• Good news arrives for cryptocurrency exchanges in Chile as the country’s appeals court has ordered the re-opening of their unexpectedly-closed bank accounts. A Small but Significant Victory Earlier this month, Bitcoinist reported that Chilean cryptocurrency exchanges Buda, Orionx, and CryptoMarket filed appeals to one of the country’s appeals court following the unexpected closure of their bank accounts from Itau Corpbanca, Bank of Nova Scotia, and state-owned Banco del Estado de Chile. Guillermo Torrealba, Buda’s co-founder

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    Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchanges Win Battle Against Banks

    | 2018/04/26 5:00 pm
  • US State of Wisconsin on the Fence About Accepting Crypto Campaign Contributions

    Even though some political candidates have already accepted crypto contributions in the past, the Wisconsin Ethics Commission is still not sure whether their state should follow suit. As digital currencies continue to gain traction in the real world, seemingly everyone wants to be a part of this virtual movement. Politicians are no different, realizing that crypto could provide them with that cash injection their campaign needs. One of crypto’s major advantages, which is anonymity, also seems

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    US State of Wisconsin on the Fence About Accepting Crypto Campaign Contributions

    | 2018/04/26 3:30 pm

  • Have you ever played games at an online casino and wondered just how hard or easy it is to own an online casino? Most of us have at some point or other. After all, owning an online casino must be like owning a money printing machine. There are two schools of thought here – on the one hand, are those that believe that owning an online casino must be super easy. After all, from the surface,

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    How Easy Is It to Own Your Own Online Casino?

    | 2018/04/26 2:00 pm
  • Data Breach Exposes Thousands of Investors in a John McAfee-backed Cryptocurrency

    Kromtech Security has revealed a data breach tied to investors of the Bezop cryptocurrency. The cybersecurity firm made the announcement on April 25, 2018. The leak exposed confidential information about investors of the Bezos cryptocurrency. Details of the Data Breach The sensitive information exposed by the breach include full names, wallet information, and even scanned photos of ID documents. More than 25,000 investors were affected by the leak. Apparently, the team at Bezop had failed

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    Data Breach Exposes Thousands of Investors in a John McAfee-backed Cryptocurrency

    | 2018/04/26 12:30 pm

  • After a noteworthy rally over the past couple of weeks, Bitcoin price and the cryptocurrency market made a sharp and fast corrective move on Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. eToro’s senior market analyst, Mati Greenspan, thinks he knows the reason why. Panic Selling or Profit Taking? Bitcoin and the bunch have finally put in a higher high, with a higher low also in the forecast — but what, exactly, stopped the market’s bull run

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    Senior Market Analyst: Here’s What Caused The Bitcoin Price Pullback

    | 2018/04/26 11:00 am
  • Bitstamp Reportedly Up For Sale to South Korean Gaming Company

    Bitstamp — a popular Luxembourg-based bitcoin exchange and the oldest bitcoin exchange still standing — is apparently close to finalizing a deal for the sale of the company to a South Korean gaming company. A Major Acquisition The information comes from three unnamed individuals with insider knowledge of the matter, two of which informed Business Insider that Nexon is the probable purchaser. The individuals also claimed the two companies are in the process of solidifying the

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    Bitstamp Reportedly Up For Sale to South Korean Gaming Company

    | 2018/04/26 9:00 am
  • Nasdaq Eyes Becoming a Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform

    Adena Friedman, the CEO of Nasdaq says the company is interested in becoming a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Nasdaq is the second-largest stock exchange in the world in terms of market capitalization. The company is the latest in a slew of institutional investors looking to enter the burgeoning cryptocurrency market. Properly Assessing the Cryptocurrency Landscape The Nasdaq CEO said that the company would consider creating its own cryptocurrency exchange service in the future. She made this

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    Nasdaq Eyes Becoming a Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform

    | 2018/04/26 7:00 am
  • Brothel Goes All the Way and Accepts Its First Bitcoin Payment

    The term ‘first-time-ever’ may not be the first thing that pops into your mind when thinking about a brothel. However, the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada could definitely claim the term as it recently accepted its first Bitcoin payment. One of the benefits of Bitcoin is that it offers a high-level of anonymity and even though prostitution is legal in the US state of Nevada, paying customers might not want evidence of it in the

