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Japan Reveals Expectations for Cryptocurrency Industry Self-Regulation
In an exclusive interview with news.Bitcoin.com, Japan’s top financial regulator revealed its expectations for the self-regulation...
Report: India Evaluating Cryptocurrency Legalization Under Strong Regulation
The committee charged with providing recommendations for the regulatory framework surrounding cryptocurrencies in India is reportedly...
Wine Retailer to Buy Majority Stake in Japanese Bitcoin Exchange for $30M
Madison Holdings Group Ltd. has agreed to buy 67.2 percent of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitocean for 1.68 billion yen ($15.12...
Crypto Bear Market Triggers Rise in M&A Activity
In 2018 there was a rapid decline in initial coin offerings, a slowdown in blockchain business launches, and a bearish crypto market....
Markets Update: Crypto Prices Begin to Slump as the New Year Approaches
Most cryptocurrencies took a hit on Christmas Day, losing between 5-10% after having a decent run of solid gains last week. Some traders...
The Daily: Mimblewimble Coins Prepare to Launch, New Remittance Platform Announced
With the New Year around the corner, startups as well as established players in the cryptocurrency industry have announced plans for new...
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Delist Dozens of Struggling Altcoins
Kucoin has delisted 10 digital assets, including bitcoin gold and mobius, and Huobi has put 32 trading pairs on notice. Both exchanges...
Investment Robo-Adviser Wealthfront Adds Support for Coinbase Accounts
Wealthfront, one of the largest independent robo-advisers in the U.S. market, has added support for Coinbase accounts. The Wealthfront...
Report: Use of Cryptocurrencies for Remittance Is Growing in Popularity
A new report by a blockchain-focused research company asserts that there has been a spike in people using cryptocurrencies to send...
Indian Crypto Exchange Sees Record Trading Volumes Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
Despite regulatory uncertainty and banking restriction imposed by the country’s central bank, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange is...
Bitcoin Obituaries Records 90 ‘Deaths’ in 2018
According to the Bitcoin Obituaries webpage, the cryptocurrency ‘died’ 90 times in 2018. Since the inception of Satoshi’s great invention,...
Japan’s GMO Quits Manufacturing and Selling Mining Machines
Japanese internet giant GMO has announced that it will no longer develop, manufacture, and sell cryptocurrency mining machines. The...
Year in Review: 2018’s Top Cryptocurrency Stories
After an intense 2017, filled with cryptocurrency market spikes, the following year was loaded with letdowns as a great majority of...
Private Blockchains Have Few Applications, Study Finds
Despite all efforts, so far businesses haven’t been able to come up with significant applications for private, centralized blockchains as...
Seven Cryptocurrency Trends to Look out for in 2019
Another year is coming, filled with fresh optimism and newfound determination to make 2019 the year when cryptocurrencies take over....
The Daily: BTCP Bug Exploited by ‘Bad Actor’, Binance Lists New Pairs
The main story featured in today’s edition of The Daily is an official conformation from the Bitcoin Private team that someone has...
PR: XRP Is Now Available on EO.Finance
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Bitcoin History Part 6: The First Bitcoin Exchange
Aside from mining, the only way to obtain bitcoin in the very early days was by trading it on forums or IRC. This arrangement relied on...
Data Leaks and Deplatforming Drive Businesses Away From Web Giants
Consumers and enterprises are exiting centralized web platforms amid growing concerns over unwarranted data sharing. Loss of privacy and...
Bitcoin Equipment Maker Ebang Reapplies for Hong Kong Listing
Ebang International Holdings Inc., a Chinese bitcoin mining equipment maker, has refiled documents for a public share sale with the Hong...
A Look Back at the Top Cryptocurrency Markets From Christmases Past
The cryptocurrency ecosystem has grown dramatically in just a few years, with the number of crypto markets increasing from 59 in 2013 to...
Feed 7 Different Species at the River Forest Farm’s ‘Bitcoin Cash Zoo’
Back in October, members of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community discussed feeding chickens with mealworms over the internet from remote...
Report Finds a Strong Relationship Between Crypto-Advocates and Life Extension
Bitcoin historians will recollect that the early cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney was a person who believed in life extension and chose...
