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  Coinbase Shuts Down WikiLeaks’ Bitcoin Account; Retaliation Follows

  Coinbase, the largest US Bitcoin exchange, has effectively shut off the account of WikiLeaks Shop as the latter has supposedly been ‘engaged in a prohibited use in violation’ of the platform’s Terms of Service. Shots Fired WikiLeaks Shop’s Coinbase account has been effectively suspended for being in violation of the platform’s terms of agreements. The original announcement was made by the official Twitter page of the shop itself: ANNOUNCE: Coinbase has blocked the official @WikiLeaks

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  Georgi Georgiev · April 22, 2018 · 10:30 pm
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  Home Run or Swing and a Miss? Cryptocurrency Winners and Losers for the Week Ending April 22, 2018

  As John F. Kennedy was wont to say, “a rising tide lifts all boats.” Essentially, what benefits one, benefits all. When Kennedy first uttered those words, it was in 1963 and he was talking about the economy. Flash forward 55 years and – as the cryptocurrency market appears to be recovering from a depressing Q1 2018 bear run – the same sentiment is applicable once again. This past week has been extremely gratifying for crypto

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  Cynthia Turcotte · April 22, 2018 · 5:15 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Price, Markets and Prices, News, News teaser

  Bitcoin Price: Are Bitcoin Bulls Back in the Saddle?

  After a 27% gain, it appears that the Bitcoin bulls are back in control!  Highlights Well, it’s certainly been an entertaining month for cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin prices have finally started to reclaim ground that was lost in Q1. BTC prices are up 27% for the month, altcoins skyrocketed with many racking up double-digit gains and the cryptocurrency market cap is pushing $396 billion which is an amazing $150 billion gain from last month.  What’s Moving

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  Eustace Cryptus · April 22, 2018 · 3:00 pm
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  Coinbase Leaves CheapAir Hanging

  Coinbase is about to cease delivering services that are essential for CheapAir to continue accepting payments in Bitcoin. As a result, the company is asking its Bitcoin customers help to find an alternative. Moreover, once CheapAir finds a replacement for Coinbase, it intends to also accept other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Cash, Dash, and Litecoin. CheapAir Customers to Help Improve Digital Currencies Processing Today, CheapAir is facing a significant challenge to its ability to continue

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  Julio Gil-Pulgar · April 21, 2018 · 11:00 pm
• Bitcoin, News, News teaser, Silk Road

  Love Turns Ugly as Woman Arrested for Bitcoin Murder-For-Hire Plot

  A woman in Illinois is facing up to 20 years in prison for a Bitcoin murder-for-hire plot she put in place against the wife of the man she had an affair with. Love can make people do horrible things, especially when that love is directed at someone who is currently married to someone else. Tina Jones, a 31-year-old woman in Illinois, has been arrested by police and is being charged in a murder-for-hire plot in

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  Jeff Francis · April 21, 2018 · 10:00 am
• Altcoin News, Bitcoin, News, News teaser, Op-Ed

  When Two Worlds Collide – CoinDaddy and the Rise of Bit-Hop

  28-year-old ex-realtor, bitcoin millionaire, and rapper, CoinDaddy, was recently interviewed by Business Insider. That’s some serious shizzle for a man who claims his songs deliberately “aren’t that good.” Let’s explore those murky waters where crypto and music meet. Bitcoin… blah blah blah… Rapper So I bet you’re just dying to hear the CoinDaddy story. It’s actually pretty short and sweet… In 2013 he met a guy in a bar who told him to put everything into bitcoin,

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  Emilio Janus · April 21, 2018 · 1:30 am
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  Bitcoin Buy Demand Highest Since March 2017, Exchange Data Shows

  For the first time since March 2017, Bitcoin ‘buy’ orders have surpassed 90% of the total placed on cryptocurrency exchanges. 9/10 Want To Buy Bitcoin Linking to data from TurtleBC, p2p exchange HodlHodl described the trend as “indicating there is more demand for Bitcoin than supply.” “This is also an indicator of market sentiment among those who are buying and selling Bitcoin,” it added. A 90-10 ratio effectively means that 90% of the interested investors

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  Wilma Woo · April 20, 2018 · 10:30 am
• Bitcoin Businesses, Bitcoin Investment, Markets and Prices, News, News teaser

