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Grayscale Plans to Launch a Cryptocurrency ‘Large Cap Fund’
This Wednesday Grayscale Investments, the sponsor of the Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) has announced a new cryptocurrency investment vehicle...
Australian High School to Host Information Night on Cryptocurrencies
A surge in the popularity of bitcoin among students has prompted an Australian high school to host an information night designed to...
You Can Now Bid for Jamie Dimon Crypto Art Made From Old Credit Cards
“Terrible Store of Value” is a great piece of work if you’re a collector of crypto art that sticks it to the man whilst providing a side...
Seele ICO Sets Up Emergency Response Team After $1.8m Fraud
One would have hoped that by now investors in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) would have learned to be more careful who they trust with...
Korean Supreme Court to Judge Whether Crypto Regulations Are Unconstitutional
The case against the South Korean government over cryptocurrency regulations filed with the Constitutional Court has been referred to the...
PR: The Okoin VR Project – Facts and Trends
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Forbes’ Inaugural Crypto Rich List Is Crass Yet Compelling
Ogling the fortunes of the filthy rich is a popular pastime with the poorer segments of society. It’s been that way for centuries, with...
Leading Australian Banks Allow Customers to Purchase Cryptocurrencies
Three of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks have issued comments regarding their respective policy positions with regards to their customers’...
New Research Suggests Ripple Is Even More Centralized Than Previously Thought
Despite being associated with cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum, ripple’s status as a decentralized currency is a matter of...
Phony PBOC Email Sent to U.S. Media Aimed to Manipulate BTC Price
According to reports on Tuesday, a large quantity of U.S. media outlets were sent an email from an individual claiming to be a...
Bitcoin Up Over 20% as Crypto Markets Regain Poise
In the last 24 hours, the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has increased 25 percent to $352 billion, as per data...
Ethereum Users Are Losing Money and Devs Don’t Quite Know What to Do
As the price of its cryptocurrency ether has soared (and then corrected) in 2018, one thing has remained constant – users continue to lose...
Landmark Senate Crypto Hearing Seen as Mostly Positive by Bitcoiners
Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
PR: StarChain – Reshaping the Entertainment Industry Using Blockchain
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No Strong Case to Ban Crypto Trading, Singapore Says
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has been studying cryptocurrency developments and there is no strong case to ban crypto trading, a...
World Central Banker to Central Banks: Bitcoin Is a Bubble, Ponzi, and Disaster
General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Agustín Carstens, gave a talk at Goethe University in its House of...
Dignitaries, Pundits, and Bigwigs Reveal Their 2018 Crypto-Predictions
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets have been extremely bearish over the past six weeks straight, and many investors are waiting for the...
NFL Superstars Like to Talk About Bitcoin Just Like the Rest of Us
With the Super Bowl now well behind us, NFL players can today focus on what they really care about, bitcoin. You might have thought that...
The European Commission Loves Blockchain’s Transparency – Except for When It Doesn’t
Government officials can’t seem to make their minds up about bitcoin. Politicians like the underlying technology, they are prone to...
Venezuela Invites OPEC Countries to Jointly Develop Oil-Backed Crypto Platform
Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro has invited all OPEC nations to jointly develop a platform for the trading of oil-backed...
Most Crypto Traders in South Korea Remain Anonymous Despite Regulations
Most cryptocurrency investors in South Korea remain anonymous without moving their accounts to the government-mandated real-name system....
Coinbase Is Adding Segwit Support
After months of prevarication, Coinbase has announced that it will add Segwit support to its bitcoin wallets. The much anticipated and...
Russian Bankruptcy Court Orders Debtor to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
The Moscow bankruptcy court has ordered a bankrupt debtor to provide information about his cryptocurrency holdings. The trustee has...
‘Black Monday’ Shows Bitcoin Isn’t As ‘Dangerous’ As Regulators Claim
Looking at mainstream media headlines over the past few weeks shows a lot of columnists and pundits have declared that ‘bitcoin’s bubble...
Australia to Ban Bitcoin Gambling
Australian gambling regulator Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC) has issued an informal ban against all cryptocurrency online...
PR: XinFin Unveils XDC, the Hybrid Blockchain Protocol; Opens Its Utility Token Sale
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Senate Releases Testimonies Ahead of Crypto Hearing
A day before a landmark hearing, a day with screaming headlines about the US stock market’s historic dump, not to mention bitcoin’s 65...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Added to Bitpay’s List of Payment Protocol Support
This past November the largest bitcoin payment processor worldwide, Bitpay, announced the company’s move to integrate a process called...
Intelligence: Pyongyang Trying to Steal Cryptos before Pyeongchang Olympics
Despite some cracks on the icy surface of inter-Korean relations, caused by the Olympic spirit, tensions on the silent crypto front in...
PR: Viola.Ai Wins Investor Award at d10e ICO Pitching Competition at Cayman Islands
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The Solution to the World’s Most Toughest Bitcoin Puzzle Is as Clever as Its Creator
Last week, an enigmatic and fiendishly tricky puzzle that had baffled bitcoiners for years was finally solved. In the process, it earned...
