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Indian Tax Authority Sends Probing Questions to Crypto Owners – Experts Weigh In
7.8.2019
As the Indian government deliberates on the country’s crypto policy, the tax authority continues to send out letters with lengthy, probing questions to crypto owners. News.Bitcoin.com talked to industry experts to find out the implications of these letters, what people can do when receiving...
How to Become a Blockchain Developer
7.8.2019
Skilled blockchain developers are a scarce commodity, as precious as the bitcoins that reside on the distributed ledgers they maintain. Teach yourself one of the major blockchain programming languages and you’ll be set for life, though like anything worth having, this achievement won’t...
How to Shuffle BCH and Keep Your Transactions Private With Cashshuffle
6.8.2019
As blockchain surveillance becomes more prevalent, cryptocurrency advocates have created ways to make digital currency transactions more private. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has an application called Cashshuffle, which allows users to shuffle their BCH with other fractions of BCH to obfuscate...
From Booze to Bitcoin Mining – Why Violent Prohibition Is Always Harmful
6.8.2019
Stories continue to emerge about newly discovered illegal mining operations being busted by state and corporate authorities. Just last week Iranian media reported the seizure of 177 Bitcoin mining units worth over $270,000 being smuggled via truck in the Arak region. On July 31, Russia’s...
More Cities and Regions Accepting Coins for Taxes, Services
6.8.2019
Cryptocurrency payments, as convenient as they can be, are still something most governments are trying to wrap their heads around and regulate. Local authorities, however, being closer to the citizens they are called upon to serve, are often quicker to adopt novelties that make their lives and...
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
How Governments Steal Your Money and Conceal It Through Inflation
5.8.2019
Dozens of countries all over the world have used the same trick called redenomination to hide how they have stolen their own citizens’ money through inflation or hyperinflation. The next nation to try this economic sleight of hand is the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also Read:...
PR: Pbet Announces IEO Launch on LATOKEN
5.8.2019
Pbet has recently got its IEO hosted at LATOKEN exchange on its multi-asset trading platform. The company envisions to conjoin physical casinos with online casinos, thanks to its blockchain crypto-based Unified Gaming platform.
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Market Outlook: Trade Wars and Filthy Fiat Battles Fuel Crypto Prices
5.8.2019
A slew of digital currencies have gathered decent gains over the last 48 hours and the entire market capitalization now stands at around $308 billion. Moreover, cryptocurrency trade volumes have kicked up a notch, capturing $66 billion in swaps over the last day. Overall, speculators think...
PR: Evercoin Announces $1M Pre-Seed Financing With gumi Cryptos and Prominent Blockchain and Open Source Pioneers
5.8.2019
San Francisco, CA - Evercoin announced today $1M in pre-seed stage financing from gumi Cryptos and prominent Blockchain and Open Source pioneers.
Investors in this round include:
Gumi Cryptos Capital
Roger Ver -- Founder, Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com
Ross Mason -- Founder of MuleSoft (sold...
Bitcoin Dominance Will Touch 80%, Prices Heading Towards $15,000 Says Max Keiser
5.8.2019
Heisenberg Capital co-founder and CEO Max Keiser predict that Bitcoin (BTC) will continue to grow in the coming days. In a tweet on Sunday, Keiser stated that dominance of Bitcoin in the crypto markets will increase, and reach 80%. #Bitcoin dominance tops 67.4% heading to 80% as predicted...
SEC Commissioner: US Could Draw Crypto Policy From These Countries
5.8.2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could learn from other countries when finalizing its own crypto regulation, Commissioner Hester Peirce explains. While highlighting peculiar and notable features of the U.S. system, the commissioner emphasizes cross-border considerations, detailing...
Youtube Censorship Drives Uptake of Crypto-Powered Video Platforms
5.8.2019
If the prospect of greater privacy and financial sovereignty doesn’t lure the masses to crypto networks, perhaps the ability to speak freely will. Lately, a lot of people who couldn’t give a damn about peer-to-peer cryptocurrency have taken a shine to peer-to-peer networks that run...
Tax Expert: IRS Letters Confirm That Trading Cryptos Is a Taxable Event
5.8.2019
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on July 26 that 10,000 American cryptocurrency users will receive a letter reminding them to pay taxes or amend any mistakes on past filings. At the time, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said U.S. taxpayers should take the warning letters...
Goldman-Backed Apple Card Restricts Cryptocurrency Purchases
4.8.2019
Cryptocurrencies cannot be purchased with the new Apple credit card according to the American multinational technology company’s recently published customer agreement guidelines. The Apple card’s restrictions indicate that the company’s partner, Goldman Sachs, is leery toward...
Crypto Social Media is Breaking Free: How 10+ Blockchain Platforms Pay You to Post
4.8.2019
Social media has become so embedded in most people’s everyday lives that it’s hard to imagine life — or even a span of a few hours — without it. While the social media revolution is huge, there’s another revolution within that revolution, driven by users into...
Research Reports Show Positive Crypto Industry Growth in H1 2019
3.8.2019
More than half the year is behind us and the cryptocurrency ecosystem continues to move forward, showing relentless growth over the last six months. 2019 has also seen a new theme arise as speculators believe the cryptocurrency ecosystem is experiencing an influx of institutional interest...
P2P Crypto Lending Is on the Rise
3.8.2019
As peer-to-peer cash, it only seems logical that cryptocurrency should be deployed for P2P lending. While that application has taken time to materialize, bitcoin and other crypto assets are now increasingly fulfilling that purpose. Across the BTC, BCH and ETH networks, credit is being supplied...
More Signs the Next Big Financial Crisis May Begin in Germany
3.8.2019
Germany, the locomotive of Europe’s huge economy, is entering a difficult period, various indicators suggest. And when the Federal Republic sneezes, the Old Continent usually catches cold. This time, Germany may infect the rest of the world as well. An economic and financial crisis there...
The Modern Era of Free Range Slaves: How Bitcoin Breaks the Mold
3.8.2019
In a string of recent Tweets, 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate and fugitive from the law John McAfee has been talking about slavery. Urging people to “wake up” and assuring them that neither compliance with the status quo, nor stacks of riches, can set them free. Indeed, when...