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Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 Finance Policy Proposes Strict Bitcoin Regulations
The 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addressed the subject of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICO) in his...
‘Central Banking Is Socialism for the 1%’ – Report Cites Wealth Inequality Driven by Stimulus
For a while now, central banks like the Federal Reserve have been participating in quantitative easing (QE) practices, despite the fact...
Voluntary Financing: Bitcoin Cash Devs Reveal Noncustodial Funding App Flipstarter
On February 15, a user on the read.cash blog site announced the development of a new Bitcoin Cash fundraising project called...
Currency.com Accused of Exploiting KYC to Withhold Customer Funds
Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Transaction (KYT) are ostensibly deployed by exchanges to combat money laundering. In practice,...
Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash
In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals,...
Cannabis Buzz Harshed by Regulations, Cash Shortage While Cryptocurrency Is Ready to Light Up
Recent reports show that major marijuana companies are running out of money, and businesses in Canada are especially in danger of becoming...
Central Bank of China Pumps 300 Billion Yuan Into Financial System, Cuts Loan Rates
The Chinese government has taken multiple steps so far to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, including interest...
Max Keiser Predicts $400,000 BTC on Alex Jones Show, Jones Compares Bitcoin to ‘Power of Fire’ From the Gods
The moment many conspiracy-minded bitcoin enthusiasts have been waiting for arrived yesterday when Info Wars muckraker Alex Jones compared...
DEX Volume Soars But Bzx Exploit Raises Questions About ‘Decentralization Theatre’
As the decentralized finance juggernaut rolls inexorably forward, the exploitation of defi project Bzx – in which $350K, or around...
50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg and Nas: Celebrities Who Could Be Bitcoin Millionaires
Many celebrities have mentioned the benefits of bitcoin and leveraged the asset for certain projects. For instance, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg...
BCH Funding Debate: Btc.top Founder Suggests 2/3 Hash Vote and 6-Month Evaluation
Over the last few days, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been debating the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) after Bitcoin ABC published an...
Cryptocurrency Is Agorism in Action
The book “New Libertarian Manifesto” (NLM) by libertarian-anarchist Samuel E. Konkin III (SEK3) launched a movement that has...
Curious About Bitcoin, Nigerians See Increasing Opportunities to Buy and Spend Cryptocurrencies
Higher prices since the start of the year have been restoring popular interest in cryptocurrencies. Google searches for...
The Many Facts Pointing to Dorian Nakamoto Being Satoshi
In March 2014, a Newsweek columnist named Leah McGrath Goodman published a story called “The Face Behind Bitcoin.” She claimed...
More On-Ramps, Liquidity, Options: Why Bitcoin’s Next Bull Run Will Be Different
Bitcoin’s next bull run will look very different from the last one. In 2017, BTC took the elevator to $20K before following the...
Steemit for Sale: Popular Crypto Blogging Platform Sold to Tron, Community Reacts
Crypto blogging platform Steemit is undergoing a big change, migrating from its own Steem blockchain to the Tron network. The struggling...
84 PBOC Digital Currency Patents Show the Extent of China’s Digital Yuan
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly filed 84 patents relating to its plans to launch a digital currency. The patents...
Coinbase Says Bitcoin Will Become Closer to Digital Gold in 93 Days
With May’s Bitcoin halving event drawing ever closer, Coinbase recently took to pushing the “Bitcoin as digital gold” narrative. In a...
US Worried Crypto Could Undermine Dollar as World Reserve Currency, Hiring Researchers to Prepare Response
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has admitted that cryptocurrency could undermine the U.S. dollar as the...
India’s Election Commission Developing Blockchain System for Voting
The Election Commission of India is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop a blockchain system for voting, the...
China Is Scrubbing Cash Notes to Stop Virus Spreading so Its Government Paper Money Wont Kill You
Research has shown that government paper money is a hotbed for bacteria and that, at least in the U.S., most bank notes in circulation are...
Bitcoin ATMs Grow in Number Reaching Almost 7,000 in Operation Around the World
ATMs supporting digital coins have increased parallel to the predominant trend on cryptocurrency markets since the beginning of 2020. With...
5% of Block Rewards – Bitcoin ABC Will Add Infrastructure Funding Plan in Next Release
Bitcoin ABC developers published a blog post on Saturday which discusses the miner Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and the team told the...