New York Wants a Piece of the Ever Growing Bitcoin Mining Pie
Watch out Canada! New York wants a piece of the bitcoin mining market, securing for its residents revenues and jobs that come along with...
Study Finds Little Correlation Between Tether Printing and Bitcoin’s Price
Over the past few months there’s been a lot of internet chatter concerning the digital currency tether (USDT) and whether or not it’s...
Major British Credit Card Issuers Ban Customers From Buying Cryptocurrencies
Britain’s largest banking group is banning its credit card customers from buying cryptocurrencies including bitcoin. Credit card issuers...
Cryptocurrencies Are Pushing Semiconductor Innovation and Profits
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a growing industry, and mining operations continue to compete by making faster chips and...
Most Korean Crypto Exchanges Unable to Use Government-Mandated System
The majority of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are unable to use the new government-mandated system which was recently...
Russia Drafts Bill to Create Offshore Companies to Trade Cryptocurrencies
The Russian Ministry of Finance is drafting a bill to allow the creation of offshore companies to trade cryptocurrencies. This follows the...
Markets Update: BTC Prices Suffer from a 65% Loss Since December
Bitcoin prices and cryptocurrency markets, in general, have been declining in value for the past six weeks straight with a few bounces...
Roboforex Adds Bitcoin Cash and Three Other Cryptocurrency CFDs for Trading
Another major international leveraged trading brokerage has launched a contract-for-difference (CFD) for Bitcoin Cash paired against the...
Steve Wozniak Liquidates Majority of Bitcoin Holdings To Not Obsess Over Price
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, recently stated that he has liquidated most of his bitcoin holdings whilst speaking at a business forum...
PR: Beat – Introducing a Way to Get Paid for Doing Sports
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China to Block Access to International Cryptocurrency Exchanges
We know you heard this one before, but China wants to ban bitcoin…again. Only this time the government plans to use one of its most far...
Tesla to help roll out world’s largest “virtual power plant” in Australia
The South Australian Government has teamed up with Tesla to roll out the world's largest virtual power plant, which will see over 50,000...
Enterprise Blockchain Finally Ready for a Breakout – Maybe
Instead of the increased efficiency, enterprises have encountered impractically slow transaction volumes; instead of a transparent world...
China Reportedly Cutting Access to Overseas Crypto Trading
A report from Financial News, a website tied to the People's Bank of China (the country's central bank), indicates that authorities there...
7 Tough Legal Lessons for Crypto Entrepreneurs
From Stephen Palley is a lawyer in private practice in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Anderson Kill. The views expressed are his alone....
PR: Zerocoin Aims to Become a Standard Crypto Currency for Online Gambling
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Bitcoin Futures’ Future: Slow, Measured, No Mom and Pop Investors
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy explained in a recent interview how the decision to list bitcoin futures in...
International Market Maintains Demand for Chinese Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware
The future for manufacturers of bitcoin mining hardware in China appears bright despite reports that the Chinese central government will...
Ukrainian Law May Separate Mining from Cryptocurrencies
Ukrainian legislators should separate the regulation of crypto mining from the legal status of cryptocurrencies. The new approach was...
A Look At Service Providers and Tools Supporting the New BCH Cashaddr Format
This past January the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers and community began implementing a new address format called ‘Cashaddr.’ The new...
UNICEF Asks Gamers to Mine Cryptocurrency for Syrian Children
The invention of cryptocurrency is a revolution in modern finance but it has far reaching implications in many other fields as well. For...
Japan’s Leading Low-Cost Airline Details Plan to Accept Bitcoin
Japan’s leading low-cost airline, Peach Aviation, has been working to implement a bitcoin payment system. Recently, there were reports...
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan on the Crypto Radar
Several Central Asian countries have taken steps to embrace cryptos one way or another. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are some of...
This Week in Bitcoin: Half Full or Half Empty?
Doomsdayers out in force; Paul Krugman being Paul Krugman; Tether upto its usual tricks and the usual gamut of scams, schemes, and...
PR: Blockchain Based Messenger App E-Chat: Fork or Not to Fork?
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Markets Update: Long-Term Signals Suggest Bullish Bounce Imminent for BTC
Many technical signals are indicating that the BTC markets may experience a bullish move in coming days following several weeks of heavy...
PR: Smartlands Launches Platform Based on Stellar Network
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Many Token Crowdsales No Longer That Open to the Crowds
The ICO was hailed as the new IPO, offering a more egalitarian way of raising funds. The fact that crowdsales bring in millions of extra...
Crowdfire Founders Plan to Launch Indian Bitcoin Exchange
Cryptocurrencies have grown popular in India, and digital asset markets in the region have seen exponential growth despite uncertainty...
Bitcoin.com’s This Week in Bitcoin Podcast is Mandatory Listening
Veteran podcaster Matt Aaron lends his curation and vocal talent to a smooth few minutes each week in summation of the Bitcoin world’s...
