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5,200 Tobacco Shops in France Now Sell Bitcoin
11.10.2019
Bitcoin can now be purchased at 5,200 tobacco shops in France. Fintech startup Keplerk launched the service on Oct. 10 after halting it for many months. France’s 24,000 licensed tobacco shops have diversified into non-tobacco products to boost revenue. Also read: IRS Issues New Crypto...
Ripple Invests $750,000 to Bring XRP to Crypto Wallet BRD
11.10.2019
Mobile wallet provider BRD plans to add XRP support to its iOS and Android apps
Draper-Backed Startup Launches .Crypto Domains on Ethereum
11.10.2019
Unstoppable Domains, which builds domains on blockchains, has just launched a .crypto extension that can replace public crypto addresses
Australia’s Perth Mint Launches First-Ever Sovereign Gold Crypto Token
11.10.2019
Australian government-owned Perth Mint has launched a gold crypto token. An InfiniGold Precious metal digitation company supported the launch. The launch is said to be an initiative to digitize its gold assets. This accreditation certification is issued by Perth Mint and is guaranteed by...
Tim Draper Bets on New .Crypto Domain to Replace Wallet Addresses
11.10.2019
Crypto domains allow payments of any cryptocurrency and are expected to simplify transactions
Bitcoin to Return to 5,200 French Tobacco Stores + 15 More Crypto News
11.10.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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5,200 French tobacco stores will begin selling Bitcoin again after a false start. The project is the brainchild...
Spanish Firm Aragon to Open Registration Doors for Aspiring Judges to Settle DAO Disputes
11.10.2019
Spain-based reputed startup platform, Aragon has broadcasted the news that it will launch a form for the registration of interested individuals who are aspiring to sign up as judges for the platform. These judges will play a pivotal role in settlement of disputes and the enforcement of contracts...
Binance CEO Recommends 'No More News' About This Chinese Crypto Secret
11.10.2019
Peculiar discussions have started in the Cryptosphere this week, as Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, seems to have confirmed that users can buy crypto through WeChat and AliPay with cash in China. And while both companies firmly deny this, other reports suggest...
If Bitcoin Fails, Crypto Industry in for a Bad Time: Cardano Founder
11.10.2019
“If Bitcoin fails, the whole industry’s probably in for a really bad time,” says Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson
Turkey Throws Another Wrench Into the USD’s Works and Joins Russian Swift
11.10.2019
The dominance of the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency is being robustly challenged on all fronts. Other geopolitical powers and smaller but important players are unwilling to accept the political influence Washington exerts through its fiat money. And in times of trade wars, sanctions...
POKKET Announced Partnership With Chaion to Boost Cryptocurrency Development
11.10.2019
One of the major partnerships in the crypto world, POKKET, has inked an agreement with Chaion. This partnership will be effective from October 2019 onwards, and POKKET revealed the information in this regard. Note that POKKET has always been very careful in selecting its strategic partners,...
Australia’s Gold Mint Is Backing a Crypto Token on Ethereum
11.10.2019
The government-owned Perth Mint is backing a new digital token aimed to allow investors to trade and settle gold in real time
If You’d Bought These Coins in 2014, This Is What You’d Have Made
11.10.2019
Fall is here, and it’s a good time for reflection, regrouping and gearing up for the coming new year. In the case of crypto, looking back at the markets of the past puts things into similar perspective. An examination of the top 10 cryptocurrencies of just five years ago sheds light on...
Russian Legislators in Crypto ‘Compromise’ as Law Is Delayed Again
11.10.2019
In a move that will surprise nobody, Russia’s parliament will again postpone its long-awaited cryptocurrency regulations.
As previously reported, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had set the Duma a deadline of November 1 for the finalization of the “On Digital Assets” bill, which passed its first...
U.S. Warns Visa, Mastercard to ‘Proceed With Caution’ Regarding Libra
11.10.2019
In the wake of Paypal’s very public exit from the Libra project, U.S. lawmakers are now pressuring Stripe, Visa and Mastercard to rethink their membership of the Libra Association as well. On October 8, three letters from two U.S. senators urged the tech and finance giants to “carefully...
RP9 Mining aims to grow its portfolio with own crypto mining machine
11.10.2019
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Cryptocurrency mining still manages to capture the imagination of users, more than a decade after Bitcoin mining became a truly global phenomenon. Yet, both the current and prospective miners face changing fortunes related to price...
‘Teenage Bitcoin Millionaire’ Co-Founds $1 Million Investment Fund for Crypto Startups
11.10.2019
Erik Finman's $1 million fund will make seed-level investments in startups dealing in banking and decentralized finance
Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows in Southeast Asia via Alchemy’s PoS System
10.10.2019
The payments and technology provider Alchemy recently announced the launch of the startup’s hybrid payment solution, a platform that aims to connect cryptocurrency with retailers worldwide. Alchemy’s crypto solution features integration with Qfpay, a well known third-party payment...
Why the Maximalist Narrative of Just Hodl and Wait Is Unsustainable
10.10.2019
It’s encountered all over the crypto space these days — the idea that the only correct way to “Bitcoin” is to hold and not spend, and to desperately lash out on crypto Twitter at anyone who thinks differently. But what ever happened to Satoshi’s original call for...
FATF AML Regulation: Can the Crypto Industry Adapt to the Travel Rule?
10.10.2019
Bitpanda Exchange CEO said the crypto industry will face up to the FATF’s travel rule: “The effects on the industry will be immense, but the industry will cope with that and adopt”