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Colorado Investigating Three Cryptocurrency Firms
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies is investigating three cryptocurrency firms for promoting unregistered initial coin...
Lloyd’s of London Insures Cryptocurrency Custody Service Kingdom Trust
According to the institutional cryptocurrency storage platform Kingdom Trust, the company is now insured by the world’s largest insurance...
A Brief History Of Cryptocurrency and Sports Partnerships
eToro has announced an advertising partnership with seven Premier League Football clubs. The deal was settled with Bitcoin and represents...
New Bill Clarifies Crypto Taxation in Poland
A new draft introducing amendments regarding the taxation of crypto incomes has been published in Poland. The bill differentiates between...
China to Overtake US as Leading Blockchain Developer: PwC Survey
While the US currently stands as the world leader in blockchain technology, China could very soon overshadow America in terms of...
Pangolin Miner Claims 16nm ASIC Miner Will Compete With 7nm Machines
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been reporting on the wide variety of new cryptocurrency miners entering the digital asset economy. Some of...
Decentralizing the Web: Handshake, Akash and the Quest for Censorship-Resistance
Censorship-resistance is a hot topic right now. On an internet where prominent voices are being silenced and deplatformed, and free speech...
Morgan Creek Launches Digital Asset Index Fund for Institutional Investors
Morgan Creek Digital, an asset management firm backed by multi-billion dollar investment advisor Morgan Creek Capital Management, has...
Bitcoin is Cool: St. Louis Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has published another research paper validating bitcoin’s legitimacy as a currency, even when used...
Details of Iran’s National Cryptocurrency Unveiled
Iran has been developing a national cryptocurrency, a move that could allow them to evade US economic sanctions. Informatics Services...
Blockchain Platform Streamr is Creating a Network of Tradeable Data in Real-Time
In today’s digital age we give away our personal data without too much thought in exchange for services. Yet since the Facebook...
Indian Exchange Resumes Fiat Deposits and Withdrawals Using New Method
An Indian cryptocurrency exchange has come up with a new method to allow its users to deposit and withdraw rupees despite the crypto...
PR: SPIN Protocol – a New Blockchain Solution for Fast Growing but Easy to Manipulate Influencer Marketing
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The Daily: Chinese Crackdown Continues, ICO Head Faces 15 Years in Prison
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover stories about the latest development in the ongoing Chinese government crackdown on online...
Report Finds Mining Activity and Bitcoin Exchange Development in North Korea
A report by South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) suggests that North Korea has been mining cryptocurrencies, according to...
Nicehash Returns 60% of Coins Stolen in the Hack
Nicehash, the cloud mining service that got hacked in December, has returned 60 percent of the stolen bitcoins, according to local media....
Synthetic Bitcoin Is 100x More Lethal Than the Real Thing
Derivatives trading isn’t new, but it’s been enjoying a renaissance of late. As the cryptocurrency market has traded sideways, traders...
Crypto-Backed Lending Platform Blockfi Approved to Operate in California
Back in July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the cryptocurrency-backed USD lending platform, Blockfi, which raised $52.5m from investors in...
Investor Information Portal Launches Jobs Board for Cryptocurrency Industry
If you are looking for new avenues to increase your cryptfolio, one of the more direct ways to do so is to get involved with a project so...
DOJ Special Agent Empathizes With Bitcoin Adoption in Venezuela
In an interview conducted earlier this month at the Chainxchange blockchain convention, Lilia Infante, a special agent with the U.S....
EXCLUSIVE: 3D Gun Proponent Cody Wilson Defiant, Offers Firearm Blueprints for Sale
In an exclusive interview with Matt Aaron of the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network, Cody Wilson of Defense Distributed explains how he planned...
Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Debate: One CPU Equals One Vote
If you are a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponent you’ve definitely been hearing a lot about the upcoming hard fork scheduled for November 15....
Iran Expected to Lift Cryptocurrency Ban in September
The deputy for innovative technologies at the Central Bank of Iran, Nasser Hakimi, has stated that Iran’s financial regulator will be...
