Category : Bitcoin

Bitcoin Breaks $7,500 Point After a Week of Solid Growth, BTC Dominance Goes Up

Crypto markets slightly fluctuate in a mix of red and green, Bitcoin reclaims the $7,500 barrier

Over 500 BTC Belonging to Iranians Seized by US Government: Report

Finance According to the head of Iran’s Blockchain Association, over 500 BTC belonging to Iranians were confiscated by the U.S. government last year, and the number is still rising. He explains that Iranians are unable to take action through pr...

EU Parliament Study: Central Bank Digital Currencies ‘Will Reshape Competition’ in Crypto Market

A study issued by the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs suggest that gov’t issued cryptocurrencies could be a “remedy” for a lack of competition policy in the crypto sector

Asian Asset Manager Focusing on Family Offices to Launch Crypto-Custody Solution

Asia-based asset manager focusing on family offices reveals plans to launch crypto-custody service in Hong Kong

Bitcoin Futures Daily Volume Grows 93%

Bitcoin futures have experienced strong growth in the second quarter of 2018, with data released by CME Group demonstrating a 93% increase in average daily volume. Open interest in Bitcoin futures,— the number of Bitcoin futures contracts —has also e...

Costa Rican Workers Can Be Legally Paid in Cryptocurrency

Economy & Regulation Employees in Costa Rica can receive part of their salary in cryptocurrency and that wouldn’t be against the law. Certain provisions in the national legislation allow companies to pay their workers not only with fiat mon...

Bank of Canada Study Finds Double Spending in Blockchain is ‘Unrealistic’

A Bank of Canada study finds that a “dishonest” miner is unlikely to cheat by double spending due to a need for “deep pockets”

Some Crypto-Mining Operations Are Not What They Say They Are

Op-Ed Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining has become a very competitive industry, and the amount of processing power hashing away to mine these digital assets is truly amazing. However over the years since the inception of GPU and ASIC mining, es...

Hodler’s Digest, July 16-22: Coinbase Backpedals on Regulatory Approval and Switzerland Becomes Even More Crypto Friendly

Coinbase says that SEC approval isn’t required anyway for them to list security tokens, and China will lead an int’l standardization research group for IoT, blockchain

Mike Novogratz: A “Herd of Institutional Investors Moving Into Crypto”

Galaxy Digital CEO and prominent Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz described an institutional influx of capital into cryptocurrency in his keynote speech at Blockchain Week Korea — as reported by The Street. Former Goldman Sachs partner and ex-hedge fund b...

Coinbase Gets $20 Billion Prime Client, Ads Back on Facebook

Exchanges Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange already valued as high as $8 billion by itself, had a couple more additional positive developments recently. The company reportedly landed a $20 billion prime client and got it...

Reserve Bank of India Urges Supreme Court to Regulate Crypto

The Reserve Bank of India urged the Supreme Court to regulate crypto, following the court’s postponement of a hearing on the bank’s ban on crypto dealings

The Weekly: New Regulations, Blackrock Probes Market, Coinbase Gets Into Politics

In this week’s daily editions of Bitcoin in Brief, we showcased stories about politicians trying to enforce their will on the cryptocurrency ecosystem around the world, thus pushing companies that are big enough to join the money-in-politics game. A...

Bitcoin ETF Comments Submitted to SEC Overwhelmingly Positive

On June 26th, 2018, the Cboe submitted a Bitcoin ETF proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In order to better understand the public sentiment, the SEC publically shared the submitted document with an invitation to comment. The SEC&...

UK Police Top up Budget With Proceeds From Sale of Seized BTC

A UK police department has sold 295 BTC which they say were legally seized from a drug dealer. The court ordered him to forfeit his crypto stored in a hardware wallet. The police reportedly get to keep 18.8% of the sale proceeds. Also read: Yahoo! Ja...

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