Japan’s GDP Grows Due to Bitcoin Wealth Effect

Analysts Yoshiyuki Suimon and Kazuki Miyamoto claim bitcoin will assist Japan in a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) boost of 0.3% heading into the first three months of 2018. At the end of 2017, the cryptocurrency boasted a ¥12 trillion market capitalization, and if trends continue into early this year, that could translate into lifting Japanese … Read more

South Korean Exchanges Revise Policies to Comply with Crypto Regulation

South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges have implemented changes to comply with the government’s mandates announced last week. In addition to restricting certain customers from trading cryptocurrencies, the exchanges have stopped issuing new virtual accounts in accordance with the regulators’ real-name requirements. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Government’s Mandates … Read more

‘Privacy Coin’ Verge is Allegedly Leaking Users’ IP Addresses

Privacy coins are meant to be private: that’s their raison d’être. Without this functionality, they’re just altcoins, and dangerous ones at that for anyone relying on them for anonymity. Verge (XVG) is one of the best known privacy coins on the market, but it risks becoming famous for all the wrong reasons. A new website … Read more

Public Firm Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Falsely Claiming Link to Bitcoin

An application for a class action lawsuit against Apollo Power (TASE: APLP) has been submitted to the Tel Aviv District Court. The solar energy technology company is accused of misleading investors by making a false report. The matter at hand is how its share price jumped by 150% on December 18 after Apollo announced it … Read more

PR: Gambling Affiliate Site Bonus.ca Joins the Bitcoin Community

1st of January 2018 – Leading Canadian gambling affiliate site Bonus.ca has joined the bitcoin community. The company has previously monitored and reviewed traditional gambling sites in order to find the most trustworthy service providers for Canadian players. The post PR: Gambling Affiliate Site Bonus.ca Joins the Bitcoin Community appeared first on Bitcoin News. Go … Read more