BTC.com Wallet Review – Is this HD Hybrid Wallet Safe to Use?

The post BTC.com Wallet Review – Is this HD Hybrid Wallet Safe to Use? appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. BTC.com is an open-source Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) web and mobile wallet and also a block explorer. Created by Bitmain in 2016, it allows users to store, send and receive Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash […]

Telegram’s Pavel Durov Is Using Bitcoin to Bypass Russian Sanctions

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is battling against Russian security forces, after they implemented a block on Monday, April 16, 2018, on the messaging app when it refused a court order to “grant state security services access to its users’ encrypted messages,” according to Reuters. The move was initiated by Alexander Zharov, head of the Russian […]

Reuters: Cambridge Analytica Planned to Issue Digital Currency and ICO

Last year, Cambridge Analytica was developing plans to raise money by issuing a digital currency and accompanying initial coin offering (ICO) before the firm became entangled in a scandal surrounding the misuse of Facebook users’ personal data, according to sources who spoke with Reuters. The British data analytics consultancy was looking to raise as much as […]

Survey: Almost Half of Crypto Investors Who Profited in 2017 Are Not Disclosing to the IRS

Today, April 17th, is tax day here in the U.S, but a significant number of investors have apparently not reported gains from digital currency trading to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TeamBlind and Credit Karma According to a survey from TeamBlind, the anonymous messaging app popular in fintech circles, 46% of people who made money trading cryptocurrencies in […]

Data Firm at Center of Facebook Controversy Planned $30 Million ICO: Report

Cambridge Analytica, a British data analytics firm, was planning to raise as much as $30 million by issuing a new cryptocurrency through an ICO before it got swept up in a scandal surrounding the misuse of Facebook Inc. personal data, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Cambridge Analytica had approached a company […]

New York Attorney General Launches Inquiry Into Cryptocurrency Exchanges

As part of an effort to protect cryptocurrency investors and bring greater transparency into how cryptocurrency exchanges operate, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sent letters to 13 virtual currency exchanges requesting they disclose key information about their operations. “With cryptocurrency on the rise, consumers in New York and across the country have a […]

Ex-Google Employees Form Blockchain Alliance As Cryptocurrencies Catch Fire

Blockchain is sizzling amid escalating media hype about its vast potential applications in finance, supply-chain management, healthcare, and even the music business. Now, a trio of former Google executives have launched a new blockchain community whose goal is to develop and promote blockchain initiatives. The xGoogler Blockchain Alliance (GBA) is comprised of blockchain project managers, investors, […]