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3 Cents per kWh – Central Asia’s Cheap Electricity Entices Chinese Bitcoin Miners
12.2.2020
As tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran in recent months, reports have detailed that Chinese bitcoin miners are looking to set up shop in Central Asia and more specifically in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Last spring, Chinese bitcoin mining operations flocked to Iran for extremely affordable...
Options Market Sees More Risk in Ether Than Bitcoin in Coming Months
11.2.2020
Ether will face more volatility than bitcoin over the next six months, according to how options have been priced in recent weeks.
Bitcoin Rises Above $9,700 to Reach Highest Point in 3 Months
6.2.2020
Bitcoin has reached its highest point in over 3 months, above $9,700
Croatian Post’s Crypto Exchange 2 Months in: More Local Users, BTC, ETH, and XRP Favored by Customers
5.2.2020
In December news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Croatian Post’s launch of their own crypto exchange service. After a pilot run in the tourist friendly city of Zadar, the program was expanded to 55 post office branches nationwide starting December 11. Now almost two months in, Croatian Post...
Cambodia Announces Own Cryptocurrency as More Details Surface About China’s Digital Yuan
3.2.2020
With China still in the lead, other countries are advancing their projects to develop payment systems around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Cambodia, for example, has recently revealed it will mint its own coin within months. The news comes as more details about the digital Chinese yuan...
Boerse Stuttgart’s Bison Trading App to Add Bitcoin Cash and Launch Desktop Version
2.2.2020
Bison, the crypto trading application offered by Boerse Stuttgart, has seen a remarkable growth of users in the past 12 months, the group announced this week. Germany’s second-largest stock exchange is now planning to expand its features and offer traders in Europe another cryptocurrency...
Developer Adds Improvements to the Bitcoin Cash Java Library
1.2.2020
On January 30, the software developer Pokkst published a blog post sharing his experience of how he’s been maintaining the Java BCH library bitcoincashj for the last 10 months. At one time Pokkst used to develop BTC applications, but then switched to working with BCH in March 2019....
Heated Debate Continues Over Bitcoin Cash Infrastructure Funding Plan
27.1.2020
Last Wednesday, the founder of the mining operation Btc.top announced a proposal that would fund Bitcoin Cash (BCH) development over the course of six months. Over the last five days, the funding plan has been the most dominant conversation within the BCH ecosystem, as supporters debate the merits...
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse Hints Firm May Seek IPO Within 12 Months
24.1.2020
The Ripple CEO said at Davos that an initial public offering is seen as the “natural evolution for the company,” perhaps even this year
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse Hints Firm May Seek IPO Within 12 Months
24.1.2020
The Ripple CEO said at Davos an initial public offering is seen as the “natural evolution for the company,” perhaps even this year
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse Hints Firm May Seek IPO Within 12 Months
24.1.2020
The Ripple CEO said at Davos an initial public offering is seen as the “natural evolution for the company,” perhaps even this year
CabbageTech CEO Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison After Pleading Guilty in Fraud Case
16.1.2020
Patrick McDonnell was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay victims $225,000 after pleading guilty to charges he defrauded investors in his crypto trading platform, CabbageTech
Bitcoin Futures Hit 3-Month High in Frenetic Tuesday Trading
16.1.2020
January 14 was the best trading day of the year for many cryptocurrencies, which saw double or even triple-digit percentage gains. It was also a good day for futures markets, where more than $25 billion in trades was placed on Tuesday. The result constituted the busiest day for futures in almost...
Upbit Exchange Resumes Ether Services Months After $49M Hack
14.1.2020
Upbit said users will need to create new wallet addresses to resume trading
Telegram Lawyers Say Proving Data-Privacy Compliance May Take Months
10.1.2020
In the case against the SEC, lawyers representing Telegram said a data-privacy compliance review ordered by the court could take five to seven weeks
Bank Closures and Withdrawal Restrictions Anger Lebanese Citizens
8.1.2020
Lebanese citizens have been dealing with economic hardship, as the country’s central bank imposed customer withdrawal limits last October. The problems have continued over the last two months, as ATMs have stopped dispensing cash and bank branches close doors in fear of angry clients....
Here’s What Must Happen for $9K Bitcoin Price in the Coming Months
4.1.2020
Bitcoin is making a higher low, but will it be enough to establish a bottom?
These Are the Bitcoin Stories You Loved in 2019
2.1.2020
2019 was a crazy year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and a number of interesting events happened throughout the last 12 months. It’s hard to keep track of the day-to-day activities taking place within the cryptosphere and there may be a few incidents some of our readers missed....
Cryptonews Rewind 2019: Q1 - Last Months of Crypto Winter & First Hacks
28.12.2019
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the first quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q1
January
The year started with the celebration of Bitcoin’s 10th birthday – the day that saw the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain mined, aka the Genesis block. On the same...
Someone Redeemed a 100 BTC Casascius Bar Worth Over $700K
25.12.2019
In 2011, Mike Caldwell created the notorious Casascius physical bitcoin collection, and since then the series of coins has become extremely valuable. Over the last two months, a bunch of people have redeemed their Casascius coins and on December 23 someone peeled a 100 BTC ($723K) Casascius bar....