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5 Key Concepts from Day One at Bitcoin Cash City
5.9.2019
With day one of North Queensland’s Bitcoin Cash City all wrapped up, conference attendees were left with an overflow of big ideas to distill, process, and potentially integrate. These include underwriting merchant adoption, building tech parks and mining operations, BIP70 applications...
Cryptocurrency Projects Are Upping Their Privacy Game
4.9.2019
What you do with your digital currency ought to be nobody else’s business. Unfortunately, law enforcement, regulators, blockchain forensics firms and other opponents of civil liberties are constantly seeking to usurp this basic human right. As a result, crypto developers are caught in...
Fantasy Sports Giant Fanduel Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash
4.9.2019
The second-largest fantasy sports provider Fanduel has revealed customers can make deposits on the platform using cryptocurrency. Fanduel members can now top up their accounts with BCH or BTC via the digital currency payment provider Bitpay. Also Read: More Than 70 Projects and Applications Built...
Indian Government’s New Report Views Crypto Positively
4.9.2019
A new Indian government report has put cryptocurrency in a positive light, viewing the mechanisms surrounding it, including initial coin offerings, as “revolutionizing the global fintech landscape.” The report also discusses the regulation of coins and tokens. Also read: Indian...
Bitcoin Extending Gains While Altcoins Consolidate and Struggle
4.9.2019
Yesterday, we saw a strong upward move in bitcoin price above the USD 10,350 resistance level. Later, there was a downside correction, but BTC/USD remained well bid and later climbed above the USD 10,500 resistance level. However, most major altcoins struggled to continue higher and currently...
Dutch Central Bank Prepares to Start Regulating Crypto Sector
4.9.2019
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing to supervise the country’s crypto sector. The bank has requested crypto exchanges and wallet providers to come forward and submit some information. Once the law takes effect, these operators will be required to register with the central bank...
Auditor, Bank and Sports Platform Turn to Bitcoin, Crypto Payments
4.9.2019
Companies are continuing to turn to Bitcoin as a form of payment, with a leading global auditor and an American sports and entertainment platform opening their doors for BTC-holding customers. Moreover, a 176-year-old Norwegian bank has invested in a crypto exchange.
Auditor PwC Luxembourg...
World’s Biggest Bitcoin Cash Conference Kicks Off in Australia – What to Expect
4.9.2019
Arguably set to become the world’s biggest Bitcoin Cash conference yet, Bitcoin Cash City kicked off today in sunny Townsville, North Queensland. The city is not only colorful, friendly, and home to some very beautiful coastline, it’s also shock-full of opportunities to use Bitcoin Cash...
New Storm Concept Could Strengthen Bitcoin Cash Instant Transactions
3.9.2019
Software developer Awemany has published a potential alternative approach to instant transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network called “delta blocks” or Storm. The idea utilizes weak proof-of-work (PoW) for instant confirmations on Bitcoin Cash. The new Storm concept has piqued...
Why Portugal’s Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
3.9.2019
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature...
Another Bitcoin-ETF Workaround Found, Creators Hope It'll Work
3.9.2019
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On Thursday, U.S.-based Van Eck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management LLC plan to start selling shares in a limited version of a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF), The Wall Street Journal reported, citing both companies.
They are employing a rule...
Indian Exchanges Innovate as Calls for Positive Crypto Regulation Escalate
3.9.2019
Indian crypto exchanges are innovating, launching new products and improving services for their users, despite the country’s regulatory uncertainty and unresolved banking restrictions. Meanwhile, the Indian crypto community continues its efforts to convince the government that the draft bill...
Bitcoin Rallies Above USD 10K, Takes Bigger Share Of Crypto Market
3.9.2019
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After trading below USD 10,000 for almost a week, the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin has returned above this level one more time. While the absolute majority of other coins are also in green, bitcoin's dominance increased.
At pixel time (03:58 UTC), bitcoin trades...
Crypto Payments Startup Eligma Raises €4 Million From Bitcoin.com and Pangea Blockchain Fund
3.9.2019
Many retail stores would like to welcome the added business that the crypto community brings, but find that they don’t have the capability to do so within their existing payment infrastructure. One company bridging this gap is Slovenian startup Eligma which is now set to start global...
Craig Wright to Challenge Judge’s Ruling in the Billion-Dollar Lawsuit
3.9.2019
Craig Wright is looking to challenge Judge Reinhart’s decision and has asked the court for an extension of time in order to dispute the August 27 ruling. Wright was recently instructed to distribute 50% of his BTC holdings allegedly mined before 2014 and intellectual property (IP) to...
Crypto Needs Less Government Regulation – Not More
2.9.2019
A recent opinion article by Peter Lin, “Why Regulation Is The Best Thing For Crypto,” presents common arguments on why the state and state-affiliated institutions should administer cryptocurrency. Underlying the arguments is an assumption: the free market cannot provide necessary...
‘We’re Going to Find You’ – How Undercover Agents Trade Prison Time for Bitcoins
2.9.2019
An Australian national living in Boulder, Colorado was slammed with a one year and a day prison sentence last month for trading bitcoins. An August 23 statement from the Colorado U.S. District Attorney’s Office states that Emilio Testa, 32, was charged with money laundering, and claims Testa...
Bitcoin Wedge Pattern May Lead to New ‘Parabolic Phase’: Analysts
2.9.2019
Chart analysts seem to be turning increasingly bullish on bitcoin, as several different approaches all suggest higher bitcoin prices may be right around the corner.
Global Macro Investor founder Raoul Paul shared a bitcoin chart along with some encouraging words to all bitcoin holders...
Bitcoin.com’s Premier Cryptocurrency Exchange Is Now Live
2.9.2019
We’ve just launched our premier trading platform exchange.Bitcoin.com and registered users can access it right now. Since we announced pre-registration last month, over 10,000 accounts have signed up with our exchange and the platform is ready to provide a world-class trading experience...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Rebound Could Face Resistance
2.9.2019
This past week, we saw a downside extension in bitcoin price below the USD 10,000 and USD 9,750 support levels. BTC/USD even broke USD 9,500 and traded close to USD 9,300. Recently, the price started an upside correction, above USD 9,500, but it is facing a lot of hurdles on the upside near the...