Tradeblock Estimates Post-Halving Mining Cost of $12,500 per BTC
On February 7, the blockchain analytics provider Tradeblock published a report about the upcoming BTC reward halving. BTC’s block...
BTC’s Market Share Drops Consecutively for 14 Days – Dominance Ratio Slides to 60%
Cryptocurrency markets have been climbing higher in value as coins like BTC have gained over 19% during the last 90 days. However, many...
Tax Rules Hit Brazilian Crypto Exchanges, Forcing Trading Platforms Acesso Bitcoin and Latoex Out of Business
Tax regulations implemented even before dedicated legislation has been adopted have hit Brazilian cryptocurrency exchanges. Digital asset...
Craig Wright’s $100B Theft Claim – BTC and BCH Used His Database Without Permission
The infamous Craig Wright, the Australian native who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, has published a blog post that explains he owns...
IOTA Network Still Down: How the Next Bitcoin Killer Screeched to a Halt
On February 13, the IOTA network came to a screeching halt and the IOTA Foundation reports that $1.6 million worth of the native currency...
BCH Latam: Creating a Viral Feedback Loop for Mass Adoption With Bitcoin Cash
This week news.Bitcoin.com spoke with George Donnelly from the BCH Latam initiative about his plan to help the people of Latin America...
Pirate Chain Coin Now Available for Trading on Bitcoin.com Exchange, Joins New Alliance
Pirate Chain (ARRR) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency with non-optional, private-only addresses and transactions. This coin has is now...
US Department of Justice Is Criminalizing Onchain Privacy, Starting With Mixers
The American government’s long-running war on privacy escalated this week following the arrest of Coin Ninja’s Larry Harmon on...
Bitcoin and Doomsday Preppers — Would Crypto Have Any Survival Value If SHTF?
As so-called “doomsday prepping” grows in popularity thanks to news of coronavirus lockdown in Chinese cities, red flag gun...
Digital Remittances Reach Record High of $96 Billion, Fees Charged by Traditional Providers Open Door for Cryptocurrencies
In a globalized world where labor follows capital, the remittance industry has been growing constantly in both volume and users....
$10K Bitcoin Prompts Influencers to Call a Bull Market
Cryptocurrencies have gained significant value over the last few weeks and it’s causing exuberance among digital currency...
XRP Plummets 56% in One Candle, Bitmex Traders Outraged Over Flash Crash
A number of XRP traders are complaining about massive liquidations on Bitmex as the price of XRP spiked and was brought down by 56% in a...
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Are ‘Like a Giant Garbage Dumpster,’ Says Minneapolis Federal Reserve President
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Neel Kashkari, said on Tuesday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are...
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Gives Testimony on Cryptocurrency, New Regulations Rolling Out Soon
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave his testimony on cryptocurrency before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. Mnuchin said...
New Report Finds North Korean Mining of XMR Increased Tenfold in 2019, Online Activity 300%
A report published by cybersecurity organization Insikt Group claims internet use in North Korea has grown significantly in the past three...
Coinbase Margin Trading Now Live for Coinbase Pro Users
Coinbase has launched margin trading for users of its cryptocurrency trading platform, Coinbase Pro. Both individual and institutional...
How to Recover Your Funds If You Lose Your Bitcoin Wallet
Losing a phone or hardware wallet containing cryptocurrency is inconvenient, but it shouldn’t be fatal. Provided you’ve backed...
Russians Can Use Qiwi, Sberbank, Yandex Money and Now Binance P2P Exchange to Buy Bitcoin With Rubles
A growing number of platforms allow Russian residents to purchase cryptocurrencies with local fiat money. Established cryptocurrency...
3 Cents per kWh – Central Asia’s Cheap Electricity Entices Chinese Bitcoin Miners
As tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran in recent months, reports have detailed that Chinese bitcoin miners are looking to set up...
Altcoin Season Trending – LINK, XTZ, BSTX, HBAR Gain Up to 120% in 24h
The last few days have shown bullish price activity across the list of top cryptocurrency markets. There’s been a lot of focus on...
Fed Chair Powell Reveals US Response to China’s Digital Yuan, Libra, Public Payments Ledger
In his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answered a number of questions...
