36% of U.S SMEs Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments
About one-third of US-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) accept cryptocurrency as a payment for their goods and services, according to a survey commissioned by American...
Bitcoin Solves This: Bill Gates Talks About the US Wealth Gap
Bill Gates, the world’s second-richest person, recently published a blog post reflecting on 2019, in which he noted that his extreme wealth is unfair. Here’s why Bitcoin...
The Recipe that Causes Bitcoin to Rise: Economic and Geopolitical...
As the world anxiously watched the turbulent events in the Middle East this week, investors have turned to the known safe havens for times of crisis. Throughout history, gold has been...
Is Bitcoin Surging Because of Tensions in Iran and the Middle East?
Bitcoin prices have jumped almost 6% over the past couple of hours as news emerges of a US airstrike on Iranian military personnel. Bitcoin Price Surges $400 A huge green candle has...
Will China Win the Blockchain Race Leaving the US Behind?
China is the clear blockchain tech leader at the moment and the US is in danger of missing out entirely if it doesn’t even get off the starting line. China Leading the Way There have...
Bitmain Lawsuit Heats Up, Plaintiffs Fight Motion to Dismiss
United Corp, a Florida-based cryptocurrency company that sued Bitmain in December 2018, contested the mining giant’s motion to dismiss the case in a US court this week. A...
US Court Allows IRS to View Bitstamp Customer Information
US federal judge allowed the IRS to demand information about users’ assets from Bitstamp crypto exchange, although the agency was also ordered to reduce the number of requests...
Alibaba, OneConnect Leads China’s Blockchain Patent Race
Alibaba and OneConnect scored the highest in China’s recent Blockchain Patents list after they both filed IPO prospectuses at the same time. The development of blockchain...
Bitcoin Price Dips Despite Positive U.S. China Trade Talks
Bitcoin price slipped today as trade talks between the United States and China took a positive turn. According to reports, China may ease tariffs against US imports suggesting that a...
Will the US Launch a Crypto Dollar? Coinbase CEO Ponders
Facebook’s attempted foray into the crypto world certainly grabbed the world’s attention. Meanwhile, China’s intentions to launch its own stablecoin grabbed the attention of US...
Banking Committee Chairman Crapo: US Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin
Yesterday saw yet another U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and blockchain. Libra got another bashing, and Chairman, Mike Crapo...
Latest Libra Survey Shows Mistrust Has Replaced Apathy
We hear so much about what various experts, countries and politicians think about Libra. But a month on from Facebook’s official announcement of its...