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This Man Says He Invested Half His Lottery Winnings in Bitcoin
5.11.2019
Source: Reddit, u/Joxnlol
The news of an American man who put half of his lottery winnings into Bitcoin (BTC) has spread through the Cryptoverse.
The Reddit user ‘Joxnlol’ posted an image of himself several hours ago holding a certificate from the Illinois Lottery, stating that he has won...
Hairdryers and Kettles as Blockchain-Based Provocations
3.11.2019
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre
Imagine household appliances, which double as blockchain-based trading machines that lower your electricity bills. They’ve been made, they exist and have been used to provoke people’s feelings and teach them about...
Why Governments Can Never Stop Crypto
3.11.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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Many people argue that cryptocurrencies will never be accepted as...
Why is Crypto Business Rushing to Turkey?
2.11.2019
Turkey is the world's 20th biggest economy. It may be most well-known internationally for its authoritarian President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but it's set to become increasingly important for the global cryptocurrency industry.
At the moment, trading volumes in BTC/TRY (Turkish lira) are fairly...
Integration, Domination, Investment and 20 Crypto Jokes
2.11.2019
It was a fun week in the Cryptosphere. Is there any other kind though? Tron became a part of Samsung Blockchain Keystore; China's already looking at applying blockchain technology to cross-border trade finance, and China-based coins pumped hard; as BCH network security was in question, BCH rallied...
Facebook's Libra Can Still Take Off in this Scenario
1.11.2019
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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has suffered a few setbacks recently. As well as facing pressure from global regulators, seven of its 28 founding members have left the project – including high profile firms PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, eBay and Stripe....
A New Era For Crypto Tracking of Crypto Assets
1.11.2019
Michael Soussan is Marketing & Communication Manager at Blox, a crypto asset tracking, management and bookkeeping platform.
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency technology has rapidly expanded its global presence, creating conflict and excitement within the financial and technology industries. This...
China’s New Panopticoin
31.10.2019
George McDonaugh is Managing Director and Co-Founder of KR1 plc, the London listed cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company.
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Jeremy Bentham, an 18th century Philosopher and social theorist envisaged a building designed to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed...
CZ Crypto Deepfake is Funny Now, But it May Not be So Amusing Soon
30.10.2019
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Alethea AI
A deepfake of crypto trading master CZ is out, entertaining the Cryptoverse. But deepfakes, entering this industry may not be so funny in the near future.
In a deepfake video, published today, we see the CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance...
Alec Baldwin Hired by eToro, but Baldwins are Not New to Crypto
30.10.2019
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, eToro
Alec Baldwin was enlisted by eToro as the wind in the back of its U.S. copytrading unveiling. However, Baldwin brothers, each a celebrity in his own right, are not strangers in the Cryptosphere.
Cryptocurrency and stock trading platform eToro has one...
How Governments Will Kill Libra
29.10.2019
Major players in global electronic payments are shying away from Libra, spooked by the scrutiny Facebook’s operations are attracting from regulators around the world.
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Barely six months after Facebook announced its own digital currency, a plan heralded as...
Telegram Open Network Hits with a Big (and Ugly) Splash
29.10.2019
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and has been a lead crypto-tech analyst for Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings since shortly after their launch.
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While crypto markets are quiet, the crypto industry evolution and revolution continues.
Most...
The Next Level of Crypto Adoption: Bank Teaches Clients About Bitcoin
27.10.2019
One German bank has an original way to teach its clients about the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC). It needs only two old-school things to accomplish this: a pen and a paper.
Recently, Cryptonews.com wrote about the Bitcoin-bullish report published by German bank Bayern LB. We’ve...
Top 8 Crypto Tax Platforms
27.10.2019
Making money, spending money, holding money, or just generally being around money, comes with a significant side effect, namely – taxes. The term itself evokes a desire to procrastinate, imagining hours and days of manual calculations and headache. Especially for newbies, it may seem like...
The Future of Cryptocurrency Adoption in Germany
26.10.2019
Germany is one of the world's leading economic powers. However, it isn't quite one of the world's leading cryptocurrency nations, with countries such as Switzerland, Malta, Japan, Singapore, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein having already introduced more progressive legislation related to crypto...
Killers, Giants, Nodes and 20 Crypto Jokes
26.10.2019
So, what happened this week in the Cryptoworld? Bitcoin crashed and the entire market turned bloody. You know, the usual. Until it's not usual and Bitcoin makes one of the biggest move in its history. We found out that Bakkt aims to lure institutional investors with a new product, that Killers...
Five Hurdles Blockchain Faces to Revolutionise Banking
23.10.2019
Blockchain is touted as the next step in the digital revolution, a technology that will change every industry from music to waste. When it comes to money, it goes well beyond bitcoin. Academics have claimed it will “do to the financial system what the internet did to media”.
There are many...
Bitcoin Investing in the 2020s
20.10.2019
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
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As we cross the threshold into the next decade, what truly...
Ways And Benefits Of Running Your Own Bitcoin Node
20.10.2019
Running a Bitcoin node is imperative if you want to trust that your Bitcoin transactions are being correctly verified and processed. Unfortunately, the perception is that setting up a full node is difficult.
In this article, you will learn how to set up your own Bitcoin node and discover...
Strange Confusions, Big Money and 20 Crypto Jokes
19.10.2019
It was another week of ups and down in the Cryptoworld. While analysts advise us to keep our eyes on the price formation on large Asian exchanges, XRP jumped the highest among the top 10 on Monday, BAT jumped after Brave's major news, six coins in the top 50 went up by two digits, BNB jumped...