Cred Now Enables LTC Holders to Earn Up to Ten Percent Interest on Their Digital Assets
Cred, a licensed crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform based in California, now supports litecoin. The service will allow LTC...
Bitpay Partnership With Poynt Enables Crypto Payments at 100,000 Point-of-Sale Devices
On February 11, the Atlanta-based payment processor Bitpay announced the firm’s recent partnership with the company Poynt. Now...
Bitcoin Cash Captured More Than 10% of Darknet Sales Last Month
2019 was an interesting year for darknet markets (DNMs) and a number of marketplaces closed for a variety of reasons. Despite the...
Bitgo to Offer Regulated Crypto Custody in Switzerland and Germany
European crypto exchanges, as well as other companies with significant crypto holdings they need to protect, now have another option for...
Users of Bitcoin.com Exchange Can Win Rewards Worth $25,000 in Gocrypto Trading Competition
Gocrypto enables businesses with physical or online stores to accept instant crypto payments from different digital wallets with millions...
How to Red Flag Scams: Bitcoin Doubler Club, Cryptomia247, Mining Cheap, Orelex, and Wintrust
Last week’s news.Bitcoin.com post warning about common bitcoin scams like “The Bitcoin Code” elicited a plethora of...
From Star Trek to Wikipedia: Crashing Bitcoin SV Fails to Impress
The Bitcoin SV network and the infamous Craig Wright have been publicly scrutinized by two well known individuals. Wikipedia’s Jimmy...
Trump Views Crypto a Threat, Proposes Countermeasures in New Budget
The White House released the Budget of the U.S. Government on Monday, outlining some proposals to increase cryptocurrency oversight which...
JUST IN: $118 Million of Plustoken BTC on the Move Again – New Dump Incoming?
Plustoken’s stash of bitcoin is on the move again. The haul of ill-gotten gains, amassed during a long-running Ponzi scheme that...
Brussels Asks Europeans How to Regulate Bitcoin, Public Consultation Continues Into March
The European Commission is gathering feedback from EU citizens, businesses, regulators and other interested parties to establish a...
How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more...
40 Banks in Germany Declare Intent to Offer Crypto Services Under New Law
More than 40 financial institutions in Germany have reportedly declared to the country’s financial regulator, BaFin, their interest...
You Can Privately Cash out Bitcoin on These P2P Exchanges – for a Premium
Using P2P exchanges to cash out bitcoin provides privacy, but it comes with a premium – a price premium, to be precise. Whether...
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared...
Bitcoin Taxation Support Growing Industry – Here are 5 Useful Cryptocurrency Tax Calculators
For crypto owners looking to estimate how much they owe in taxes, there are some platforms with a free crypto tax calculator. They...
Bitcoin’s $10k Value Pushed Down by CME Futures Price Gap
Just recently BTC prices surpassed the $10,000 zone and held above that region for around 24 hours. Some speculators believe the price of...
312 Crypto Exchanges Registered in Australia, Regulator Confirms
A growing number of cryptocurrency exchanges have been registered with Australia’s crypto regulator. A spokesperson for the...
How Often Are Top Privacy Coins and Mixers Actually Used? – A Look at XMR, DASH, and ZEC
As Bitcoin and crypto help everyday individuals to regain control over their money, and make trusting third parties unnecessary,...
What Are Altcoins and Why Are There Over 5,000 of Them?
According to crypto market capitalization aggregators, there are more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in existence today and over 20,000...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto is Banking for Anarchists and Average People
“What I love about Bitcoin is that instead of some rich old guy on Wall Street, young poor people are the ones getting rich”...
BCH Merchant Directories Now List 4,300 Bitcoin Cash-Accepting Businesses
Businesses around the world continue to adopt bitcoin cash (BCH) and in 2020 merchant acceptance continues to grow. Tallying up all the...
Prediction: Bitcoin to Rival Gold as a Store of Value in the Digital Age Thanks to Halving
The total market capitalization of gold is estimated to be above $7 trillion, which is over 38 times that of bitcoin at the moment....
How to Use a U2F Key to Secure Your Crypto Accounts
Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) is an open standard for strengthening two-factor authentication. It involves the use of a physical key to...
London-Based Cryptocurrency Exchange LBX Faces Compulsory Liquidation
London-based cryptocurrency exchange LBX is the latest digital asset trading venue to face critical difficulties and is now being...
