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Uzbekistan Legalizes Crypto Exchanges and Trading
A new presidential decree legalizes cryptocurrency trading in Uzbekistan, introducing licensing for crypto exchanges and a set of...
The Daily: Luxury Car Dealership Accepts Bitcoin, Basketballers to Earn Crypto
In today’s edition of The Daily we cover stories about a famous American billionaire’s luxury car dealership accepting bitcoin...
Lawmakers Have Defined Blockchain – Badly
Bitcoin is many things to many people. To some, it is a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash, just as Satoshi intended. To others, it’s...
Bitcoin Hits $24,000 In Iran After Government Okays Mining
The world’s most expensive bitcoin core (BTC) price is in Iran. A combination of high foreign currency demand, economic sanctions...
‘Crypto-Accessibility’ – Panda Exchange Expands Crypto-to-Fiat Trading Markets
This week Panda Exchange, a cryptocurrency trading platform, led by the Colombian team Panda Group and CEO Arley Lozano, announced that...
Bitcoin ATM Maker Develops Payment Solution for Cannabis Dispensaries
The legal US cannabis industry growing strong where local authorities have stepped out of its way. However, in combination with banks and...
Citizens Reserve Reveals Blockchain-Based Ecosystem Designed to Unite Fragmented Supply Chains
A high tech startup led by entrepreneurs and former Deloitte blockchain executives has today unveiled an industry agnostic supply chain...
Bitcoin Cash Stress Test Goes Beyond 24-Hours Setting New Records
On September 1, Bitcoin Cash proponents led a community-driven stress test by sending millions of transactions in one day. In fact, the...
Online Pharmacy UK Meds Partners with Stratis to Adopt Blockchain
Online pharmacy UK Meds has partnered with Stratis to implement blockchain technology across its UK operations with plans to collaborate...
$800M BTC Wallet Reactivates: Tens of Millions to Exchanges
Speculation has been swirling around a BTC wallet held dormant for over four years that is suddenly showing movement. That it contains...
Goldman Sachs Out: No Crypto Trading Desk, Markets Fall
Investment bank Goldman Sachs is ditching its plans to open a cryptocurrency trading desk, reports detail. It was only early last month...
Major Indian Bitcoin Exchange Discusses the Aftermath of RBI Ban
It has been about two months since the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) went into effect. News.Bitcoin.com talked to...
The Daily: Bitcoin Art Merges Canvas and Augmented Reality, Bitmain IPO Update
In today’s edition of The Daily we feature an interesting art exhibition which merges augmented reality technology with oil paintings...
Four Alternatives to Shapeshift
The news that Shapeshift is to move to a full custodial model, requiring KYC for anyone who wishes to swap cryptos, has sparked a wave of...
PR: Bitcoin Depot Launches 20 Crypto ATMs in Southern California
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material....
ShapeShift’s Memberships Are the End of an Era
ShapeShift, known for years for its no-questions asked instant transmissions has announced a new feature: mandatory memberships. The move...
Shapeshift Moves to Membership Model Requiring User Information
Non-custodial crypto trading platform Shapeshift has introduced a membership program which will soon be mandatory. CEO Erik Voorhees...
Africa and its Antiquated Banking: Cryptocurrencies The Solution?
Africa has steadily accelerated the switch to modern technologies. But can a continent facing a crisis with antiquated banking...
Belgium Warns of 28 New Fraudulent Crypto Platforms – 78 in Total
Belgium’s Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has published a list of cryptocurrency platforms showing signs of fraud....
Iran Officially Recognizes Cryptocurrency Mining
As economic sanctions start to bite, Iran is now looking to cryptocurrencies to ease the damage. The world’s third-largest oil-producer...
Bittrex to Delist Bitcoin Gold Over 51% Attack
Over the last nine months, news.Bitcoin.com has reported on the many misfortunes the project Bitcoin Gold (BTG) has experienced. The...
How About Chocolate Bitcoins? 6 for a Dollar
Supermarket chain Walmart is selling candy bitcoins, at least according to a photo posted in crypto forums. A dollar will get you half a...
Six Bitcoin Cash Point-of-Sale Solutions for Merchants
These days it is easier than ever for online merchants and brick and mortar shops to accept bitcoin cash. Today we’re going to introduce...