Reserve Bank of India Forms Unit on Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, AI
The central bank of India has reportedly formed a special unit tasked to track emerging technologies such as those related to...
Hydroelectric Dam in New York Repurposed as Crypto Mining Farm
A hydroelectric dam in eastern New York State is being converted into a dedicated crypto mining farm, taking advantage of low-cost,...
The Daily: Binance Launches Incubator, Coinbase Adds Info on Top 50 Cryptos
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover stories about Binance exchange launching an incubator program meant to help the...
Investments, Offshores, Foreign Trade – Russia Planning for Crypto
With regulations on the horizon, high-ranking officials in Russia have come up with ideas on how to harness cryptocurrencies when,...
PR: The World Blockchain Forum Returns to London Bigger and Better Than Ever
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Bitcoin Mining is Big Business in Montana: US Senator Works to Protect Industry
Bonner and Butte, Montana are home to two of the largest bitcoin mining facilities in North America. They’re also subject to a major...
Thailand Updates ICO Licensing Progress, Warns Firm Issuing Token Without License
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed the number of applications it has received from businesses wanting to operate...
Blockchain Survival Show Blockbattle to Premiere on Asia Economy TV
Asia Economy TV plans to broadcast a new blockchain survival television show called ‘Blockbattle — Who’s the Next Satoshi’ on October 19,...
Venezuela Bolivar Re-Denomination Gets Smartphone App
Hyperinflation has taken off to cartoon proportions in Venezuela, leaving the government to take rather drastic steps in trying to restore...
Hyperinflating Venezuela Bolivar Re-Denomination Gets Smartphone App
Hyperinflation has taken off to cartoon proportions in Venezuela, leaving the government to take rather drastic steps in trying to restore...
Fomo Then Failure: A Post-Mortem of 2018’s Worst ICOs
It has been a testing year for ICOs. Market conditions have made launching a tokensale more challenging than a year ago, when even the...
Markets Update: BTC Tests Major Descending Trendline
The BTC markets are testing a key resistance area, with price action appearing to be making a third point of contact with a major...
Bank of America Files Patent for Cryptocurrency Custody System
The Bank of America Corporation has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office for a secure means for the storage and custody of...
Bitcoin-Themed Hostel Opens in Scenic Brazilian Town of Paraty
Located between the mountains and the sea not far from Rio de Janeiro, Paraty is renowned among travelers to Brazil for its scenic views....
Bitcoin Price Could Fall to $3,000, Says One of Crypto’s Most Bullish VCs
Anthony Pompliano, founder and partner, Morgan Creek Digital Assets has predicted that bitcoin could fall as low as $3,000 in a complete...
Bitcoin (BTC) Transaction Value Passes PayPal at $1.3 Trillion
So far this year, Bitcoin has processed more than $1.3 trillion, placing it ahead of the latest numbers from both PayPal and Discover. THD...
New CNBC Documentary Explores the Cultism of Bitcoin
To outsiders, Bitcoin is a weird and wacky cult. Its devotees adhere to their own acronym-filled jargon, and have monetary theories that...
Crypto Exchange Okex Introduces Stricter KYC Rules
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Okex is enforcing tightened identity verification procedures. Daily withdrawal limits will soon...
Japan Roundup: No Excessive Crypto Regulation, Quoine Launches New Platform
Japan’s top financial regulator says it does not intend to excessively curb the crypto industry. Licensed Japanese crypto exchange Quoine...
Regulations Round-Up: Tokenized Securities in Singapore, China Warns of Illegal Fundraising
In recent regulatory news, Chinese authorities have issued a warning seeking to encourage citizens to be skeptical regarding the...
This Week in Bitcoin: Islamic Exchange, Self-Regulation, Social Trading
In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief we reported about a new Islamic trading platform, a couple of steps towards self...
Banks Freeze Company’s Accounts After Owner Traded on Localbitcoins
The owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle retailer, 50cycles, recently had his company’s accounts with HSBC and Barclays frozen...
