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September Volume Report: Altcoins See Increase in Trade Activity
September saw all but three of the top twenty cryptocurrency markets post an increase in monthly trade volume. XRP pairings saw the...
Four Court Cases Confirm Cryptocurrencies Are Commodities in the US
Cryptocurrencies are commodities, according to four court cases involving the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). A federal...
Markets Update: Crypto-Traders Patiently Wait for a Break Out
Cryptocurrency prices have remained in a consolidated pattern over the last two weeks with a few ups and downs, but have remained fairly...
The DApp Revolution: Rebuilding Society Through Decentralization
This article about the DApp Revolution was written by Heidi Yu. Heidi is a serial entrepreneur, influencer, marketing evangelist, and AI...
Bitpay Phases Out Crypto-Debit Cards for European Cardholders
The global cryptocurrency payment service provider, Bitpay, has announced the company’s loadable cryptocurrency debit card services will...
Blockchain Startup Everipedia Opens European Office in Stockholm
Everipedia, a wiki-based, online encyclopedia built on blockchain technology, has opened its first European office based in Stockholm,...
Air France KLM and Winding Tree Partner to Boost the Travel Industry Using the Blockchain
Air France KLM said today that it is joining forces with a Swiss-based non-profit to strengthen the travel industry with the blockchain....
Venezuela’s Petro Copied Dash, Claims Ethereum Developer
An Ethereum developer is claiming the state-backed petro (PTR) cryptocurrency, a plaything to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has...
The Daily: Wall Street-Backed Crypto Futures, Market Manipulation as a Service
Cryptocurrency attracts a diverse crowd, from speculators to scammers, and from financiers to gamblers. These groups, and their often...
Venezuela Makes Petro Crypto a National Currency, Publishes New Whitepaper
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has made several claims regarding his country’s digital currency this week. He announced...
Six of the Best Cryptocurrency Calendars
The world of cryptocurrency is a hectic and jam-packed one, with nary a day passing when there isn’t a major event of some kind going...
Frictionless Commerce: A Story of How Easy It Is to Start Accepting Bitcoin Cash
Earlier this week news.Bitcoin.com received an email from an e-commerce shop owner who was having lots of issues dealing with traditional...
Increasing Number of Crypto ATMs in Europe Support BCH
A growing number of cryptocurrency ATMs in Europe now buy and sell BCH, increasing the popularity and widening the adoption of Bitcoin...
Op-Ed: KYC and Stringent Regulations Frustrate New Crypto Entrants
The following opinion piece on crypto regulations was written by Benjamin Pirus, a crypto trader who has written many articles for...
American Express VP of Membership Rewards Appointed as Strategic Advisor to Qiibee
Qiibee, a Swiss loyalty token protocol, has announced the addition of an American Express vice president of membership rewards as its lead...
BitMEX Hires Former HK Markets Regulator as COO
BitMEX, one of the world’s leading bitcoin trading platforms, has hired former financial markets regulator Angelina Kwan as the company’s...
Under the Tent: A Look at the Latest Openbazaar Marketplace Software
Back in April of 2016 news.Bitcoin.com reviewed the Openbazaar platform the first day the marketplace launched. Since then the application...
South African Startup Centbee Launches Bitcoin Cash Payments App
Centbee of South Africa has announced the launch of its bitcoin cash wallet app in beta, as adoption continues to grow in Africa and...
PR: Contentos Announces Investment From Binance Labs
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CFTC Chair Explains Why US Has Regulated Bitcoin Futures but Not Bitcoin ETFs
The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has explained why bitcoin futures have been approved in the U.S. but...
Bitcoin Cash Speaker Series II Brings Leading BCHers Together
Later this month, the London Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Speaker Series II will take place at Huckletree Shoreditch. It’s one of the final times...
Wave of Mobile Tax Hikes Squeezes Africa’s Poor to Indulge Governments
A smart robber fleeces you with a pen and a handshake. From Zimbabwe to Kenya, Uganda to Benin, African governments are on a tax-raising...
Exchanges Roundup: Tether, Bitfinex Drop Noble Bank, Bitmex Hires COO
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, Noble Bank is looking to sell after reportedly losing Bitfinex and Tether as...
