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Autopsy of the Bitconnect Implosion: Ponzi, Centralization, Governance
Ponzi lending smart bot scam Bitconnect finally did what most sane observers predicted long, long ago. It went splat. And it didn’t...
US Sheriffs Welcome $1.7 Million Windfall After Students Plead Guilty to Stealing 5,400 BTC
Two Jacksonville students are facing up to two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing $4 million worth of bitcoin. The pair...
Neo Approaches Record High But Centralization Concerns Persist
After gaining 2,300% in six months and launching a string of eagerly anticipated ICOs, Neo is quite the success story. It’s that rare...
PR: PodOne Adds Veteran Industry Insider to Team and Launches ICO to Revolutionize the Contact Center Industry
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Survey: Indians See Brighter Crypto Future than Americans
Despite repeated government warnings against crypto investing, a sizable majority of Indians feel optimistic about the future of...
Bitcoin Cash Added to Keepkey Wallet, Exchanges in India and Hong Kong
Bitcoin cash (BCH) adoption by cryptocurrency companies is continuing, offering new options for users. It has now been added by a hardware...
PR: 3D – Token ICO Attains Soft Cap and Launches Network Hubs’ Affiliation Program
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South Korean Regulator: In Reality Impossible to Close Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) does not have the authority to close cryptocurrency exchanges. “It is impossible in...
Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Raises $75 Million from VC Investors
Good news for everyone that has been trying to get their hands on a hardware wallet but found retailers to be completely out of stock in...
PR: Betex Blockchain P2P Binary Options Platform Raises $1 Mln in the First Round of Pre-Sale
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Chip Giant TSMC Expects Strong Demand for Cryptocurrency Mining to Continue
The world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, TSMC, expects that the bitcoin mining industry will continue to grow this year,...
Trump Says Section 201 Solar Trade Case Decision Coming Soon
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would announce a decision soon on whether to slap tariffs on imported solar panels, and...
Ethereum Suffers From Blockchain Bloat
24,270 tokens. 27,358 pending transactions. 463,713 digital kittens. By Rachel Rose O'Leary Ethereum has hosted a lot of activity...
Shell Bolsters Renewables Bet With Stake in US Solar Company
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is investing in a U.S. solar energy developer, continuing its recent expansion into the electricity business. The...
ACWA Power Adopts Blockchain Currency SolarCoin
Saudi Arabian energy company ACWA Power has started to use a blockchain currency. ACWA is utilizing SolarCoin, a crypto-currency that is...
Social Network Yours.org Raises $1.5m to Introduce Cryptocurrency to the Masses
Crypto-focused social network Yours.org, which enables contributors to earn bitcoin cash for creating content, is poised to ramp up its...
New US $65 Million Bitcoin Mining Facility is Among Largest Data Centers in North America
Virginia Beach, Virginia isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of bitcoin mining activity, but that appears to be changing, and soon. A local...
Cboe Bitcoin Contracts Slide 36 Percent as January Futures Expire
Chicago Board Option Exchange (Cboe) historic bitcoin futures market has had its first month, and results are decidedly mixed depending on...
South Korean Officials Caught Trading On Insider Knowledge of Crypto Regulations
South Korean government officials have reportedly been caught insider trading. They sold all of their cryptocurrency holdings and profited...
Austrian Bitcoin Miner May Seek an IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 2018
Are you an environmentally conscience stock investor looking to add some bitcoin exposure to your portfolio without fearing you might be...
Visa CEO: Bitcoin is Not a Payment System
Visa, the world’s largest credit card company, is widely regarded as being hostile to Bitcoin. It would seem intuitive that a traditional...
Mark Cuban’s NBA Team Mavericks to Sell Tickets for Bitcoin “Next Season”
The NBA has hundreds of millions of fans all over the world, and at least some of them will soon be exposed to the mainstream use of...
Ethereum Network Congestion Forces Exchanges to Halt Withdrawals
Scaling problems that have been sporadically affecting the Ethereum network have resurfaced. While bulls and bears were battling it out in...
As Trump Tries to Bring Back Coal, EU Leaders Up Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Targets
While the US energy leaders were debating Secretary Perry’s proposed rule to reward coal and nuclear power for resiliency, over in Europe,...
St. Louis Federal Reserve Reps in Favor of Cryptocurrencies
Aleksander Berentsen and Fabian Schär of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis have recently published an article that emphasizes many of...
Crackdown on Bitcoin Hits Businesses in Bali
Having issued a stark warning to “all parties” against any use of “virtual currency”, Bank Indonesia has now joined forces with local...
