Category : Bitcoin

Host a BCH Giveaway With Bitcoin.com’s Golden Ticket Software

Have you ever thought about creating a cryptocurrency giveaway during a hosted event? Now you can create your own crypto-based sweepstakes with Bitcoin.com’s event paper wallet generator. With Bitcoin.com’s Golden Ticket program and open source code,...

Tax Nightmare: 10,000 Bitcoin Trades Net Swedish Man Nearly $1 Million in Taxes

By CCN.com: Linus Dunker, a Swedish crypto trader, was shocked to receive a bill for almost $1 million from the Swedish Tax Agency, claiming that the tax demand is “unreasonable.” The case is one of a growing number of cryptocurrency-rela...

Ethereum On-Chain Transaction Volume Reached Record High in December 2018

A recent report by crypto analytics firm Diar states that on-chain Ethereum transactions hit an all-time high in December 2018

Mastermind Who Planned Iceland’s Biggest Bitcoin Heist Jailed for 4.5 Years

Last year, Sindri Stefansson was arrested for his part in what has been described as the biggest heist Iceland has seen – over $2 million worth of Bitcoin mining equipment stolen in an operation that left police baffled. He has now been jailed for fo...

Spanish Port Authority Joins Blockchain Platform Developed by IBM and Maersk

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras in Spain will collaborate with IBM on a blockchain-based shipping platform originally developed by the tech giant and Maersk

Crypto is Worthless, Fails Basic Financial Tests: Bank of England Adviser

By CCN.com: Legacy banks are not worried about crypto because it has no value and fails the fundamental tests of financial services. That’s the assessment of Huw van Steenis, the senior adviser to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Van Steen...

Digital Securities Platform Joins IBM Blockchain Accelerator Program

Digital securities platform Securitize has joined the IBM Blockchain Accelerator program and aims to make the corporate debt market more efficient

Falcon Private Bank Launches Crypto Wallet With Support for Direct BTC and BCH Transfers

Switzerland’s Falcon Private Bank has introduced a cryptocurrency wallet as well as support for direct transfers of BTC, BCH, ETH and LTC for private and institutional investors. The bank said investors can now directly transfer cryptocurrencies to a...

Bank of England Adviser: Cryptocurrencies Fail Basic Financial Tests, Lack Value

Huw van Steenis, senior adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England, says that cryptocurrencies fail fundamental financial tests and are slow

‘Big Bitcoin Heist’ Ringleader Jailed for Massive Crypto Mining Rig Theft

By CCN.com: Suspects in the “Big Bitcoin Heist” of 2018 have been sentenced to various prison terms based on their level of involvement in the much-publicised theft of more than three-quarters of a million dollars worth of crypto mining e...

Why a Russian Social Media Ban Would Hurt Twitter More Than Facebook

By CCN.com: Russia’s media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, plans to sue Facebook and Twitter for not complying with laws pertaining to the storage of Russian’s citizen’s data. There is speculation this could lead to Facebook and Twitter being banned in...

Please Don’t Hurt Us! BIS Report Proves Central Bankers Fear Bitcoin

By CCN.com: For years, the cryptocurrency market has been buffeted with projections and predictions of doom. We are constantly told that any day now, bitcoin and all its progeny will collapse into the nothingness from whence they came, or something t...