PR: True Flip Opens for b2b Sales with the Launch of Magic Dice
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The Daily: Bitcoin Burns Critics, Bill Clinton Does Blockchain
There’s never a dull day in crypto. It’s soap opera for geeks who are too busy to do soap opera. Whether you’re a BUIDLER or HODLER, The...
Lamassu Launches New Line of Cryptocurrency ATMs
Lamassu, a Portuguese Bitcoin ATM manufacturer, has unveiled three new machines comprising its “next generation” of cryptocurrency ATMs....
Japan Roundup: Bitflyer Restructures, Zaif Suspends New Member Registrations
The largest crypto exchange in Japan, Bitflyer, has announced a major organizational overhaul. A new representative director has been...
Chrome Extensions Will Soon Protect Against Miners and Hackers
Google has announced a number of upcoming changes concerning the development of new extensions for Chrome. Users of the web browser will...
BCH Roundup: Merchant Adoption, Wallet Services, and Hackathons
Another busy week has passed for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents as there continues to be an influx of bitcoin cash adoption, new platforms,...
Hyperledger and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Announce Cross-Community Collaboration
Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), two of the world’s largest blockchain consortia, have announced a cross-community...
Shapeshift CEO Responds to Wall Street Journal Laundering Claims
Reporters at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) tied innovative ecosystem cryptocurrency exchange Shapeshift to money laundering. “How Dirty...
54% of Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Security Holes
Traders hope and expect the exchange they’re trading on takes security seriously. But while all crypto platforms pay lip service to good...
Popular Discussion Board 4chan Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Passes
This week cryptocurrency enthusiasts were pleased to hear that the infamous imageboard 4chan now accepts four different digital assets for...
Draconian Digital Search Laws Threaten Bitcoiners Passing Through Customs
Draconian legislation in a series of supposedly liberal democracies is encroaching on the rights of travelers. New Zealand is the latest...
The Daily: Coinsquare Secures Banking Partnership, Québec Elections Bring Hope to Miners
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare has reached a partnership agreement with a major Canadian bank and we’ve covered the announcement in...
Deep Web Roundup: Intelligence Official Charged With Selling Secrets, Disney Visits the Darknet
A French intelligence official has been charged with selling state secrets on the dark web for BTC. Also in this roundup, we look at a new...
Banks, Money Mules and Front Companies Aid Terrorists in Conflict Zones Launder Money
Terror financing is taking on a new shape, but still retaining its old aides. Environmental crimes such as wildlife trafficking and...
Ross Ulbricht Marks Fifth Anniversary in Prison
Alleged founder of Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, marked his fifth year in prison. October 1st, 2013, Mr. Ulbricht began a double life sentence...
How to Set up a Bitcoin Paper Wallet
This article is a step-by-step how-to guide for creating bitcoin paper wallets. It walks through choosing a paper wallet generator,...
Meet Cash-ID: The Open Protocol That Uses Bitcoin Cash Keys for Identity
This past Sunday BCH proponent and developer, Jonathan Silverblood, revealed a project he’s been working on called Cash-ID. The Cash-ID...
Northern Bitcoin Ag Lists on Munich Stock Exchange Mid-Tier Market
German bitcoin mining company, Northern Bitcoin AG, has migrated to a section of the Munich Stock Exchange that caters for medium-sized...
ConsenSys AG Invests US$6.5M in Blockchain Startup DrumG Technologies
DrumG Technologies, a blockchain startup started by R3’s former head of global business development Tim Grant, has raised US$6.5 million...
Study Finds Growing Number of BATMs in Belgium and the Netherlands
The number of cryptocurrency ATMs in Belgium and the Netherlands is growing, according to newly released data. Amsterdam is leading among...
Kraken Adds Cardano and Quantum to Its List of Supported Crypto Assets
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the addition of two new assets to its platform: Cardano and Quantum, bringing the number of...
Buy Cryptos Outright Or Trade CFDs On eToro
There are two main ways eToro’s 10 million+ users can gain investment exposure to the exciting world of cryptocurrencies: you can either...
New Research Claims Most ICOs Have Profited Off Selling ETH
Bitmex Research is back with another detailed report, this time into the ethereum holdings of ICOs. Ethereum’s downward trajectory has...