Google Announces Availability Of Ethereum Dataset On Big Query For Smart Contract Analytics
Following its decision to make the Bitcoin dataset publicly available for analysis on it’s infrastructure server earlier this year,...
US Retail Giant Walmart Eyes Blockchain to Improve Delivery Process
US retail giant Walmart is exploring to use blockchain technology to improve the delivery process. A new US patent filing published on...
Roger Ver and Jimmy Song to Debate Bitcoin on Blockchain Cruise
Next Monday will witness an eagerly anticipated debate between two of bitcoin’s leading figures. Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver and Bitcoin...
Crypto Facilities Launches Perpetual Futures on Five Cryptocurrencies
UK-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Crypto Facilities has launched perpetual futures contracts on five cryptocurrencies. The...
Crypto Support Teams Are Overlooked, But They Are Helping to Drive Mass Adoption
When you think of the cryptocurrency market you may not necessarily think about the crypto support teams that are often the first point of...
The Daily: Wirex Adds Ethereum, Deutsche Börse Embraces Blockchain
The Tuesday edition of our daily roundup is jam-packed with tidbits, snippets, and other terms used to describe stories-in-brief that...
Abra Launches Services for SEPA Bank Account Holders
Cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, Abra, has announced the launch of support for customers holding Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) bank...
Lisk Core 1.0 Successfully Migrated to Mainnet
Lisk, the public blockchain platform that allows users to develop decentralized blockchain applications in JavaScript, has announced the...
21,000 New Locations Across Canada, Europe, Australia to Purchase Bitcoin Cash
Netcoins, an over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage and virtual ATM software company, announced this week it was enabling bitcoin cash (BCH) for...
Japanese Company Trials BTC and Smart Contracts in Real Estate Transactions
A Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company has built a cryptocurrency settlement platform for real estate transactions. The firm has tested the...
Russians Design а ‘Beautiful’ Mining Rig
A Russian design studio has developed a “beautiful” cryptocurrency mining rig. The fashionable “Freer” is a modular,...
Mainstream Media Narrative Sensationalizes Chinese Crypto Crackdown
An American academic has written an article criticizing dominant media narratives surrounding China’s regulatory actions pertaining to...
Two Exchanges Publish Contingency Plans for November BCH Fork
This weekend two exchanges have released details on how they will handle the November 15 Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork if there happens to...
British Artist Sells Entire Collection for Crypto via Wechat
The London and Los Angeles-based artist once dubbed “the next Andy Warhol” by actor Michael Caine, Lincoln Townley, has sold an entire...
Exchanges Round-Up: DMM Bitcoin Launches Biometric Authentication, Ironfx Seeks Gibraltar Licensing
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, DDM Bitcoin has launched biometric authentication for Android users of its app,...
Markets Update: While Cryptocurrency Traders See Gains, Shorts Stack Up
Cryptocurrency markets have shown some strength over the last seven days as many digital assets are up between 3 to 40 percent. At the...
Philippine SEC to Publish Draft Crypto Exchange Regulations Next Week
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring regulating cryptocurrency as trading platforms, according to SEC...
Binance Wants to Invest in Africa, Reaches Out to African Projects
Africa is a market of over 1.2 billion consumers, with fast growing developing economies and hundreds of millions of unbanked people. As...
Ethereum Developers Reduce Ether Rewards to 2 ETH, Delay ‘Difficulty Bomb’
Ethereum developers have decided to delay the “Difficulty Bomb” by agreeing to include the code for such a change into...
Indian Officials Visit Regulators in Japan, UK, Switzerland to Study Crypto
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has sent officials to Japan, the UK, and Switzerland to study cryptocurrency and initial coin...
Vnx Exchange Set To Unlock Liquidity For Venture Capital Industry, Announces New Board Member.
VNX Exchange has announced the development of a decentralized marketplace and trading platform, where investors and accelerators can buy...
California Passes Bill Defining Blockchain and Crypto Terms
A draft law designed to amend California’s legislation to create legal grounds for the implementation of crypto-related technologies has...
The Daily: Bittrex Invests in New Platform, ATM Market to Grow Over 50% a Year
In Monday’s edition of The Daily we cover the news that Bittrex exchange has invested in a new Malta-based trading platform aimed at...