The Daily: Argentina Meets 2019 With New BATMs, Russia Budgets Millions to Block Sites
In this edition of The Daily, we focus on the growing number of bitcoin ATMs in Argentina. Five new devices have been installed recently...
Report: Over 300 British Blockchain Companies Shut Down in 2018
The demise of 2017’s cryptocurrency bull market, the rapid collapse of ICOs, and the fizzling out of corporate blockchain hype have...
PR: Dentacoin Trusted Reviews Revamped Version Released
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China Now Ranks 34 Crypto Projects
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development has released its latest crypto project ranking. The center evaluated one more...
Following the Crypto-Anarchist Dream: 3 Reasons to Reject KYC and AML
Last year, crypto KYC and AML requirements came bursting onto the scene with thunderous applause and approbation. Many traders felt like...
Bill to Curb Iranian National Crypto Filed in US Congress
Draft legislation designed to hamper Iran’s efforts to create a sovereign cryptocurrency has been introduced in the U.S. Congress. The...
Markets Update: Bitcoin Cash Gains More Than 140% This Week
Cryptocurrency markets have been bullish lately as most of the top digital asset prices have seen decent gains over the last week. The...
Everything You Need to Know to Start Trading Cryptocurrencies
After acquiring your first bitcoins you might want to swap the digital asset for another token or test your luck for some quick profits...
Canadian Tech Firm Partners with Sri Lanka Telecom for eSports, Blockchain Project
Canadian tech firm Ubique Networks Inc. has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) to launch a blockchain-based eSports...
A Look at 2018’s Best and Worst Performing Cryptocurrencies
With the dust all but settled on 2018, it’s time to reflect on the year’s best and worst performing cryptocurrencies. In the Best...
Spot Develops New Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Portfolio App
There’s a new app for cryptocurrency holders to track their portfolios of digital assets across multiple exchanges and addresses....
The Daily: Bitfinex Launches Tether Margin Trading, Zebpay Resumes BCH Transactions
In today’s edition of The Daily, we feature a number of recent developments from influential cryptocurrency exchanges including Bitfinex,...
South Korean Business School Launches Crypto MBA Program
A major business school in South Korea is now offering a master’s degree in cryptocurrency. Crypto MBA is a one-and-a-half-year program...
Poll Shows 13% of Russians Use Cryptocurrency for Online Purchases
Cryptocurrency transactions are becoming a viable alternative to traditional electronic payments and Russia is no exception to the trend....
Cryptocurrency and Taxes: How to Use 2018’s Losses to Your Advantage
Taxes have been a hot topic in the cryptocurrency world this year. Many countries have been trying to figure out how to tax crypto assets,...
Bitcoincash.org Publishes Redesigned Website and Development Roadmap
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters have noticed the Bitcoincash.org website has been redesigned. The web portal hosts a comprehensive list of...
Almost 5,000 Crypto Pump and Dumps Posted on Discord and Telegram in 6 Months
A report compiled by researchers from Tel Aviv University, The University of Tulsa, and the University of New Mexico has found nearly...
Bermuda Issues Draft Crypto Custodial Services Regulation
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), the island’s foremost financial services regulator, has published a draft regulation for...
Wendy McElroy: Satoshi Revolution – Afterword
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Afterword by Wendy McElroy I meant to end this book by discussing the...
Bitcoin Cash Payment API Gateway.cash Adds a Variety of New Features
Last October, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payment processor called Gateway.cash. Since then the Gateway...
The Daily: Belgium Blacklists More Crypto Platforms, UAE Prepares ICO Regulations
In this edition of The Daily, Belgium’s financial regulator has expanded its list of fraudulent platforms offering cryptocurrency...
Asian News Headlines Exert Significant Impact on Cryptocurrency Prices
A report published by Mosaic has found the Asian region to be exerting a leading influence within the cryptosphere, despite China’s...
Canada Encourages Cannabis Sector to Transact Discreetly
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has published a document advising Canadian citizens to use cash to conduct transactions...
Bitcoin ATMs Double in Number This Year
For a markedly bearish year, 2018 turns out to have been pretty good for the spread of cryptocurrency teller machines. The number of...
