Several Bitcoin Exchanges Are Closing Their Doors to New Traders

A massive influx of new clients begging you to take their money is the best kind of problem any business could dream of having. Nevertheless, bitcoin exchanges are now having to cope with such a situation by finding ways to reduce the load. As a result new traders are left with fewer options as, one … Read more

Major Korean Banks Drop Bitcoin Point Swap Services

South Korean banks are further distancing themselves from bitcoin following the government’s ”emergency” regulation which bans them from direct involvement in cryptocurrency-related activities. Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank have announced that they are discontinuing their points for bitcoin exchange services in January. Also read: South Korea Clarifies Position After Reports of Possible Ban on All … Read more

EU Finance Commissioner: The Political Body Has No Plans to React to Bitcoin

Some members of the European Union have been discussing the popularity of the decentralized currency bitcoin, and the EU’s political body recently added “digital currencies” to its anti-money laundering statutes. However, the EU commissioner for financial affairs, Pierre Moscovici, explains in a recent interview that at this stage politicians have no plans to “react” just … Read more

Twenty Years Ago, Two Men Predicted Bitcoin

Clinton began his second term as President of the United States. Titanic dominated the box office. Hanson’s “MMMBop” stormed music charts. The year, 1997, also turned out to be when two cranks, fringe thinkers, wrote The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age (TSI), published by Simon & Schuster. Catastrophic impresarios James Dale … Read more

Indian Police Forces Break up Gang Praying on Bitcoin Investors

The incredible bitcoin price rally this year has attracted a lot of new people to the cryptocurrency world, many of them just looking to make a quick buck without understanding too much what they are getting into. Naturally this kind of situation attracts criminals that look to exploit it, the most recent example being a … Read more

One Week On from the Etherdelta Hack, Funds Are Still Being Stolen

One of the major benefits of decentralized exchanges is that they can’t be hacked – or so the theory went. As Etherdelta’s users found out last week, however, that’s not quite true. After accessing the site’s DNS records and replacing the domain with a sophisticated fake, attackers were able to hoover up hundreds of thousands … Read more

Major Exchanges Don’t Want Forked Coins but Smaller Platforms Can’t Get Enough of Them

With less bitcoin holders bothering to claim forked coins, the public’s appetite for chain splits is clearly diminishing. Developers, though, seem determined to keep pushing out fresh forks to a diminishing band of recipients. One of the toughest challenges that forkers face is finding wallets and exchanges willing to distribute the newly birthed coins. Large … Read more

Opera Browser to Include Built-In Anti-Bitcoin Mining Feature

Cryptocurrency mining malware has recently became such a hot issue in the cyber security world that popular internet browser Opera is now starting to offer protection against it right out of the box.  Also read: New Cryptocurrency Mining Bot Is Infesting Facebook Messenger The developers of the Opera browser have announced that the next version of … Read more

Fidelity Investments Charitable Collected $22 Million in Bitcoin this Year

The Year of Bitcoin continued apace with Fidelity Investments Charitable collecting a whopping 22,000,000 USD in the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Bitcoiners are known for their generosity, and Fidelity has developed quite a relationship with the ecosystem especially over 2017. Also read: Bundesbank Board Member: No Plans to Issue State-Backed Cryptocurrency Fidelity Investments Charitable Breaks … Read more

Major University in Belarus Debuts Crypto Diploma Course Following Legalization

Following the legalization of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Belarus, a major Belarusian technical university is now offering a diploma course covering cryptocurrencies, their derivatives, and ICOs. Immediately, inquiries flooded in from people wanting to learn about this new industry. Also read: Belarus Legalizes Cryptocurrencies and ICOs – Tax-Free for Five Years Diploma Course at … Read more