Thai Government Trials Blockchain in Fight Against Tax Fraud
The tax authority in Thailand is testing a blockchain system that tracks value-added tax (VAT) invoices and potentially eliminate fakes.
Bitcoin News Summary – December 3, 2018
The post Bitcoin News Summary – December 3, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. Crypto markets hit a fresh low for the year early this week, with Bitcoin falling as low as $3,600. It was reported that Google search interest for Bitcoin is […]
Hands-on with the Sirin Labs FINNEY, the World’s First Crypto-Native Smartphone
Sirin Labs, the blockchain startup funded by nearly $158 million in initial coin offering (ICO) proceeds, has released its much-anticipated “blockchain smartphone,” the FINNEY. The firm unveiled the device on Thursday at a release party in Barcelona, which featured presentations from several Sirin executives along with an appearance by football legend and Sirin brand ambassador […]
Bitcoin Opinion: Why Context is Important When Talking about the ‘Crypto Bubble’
The fact that the bitcoin price has been crashing for the past month has led some people to have some hilarious reactions. From rage-quitting crypto-trading and investing to astonishing doomsday predictions, it’s really fun to sit back and watch all madness. However, I feel like it’s also my duty to step in and calm things […]
Asus Wants to Let Gamers to Mine Crypto with Idle GPU Power
Tech giant Asus is now making it possible for gamers to use the excess processing power of their graphics cards to earn some profit from crypto mining. In an announcement made on Thursday, the Taiwan-based tech company stated that it has entered into a partnership with a mining app provider known as Quantumcloud. Under this […]
November Has Been Bitcoin’s Worst Month for Seven Years
Bitcoin has just emerged from its worst month in terms of price declines for seven years. The big daddy of crypto has shed almost 40% in this one month alone as it pulled the entire crypto market down to new yearly lows. Bitcoin Dumps Over a Third of its Value in a Month Starting out […]
How Silvergate Became the Leading Bank for Crypto Startups
Silvergate Bank CEO Alan Lane shared his approach to serving the cryptocurrency industry with bankers at the Block FS conference.
Crypto Anarchists Are Building Tools to Resist the State in Eastern Europe
A new centre for “crypto-anarchy” based in Slovakia is pushing for a return to what they believe are the technology’s core political tenets.
Cryptocurrency Market Update: $10 Billion Dumped as The Dead Cat Bounces
FOMO Moments Crypto markets predictably dumping this weekend, Bitcoin SV, Cardano and Neo getting hurt. As predicted crypto markets have dumped again after a few days of solid gains and the dead cat has bounced. Over $10 billion has flooded out wiping out all progress made this week. Total market capitalization is back below $130 […]
Week 2: How the Bitcoin Cash “Hash War” Came and Went and Not Much Happened
In what may well have been the most watched cryptocurrency event of 2018, Bitcoin Cash two weeks ago “hard forked” (split) into two different coins. The “big block” project that itself forked away from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017 fragmented into “Bitcoin Cash ABC” (BCHABC) and “Bitcoin Cash SV” (BCHSV). In this third and […]