  Bitcoin Boosting Square Earnings

  Since Square, Inc. added Bitcoin trading capabilities to its payment app, the value of its stocks has increased spectacularly. Dan Dolev, an analyst at Nomura Instinet, believes this ascending trajectory will most likely continue. As a result, Nomura Instinet raised its Square target price to $65 USD. Bitcoin Makes Square Profitable Dan Dolev predicts a “sizable boost” to Square’s revenues and profits in the first quarter, thanks to Square having added Bitcoin trading features on

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  Julio Gil-Pulgar · April 20, 2018 · 6:30 am
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  Blockchain Expo Global – Crypto La La land

  Crypto markets are maturing, it remains to be seen how many companies that have raised money by issuing tokens will be alive in the next two years.  For anyone serious about blockchain technology and ICOs, Blockchain Expo Global is a must event to attend and this year, the event has attracted even more visitors than before. Held in London, UK, the event itself is a 2-day exhibition and an opportunity for companies to pitch and

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  Denis Vinokourov · April 19, 2018 · 10:30 pm
• Altcoin News, Bitcoin, Emerging Markets, Ethereum, News, News teaser, Ripple

  Got $45 Million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Ripple? Buy a House Near Fifth Avenue

  Listing properties for Bitcoin is an emerging trend. Now, one cryptocurrency believer is opening up his six-story brick-and-mortar home on New York’s Upper East Side for purchase with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple. Living Large If you’re a resident of New York and looking to move up to the big leagues, a 22-foot-wide, six-story, marble-and-limestone house at East 76th Street near Fifth Avenue is now available for purchase with the three leading cryptocurrencies. The property in

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 8:30 pm
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  Are Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano ‘Leaving the Station?’

  The bulls are back in town as a sea of green engulfs cryptocurrency portfolios everywhere — but is it too late to catch the wave of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano? All Aboard! Bitcoin is currently trading at $8,234.14, up 14.63 percent over the last week. As is generally the case, the rest of the cryptocurrency market has followed Bitcoin’s lead. Ethereum (ETH) is up 20.93 percent over the same time span, while Ripple (XRP) is up 35.03

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 2:30 pm
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  ‘It’s a Very Good Time to Buy’ Bitcoin, Says Pantera Capital CEO

  Feeling bullish over the latest Bitcoin price action? According to one cryptocurrency hedge fund manager, you should be. ‘It’s a Very Good Time to Buy’ Dan Morehead, CEO of San Francisco-based blockchain investment firm Pantera Capital, says the bottom is in for Bitcoin and the dark days of the bear market are likely in our rearview mirrors. Morehead explained to CNBC‘s “Fast Money” that Bitcoin, the dominant cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has been growing at a

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 12:30 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Acceptance, Bitcoin Investment, News, News teaser

  Barclays Considering Bitcoin Trading Desk

  Barclays Plc, a British multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in London, has a fairly long history of putting down Bitcoin. Now, the financial institution looks to be changing its tune as it begins gauging its clients’ interest in a potential cryptocurrency trading desk. Asking Around Barclays is the second major investment bank interested in potentially trading cryptocurrencies, following behind New York City-based investment giant Goldman Sachs Group Inc. According to a report from Bloomberg, which

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 4:30 am
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Acceptance, Companies, News, News teaser

  Amazon May Soon Accept Bitcoin (And Sell the Data to Law Enforcement)

  Amazon Technologies, Inc. – a subsidiary of American electronic commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon.com, Inc. – has won a patent for a marketplace that offers data feeds. More important, the patented marketplace includes bitcoin transactions. Patent Approved The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved Amazon Technologies’ filing for a patent on a streaming data marketplace. The patent in question was originally filed in September 2014 and makes reference to bitcoin transactions twice. As noted

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 2:30 am
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Acceptance, Bitcoin Education, News, News teaser

  Pretty Much Everyone in the UK Has Heard of Bitcoin

  Bitcoin may still be a long way from its past peak, but public awareness of the leading cryptocurrency is at an all-time high – especially in England. What, You’ve Never Heard of Bitcoin? Finding someone who’s never heard of Bitcoin is quite the rarity these days. 93 percent of people in the United Kingdom have now heard of the formative cryptocurrency — up 2 percent from January 2018 and up 13 percent from November 2017.

