The ICO Scam Train Arrives in Sweden – Meet “Starflow”

ICO scams can take many forms. There are phishing scams, perpetrated by impostors. There are the straight-up take-your-money-and-run exit scams. And there are the pointless ICO scams which will rob investors by failing to deliver a viable working product or shipping vaporware. In the long run, these are every bit as pernicious, for not only … Read more

Northern European Bank Nordea Confirms Bitcoin Ban for Employees

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

Whistleblower Details Big Bank’s Plans to Prohibit Employees Owning Bitcoin

This week News.Bitcoin.com carried the breaking story alleging employees of giant Northern European bank Nordea were being forbidden by company policy from owning or trading cryptocurrency. Since publication, a bank employee, who wishes to remain anonymous, forwarded evidence the large institution is indeed going ahead with such plans. Also read: Swedish Bank Allegedly Forbids Employees … Read more

Sweden’s Giant Bank Nordea Allegedly Forbids Employees from Owning or Trading Cryptocurrency

A giant Northern European bank, Nordea, has allegedly enacted a company policy which forbids its employees from owning or trading in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. The bank’s current executive team have a long history of on-the-record skepticism toward bitcoin. Also read: Banks in India Block Crypto Accounts Nordea Bank Allegedly Forbids Employees from Owning Crypto … Read more

Hive to Place Its $100Mn USD Bitcoin Mining Operations in Northern Sweden

This week the Canadian firm, Hive Blockchain, announced it would be starting a $100Mn USD mining operation in Sweden. Hive’s CEO says the mining center will “ten times bigger” than the company’s Iceland mining centers. Also Read: Markets Update: Cryptos Look for Relief After South Korea FUD Causes Losses Hive Blockchain Is Starting a Mining Operation … Read more

Global P2P Crypto Markets Experience Record Volume Throughout December

The global peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin markets have seen record trading volume as a consequence of last week’s major price retracement. According to data provided by Coindance, numerous national markets saw historically unprecedented trade volume throughout December – suggesting that many investors may have been taking profits following bitcoin’s dramatic bull run up to the $20,000 … Read more

The Satoshi Revolution – Chapter 3: Do You Want a Government Fiat Crypto? (Part 4)

The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations. Section 1 : The Trusted Third Party Problem Chapter 3: Trying to Undo Satoshi by Wendy McElroy Do You Want a Government Fiat Crypto? (Chapter 3, Part 4) It is the ability of governments to acquire money without direct taxation that makes modern warfare possible, and a … Read more