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Republican Candidate Austin Petersen Accepts the Largest Campaign Contribution Paid in BTC
This week the Republican Senate candidate Austin Petersen announced he accepted the largest federal election campaign contribution settled...
Crypto Industry Reacts to US Senate Hearing Remarks
"Bullish." "A sigh of relief." By Bailey Reutzel, Marc Hochstein & Stan Higgins These were just some of the comments that came from...
New Crypto Exchanges Launch in South Korea Despite Lack of Fiat Deposits
A number of new cryptocurrency exchanges are launching in South Korea despite being unable to provide full service due to regulatory...
Roles of Regulators Decided in India, Rules on Bitcoin Coming Soon
India will soon have its own rules on bitcoin. The responsibilities of various regulators have been determined, a high-ranking official...
PR: Marketing Cloud Lydian Announces New Investment from Prolific Blockchain Investor, Chris Rouland and Announcement of New Advisors
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Bitcoin Private Fork Aiming to Make Bitcoin Anonymous
Bitcoin’s latest fork is just weeks away and this one’s a little different from the rest. Rather than simply tinkering with Segwit or...
Japan Cracks Down on Foreign ICO Agency Operating Without License
The Japanese financial regulator will be issuing its first warning since the legalization of cryptocurrencies as a method of payment in...
PR: Revain Token Gets Listed on OKEx
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Internet Pioneer John Perry Barlow Who Influenced Assange & Snowden Dead at 70
John Perry Barlow is dead. Your unacknowledged soulmate, he was what everyone would call an internet pioneer, understanding early...
BCH Wallet ‘Handcash’ Enables Bitcoin Cash NFC Transactions
On Saturday, February 10 a new bitcoin cash (BCH) wallet was announced called, Handcash, an SPV client that enables Near Field...
Bitcoin is “Under-Owned” Among Institutional Investors says Dan Morehead
The CEO and founder of Pantera Capital, Dan Morehead, recently told media that bitcoin is “under-owned” by institutional investors despite...
U.S. Lawmaker Wants Ethics Committee to Form Bitcoin Disclosure Guidelines
This week Colorado House Representative Jared Polis sent a letter to the U.S. House Committee on Ethics asking the organization to propose...
The City of Berkeley, California Considers Doing Cryptocurrency ICO
The famed hub of American 1960s radicalism and counterculture, Berkeley, California is at it again. Dormant for a few years, the US...
Nuclear Engineers Arrested for Mining Cryptocurrency Using Government Supercomputer
Russian nuclear scientists working at a top-secret nuclear center have been arrested for allegedly using the center’s computer facilities...
Trading Tip `the Wall´ – Disappearing Premiums Signal Bearish Mid-Term Outlook
Up until now, bitcoin has largely been behaving as an uncorrelated asset. This got a lot of people excited, categorizing bitcoin as a...
PR: Luxure Global Citizen Statement – Luxury Rewards Platform for the World’s Most Prestigious Brands
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France and Germany Urge Discussions on Crypto Policy at G20 Summit
High ranking officials from France and Germany have issued a letter urging the finance officials of other nations to discuss the...
The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 5: ICOs – Peril or Menace or Expression of Satoshi Spirit? (Part 2)
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 2 : The Moral Imperative of Privacy Chapter 5: Implementing Crypto...
Ledger X President: $50K Bitcoin Bet Saw a $1M Premium the Same Day
Last year on December 22 a firm purchased a $1 million dollar options trade on the Ledger X platform that wagered the BTC/USD market price...
Law to Legalize Crypto Mining Introduced in Armenia
Armenia may soon follow in the footsteps of countries like Belarus in regards to crypto regulation. Newly proposed legislation provides...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitgrail Suspends Operations After ‘Losing’ $170 Million of Nano
Bitgrail, an exchange whose primary purpose was to facilitate the trading of nano, has folded after ‘losing’ 17 million XRB, valued at...
India’s Tax Department Issues Notices to 100,000 Crypto Investors
India’s Income Tax Department recently announced that it has issued notices to 100,000 cryptocurrency investors. The announcement came in...
PR: Dr. Moe Levin Joins Advisory Committee at Energy Platform 4NEW
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New Reports Shine a Spotlight on Tether’s Legal Status
Rarely a week passes when Tether, the company responsible for issuing the USD-pegged cryptocurrency of the same, isn’t in the news. In the...
When Bitcoin Prices Dump Salty Buttcoiners Pop Bottles of Champagne
Over the past few weeks, bitcoin markets have slid from the near $20K price region all the way down to $6K territory and there’s one crowd...
Meet Bitcoin’s New Rock Star; CFTC’s J. Christopher Giancarlo
A strange thing happened on the way to the decentralized digital currency revolution: a cop – a regulator – seems to have salvaged...
Bitcoin’s Volatility Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Another suicide has made its way to media scrutiny, and crypto markets plummeting was promptly highlighted as the ultimate cause. It’s...