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  Adam James · April 19, 2018 · 12:30 am
• Bitcoin, Emerging Markets, News, News teaser, Sponsored Article

  Paxful Understands Bitcoin Is a Steadying Influence in Developing Markets

  Paxful, the cryptocurrency P2P finance platform, realizes the key role Bitcoin plays in providing a steadying influence to developing markets, such as Africa or South America, that feature dire economic systems. Many people are lucky to live in a country that has a stable economic system. Individuals living in Japan, the United States, or Germany don’t worry about rampant inflation, a national infrastructure that is at the point of collapse, or the availability of basic

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  Jeff Francis · April 18, 2018 · 9:15 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Education, Bitcoin Regulation, Op-Ed

  11 Countries Where Bitcoin is Still Illegal

  While Bitcoin can already be called the world’s first global currency, it is nevertheless illegal in a several countries, where using it has been outlawed by the government. By doing so, the future is not looking bright for these largely third-world nations with struggling economies. 11 Countries Where Bitcoin is a Crime Bitcoin is not only the world’s first cryptocurrency, it is also the first borderless and apolitical form of money in the history of

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  Allen Scott · April 18, 2018 · 7:00 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Investment, News, News teaser

  New ‘HODL Waves’ Data Shows 7% Of All Bitcoin Changed Hands Last Week

  7% of all the Bitcoin in existence changed hands last week – that’s just one fascinating insight provided by new data showing Bitcoin’s lifelong hodl habits. Charts Depict A History Of HODL Compiled by Bitcoin lending platform Unchained Capital, the analysis of Bitcoin unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) has produced unique insights into how cryptocurrency investors store or spend their coins. “Since all bitcoin in existence is contained in some UTXO, this means that all bitcoins

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  Wilma Woo · April 18, 2018 · 12:00 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Investment, Bitcoin Price, Bitcoin Taxes, News, News teaser

  Could Bitcoin Be Prepping for Run as U.S. Tax Day Passes?

  As the end of U.S. tax season approaches, Bitcoin bulls believe that the digital currency will finally begin its next run to prices over $20,000. But is it really going to run? The past few months have been rough for cryptocurrency investors, with the cryptocurrency market cap plummeting from a high of $820 billion all the way down to $250 billion. This came after the mainstream media began to pile onto cryptocurrencies in a manner

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  Nick Chong · April 17, 2018 · 8:00 pm
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  Ponzi Scammer Extradited from Morocco to the US; JPMorgan Involved

  Prominent fraudster Renwick Haddow, charged with two separate counts of wire fraud, has been extradited from Morocco to the United States. JPMorgan Chase & Co accused of ‘aiding’ the fraudulent activity. Skyrocketing crypto prices have definitely brought the field under the spotlight in late 2017 but the truth that the field has always been favored by resourceful and tech-savvy criminals. Renwick Haddow is one such individual, who’s been charged with two separate counts of running

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  Georgi Georgiev · April 17, 2018 · 4:00 pm
• Bitcoin, Bitcoin Investment, Emerging Markets, FinTech, News, News teaser

  IMF’s Lagarde: Bitcoin ‘Could Have a Significant Impact on How We Save’

  In an official International Monetary Fund Blog post yesterday, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde showered positive sentiment on the cryptocurrency market, though also cautioned against both “crypto-condemnation” and “crypto-euphoria.” Instead, the French lawyer suggests taking a rational, clear-minded approach towards the regulation of digital assets. ‘A Significant Impact’ The cryptocurrency market is absolutely brimming with fraudulent projects, which will never actually see the light of day. But there are still players that will have an

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  Adam James · April 17, 2018 · 12:30 pm
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  Kraken Exchange Decides to Close down Japanese Operations

  Kraken, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced their plans of ceasing all of their trading operations in Japan in the near future.  Release the Kraken . . . From Japan! The Kraken exchange, one of the larger cryptocurrency exchanges in existence, has just announced that they will be leaving the Japanese market for the time being. In a report published by Bloomberg, Kraken stated: Suspending services for Japan residents will allow us to better focus

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  Nick Chong · April 17, 2018 · 4:00 am
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  Coinbase Continues to Expand, Acquires Cipher Browser

  In an effort to strengthen its ever-expanding role in the cryptocurrency space, Coinbase has acquired Cipher browser – a competitor to its in-house Ethereum wallet, app browser and secure messaging service. Toshi + Cipher On April 13, popular San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced its acquisition Cipher Browser, a free mobile Ethereum wallet, and web3 dapp browser. We're excited to welcome @CipherBrowser to Coinbase! https://t.co/CIqK0EtDbb — Coinbase (@coinbase) April 13, 2018 The move by Coinbase has

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  Adam James · April 17, 2018 · 2:00 am