Egypt Readies for 2 GW of Solar PV Capacity
Ugo Salerno, CEO of RINA Consulting explained in an interview that to date Egypt gets only 1 percent of its energy from renewables. With...
Despite Regulations, One South Korean Crypto Exchange Rises to the Global Top
Amid regulatory uncertainty, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has grown rapidly, offering 121 cryptocurrencies and over 200...
Tesla’s Battery in Australia Is Surpassing Expectations
It’s just over one month since the Hornsdale Power Reserve was officially opened in South Australia at the Hornsdale wind farm. The...
Venezuela Considers Selling Its ”Oil-Backed” Cryptocurrency With a 60% Discount
The advisors of the Venezuelan government have recommended that the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, be sold in private...
Google Wins Zayed Future Energy Prize
The award is a public endorsement of the giant corporation’s work in renewables and clean energy — the company has been carbon neutral...
Crypto Bloodbath Leaves Altcoins Swimming in a Sea of Red
Anyone glancing at their Blockfolio app on Tuesday morning would have been in for a rude awakening. With every single cryptocurrency...
Classified Ads Site in South Africa Reports Increase in High-Ticket Bitcoin Listings
Online classifieds and community website, Gumtree South Africa, has reported a significant increase in the number of listings posted...
Six Ways to Ruin Your ICO Before It’s Even Started
ICOs are like weddings: months of planning comes to one big day. If the event goes off without a hitch, it will bring in a lot of money....
215,000+ Sign Petition Against South Korean Crypto Regulation – Government to Respond
A national petition against extreme cryptocurrency regulations in South Korea has exceeded 200,000 signatures, the requirement for the...
Bitcoin Cash Tip Bot ‘Tippr’ Distributes Thousands of Micropayments
A new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) tip bot that lets anyone send small microtransactions using BCH called ‘Tippr’ is gaining a lot of traction on...
Bitconnect Shuts Down Its Exchange Citing a String of Excuses
In a move that will surprise few observers, Bitconnect has announced that it is closing its lending and exchange platform. The company has...
Businessman Outright Buys Two Electric Power Stations to Do Bitcoin Mining in Russia
China has dominated the bitcoin mining industry for a couple of years, but fears of a government clampdown are signaling now might be the...
Hackers Steal $400k from Users of a Stellar Lumen (XLM) Web Wallet
Another cryptocurrency service provider has been hacked, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of losses to Stellar users this...
US Regulators Look to Europe for Offshore Wind Permitting Approach
The way that developers approach offshore wind project planning for permitting in the U.S. could follow the lead of Europe’s successful...
Metropolitan Bank Denies Ceasing Cryptocurrency-Related International Wires
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on the company Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (NYSE: MCB) allegedly ceasing international...
Cryptocurrency App Users Increase 14-Fold in South Korea
The number of cryptocurrency app users in South Korea has increased 14 times in the last 11 weeks to approximately two million users,...
Japan’s Largest Bank to Launch Cryptocurrency Exchange
As bitcoin trading becomes the new mainstream in Japan, leading financial firms are stepping in to offer services to preserve their market...
How Big Will Brazil’s Wind Power Market Get?
In northeast Brazil, beyond the resorts and pristine beaches, lie some of the world’s best winds for generating electricity. Welcome to...
Cornell Researchers: Bitcoin Not as Decentralized as Assumed
Cornell University researchers, using the Falcon Relay Network, have concluded that neither of the two most popular cryptocurrency...
Solar Grabs Half of Global Renewables Investment in 2017, Reaching $161 Billion
In its recently released annual figures, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that solar lead the way in global renewable energy investments....
China to Coordinate Against ”3,000 Fake Blockchain” Platforms
This week China’s central television (CCTV 2) reported the Peoples Bank of China (PBOC), its Ministry of Public Security, in coordination...
New Commission to Tackle Energy Transformation Geopolitics
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this week launched the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation,...
New Cryptocurrency Exchanges Proliferate in South Korea Despite Regulation
New cryptocurrency exchanges are rushing to launch in South Korea despite regulatory uncertainty due to high demand and lucrative business...
France Appoints a Cryptocurrency ‘Mission Leader’
Week after week regulators and governments have been announcing plans to regulate digital currencies like bitcoin. This week in France on...
Companies Deny Having Bitcoin or Blockchain Services Amid China’s Clampdown
After Xunlei was questioned about Initial Miner Offerings (IMO), multiple public companies clarified that they did not and will not...
Some UK Mortgage Lenders Refuse to Serve Bitcoin Investors
British bitcoin investors trying to use their earnings to buy real estate are facing difficulties in securing loans from mortgage lenders....
