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Swiss Banks Team With Fintechs to Enter the Crypto Space
25.9.2019
Multiple joint projects between banks and crypto companies based in Switzerland now offer customers the opportunity to invest in digital assets and take advantage of banking services related to cryptocurrencies. It’s all happening in a regulated environment, generally friendly towards...
Bitcoin Cash-Accepting Mayoral Candidate ‘Nobody’ Hosts Keene’s 420 Rally
25.9.2019
There’s an individual called ‘Nobody’ competing to be the next mayor of Keene, the libertarian enclave and crypto mecca located in New Hampshire. On September 21, the bitcoin cash-accepting mayoral candidate announced the 10th anniversary of the annual 420 Rally will be held this...
Economic Turmoil: The Chances and Challenges for Blockchain and Crypto
23.9.2019
While political uncertainty and economic gloom abound, will crypto and blockchain technology save the day or suffer a collapse? #Sponsored
Iranian Government Proposes Annual License for Bitcoin and Crypto Miners
19.9.2019
Government documents reveal a draft proposal for new cryptocurrency mining regulations in Iran
How Crypto Became a Gambler’s Paradise
16.9.2019
Comparing cryptocurrency trading to gambling is like comparing crypto tribalism to religion: the analogy is correct, but it’s also tired. What bears emphasizing, then, isn’t that crypto trading and crypto gambling are often indistinguishable, but the extent to which the two disciplines...
Government Hates Crypto Because It Empowers the People, Not Because It’s Used for Crime
10.9.2019
A recent article from MIT Technology Review has leveraged a somewhat sensationalist headline to stir up fear about bitcoin and crypto. The article, written about a “hidden” government weapon to be deployed against Bitcoin, references September 3 senate subcommittee testimony...
Decreasing Faith in Conventional Monetary System to Fuel Gold and Crypto Adoption: Keiser Report
8.9.2019
World over today the system of a monetary system based on fiat currencies is under severe pressure which people increasingly losing faith in the central banks and regulatory authorities. One of the reasons behind this situation is looming economic slowdown which according to many will wipe...
Foundation Uses Blockchain and Crypto to Help Save the Brazilian Amazon
5.9.2019
New York-based Rainforest Foundation US now accepts crypto donations to fight deforestation in the Amazon
‘Nasty Game’: North Korea Denies It Hacked $2 Billion in Fiat and Crypto
2.9.2019
North Korea has denied a recent U.N. report suggesting it was behind major hacks that reaped around $2 billion for its weapons programs
North Korea and Crypto: Is the Regime Responsible for Major Hacks?
26.8.2019
Cryptocurrencies, hackers and nukes: How could they come together in North Korea?
IRS Sends New Round of Letters to Bitcoin and Crypto Holders
25.8.2019
Here we go again? Did you get the CP2000 notice from the U.S. IRS? Here is what you should know
The New Bitcoin Banks Are Here
23.8.2019
A new age of banking is imminent. Legacy models will be forced to follow suit or become obsolete in the eyes of value holders worldwide, as new bitcoin and crypto services take over, seeking to implement blockchain systems with an eye on convenience and financial inclusion. Announcements...
Good News and Bad for Blockchain and Crypto in South Korea
22.8.2019
There were mixed fortunes for cryptocurrency and blockchain enterprises in South Korea yesterday – with Kakao’s Ground X blockchain arm winning a second major banking partner, while government authorities yet again delayed making a key cryptocurrency ruling.
Woori, a financial firm that comprises...
Blockchain and Crypto Jobs Market: 2018 Vs. 2019 by the Numbers
14.8.2019
Blockchain experts are still in demand, but the number of those who want to get hired has decreased
US Unveils FedNow, Bitcoin Cash Vs. Coinbase | Coffee and Crypto
12.8.2019
In this week’s “Coffee and Crypto,” Olivia and Molly Jane explore the Fed’s plans for a real-time payments system, and the alleged leak of Binance’s KYC data
Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App
30.7.2019
On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services for...
John McAfee, The Famous Computer Scientist and Crypto Promoter goes Missing
24.7.2019
Famous Computer Scientist John McAfee has gone missing, as per a tweet from his account, currently being operated by one of his close associates. The tweet, posted by Rob Benedicto, claims that McAfee has been detained by authorities. https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1153729707160068096...
Congress Drew a Fine Line Between Libra and Crypto – That’s a First
23.7.2019
Lawmakers at last week’s hearings took pains to distinguish Facebook’s Libra from the broader crypto space, showing a new maturity in their approach
Hayek’s 1984: Rediscovered Footage Shows Austrian Economist Predicting Bitcoin
20.7.2019
Born in 1899 in Vienna, Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek is a legend of sorts in voluntaryist, libertarian, and crypto-economic circles. Freshly rediscovered video footage of the Austrian School philosopher and social theorist from 1984 is now making the rounds on crypto Twitter. In...
Binance CEO Warns About Bitcoin and Crypto, Says Lack of Institutional Adoption A Worry
15.7.2019
Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, popularly known as CZ, is considered as one of the most sane minds of the crypto industry, and certainly one of the most credible ones. He is known to react little to what others say or do, until and unless it is too serious. For instance, when Craig...