How Have Bitcoin Futures Performed One Year On?
This time last year, the market was abuzz with excitement as CBOE’s XBT futures contracts and CME Group’s bitcoin derivatives products...
Learn About the BCH Network With Bitcoin.com’s ‘Mastering Bitcoin Cash’
At Bitcoin.com, our web portal hosts a developer section aimed at providing Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers with the resources and tools to...
BCH-Powered Bookchain Aims to Protect Literature From a Dystopian Future
A good portion of cryptocurrency supporters are against purging important information and many of them hope that blockchain technology...
Brazilian Supermarket Chain Now Accepts Payment in Bitcoin
A Rio de Janeiro supermarket chain, Oásis Supermercados, is now accepting payment in bitcoin core, bitcoin cash and litecoin. It joins a...
Officials at Top Korean Cryptocurrency Exchange Upbit Indicted for Fraud
Officials at South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, have been indicted for fraud. They allegedly made bogus crypto...
Study Finds Less Than 40% of BTC Addresses Are Economically Relevant
The number of unique addresses on the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network is constantly growing but only 37 percent of them are “economically...
US Lawmakers File Bill to Exclude Cryptocurrencies From Securities Definition
Two U.S. congressmen have introduced a bill aimed at amending the country’s securities laws to exclude cryptocurrencies from the...
The Daily: Bitcoin Posts Record Volume, Ledger Plans Major Update
The news is bullish in this edition of the The Daily, mirroring the mood of the crypto markets. We’ll start by delving into BTC’s...
Ethereum Studio Consensys’ Wild Ideas and Squandered Funds Led to Major Layoffs
Ethereum incubator Consensys is to cut 50 to 60 percent of its employees. The blockchain software company has already laid off 13 percent...
Thai SEC Plans to Relax ICO Regulations
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly planning to ease the country’s regulation for initial coin...
A Heartbroken Mother Hopes President Trump Will Exonerate Ross Ulbricht
Lyn Ulbricht, the mother of convicted Silk Road administrator Ross Ulbricht, has expressed hope that U.S. president Donald Trump will...
Pan-African Bitcoin Exchange Kubitx Goes Live, Launches OTC Wallet
Kubitx, a pan-African digital asset exchange, went live on Dec. 20 after completing its beta test. The Malta-registered trading platform...
Cashy Web Application Boosts Script Contracts in Bitcoin Cash
The creators of the Simple Ledger Protocol have released a new tool for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) programmers called Cashy. The toolbox allows...
Bithumb Accused of Inflating Reported Trading Volume
An investigation conducted by Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) has alleged that Bithumb, the largest Korean digital currency exchange by...
Bloomberg Vouches for Tether’s Dollar-Backing
Bloomberg has claimed to have witnessed bank statements evidencing that Tether does indeed possess the dollars required to back the USDT...
Bitcoin Cash Node Bchd Syncs in Just Over an Hour With Fast Mode
The developers behind the Bchd project have announced the launch of version 0.13.0-beta2 alongside the client’s ‘fast sync mode.’...
Chatter Report: Antonopoulos Criticizes KYC, Kasireddy Claims Decentralization Not Always Better
Criticism is the overarching theme of today’s crypto chatter roundup. Andreas Antonopoulos vehemently opposes mandatory KYC to...
Markets Update: BCH Up Over 100% in a Week, BTC Breaks Above $4,000
The cryptocurrency markets appear poised to post the strongest week of trading in months, with BCH up over 115% since Dec. 16. BTC is also...
The Daily: Coinbase to Pay Users for Learning, Okex Launches Instant Messaging Service
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature a number of recent developments by popular cryptocurrency exchanges. These include an...
Former IMF Economist Mark Dow Closes $14K BTC Short
Mark Dow, a hedge fund manager and former International Monetary Fund economist, has publicly announced that he has closed his BTC short...
Why Colombia Has Become A Hotspot for Bitcoin ATMs
American ATM network Athena Bitcoin is continuing its aggressive expansion in Latin America, with now 17 ATMs in five cities in Colombia....