The Futility of Government Bans – Bitcoin Always Finds a Way
Cryptocurrencies have been threatened at one point or another by nearly every country on the planet. Rarely does a government venture...
6 Charts that Will Make You Optimistic About Clean Energy
By Daniel Wood Cartographic Specialist, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy Over the last few years, we’ve been in the...
The Temple of Turbine: Building Haliades for the Block Island Wind Farm
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Solar in the Caribbean — An Installation in Saint Lucia
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Meet the Recipients of the U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Awards
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Take a Visual Tour of Vermont’s Kingdom Community Wind Project
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Power Generation Week 2015 Featured Speakers
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Top states for renewable energy
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The Energy Storage Industry Charges Into San Diego, California
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FPL’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center
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Solar Power International 2015 Greatest Hits
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Solar Powered Houses of This Year’s DOE Solar Decathlon
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8 Notable Moments from the GRC 39th Annual Meeting and GEA Geothermal Energy Expo in Nevada
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Manzana Wind Power Project Creates Renewable Energy and Local Jobs
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The 100-MW Gainesville Renewable Energy Center
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The PV Salvador Solar Project
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Biomass Electricity at Thunder Bay Generating Station
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POET’s Project Liberty
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Wanapam Dam Spillway Response
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Making the Blade Photoessay: How and Where Wind Turbines Get Their Swoosh
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Photoessay: A Day in the Life of a Wind Farm Operator
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The Best Power Projects of 2015
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Net Metering in Review: 10 State Policy Updates from 2015
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Google Search Volume for Bitcoin Keywords Increased by as Much as 1000% During 2017
Following bitcoin’s incredible performance and increased media coverage during 2017, there is no doubt that bitcoin has witnessed...
Coingeek Funds Terabyte Block Initiative for Bitcoin Cash With 3.6M Euro
On January 15 the cryptocurrency media outlet and blockchain company Coingeek owned and operated by the financial tycoon Calvin Ayre...
Discuss Crypto While Promoting Peace – Have Lunch in Paradise with Roger Ver
CEO of Bitcoin.com Roger Ver, popularly referred to as Bitcoin Jesus for his dogged advocacy of censorship resistant currency, is an...
Luno Exchange Bank Account Frozen by Malaysian Tax Officials
Over the past few weeks, regulators and financial institutions have been reacting to the worldwide popularity of bitcoin and other...
EV Batteries Recycled for Grid Use Get Boost with $4.1M Investment
A U.K. company that turns used electric vehicle battery packs into stationary energy storage has secured a £3 million (US$4.1 million)...
GDAX Will Open the Bitcoin Cash/BTC Order Book on Wednesday
Are you looking to trade in your old bitcoin with its high fees and slow transactions for a brand new bitcoin cash? Or, you just want to...
Surging Power Bills Spark Rush for Household Solar in Australia
Australia, one of the world’s biggest users of rooftop solar panels, likely added the most new capacity on record last year as electricity...
Moscow Exchange Ready for “Fast and Easy” Crypto Trading
With authorities in Moscow still trying to find their bearings on Bitcoin, the largest Russian exchange has announced its readiness to...
Metropolitan Bank Ceases Cryptocurrency-Related International Wires
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp (NYSE: MCB), one of the fastest growing banks in the United States, is used by a number of major...
Renewables in Middle East to Triple, but Gas Will Still Dominate, Says Siemens
The share of renewables in the Middle East energy mix is forecast to triple over the next 17 years — but natural gas will remain the...
Subscription Energy Fit for the 21st Century
Today, subscriptions are available to just about anything: TV streaming services, at-home meal kits, clothing and more. Now we’re...
Kraken Exchange Returns After Longest Downtime Since 2013
Earlier this week the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken scheduled some downtime to upgrade the trading platform’s system....
Telegram Followers – The New Metric for Cryptocurrency Success
Cryptocurrencies are gauged by the size of their market cap. It’s a crude reckoner, but it’s good enough for most purposes. But what about...
If Your Crypto Doesn’t Have a Mobile Wallet It’s Not Really a Currency
Anyone can create a cryptocurrency. It’s a surprisingly simple process, especially if you copy the codebase of an existing coin and give...
80 Percent of the Total Bitcoin Supply Have Now Been Mined
This weekend marks a milestone for bitcoin as 80 percent of the currency has now been mined into circulation, this means there’s only 20...
























































