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Altcoin Season Trending – LINK, XTZ, BSTX, HBAR Gain Up to 120% in 24h
12.2.2020
The last few days have shown bullish price activity across the list of top cryptocurrency markets. There’s been a lot of focus on coins like BTC, ETH, BCH, and EOS, but digital assets like HBAR (120%), STX (52%), XTZ (20%) and LINK (13%) have seen much larger gains this week. The cryptoconomy...
US Defense Contractor Seeks Cryptocurrency Exploiters
12.2.2020
U.S.-based intelligence services firm BAE Systems, Inc., is looking for so called cryptocurrency exploiters
Fed Chair Powell Reveals US Response to China’s Digital Yuan, Libra, Public Payments Ledger
12.2.2020
In his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell answered a number of questions regarding digital currencies. While stating that “a ledger where you know everybody’s payments” is not a problem in China, he believes it is...
US Military Contractor BAE Systems Wants to Hire ‘Cryptocurrency Exploiters’
12.2.2020
The role will require candidates to have experience in working with the intelligence community
CipherTrace Releases Anti-Money Laundering Report for Q4 2019
12.2.2020
Crypto-blockchain forensic project CipherTrace has released the anti-money laundering report for the last quarter of 2019, and the results are saddening, to say the least. The results indicate that the doubts raised by politicians globally are not mere speculations, but have a certain level...
Tether on Algorand – Algorand Cements Its Position as 1012, A Major Ethereum Challenger for 2020
12.2.2020
Tether, the world’s most used stablecoin, with an estimated daily trading volume of 40-64 billion, announced that they would be partnering with Algorand. Traders will now have the option to use the USD-backed stablecoin on the Omni, Ethereum, Tron, EOS, and Algorand blockchains. Regarding this...
What’s Next for Crypto Crime in 2020?
12.2.2020
As the crypto market grows, there is an increased focus on a crime carried out using digital currencies. In the last few years, cryptocurrencies have broken out of the ‘currency of the criminals’ mold and been widely adopted. Eighteen percent of all Americans and 35 percent of all millennial...
Bitpay Partnership With Poynt Enables Crypto Payments at 100,000 Point-of-Sale Devices
12.2.2020
On February 11, the Atlanta-based payment processor Bitpay announced the firm’s recent partnership with the company Poynt. Now retailers will be able to support cryptocurrency payments using point-of-sale devices and crypto users will be able to pay with digital currencies at more than...
Bitcoin Cash Captured More Than 10% of Darknet Sales Last Month
12.2.2020
2019 was an interesting year for darknet markets (DNMs) and a number of marketplaces closed for a variety of reasons. Despite the closures, crypto payments on DNMs doubled for the first time in five years. Moreover, statistics from the blockchain analytics provider 1000x Group show digital...
Cryptocurrency Proponent Andrew Yang Ends Presidential Bid
12.2.2020
Presidential contender Andrew Yang dropped out of the race Tuesday. He advocated for clear crypto guidelines in the U.S. during his run
From Star Trek to Wikipedia: Crashing Bitcoin SV Fails to Impress
11.2.2020
The Bitcoin SV network and the infamous Craig Wright have been publicly scrutinized by two well known individuals. Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales criticized BSV technology and said he doesn’t think recorded data from Wikipedia would be beneficial stored on a blockchain like BSV. Moreover...
Trump Views Crypto a Threat, Proposes Countermeasures in New Budget
11.2.2020
The White House released the Budget of the U.S. Government on Monday, outlining some proposals to increase cryptocurrency oversight which President Donald Trump views as priorities. The budget proposes giving the Treasury more power over crypto and requests funding for FinCEN to expand its efforts...
Binance Adds Russian Ruble Support on Peer-to-Peer Platform
11.2.2020
Binance has added the Russian ruble to its peer-to-peer exchange platform
Ethereum Classic Labs Collaborates with Fantom Foundation and Xar Networks
11.2.2020
Yesterday, ETC Labs formed a collaboration with the Fantom Foundation. Ethereum Classic Labs announced this update on its official Twitter handle on February 10. The announcement met with a great response as the tweet was reposted 66 times and attracted 144 likes. ETC Labs is definitely moving...
How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started
11.2.2020
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more than a few easy routes to acquiring cryptocurrency and this article aims to outline five of them. By way of these simple avenues for purchasing bitcoin you can...
40 Banks in Germany Declare Intent to Offer Crypto Services Under New Law
11.2.2020
More than 40 financial institutions in Germany have reportedly declared to the country’s financial regulator, BaFin, their interest to offer cryptocurrency services under the new German law. News.Bitcoin.com reached out to the regulator for some more information. The law, which went into...
Solving Information Leakage in Off-Exchange Crypto Trading
11.2.2020
What can prevent information leakage and guarantee data safety to attract institutional investors into the crypto trading
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
10.2.2020
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared to other digital assets. Some venture capitalists and analysts plan to short XRP, while other speculators believe the crypto is poised for a price jump in...
Bitcoin Taxation Support Growing Industry – Here are 5 Useful Cryptocurrency Tax Calculators
10.2.2020
For crypto owners looking to estimate how much they owe in taxes, there are some platforms with a free crypto tax calculator. They integrate with major crypto exchanges and wallets, allowing you to import your crypto transaction data and start calculating your taxes for free. Some of them also...
Blockchain.com Leads ‘Seven-Figure’ Investment in Its Exchange Partner
10.2.2020
Popular crypto wallet service Blockchain.com has led a “seven-figure” funding round in its exchange partner Wintermute Trading