China Censors Cryptocurrency Ads on Search Engines and Social Media
Hong Kong-based media have reported that the country’s major search engines and social media networks do not appear to be presenting paid...
Large European Power Company Will Not Sell Electricity to Crypto-Miners
This week one of Europe’s largest power companies, Enel, has announced the firm has absolutely “no interest whatsoever in selling power”...
Bank of America Becomes the Latest Credit Card-Issuer to Ban Bitcoin
U.S. banks really aren’t big on bitcoin. That’s the inference to be drawn from a widespread crypto crackdown led by major financial...
Trading Tip `The Wall´ – I Was Wrong
Last week, I made an analysis of the bitcoin price situation. My analysis noted that while the rumors of Wall Street price manipulation...
Russia Urges 4 Other Countries to Develop Common Approach to Cryptocurrencies
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has asked the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union countries to jointly develop a common...
Ledger Addresses Man in the Middle Attack That Threatens Millions of Hardware Wallets
Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, which sold over one million devices last year, has alerted its users to a major attack vector that’s...
PR: First Cryptomarketplace Storiqa Has Raised $25 Million
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India’s Finance Minister Confirms Crypto Not Recognized as Legal Tender, Media Panics
India’s Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, has confirmed that the country’s government will not recognize cryptocurrencies as legal tender,...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 5: Privacy, Anonymity, and Pseudonymity (Part 1)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 2 : The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 5: Implementing Crypto...
South Korea Discusses Cryptocurrency Policies With China’s Central Bank
The South Korean Minister of Strategy and Finance has met with the governor of the People’s Bank of China to discuss and share economic...
PR: John Mcafee Joins Decentralized Coding Platform Transcodium’s Advisory Board
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Japanese Financial Authority Inspecting 32 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The Japanese Financial Services Agency has announced that it is inspecting all 32 cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan. This includes 16...
Coingeek Announces Funding the Electron Cash Development Team
On February 1 the cryptocurrency media outlet and blockchain company Coingeek announced it plans to fund the Electron Cash team’s...
Dead again? In Reality Bitcoin Is Up 729% Since Last February
The price of bitcoin has seen some corrections over the years, but really there have only been a few deep cuts. With the bearish dips in...
Another Post-Soviet Jurisdiction Welcomes Crypto Miners
Following in the footsteps of counterparts from former Soviet countries, government officials in Transnistria have attempted to create...
Montana is Home to New 53 Acre, $75 Million Bitcoin Mining Facility
This week, the cities of Butte and Anaconda, Montana, learned bitcoin mining company Crypto Watt LLC secured 53 acres on which they plan...
Missed the Altcoin Craze? Don’t Worry, the Satoshi Is Still Very Cheap
When Satoshi Nakamoto designed bitcoin, his smartest trick wasn’t to cap the total supply at 21 million coins – it was to make each coin...
Cryptocurrency Is Harder to Launder Than Fiat Currency
Bitcoin is a tool for terrorists and money launderers. At least that’s what your elected officials believe. When western leaders are...
12 Reasons Bitcoin Cash is the Real Bitcoin
The following opinion piece was written by Jonald Fyookball. So you’ve heard of Bitcoin Cash — one of the top cryptocurrencies along with...
PR: Lunyr – Blockchain-Based Knowledge Sharing Platform Launches Open Beta
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Philippine SEC to Develop Cryptocurrency Regulations
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicated that it is currently developing a regulatory framework designed to...
Popular Chinese Firm Cheetah Mobile Launches Crypto-Wallet
The Chinese tech giant Cheetah Mobile has announced this week it just launched a new multi-cryptocurrency wallet that stores bitcoin core...
Leaked Document Appears to Show NSA Infiltrated Cryptos, Tor, VPN
A photograph posted on imageboard 4chan appears to show a leaked 21 August 2017 memorandum from the US Army Cyber Protection Brigade. The...
The Cryptocurrency Markets Are Having an Interesting Week
The crypto markets have been having an interesting week to put it mildly. Seas of red and deep cuts have had the vultures circling, the...
Bank of Russia Allows Crypto Mining But Proposes Miners Sell Their Coins Overseas
The Bank of Russia said it will allow cryptocurrency mining in the country, given tax, control, and reporting considerations. However, the...
Japan Unfazed By Recent Exchange Hack Realizing Cryptocurrencies Not to Blame
Japanese investors are undeterred by the recent Coincheck hack and the general public is now more interested in cryptocurrencies due to...
PR: Neurogress Enabling the Future Now at the Speed of Thought
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Senate of Nigeria Launches Probe of Bitcoin Trading in the Country
Nigeria is known to have one of the biggest and fastest growing bitcoin markets in the whole of Africa. The authorities in the country...
AMD Increases GPU Production to Match Crypto Mining Demand
Responding to strong market demand, AMD is planning to increase production of graphics cards which are currently in short supply. The...