Hash Wars: BCH Proponents Face a New Dawn in the Battle’s Aftermath
It’s been a little over a month since the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network fork which resulted in a blockchain split. Besides the severed chain,...
Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Now in 25 European Countries
One of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinsquare, has officially launched in 25 European countries. A Coinsquare...
UK Investors to Pay Capital Gains and Income Tax on Bitcoin Investments
The U.K. government has said that individual investors will be liable to pay capital gains tax each time they sell crypto assets such as...
Saxo Bank Founder Lars Christensen Is Waiting for a Cryptocurrency Panic Sell-Off
Danish Saxo Bank founder Lars Seier Christensen made millions trading BTC, but as the CEO of a bank, he had a hard time persuading his...
Nucleus Vision Launches Payments Solution for Merchants nCash Pay
Blockchain startup Nucleus Vision has announced the launch of nCash Pay, a new crypto-based payments social for merchants powered by...
The Daily: Atari Partners Decentralized Gaming Company, Tagomi Goes Live
In today’s edition of The Daily, we cover stories that show how crypto assets and technology continue to impact the development of...
eToroX is Granted a DLT License from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
A subsidiary of the eToro Group has been granted a distributed ledger technology (DLT) license from the Gibraltar Financial Services...
Openswap Makes In-Wallet BCH and BTC Atomic Swaps Possible
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Mark Lundeberg has revealed his new project, a fork of the Electron Cash wallet that performs trustless...
Offchain Indicators Suggest JP Morgan Is Wrong to Write off Bitcoin
JP Morgan Chase & Co. believes the current bear market is scaring investors away from bitcoin, just to add to the never-ending rumors...
BCH Leads the Way as Crypto Markets Brighten Up
One year to the day since reaching its all-time high, BTC did something it hadn’t done in a long time on Dec. 17 – it posted double digit...
Zcoin Releases Academic Paper on Lelantus Protocol to Tackle Privacy Blockchain Issues
Some of the challenges faced by privacy blockchains include scalability and useability. Yet, one privacy coin believes it has the answer...
Russian Parliament Postpones Adoption of Digital Assets Bill
The State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, has postponed the second reading of a long-awaited bill intended to regulate...
eToro Survey: Investors Want to Learn More About Crypto
eToro, a social trading platform, recently released the findings of a survey which covered a wide array of questions concerning interest...
Bitcoin History Part 5: A Wild Altcoin Appears
It’s hard to imagine a time before cryptocurrency exchanges were stocked with hundreds of digital assets. A time before the pejorative...
Chatter Report: Schiff Accuses Kelly of Pump and Dump, Lingham Calls for ‘Real Adoption’
In our latest roundup of crypto chatter, tensions run high as Peter Schiff accuses Brian Kelly of dumping bitcoin on retail investors. The...
Bitcoin.com’s Oracle Aims to Bolster BCH-Powered Smart Contracts
Bitcoin.com is pleased to unveil plans to offer one of the world’s first oracles for smart contracts on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain....
France Rejects Cryptocurrency-Friendly Tax Amendments
France’s National Assembly has rejected a number of tax amendments aimed at lowering taxes for cryptocurrency traders and users. Among...
Russians to Be Allowed ICO Investments up to $9,000 per Year
Russian lawmakers have revised another bill regarding the regulation of the industry built around cryptocurrencies. In its latest version,...
Kaspersky Lab: Middle East, Turkey and Africa Region Records 4-Fold Increase in Cryptomining Attacks
In 2018, Kaspersky Lab recorded a 4-fold increase in cryptomining attacks in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region from 3.5...
Only Sharks Will Feed on the Crypto Market’s Elusive Price Bottom
2018 was a year of market bull traps and sliding prices. Now, as the year comes to an end, many cryptocurrency traders have been...
Cointext Rolls Out Mobile BCH Services in Bangladesh, Now Services 38 Countries
Cointext has launched internet-free mobile BCH wallet services to users in Bangladesh. The announcement comes following the recent rollout...
Irish Court Finds Silk Road Dealer’s ETH to Be Proceed of Crime
The High Court of Ireland has ruled that 25,000 euros (approximately $28,400) worth of ethereum held by Neil Mannion, a 37-year-old man...