It’s been a turbulent time for the cryptocurrency markets, so now is a good time to reflect on how and why we got here in the first place. First, an op ed makes the ideological case for Bitcoin. Then, we continue to review the history of Bitcoin from its Cypherpunk days, with the latest installment […]
Within minutes of rumors spreading regarding the SEC’s classification of both bitcoin and ether, the entire crypto market breathed a sigh of relief as everyone enjoyed a nice bounce. Prior to the news, bitcoin saw several days when buyers began to disappear from the market. After bottoming in the low $6,100s, the SEC news spread […]
Jeff Garzik first tuned the world into his latest venture in the fall of 2017. The Bloq co-founder unveiled Metronome (MET), a cryptocurrency he founded alongside Matthew Roszak, at the Las Vegas Money 20/20 conference in late October, and the project caught the attention of Bloomberg and Fortune at the time. What makes Metronome interesting […]
The Bank of International Settlements intends to publish two cryptocurrency-focused chapters of its annual report this weekend.
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The tide is rising and Bitcoin Cash is riding with it. In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin Cash is up nine percent meaning technical formation hints of support at $850, a previous support and bear targets from our past BCH price forecast. That aside, odds of a BCH buying follow through and confirmation of a […]
Despite fears and skepticism over usage of virtual currencies for crime, tax evasion and money laundering, more African countries and individual investors are increasingly embracing cryptocurrencies to escape challenges to do with fiat money and to mop up extra value from informal markets that dominate the continent, according to a newly-published local report Global Risk […]
Social network company Spot.IM is planning to pay employees using Bitcoin, as reported by Israeli newspaper Calcalist. However, the firm is currently negotiating with the Israel Tax Authority to receive permission for the proposed payment method, along with the proper way of calculating exchange rates. Itay Bracha, Spot.IM’s legal representative, said that salary or benefit […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared that Ethereum (ETH) is not a security under U.S. securities law as it is a decentralized structure that is not controlled by any committed third party. SEC Backs Decentralized Coins Speaking at the Yahoo All Markets Summit: Crypto conference in San Francisco, the finance head said […]
Jeremy Allaire of Circle, a peer-to-peer payments technology company backed by Goldman Sachs, spoke on the ‘Tokenisation of Everything’ today at MoneyConf in Dublin, the biggest fintech conference in Europe. Allaire clarified for newcomers that the cryptocurrency space was far wider than Bitcoin, going on to discuss privacy coins, stablecoins, and tokens used to sell […]