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Global Blockchain Business Council and Survey Monkey teamed for an appraisal of American attitudes toward the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin. Awareness of the decentralized currency is way up, but those who actually own the digital asset remains relatively low. Also read: Tezos Swiss Foundation Concept is “Old, Inflexible and Stupid” Americans More Bitcoin Aware, … Read more
As cryptocurrencies have grown popular over the past year, researchers have noticed an inverse relationship between gold and bitcoin markets. Over the past two weeks, as cryptocurrency markets have slumped, financial analysts are reporting even more data about the correlation between both assets. Also Read: Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies Try to Regain Strength After the Recent Dip Researchers … Read more
Payment processor Stripe is halting bitcoin support. Declaring that “there are fewer and fewer use cases for which accepting or paying with Bitcoin makes sense,” the online payments specialist is calling it a day on cryptocurrency for the time being. Over the past month, a handful of other companies have also rolled back bitcoin support, … Read more
Benebit, one of this year’s most hyped ICOs, has pulled an exit scam, making off with a reported $2.7 million of investor funds. Other estimates put the figure as high as $4 million. The fraud only came to light after someone noticed that the team photos had been stolen from a school website. Once the … Read more
While some mainstream media sources will have you believe that bitcoin is only used for buying illicit drugs, contracting hitmen and laundering money, the truth is that it is being used for so much more than that – just like fiat currency. The latest example is a religious body that now allows members to donate … Read more
Close to $400 million USD raised from initial coin offerings have been lost or stolen, a new research has found. The embezzled funds constitute more than 10% of what had been collected for the projects covered by the study. Meeting fundraising goals is getting harder for companies conducting new ICOs. Also read: Hackers Steal $400k … Read more
After years of enjoying the increased demand from cryptocurrency mining, GPU manufacturers have begun to signal they might not be too thrilled about miners overcrowding the market. Nvidia has requested retailers to take some measures to try and ensure its produces get into the hands of gamers, not miners. Also Read: U.S. Rating Agency to … Read more
South Korean card companies are reportedly working on blocking payments to overseas cryptocurrency exchanges. Currently, 20 major crypto exchanges are blocked but that number is expected to increase, according to the Korean Credit Finance Association. Also read: South Korean Officials Caught Trading On Insider Knowledge of Crypto Regulations Blocking Payments Overseas South Korean card companies have … Read more
As News.Bitcoin.com learned two weeks ago, one of Europe’s largest banks, Nordea, will enact a company-wide policy to effectively ban its employees from owning or trading in cryptocurrency. Citing risks and perhaps looming regulation, the bank decided to act preemptively. Also read: Whistleblower Details Big Bank’s Plans to Prohibit Employees Owning Bitcoin Nordea Bank Bans … Read more
The drama from Tezos just keeps coming. A top attorney in the cryptocurrency space, once involved with setting up the Tezos Foundation, has issued sharp cautionary notes for those who wish to dabble within the burgeoning initial coin offering (ICO) market. Also read: Samourai Wallet Introduces Bitcoin via SMS Text Message for Censorship Resistance Swiss foundation … Read more