Fraud, Fake Partnerships and a Past Revealed: The Shopin Story
The pilot program that Shopin claimed to have with Bed, Bath and Beyond appears to have never existed. We reported on an alleged syndicate...
Portal Network Developers Announce Bitcoin Cash Name Service
A development team called the Portal Network has announced the creation of a new platform called the Bitcoin Cash Name Service (BCNS)....
How to Install a Bitcoin.com Wallet for iOS Smartphones
Using cryptocurrency is the best way to understand cryptocurrency. One quick entrance into the ecosystem is to download an electronic...
Inventor of the World Wide Web (WWW) Tim Berners-Lee to Battle Google, Facebook and Twitter with his radical new plan
Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web with an ambitious decentralized platform, the father of the web...
Regulations Roundup: Industry Leaders Want Clarity, Alliance Capitals Earns FINMA Warning
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency regulations, industry leaders have urged U.S. lawmakers to provide regulatory clarity or risk...
The Daily: Fake Volume, Tether Troubles, Bitcoin’s “Inevitable” Mass Adoption
Rumors, allegations, and assertions can all be found in today’s news roundup. Specifically, we have rumors of impending trouble with...
North Dakota Issues Orders Against Bitconnect, Magma, Pension Rewards
The securities department of the US state of North Dakota has issued orders against three companies promoting initial coin offerings in...
A Guide to Building Your Own Crypto Mining Rig
Cryptocurrency mining has in many respects become an industrialized business. But despite the concentration of hashing power, the...
China’s Oldest Science and Tech Publication Accepts BTC for Subscriptions
On Sunday China’s oldest tech media publication, Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR) also known as ‘Technology life,’ has announced the...
A Review of the New Stellarx Decentralized Exchange
This week, Stellar launched its long-awaited decentralized exchange. Stellarx offers trading of a range of assets including...
Launching a Website on the Bitcoin Cash Network Is Now a Reality
On September 29, Bitcoin Cash enthusiast Donald Mulders wrote an interesting post on the social media network Yours.org. The post detailed...
The Daily: Blockchain.com Launches OTC Trading Desk, Shapeshift Relaunches Coincap
Wallet provider Blockchain.com has created an OTC trading desk as part of its efforts to cater to institutional investors. Also in The...
Disgruntled ICO Investors Threaten to Bring in the Crypto Lawyers
The great ICO rush of 2017 and early 2018 is over. The euphoria, the unironic cries of “When Binance?”, and the 10x returns are now a...
Proposed Crypto Mining Moratorium Rejected by County in Montana
Montana’s second most populous county, Missoula County, has rejected the proposal for a moratorium on cryptocurrency operations. The...
BTC: 36% in Circulation Lost, 23% Held by Speculators, US Tax Authority Monitoring
Two research firms released compelling data on the state of Bitcoin Core (BTC). Chainalysis revealed 36% of BTC in circulation is lost,...
New POS Terminal by Pundix Allows Nigerians to Make Purchases in Bitcoin
Indonesian cryptocurrency and payments company Pundix has introduced a point of sale terminal at a shop in Nigeria, allowing people in the...
SEC, CFTC, FBI Take Action Against Bitcoin-Funded Securities Dealer 1Broker
Three U.S. agencies have taken action against international bitcoin-funded securities dealer 1pool Ltd., aka 1Broker. The Securities and...
New Stablecoins: From Cryptopound and Metal-Backed Swiss Coin to Mongolian ‘Candy’
Following some notable premiers in the genre recently, the next batch of stablecoins is on the way. A British startup is partnering with a...
Markets Update: Digital Asset Consolidation and Accumulation Continues
On Saturday September 29, cryptocurrency prices are meandering along after an interesting two weeks of ups and downs. Since last week’s...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto’s Means Are Its End – as Crypto-Statists Well Know
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 6 Crypto’s Means are Its End,...
Braiins OS Publishes Open Source Firmware for Mining Rigs
This week the software developers behind the mining operation Slush Pool have announced a new organization alongside releasing an open...
