Category : Bitcoin

IBM Crypto Chief Calls Company the “Leader” in Blockchain Technology

IBM’s Jesse Lund, who heads the blockchain division, claims IBM is the leader in blockchain technology. In a recent interview, Lund stated: What IBM’s been doing as the leader in blockchain technology for the last three years is adding security and c...

Alleged BTC-e Bitcoin Fraudster Alexander Vinnik Seeks Extradition to Russia

One of the operators of BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange and leading suspect in multi-billion money laundering scandal, Alexander Vinnik, is seeking to be extradited to Russia from Greece rather than to the United States or France. According to Greek pu...

Blockchain Art Registry Acquires Database With Info From 4K Auction Houses

Blockchain art startup Artory acquires art auction database that hosts info from 4,000 art auction houses

What Crypto Bear Market? Japanese Banking Giant SBI Will Soon Mine Bitcoin

SBI Holdings, a major financial and banking giant in Japan, has formally announced the launch of SBI Mining Chip Co., Ltd., officially entering the bitcoin mining industry. In recent months, the most dominant forces in the global bitcoin mining indus...

BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Predicts $10,000 BTC in 2019

In the most recent issue of the BitMEX newsletter, CEO Arthur Hayes predicts that the $10,000 Bitcoin will return this year. Hayes ties federal reserve inflation rates to the last bull run in Bitcoin, and thinks the Fed’s recent decision to halt inte...

Regulating Bakkt – How the Platform Could Experience Further Delays

Investors waiting for Bakkt, the first bitcoin futures contracts to launch from the Intercontinental Exchange, will probably have to wait longer. ICE, which owns the New York Stock Exchange, has been anxious to launch bitcoin futures for months. Howe...

(+) Decentralized Poker: How to Play Texas Hold ‘Em With EOS

Do you like poker? Do you like cryptocurrency? If the answer is yes, you will love EOS. While platforms like Tron are only getting started, and have simpler games like “Dice52,” regular dice, and “moon” available, a project called PokerKing has built...

Bitwise Tells US SEC That 95% of Volume on Unregulated Crypto Exchanges is Suspect

95 percent of volume on unregulated exchanges appears to be fake or non-economic in nature, an analysis from Bitwise Asset Management argues

Majority of bitcoin trading is a hoax, new study finds

Ninety-five percent of spot bitcoin trading volume is faked by unregulated exchanges, according to a new study.

Bitcoin ETF Application Based on 5% of Reported Trading

Bitwise Asset Management, a San Francisco crypto investment firm, has applied to the SEC for a Bitcoin ETF. In preparation for their application, they conducted a study of 80 exchanges, mostly unregulated. Their findings are worse than most: they fou...

Bitcoin Price @ $10,000: BitMEX CEO Predicts Strong Gains in Q4 2019

On BitMEX Crypto Trader Digest, BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes reaffirmed his prediction for bitcoin, foreseeing the dominant cryptocurrency achieving $10,000 in price by the end of 2019. Previously, in mid-2018, when the sentiment around bitcoin was still...

Cardano (ADA) Spikes 13.7% in 24 Hours with Mainnet Upgrade Boost

ADA, the native token of Cardano’s open-source blockchain project, has jumped 13.7-percent since Thursday’s mid-session. At 1330 UTC, the ADA-to-dollar rate was trading at 0.058, up 7.33-percent on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe. Before tha...

Western Union Partners With Stellar Collaborator Thunes for Mobile Wallet Transfers

Financial services provider Western Union is partnering with Stellar collaborator Thunes to enable WU clients to transfer funds directly to mobile wallets globally

Markets Update: BCH Holds Above $150, RVN and XTZ Explode

In recent market action, bitcoin core (BTC) has struggled to hold above $4,000 following four consecutive green weekly candles, while bitcoin cash (BCH) appears to be consolidating above $150 after comprising the best performing of the 10 largest cry...

Crypto AriseCoin Creator Pleads Guilty to $4.2 Million Securities Fraud

An ICO fraud case has concluded with a guilty plea. Jared Rice Sr., the former CEO of decentralized bank startup AriseBank and creator of the AriseCoin, has pleaded guilty to cheating investors out of $4.2 million in a crypto scam reportedly guarante...