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    Brothel Goes All the Way and Accepts Its First Bitcoin Payment

    | 2018/04/26 5:00 am
  • Binance's Founder Squares Off Against Sequoia Capital in Legal Dispute

    We might get a rare chance to take a glimpse behind the curtains as a legal dispute shapes up between Zhao Changpeng, the founder of Binance, and a unit of Sequoia Capital. The parties are arguing over a funding deal which has supposedly gone awry.   Founded less than 10 months ago, Binance has grown to become the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by measure of its 24-hour trade volume. The platform’s meteoric rise has become

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    Binance’s Founder Squares Off Against Sequoia Capital in Legal Dispute

    | 2018/04/26 3:00 am
  • Bitcoin's Correction Continues - Is the Floor in Sight?

    Have you heard? Bitcoin is back — and with it, altcoins have been surging. But what’s driving the renewed bullish sentiment? The Storm is Over As of Wednesday morning, things are looking healthy in the greater cryptocurrency market. At the time of this writing, Bitcoin is currently holding above the $9000 level, while the majority of altcoins — which all enjoyed significant run-ups over the past couple of weeks — are finally experiencing a much-needed

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    3 Reasons Why Bitcoin and Its Brethren Are Back

    | 2018/04/26 1:30 am
  • crypto dust

    Binance has launched a new feature that allows users to convert crypto dust into BNB tokens. Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the Binance CEO made this known via a tweet on April 23, 2018. What is Crypto Dust? Crypto dust refers to a fractional cryptocurrency value. It is usually impossible to trade crypto dust due to the fact that they are less than the transaction fees. Being lower than the minimum trading limit, it usually sits idle

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    Binance Now Lets Users Convert Crypto Dust to BNB

    | 2018/04/25 11:30 pm
  • Bitcoin Price Analysis: Are Sellers Hodling or Folding?

    Will a 6% drop in bitcoin price hamper the current rally which has produced a 35% gain since March 3rd? Highlights April continues to amaze but after an impressive rally, Bitcoin and other majors showed signs of bearish exhaustion as the market became overbought after topping out at $9,767 today. Daily Chart As predicted BTC met stiff resistance near the 200-day MA ($9800) and while today’s pullback is mildly disconcerting, the longterm set up for

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    Bitcoin Price Analysis: Are Sellers Hodling or Folding?

    | 2018/04/25 9:30 pm
  • Why Invest in Ethereum?

    A week-long vote in the Ethereum community has been held in regards to whether or not developers should implement a patch which would restore a disabled contract and unfreeze 587 wallets holding 513,774.16 ETH — currently worth roughly $318,000,000 USD. After much debate, the results are in, and the noes have it. Deep Freeze As a bit of background, the Parity multisig library was hacked to the tune of 150,000 ETH in July 2017. Afterward,

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    Ethereum Community Votes Down $318 Million Parity Refund Request

    | 2018/04/25 8:30 pm
  • Nick Szabo

    Bitcoin pioneer Nick Szabo said cryptocurrency should make four “most important improvements” in the coming years as Bitcoin’s fortunes reverse this month. Spotlight On Technical Robustness In several tweets April 24, the renowned cryptocurrency figure identified “more secure storage,” decentralized exchanges, second-layer technology such as the Lightning Network and privacy as top priorities for the industry. His ideas come as the consumer sphere related to cryptocurrency continues to face scrutiny of its technical robustness. Despite

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    Nick Szabo: 3 Things Bitcoin Needs to Improve

    | 2018/04/25 7:00 pm

  • Amid talk of Bitcoin prices rebounding, the best performing asset in the world year to date is in fact not Bitcoin… but Binance Coin (BNB). 75% Gains Since January The token of what is now the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange has gained almost 75% since January 1, far outpacing extant assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. As online commentator BambouClub noted citing the data from Blocklink.info, BNB even beat Netflix, Twitter and Amazon to deliver

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    Binance Coin Outperformed Everything So Far in 2018

    | 2018/04/25 5:30 pm
  • The Decentralization Revolution of String Chain: Breaking the Social Media Monopoly

    Knowledge is power. – Francis Bacon Actually, knowledge is not only power but also wealth and value. It is the fuel that drives society forward. The pioneers of knowledge have always been respected and greatly rewarded since ancient times. After the Internet wave in the 21st century swept the world, it is not the privilege of elites only to create knowledge. In contemporary society, ordinary people can express their ideas and values through social networks.