Line Launches dApps Part of Its Blockchain-Based “Line Token Economy”
Line Corporation, a Japanese Internet firm and the operator of the country’s most popular messaging app, has announced plans to launch...
The Daily: Fiat vs Crypto Laundering, Bitcoin Anniversary Cash-Ins
Welcome to another weekend filled with tales of cryptocurrency intrigue. From shameless Bitcoin anniversary cash-ins to exaggerated claims...
Exchanges Roundup: Ledgerx Readies ETH Futures, Coinbase Partners With Caspian
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, anonymous sources have stated that Ledgerx is preparing to launch ETH futures...
Popular Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Ditches All Government Currencies
In what could be construed as calling the casual enthusiast’s bluff, BTC maximalists at the Samourai project announced, “All fiat currency...
Payments Platform Wirex Launches Iban for Spanish and French Users, Doubles Account Limits
Wirex on Friday announced it had introduced International Bank Account Numbers (Iban) on its Euro accounts for customers in Spain and...
European Regulator Renews Restrictions on Crypto-Based Derivatives
Europe’s securities watchdog, ESMA, has decided to extend the restrictions applied to a number of financial derivatives, including...
Free Crypto Trading App Robinhood Available in Alaska and Oklahoma
“Alaska, thanks for bearing with us,” popular smartphone trading app Robinhood tweeted. “Trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies,...
US Federal Judge Rules My Big Coin a Commodity, CFTC Can Pursue Charges
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that My Big Coin is a virtual currency meeting the definition of a commodity, which falls within the...
Chopsticks API Gives BCH Application Developers Options During a Contentious Fork
On Thursday, September 27, Eminent.ly developers announced the launch of an application programming interface (API) called...
Bitcoin Group SE Reports Half-Year Profit Surges 300% to $3.86 Million
German digital currency exchange Bitcoin Group SE reported on Friday a first-half net profit increase of more than 300% to €3.33 million...
Developers Unveil Two New Bitcoin Cash Full Node Clients Written in Go
The creators of the counterparty.cash protocol and Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia have announced two separate Bitcoin Cash full node...
The Daily: Coinbase Launches Bundles, Coinswitch Supports Trading Without Account
Crypto exchange Coinbase will present its clients with the option to buy bundles of multiple cryptocurrencies and access useful...
Varanida is Aiming to Improve the Experience of Web Users, Advertisers, and Publishers with the Blockchain
The advertising industry is broken. In today’s digital era the internet is a place where we gather information, connect with others,...
India’s Zebpay Shuts Down Exchange Activities
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in India, Zebpay, is shutting down its exchange activities due to the crypto banking ban...
Gaming and Blockchain Leaders Unite in Alliance to Disrupt the Status Quo
A coalition of industry-leading gaming and blockchain companies have formed an alliance aimed at bridging the two to increase adoption....
Bad Cryptocurrency Projects Have Squandered Millions of Dollars
Cryptocurrency scams take many forms. But one thing they all share is the goal of enriching their founders at the expense of investors. If...
PR: CrowdForce Launches ICO For Blockchain Based Agency Banking & Data Collection Platform
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Cryptocurrency Mining Giant Bitmain Files for IPO in Hong Kong
Bitmain Technologies, the cryptocurrency mining firm co-founded by billionaires Jihan Wu and Ketuan Zhan, released public financial...
Colombia Crypto Exchange Asks New President for Banking Help
Alejandro Beltrán of Colombia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Buda.com, effectively shuttered by banks in the country refusing to do...
RBI Denies Creating Crypto, Blockchain and AI Research Unit
India’s central bank has reportedly denied setting up a unit to research cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence as the...
BCH Roundup: Markets and Developments Leap Ahead This Week
There’s been a lot going on within the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem lately as both BCH markets and infrastructure developments this week...
Debit Card Issuer Bitnovo Announces Bitcoin Cash Support, as Acceptance Continues to Grow
Bitnovo has launched support for bitcoin cash (BCH). Starting September 27, users of Bitcard and N26 account, both bank-free product...
SFOX Adds Support for Litecoin Giving Institutional Investors the Chance to Diversify
A cryptocurrency dealer, aiming to provide trading services for high-volume traders and institutional investors, has today announced it is...