Is Craig Wright About To Kill Bitcoin Cash?
Let me get one thing out of the way at the start of this article. Bitcoin Cash isn’t going to literally die. That is all but...
Bitcoin On Air: 100 Reasons to Explore the World of Cryptocurrency
In less than a year, eight months to be exact, Matt Aaron and his team have grown the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network (BPN) by 100 episodes....
Japan Introduces New Screening Requirements for Crypto Exchanges
Japan’s financial regulator has reportedly introduced new screening requirements for crypto exchanges seeking approval to operate in...
10 Songs That Show Bitcoin’s Influence on Pop Culture
Eminem surprised rap fans this week by dropping his new album ‘Kamikaze’. For cryptocurrency enthusiasts there was an extra point of...
New Study Highlights the Many Positives of Bitcoin Mining
It’s become fashionable in public circles to bash Bitcoin on account of its energy consumption. Virtually every week, mainstream media...
Satis Predicts Market Cap of Cryptocurrencies Exceeds $1 Trillion in 2021
Initial coin offering (ICO) advisory firm, Satis Group, has published a report detailing a number of predictions for the cryptocurrency...
New Satoshi Challenger Tells All — But Is He Legit?
Just recently we reported on new information concerning the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto. Following a summary of suspects, we ended the...
Venezuela’s Cryptocurrency Petro Has No Users, No Investors and No Oil to Back It Up
The petro has stirred up a lot of debate among the cryptocurrency community. Some believe it is a successful example of using the...
50 Percent Energy Rate Hike for Crypto Miners Approved in Central Washington State
The commissioners of a public utility district in central Washington State have unanimously approved a rate hike for cryptocurrency...
The Daily: Asian Crypto Jobs on the Rise, Colombia to Cut Taxes for Crypto Firms
The number of jobs and job seekers in the Asian crypto space is growing, according to leading recruiters in the region. Also in The Daily,...
South Korean Lawmaker Proposes Special Crypto Zone for ICOs
A South Korean lawmaker has reportedly proposed designating a regulation-free special cryptocurrency zone aimed at initial coin offerings....
The Bitcoin Standard: BCH Troll Slayer Faces BTC’s Angriest Man
Bitcoin Cash’s (BCH) troll slayer Derek Magill is back at it, and this time he’s facing down a pretty fierce opponent. Saifedean...
Stress Test & Big Blocks: BCH Network Confirms 2M Transactions in 24-Hours
On September 1, 2018, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network was put to the test as BCH proponents flooded the mempool with millions of...
Russian Police Seize 22 Cryptocurrency ATMs in 9 Cities
Law enforcement officials in Russia have seized 22 BATMs installed at stores and restaurants in 9 different cities. The confiscation has...
Japan’s Largest Bank Experiments Using Own Crypto at Convenience Store
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups, has been experimenting with using its own cryptocurrency, the...
As Zimbabweans Struggle For Cash, Even The Country’s Only Bitcoin ATM Has Run Dry
The Golix bitcoin ATM took on obvious importance when it was first introduced in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, early April. In a country...
August Markets Report: Heavy Selling Across Leading Crypto Markets
Looking at the monthly charts, the leading cryptocurrency markets experienced heavy selling during August – with the top five crypto...
New Information Heightens Satoshi Nakamoto Mystery
For close to ten years many people have been on the hunt for the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of the decentralized technology called...
Exchanges Round-Up: Price Spread and Institutions, Brazil Surveys Exchanges
In recent news pertaining to exchanges, Sfox has attributed a reducing spread in the price of BTC across exchanges to the increased...
Wendy McElroy: The Crypto Revolution Will Not Be Centralized
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 2 The Crypto Revolution Will...
Transaction Fee Mining Exchanges: Highly Popular, Highly Controversial
You might not have traded on Fcoin or Bitforex, but you’ve probably heard their names mentioned in crypto trading circles. These exchanges...
The Daily: Mycrypto Raises $4 million, Islamic Crypto Exchange Sets Foot in Malta
Wallet solution Mycrypto has raised $4 million to build a platform allowing users to create new wallets, the full details of which are in...
