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Popular Smartphone Apps Are Adding Crypto Capabilities
20.9.2019
News of Japan messaging giant Line’s September 17 launch of an app-connected crypto exchange is captivating lots of attention in the crypto and tech industries this week. Other initially non-crypto apps are also entering the market, adding native tokens, tipping functions and cryptocurrency...
Taxation Isn’t Just Theft – It’s Bad for Crypto Adoption
18.9.2019
Crypto awareness is reaching levels almost unimaginable just years ago, with telecommunications giants, big banks, mainstream media, and even professional sports teams now discussing and flouting digital assets. AT&T now allows customers to pay their phone bills in bitcoin, Japanese SMS giant...
Coil, Mozilla, Creative Commons Offer $100M Grant for Web Monetization
17.9.2019
Ripple-backed Coil, Mozilla and Creative Commons are jointly donating $100 million for a program aimed at monetizing web content
Cryptocurrency Domains Have Become Hot Property
23.8.2019
Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology have become mainstream terms and are now featured in most dictionaries. Crypto-related terms have a lot of value when they are tethered to a web domain, and these days digital currency domains are prime real estate, with some selling for up...
FomoHunt Becomes First Merchant to Accept Huobi Tokens as Payment
22.8.2019
Users can now make purchases with Huobi Tokens on e-commerce and cryptocurrency news platform FomoHunt
New Booking CEO: Crypto Will Continue to Grow Mainly Outside the US
20.8.2019
CEO of online travel giant Booking Holdings said that blockchain-based currencies will gain more popularity especially outside the U.S
Deloitte Rolls Out Demonstrational Blockchain Platform
19.8.2019
Deloitte has launched a demonstrational blockchain platform designed to showcase blockchain applications in various use cases
Argentina’s Peso Collapse Shows Governments Shouldn’t Control Money
15.8.2019
Whenever bitcoin experiences a sharp drop or volatility, mainstream media analysts jump to declare that cryptocurrency isn’t stable enough to be considered money. The double-digit crash of the Argentine peso in one day, simply due to an election in the country, can be said to prove the same...
Normalizing Negative Interest: It’s Flabbergasting How Closely Media Parrots the Government
12.8.2019
Negative interest rates have been making big headlines lately, as several countries and big banks are now experimenting with the unorthodox monetary policy. While typically viewed as a last-ditch effort to shock some life back into struggling economies, these policies are getting a shiny new spin...
Online Sentiment Toward Crypto Market in 2019 — Attitudes Are Positive
7.8.2019
Barring some mainstream media articles, most crypto-oriented content online present the industry in a good light, social media platforms driving sentiment change
Mainstream Media Hails Bitcoin as Safe Haven Amidst Market Turmoil
6.8.2019
While global financial markets are in the midst of a massive turmoil, with the U.S. S&P 500 stock market index selling off more than 3%, even the mainstream media are starting to pay attention to potential bitcoin’s safe-haven properties.
Several major media outlets, ranging from Bloomberg to CNBC...
Large Regulated Token Sales Indicate ICOs May Be Coming Back
28.7.2019
Initial coin offerings have seen a significant decline in popularity, but they are not to be written off completely. Although you don’t hear the term “ICO” so often nowadays, some recent regulatory developments indicate they have a place in the digital economy realm. Crowdfunding...
How Big Hydro Power Partners With Bitcoin Miners to Prevent Energy Waste
22.7.2019
We are often told that the verification of bitcoin transactions eats a lot of energy. The largely inaccurate comparison to a small country, the size of Ireland or Denmark, is evoked thanks to numerous clickbait headlines. What mainstream media fails to explain, however, is that bitcoin mining...
Visa Makes Its Second Investment into a Crypto Startup
10.7.2019
Visa has made its second investment in a crypto startup by co-leading a $40 million funding round with Blockchain Capital
Scientist Mines Bitcoin on Computer Model Used by Apollo Missions
9.7.2019
American scientist managed to mine Bitcoin on a 52-year-old Apollo Guidance Computer, one of the computers used by NASA to navigate moon landings
Former Bitmain CEO Opens New Cryptocurrency Startup
8.7.2019
The former CEO of Bitmain, Wu Jihan, has launched a new cryptocurrency startup based in Singapore
BrewDog Now Lets You Buy Company Shares Paying With 10 Cryptocurrencies
5.7.2019
Scottish craft beer brewery now accepts 10 cryptocurrencies for its crowdfunding that has raised $90 million since 2010
Major Chinese Financial News Provider Quietly Adds Crypto Index
4.7.2019
Sina Finance, major Chinese financial news source, has silently launched crypto index on its mobile app, according to local reports
Survey: Facebook’s Stablecoin Libra Unlikely to Become Mainstream
2.7.2019
Per Jefferies’ recent survey, Facebook’s users are unlikely to purchase Libra
Deutsche Bank: ‘Aggressive’ Central Banks Making Bitcoin More Attractive
26.6.2019
A dovish U.S. Federal Reserve is one of the reasons for the recent surge of bitcoin prices, according to Deutsche Bank lead strategist