P2P Exchange Options Increasing for Crypto Traders in India
Since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank, banned banks from providing services to cryptocurrency businesses,...
Bitcoin Journalist Pioneer: Jamie Redman Has Over 2,000 Articles Published
Journalist Jamie Redman is a pioneer. He’s one of first writers in the world to make his living by covering the cryptocurrency ecosystem....
Tron Transactions Surge On Twitter and Telegram, With 11+ Million TRX Sent
Tron’s crypto community is taking full advantage of a new platform that makes it easy to send TRX through Twitter and Telegram. Shortly...
Report: North Korea to Hold a Crypto Conference
North Korea is reportedly planning to hold a conference devoted to blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies. The event, said to have...
Bitcoin Lost: The Heroic and Maddening World of Crypto Wallet Recovery
David Veksler of Walletrecovery.info has seen it all. News.Bitcoin.com caught up with the man many in the ecosystem call upon when the...
An In-Depth Conversation With Coinbase Engineer Josh Ellithorpe
There’s been a lot going on within the crypto-ecosystem and this week news.Bitcoin.com chatted with Josh Ellithorpe, Senior Software...
Regulations Round-Up: 21-Year-Old Arrested, Coinbase Files for Patent
In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency regulations, Alibaba and Tencent are collaborating with Chinese authorities to monitor and...
Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies See Some Small Gains This Weekend
Over the past few days, a good portion of cryptocurrency assets have been increasing in value. In fact, this Saturday, August 25, 19 out...
Wendy McElroy: The Key to the Crypto Revolution’s Success is Overlooked
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 4: State Versus Society Chapter 10, Part 1 The Key to the Crypto...
Indiegogo Facilitates Issuance of Securities Tokens
Indiegogo, a popular crowdfunding website, is allowing an Aspen-based luxury ski resort to issue and distribute securities tokens via its...
The Daily: China Escalates Crackdown, Russia Chases Shadows, UK Warns of Scams
Following the closing of social media accounts of crypto news organizations and after forbidding hotels from hosting crypto-related...
$1.1 Million Landmark Crypto Fraud Case Establishes CFTC Jurisdiction
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) helped bring a fraud case to court, hoping to both assist in its ultimate prosecution...
Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Expanding Into European Market
One of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinsquare, is expanding into the European market. This is the exchange’s first...
BCH Roundup: Millions of Merchants, More Tokens, and Clashing Visions
There’s been a lot happening within the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem over the last week as far as development and upcoming announcements...
SEC Wants Second Look at Nine Bitcoin ETFs
One day after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected proposed rule changes for nine bitcoin ETFs, the Commission...
Mt. Gox Creditors Can File Rehabilitation Claims by October 22
Victims of the Mt. Gox hack can now file rehabilitation claims under a new procedure announced by the trustee of the exchange, Nobuaki...
Bitcoin.org Owner Announces the ‘Cobra Client’ BCH Node Software
Just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder in the cryptocurrency space, one of the most untrusted characters within the Bitcoin...
Dash Is in Trouble
2018 hasn’t been kind to cryptocurrencies, with every major asset except for BNB recording a loss for the year to date. Dash has been...
A Look at Two More Bitcoin Cash Token Projects in the Works
Since the Bitcoin Cash upgrade last May there’s been a sudden emergence of token creation protocols introduced to the BCH protocol. Lots...
Two Norwegian Miners Scrutinized for Low Taxable Incomes
Two Norwegian cryptocurrency miners have garnered national media attention after declaring taxable incomes of less than $20,000 USD...
The Daily: Crypto Exchange Rents Pricey HK Offices, UAE Realtor Sells Homes for Crypto
Crypto trading platform Bitmex has reportedly rented some of the world’s most expensive offices, in a Hong Kong skyscraper. Also in...
Bitcoin ATM Card Goes Metal, Offering Cryptocurrency Cash Back
Revolut Metal is the latest offering from the United Kingdom-based digital bank, Revolut. It claims to return cryptocurrency cash back on...