Myetherwallet Relaunches as Mycrypto Following a Hostile Twitter Takeover
Myetherwallet, the web’s most popular client-side ethereum interface, has announced a surprise rebrand. The service will henceforth be...
Russia’s Largest Bank Caught Employees Mining For Crypto
Russia’s largest bank, the state-controlled Sberbank, has reiterated that it is not mining cryptocurrencies. However, the bank says that...
U.S. Marshals Auction Completes the Sale of 3,800 BTC
The U.S. Marshals revealed this week it completed the auction that saw the sale of 3,813 bitcoins ($31Mn USD) on January 22. The bitcoins...
Coincheck Announces JPY Withdrawals Will Resume Next Week
This Friday the Japanese exchange Coincheck has announced the resumption of yen (JPY) withdrawals will begin next week. The news follows...
Hong Kong Cracks Down on Securities Tokens – 7 Crypto Exchanges Targeted
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has sent letters to seven cryptocurrency exchanges regarding their listings of securities...
Arizona Closer to Accepting Bitcoin and Regulating ICOs
Arizona may become the first U.S. state to legalize bitcoin as a payment option for tax purposes. Bills to that end have been advancing in...
PR: Broker Platform Serenity – Why Do We Need Another Mediator Between the Market and the Trader?
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What’s needed to unlock the real power of blockchain and distributed apps
With cryptocurrency prices reaching all-time highs and total market capitalization topping $800 billion recently, everyone wants to know...
IRS Prepares to Bring Down the Hammer on Bitcoin Tax Cheats
US residents still have two more months to submit their annual federal tax returns, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has already...
The IRS Takes Its Tax Evasion Hunt to the Blockchain
As the adage goes, there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. For any U.S. bitcoiners considering wriggling out of the latter,...
PR: Bitcoin’s Parallel Ecosystem – Claim Your Bitcoin Parallel (BCP) and Bitcoin Parallel Clearing (BCPC) on February 12th 2018
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Thanks to Mainstream Media, the Public Are Clueless About Cryptocurrency
Did you hear that bitcoin’s dead? Or how about the new coin that’s going to be the next ethereum? Also, there’s this cryptocurrency called...
Bitcoin Couture Makes Its Debut at New York Fashion Week
While New York Stock Exchange traders were grappling with a market in freefall, elsewhere in the city this week all eyes were on more...
NY Regulator Demands Vigilance Against Market Manipulation from Bitlicense Firms
Accusations, rumors and fears of manipulation in the cryptocurrency market have been around for a long while now. The most recent one...
Cryptocurrency Trader Sues T-Mobile for Giving Hackers Control of His Account
Cryptocurrency use requires great personal responsibility with regards to data security. Investors need to not only make sure they are...
SEC to Focus on Cryptocurrency and ICO Fraud as Top Priority
The financial inspectors of the SEC publish their top priorities at the beginning of every year in an effort to improve compliance,...
Besides the Meme Jokes Crypto-Enthusiasts Are Actually Buying Lamborghinis
The luxury Italian sports car, Lamborghini, otherwise referred to as the “Lambo” has become a ‘holy grail’ for some cryptocurrency...
Thai Government Cannot Stop Crypto Use – Regulatory Framework Expected in a Month
Thailand’s financial agencies have agreed that regulators cannot stop the use of cryptocurrencies within the country. The relevant...
PR: Crypto Backed Loans Platform MoneyToken Has Announced the Private Sale
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Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Start Forming a Well Defined Uptrend
Cryptocurrency markets are starting to slowly inch back upwards after many digital assets lost roughly 40-70 percent of the values they...
Physical Bitcoin Mining Hardware Store Bitmart Opens in South Africa
Bitcoin might be magical internet money, but it has a very physical side in the form of the mining equipment needed to maintain the...
Venezuela Found Foreign Investors for Petro Cryptocurrency Pre-Sale Starting This Month
Venezuela says it has found a number of foreign investors for the pre-sale of its “oil-backed” national cryptocurrency, the petro....
Korean Prime Minister: Closing Down Crypto Exchanges ‘Not a Serious Consideration’
The South Korean prime minister has emphasized that closing down cryptocurrency exchanges is not a serious consideration. His statement...
PR: Steve Outtrim (Etherical) Interviews Alessandro Chiolerio (3D-Token)
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More Crypto Jobs in India, Despite Delhi’s Stance on Bitcoin
Jobs and applicants for employment in the cryptocurrency sector have increased substantially in India, despite current attitudes in Delhi...
Weiss Ratings Defends its Decision to Give Bitcoin Only a C+ Grade
Wall Street is known for being a cut throat place where shrewd business people play as tough as possible in order to make gains or their...
Which new crypto for 2018 do you think will grow more than 100x?
Have noticed a lot of people having trouble finding websites with information about upcoming Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and which ones...
Bitcoin Cash Markets Recover — While Infrastructure Support Increases
This past week bitcoin cash (BCH) markets have been suffering from the bearish sentiment plaguing cryptocurrencies across the board. On...
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...