”Decentralized Networks a Powerful Phenomenon” – Why the SEC Commissioner Proposes Time-Limited Grace Period for Tokens
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce has formally proposed a grace period of three years for tokens....
Facebook, China Light Flame Under Fed: Governor Cites Stablecoins Influencing Digital Dollar Research
At the recent Symposium for Future Payments held in Stanford, California on February 5, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard stressed...
Ethereum vs Tron: Comparing Data, Defi and Stablecoins from Both Chains After Viral Tweet
On February 7, Cold Card and Opendime creator, Rodolfo Novak (also known as NVK), tweeted a picture of himself with Tron founder Justin...
German Economy in Risk of Recession Amid Weak Demand, Tariff Threat, and Epidemic
Germany, the economic powerhouse of Europe, is facing renewed challenges that may soon push it towards recession. Falling industrial...
Cryptocurrency Futures and Prediction Markets Show Trump Wins the US 2020 Election
In less than 270 days the United States will have its 2020 election and millions of people worldwide will be betting on whether Donald...
Swiss Financial Watchdog Proposes $1,000 Client Identification Threshold for Crypto Transactions
Famous for its favorable business climate that has attracted hundreds of crypto companies, Switzerland is now expanding its financial...
New Regency Television Wins Screen Rights to Onecoin Story – The Missing Cryptoqueen
The story of Onecoin and cofounder Ruja Ignatova might be seen on television sets in the near future. Reports detail that New Regency...
Defi Market Surpasses $1 Billion – But There’s a Catch
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance applications has surpassed $1 billion, prompting celebrations from the Ethereum...
Bitcoin Cash Community Begins Crafting Q&A Stack Exchange Site to Build Knowledge Base
On February 6, Bitcoin Cash supporters were introduced to a new BCH-centric Stack Exchange community called bitcoincash.stackexchange.com....
Bitcoin ETFs in Japan: FSA Explains New Rules for Funds Investing in Cryptos
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has explained to news.Bitcoin.com its recently adopted rules...
Tax Agents ‘Confiscate’ Bitcoin From Criminal but Keep the Coins in His Wallet
The State Revenue Service of Latvia (SRS) has seized some bitcoins for the first time. The cryptocurrency, allegedly acquired through...
Bitcoin.com, Danal Japan and ALLEX Partner up to Offer BCH Payment Services
Danal Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: Riichi Omura), which develops mobile payment systems and a financial settlement infrastructure business,...
Bitcoin, Tesla Stock, Tron: How Warren Buffett Got His First Bitcoin
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett received his first bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies during a dinner with five cryptocurrency...
Tax Friendly Saint Kitts and Nevis Approves Progressive Crypto Bill, Lenient Capital Gains Exemption
The island country of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located in the West Indies, recently passed a bill that legalizes digital currency assets...
How to Buy Bitcoin in the Philippines
The Philippines has many places you can buy bitcoin from. Not only has the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas licensed some cryptocurrency...
There’s No Such Thing as Tainted Bitcoins
All bitcoins are created equal. But in the eyes of blockchain forensics firms, some bitcoins are more equal than others. If these...
Bitcoin Trust GBTC Shares Spike Despite 30% Premium
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have seen significant gains as the entire cryptoconomy is up more than 40% since mid-December....
Not Just Ebay, NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Pushes Bakkt to Retail With Latest Acquisition
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, stunned many on Wall Street recently with a reported takeover bid for...
Overwriting Satoshi: Kraken Exec Says Bitcoin Wasn’t Built for Payments, Isn’t Peer-to-Peer
As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet...
SLP Token Trading Platform Cryptophyl Adds BTC Pair With Bitcoin Cash at Flat 0.15% Fee
Digital asset exchange Cryptophyl has announced it’s launching bitcoin core (BTC) trading. The first available pair is with bitcoin...
4 ‘Bitcoin Contenders’ With Zero Use Cases and Barely Any Infrastructure
Cryptocurrency markets and the industry are extremely competitive and many users believe a single digital asset will reign someday, and...
Crypto’s Dotcom Era Begins as Handshake Launches Decentralized Domains
Handshake, one of the more original crypto projects to have spawned during the ICO era, has completed its long-awaited launch. The...