Japan’s National Police Installing Crypto Transaction Tracking System
The Japanese National Police Agency is reportedly installing a system to track the flow of crypto transactions in order to aid...
Rakuten Acquires Crypto Exchange to Fast-Track Into the Japanese Market
Japanese mega e-commerce and internet company Rakuten Inc. is entering the crypto space. Instead of submitting a new application to the...
Viabtc CEO Proposes BCH Organization to Establish Standards
On August 31 the CEO of the firm Viabtc, Haipo Yang, published a blog post proposing the establishment of a standardization organization...
Kiev’s Bessarabsky Market Accepts Cryptocurrencies for Groceries
Bessarabsky market, a landmark of Ukraine’s capital, is introducing crypto payments. Fruits and vegetables are already sold for a number...
August 2018 Volume Rankings Report: ETC and Dash Top Ten
During August, the monthly volume posted by the majority of leading cryptocurrency markets continued to decline. Despite such, the ETC and...
A Complete A-Z of Stablecoins
Stablecoins have proliferated this year, so much so that it’s been hard to keep track of them all. In a bid to remedy that,...
Wormhole Developers Address Rumors Concerning Protocol Security
On August 1 news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Wormhole project and the BCH burned to create Wormhole Cash (WHC) tokens. Since then there’s...
Why Andreessen Horowitz Made its Biggest Investment in Crypto to Date
Created by Google, Microsoft, and Intel engineers, Dfinity Foundation is set to be the crypto sector’s biggest private token sale of 2018...
The Daily: Cboe Close to Ether Futures, Brave Boasts Millions of Downloads
Cboe is getting closer to launching ether futures and we’ve covered the report in The Daily. Also, Brave has reported 10 million downloads...
1,000 Cryptocurrency POS Terminals to be Distributed in Brazil
Indonesian point-of-sale (POS) terminal maker Pundi X Labs (Pundi X) has struck a distribution deal with Brazilian company BitCapital to...
A Former Mine in Norway is Providing a Sustainable Alternative for Bitcoin
Where miners once stood to mine olivine, computer equipment has now taken centre stage. Located in the fjords of Norway is a former...
160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, Regulator Reveals
Japan’s top financial regulator has revealed exclusively to news.Bitcoin.com the number of crypto exchanges seeking to enter the...
Meet the New Sentiment Analysis Tools Empowering Smarter Trading
The field of sentiment analysis (SA) is evolving rapidly. Since news.Bitcoin.com last covered the subject in May, two new platforms have...
Yahoo! Finance Rolls Out Bitcoin Core, Ethereum, Litecoin Trading
“The virus is spreading,” tweeted Morgan Creek Digital’s Founder & Partner Anthony Pompliano at the news Yahoo! Finance (YF) had...
Korean Province to Replace Local Currencies With Crypto
An eastern South Korean province plans to issue its own cryptocurrency to replace the local currencies of its nine cities, according to...
How to Monitor the BCH Stress Test and Get Involved
It’s getting close to the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network stress test and many BCH proponents are preparing for the occasion. BCH supporters...
Square’s Big Week: Crypto Patent, Shares Leap and Lightning Plug
Smartphone app payments company Square has had a pretty big week. It was revealed the company is further dipping its toes in the...
Report Finds Crypto Mining Incidents Have Risen 1000% in 2018
Cybersecurity company Trend Micro has revealed that between January and July 2018, its researchers detected unauthorized crypto mining...
Storing a Lot of Bitcoins in One Wallet Is a Bad Idea
Interest has piqued in a bitcoin wallet that’s lain dormant for four years. This week’s movement of the funds it contains, worth close to...
MyCrypto Raises $4 Million Led By PolyChain Capital to Build a Crypto-Friendly Interface for Users
MyCrypto has announced it has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round led by crypto hedge fund Polychain Capital. The funds are...
Blockchain For Enterprise Enabler Unibright Announces Beta Release
A little more than three months after reaching its soft cap, the blockchain for enterprise enabler Unibright has made progress by signing...
Report: Miner Spends Only $1567 per Bitcoin
Electricity is the number one cost for cryptocurrency mining, giving an edge to whoever can secure it for the lowest price. Bitfarms,...