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    The Decentralization Revolution of String Chain: Breaking the Social Media Monopoly

    | 2018/04/25 4:00 pm

  • The 16 registered cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan have come together to form the Japan Cryptocurrency Exchange Association (JCEA). This is according to a report by Asahi Shimbun, a local news outlet in Japan. The JCEA will be responsible for the self-regulation of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platforms. The JCEA Taizen Okuyama is the chairman of the JCEA. He is the CEO of Money Partners, a forex firm which recently entered into the cryptocurrency exchange market

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    Japanese Crypto Exchanges Launch Self-Regulatory Body

    | 2018/04/25 2:00 pm
  • Smart Contracts Act Dumb as OKEx Suspends ERC-20 Token Deposits

    OKEx – a popular digital asset trading platform which provides fiat-to-cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency, and derivatives trading services – has suspended the deposit of all ERC-20 tokens after discovering a smart contract bug. Pending deposits are reportedly safe, however. Squashing Bugs The bug in question purportedly allows attackers to more easily manipulate price on the platform. Therefore, to protect market integrity on the platform, OKEx has stopped the flow of incoming ERC-20 tokens. In an official blog

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    Smart Contracts Act Dumb as OKEx Suspends ERC-20 Token Deposits

    | 2018/04/25 12:30 pm

  • Fundstrat Global Advisors cofounder Tom Lee has revealed traditional finance strongly favors cryptocurrency after a personal survey convinced him “big money” will soon enter the market. Lee: Results Are ‘Leading Indicator’ For Crypto Capital Influx Uploading the results of a questionnaire he delivered to invitees of a small gathering April 23, Lee, who is famous for his positive Bitcoin price outlook, said the “small group” of institutional investors “believe BTC has bottomed.” Attending were a

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    82% Of Institutional Investors ‘Believe Bitcoin Has Bottomed,’ Fundstrat Survey Finds

    | 2018/04/25 11:00 am
  • How to Open Your Own Casino with Zerocoin in Just 5 Minutes!

    The face on the online casino gaming industry is rapidly changing thanks to new groundbreaking technologies like cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and smart contracts. What this means is that the once impenetrable and over-saturated online casino industry is changing, allowing new blood in, transforming the industry by allowing smaller operators to offer a more unique and equitable online casino for all. ZeroEdge is a brand new online casino platform that completely removes the need to include

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    How to Open Your Own Casino with Zerocoin in Just 5 Minutes!

    | 2018/04/25 10:00 am
  • Atomic Multi-Path Lightning Network

    Analysts seem to anticipate another Bitcoin “price explosion” that may even lead to its value surpassing the 2017 all-time highs. Positive price predictions are raining like cats and dogs as buy orders now comprise a major part of the market’s activity. At the time of press, April 25th, Bitcoin is trading at $9,385.69, marking a 1.63% increase in the last 24 hours alone. At the same time, buy orders comprise around 88% of the market’s

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    Analysts Predict Upcoming Bitcoin ‘Price Explosion’

    | 2018/04/25 9:00 am
  • Republic of Georgia Emerges as a Global Leader in Cryptocurrency Mining

    The former Soviet Republic of Georgia is positioning itself as one of the leading countries in the cryptos space and is now ranked second in the world for cryptocurrency mining after China. This has been the result of the country’s electricity subsidies and fair regulation. Powered by an Accommodating State Despite its obvious economic benefits, cryptocurrency mining has always been scrutinized by would-be investors because of its huge energy requirements. This actually reduces its value

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    Republic of Georgia Emerges as a Global Leader in Cryptocurrency Mining

    | 2018/04/25 7:00 am

  • As financial institutions’ interest in trading cryptocurrencies explodes, Andreessen Horowitz is leading a group of influential venture capitalists to protect cryptocurrencies from being classified as securities. Moreover, Horowitz is accelerating the launch of a dedicated crypto asset fund. The Venture Capital Working Group Is Fighting For Cryptocurrencies An increasing number of finance firms are considering joining the crypto bandwagon to start trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies within the next few months. Specifically, a Thompson Reuters

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    Andreessen Horowitz Leads the Fight to Prevent SEC From Classifying Bitcoin as Security

    | 2018/04/25 5:30 am