crypto Twitter would have you...