PR: Brock Pierce and Company Will Bring Together Exchanges, and Regulators Around Spanish Crypto Summit Futurama
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Blockchain Enters “Trough of Disillusionment” According to Gartner
Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm specializing in the financial and IT industries, recently published a report that asserts...
Japanese Star Honda Receives $40 Million in Crypto to Promote Exchange
Japan superstar professional soccer player, entrepreneur and investor Keisuke Honda, 32, was appointed by the Japanese crypto exchange...
Another Japanese Company Developing 7nm Bitcoin Mining Equipment
Besides GMO Internet, another Japanese company is working on producing 7nm mining equipment. Triple-1 has been working on its 7nm bitcoin...
GPU Manufacturing Giant Nvidia Leaves Crypto Mining
Media accounts are leaning toward blaming a supposed lack of interest in cryptocurrency as the reason US chip behemoth Nvidia has backed...
Bank of Thailand and 8 Commercial Banks Developing Central Bank Digital Currency
Following the adoption of the country’s first cryptocurrency regulation, the central bank of Thailand is working on its own digital...
Liechtenstein Bank to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency Backed by the Swiss Franc
Union Bank AG, a bank in Liechtenstein that offers corporate banking services mainly to companies based in Germany, Switzerland, Austria...
Bitmain Unveils New 18 Terahash Water-Cooled Bitcoin Miner
On August 23, the China-based firm Bitmain Technologies revealed the company’s latest mining device, the Antminer S9 Hydro. The newly...
Cryptocurrency Card Issuer Wirex Granted E-Money License in the UK
European crypto card provider Wirex has been awarded an e-money license by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. The accreditation...
PR: INLOCK Strengthens Advisory Board with Addition of Bitcoin.com COO Mate Tokay
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Simple Ledger Token Creation Platform Launches on the BCH Network
During the second week of July news.Bitcoin.com reported on a Bitcoin Cash-powered token creation proof-of-concept called the Simple...
Ripple Believes Its Cryptocurrency is More Decentralized Than Bitcoin
Ripple Labs, Inc is big on decentralization right now. Stung by criticism that XRP is a centralized currency, and the very real risk that...
The Daily: Proxy Bitcoin, Simjacking, Zencash Becomes Horizen
In today’s Bitcoin in Brief, we’ve got details of a new interoperability alliance to create proxy tokens such as bitcoin that can be...
PR: The New Era of Jewellery Pioneered By The Pure Diamond Blockchain Project
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China Continues Crackdown: No Hotels, Malls, Offices Used as Crypto Venues
Zheping Huang, reporter for South China Morning Post, claims to have verified authenticity of online documents urging further crackdowns...
Swedish Tech Company to Trade Crypto Fund in Exclusive Partnership With German Bank
Stockholm IT Ventures AB (SITV), a Swedish technology company specialized in cryptocurrency production, announced that its subsidiary,...
Regional Government Announces Opening of Largest Crypto Mining Farm in Russia
The largest cryptocurrency mining farm in Russia has opened in the Leningrad Region, according to the regional government. The facility is...
Bitcoin ETFs Rejected Again: SEC Denies 9 Hopefuls in 3 Decisions
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued three published decisions, covering nine different Bitcoin ETFs....
P2P Cryptocurrency Lending Grows Increasingly Popular in China
China is reportedly witnessing a surge in peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency lending amid the country’s recent liquidity crunch and the...
Hiding Bitcoin Cash in Pictures With the New Pixel Wallet App
There’s been a lot of development since the last Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade this past May. Now, this week a unique light client called...
Someone Wins $3 Million Jackpot in Ethereum Ponzi Fomo3D
Fomo3D, a controversial but highly popular ethereum gambling game, has its first jackpot winner. The aim of the game is to purchase the...
Markets Update: Record Shorts Drive Short-Lived BTC Squeeze
The BTC markets rallied today, with a minor short squeeze quickly driving the price up by more than 5% in less than half an hour. The...
PR: Coinseed Announces Crypto Trading Contest – Prize of $1000
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