Jailed Bitcoin Expert May Provide Insight Over Russia Election Meddling

A Russian cryptocurrency expert may be the key to unlocking a U.S. investigation over Russia’s interference with American politics. Three countries are fighting to extradite Russian crypto expert Alexander Vinnik from Greece: Russia, France, and the U.S. Vladimir Putin’s government has already threatened retaliation against Greece if he doesn’t return to his homeland. Mueller’s Russia Probe […]

Scottish Property Platform Tackles Rising House Rents using Blockchain

A Scottish property firm is teaming up with a local blockchain startup to create probably the world’s first Private Rented Sector (PRS) database. Property letting portal Citylets has announced that they and their new tech partner Wallet.Services will be creating a ledger that would tackle rising rents in Scotland’s residential sector. The company believes that their […]

Bitstamp: An Overview of the Industry’s Oldest Active Exchange

In this guide, we explore Bitstamp and its journey from humble beginnings seven years ago to becoming one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. We’ll also look at the various features of its platform, chiefly trading and acquiring cryptocurrency. Snapshot Operating since: August 2011 Location: London, Luxembourg, Slovenia, U.S. Fiat pairs supported: […]

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Strong Rally Tests Trend-Changing Behavior

In a potentially trend-changing move, bitcoin has now managed establish its first *higher* low since the beginning of this years crypto bear market. In mid-June, after seeing a short-lived bounce from this year’s low in the upper $5,000s, the bitcoin market took a very harsh, unrelenting move that dropped the price from the mid $8000s […]

Bitcoin News Summary – September 3, 2018

The post Bitcoin News Summary – September 3, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds.  Bitcoin’s hashrate jumped by as much as 35% over the past week reaching an all-time high of 61 exahash. Some speculated that new ASIC manufacturers are powering up their new […]

Tom Lee: Bitcoin to Hit $20k in 2018 Despite Struggle of Emerging Markets

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, a Bitcoin permabull known for his optimistic price targets for the dominant cryptocurrency, has said that Bitcoin will likely end the year explosively higher possibly at $20,000. In an interview with CNBC, Lee stated that over the past year, Bitcoin, which has failed to show a correlation with the broader financial market […]