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Increased SegWit Adoption for Bitcoin, is Lightning Network Next?

Increased SegWit Adoption for Bitcoin, is Lightning Network Next?

A lot of things may happen in the Bitcoin world very soon. The controversial scaling solution known as SegWit is...

06/01/2018
Australian Newsagents Now Offer In-Store Cryptocurrency Purchases

Australian Newsagents Now Offer In-Store Cryptocurrency Purchases

Bitcoin still remains largely inaccessible to the majority of people. Anyone can sign up for an exchange, but few people...

06/01/2018
UAE Bitcoin Investors Share Emotional Rollercoaster

UAE Bitcoin Investors Share Emotional Rollercoaster

Mohammed and Fred, two residents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), are two cryptocurrency ‘noobs’ that invested in late 2017,...

07/01/2018
Canadian Cryptocurrency Mining Boom in Full Swing

Canadian Cryptocurrency Mining Boom in Full Swing

Cryptocurrency mining is a very difficult yet potentially profitable business model. Without meeting certain conditions, it is almost possible to...

08/01/2018
Bank of England Says Cryptocurrencies Will Fall, With False Claims

Bank of England Says Cryptocurrencies Will Fall, With False Claims

Bank of England Governor and consistent critic of cryptocurrency Mark Carney once again called for regulatory oversight of the market in a...

08/01/2018
NFL Star Richard Sherman: Invest in Cryptocurrencies Responsibly

NFL Star Richard Sherman: Invest in Cryptocurrencies Responsibly

NFL Star cornerback and infamous trash talker Richard Sherman went on Business Insider to put crypto-haters in their place. “Have...

09/01/2018
Bitcoin Transaction Volume Decreases With Batching, Not Due to Lack of Demand

Bitcoin Transaction Volume Decreases With Batching, Not Due to Lack of Demand

It is often difficult to find positive reports about Bitcoin. Too many transactions cause a spike in overall fees. Fewer...

10/01/2018
North Korea Taps Bitcoin to Circumvent US Sanctions, More Hacks to Follow

North Korea Taps Bitcoin to Circumvent US Sanctions, More Hacks to Follow

North Korea seemingly wants to bypass the sanctions imposed upon the nation by the US government. Doing so will require...

10/01/2018
Bitcoin Enters Bull Market as Dominance Index Surges Above 40%

Bitcoin Enters Bull Market as Dominance Index Surges Above 40%

Bitcoin will remain the world’s leading cryptocurrency for some time to come. Over the past few days, the Bitcoin Dominance...

11/01/2018
Young South Koreans Invested in Cryptocurrency For Hope, Lost Nearly Half of Their Money

Young South Koreans Invested in Cryptocurrency For Hope, Lost Nearly Half of Their Money

Over the past six months, the vast majority of South Korea’s youth and millennials have invested thousands of dollars in...

12/01/2018
SegWit to Spread Further with Bitcoin Core 0.16.0

SegWit to Spread Further with Bitcoin Core 0.16.0

Bitcoin Core’s long-awaited version 0.16.0 was released on February 27, significantly earlier than its initially planned release date in May.Among...

13/01/2018
Major Cryptocurrency Exchanges Halve Bitcoin Withdrawal Fees Due to SegWit

Major Cryptocurrency Exchanges Halve Bitcoin Withdrawal Fees Due to SegWit

Some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the global market including Binance and Kraken have halved bitcoin withdrawal fees due...

14/01/2018
Bitcoin Private a Triple Fork: Fork of a Fork of a Fork

Bitcoin Private a Triple Fork: Fork of a Fork of a Fork

The world of cryptocurrency has seen many intriguing changes. Currencies are created out of thin air, whereas some of them...

15/01/2018
Missing Bitcoin Billions from Mt Gox Linked to UK Company

Missing Bitcoin Billions from Mt Gox Linked to UK Company

The Mt Gox hack back in 2014 was one of the largest Bitcoin heists in history. Four years ago cryptocurrency...

16/01/2018
Google Searches for ‘Bitcoin’ Drop to Five Month Low

Google Searches for ‘Bitcoin’ Drop to Five Month Low

Google searches using the keyword Bitcoin are down since the manic run of buying in late December. This marks the...

16/01/2018
Snowden Supporter Gets Wish Fulfilled and Arrested

Snowden Supporter Gets Wish Fulfilled and Arrested

Back in 2015, an Oregon man goaded the Federal Government to come and arrest him over a donation made to...

17/01/2018
Harvard Economist Says Bitcoin is Likely to Reach $100 in 10 Years, But For the Wrong Reason

Harvard Economist Says Bitcoin is Likely to Reach $100 in 10 Years, But For the Wrong Reason

Opinions on the Bitcoin price are very different in nature. Some people expect six-digit figures by 2020, whereas others expect...

18/01/2018
Bitcoin Gains Significant Momentum, Rising Above 50-Day Average

Bitcoin Gains Significant Momentum, Rising Above 50-Day Average

Things are slowly coming together for Bitcoin as of right now. With the BTC price noting a 50-day high the...

19/01/2018
U.S. Marshals to Hold Online Auction for 2,170 Bitcoin Seized by the Agency

U.S. Marshals to Hold Online Auction for 2,170 Bitcoin Seized by the Agency

The U.S. Marshals have put forth plans to auction off 2,170 Bitcoin it and other U.S. law enforcement agencies have...

20/01/2018
Scandinavian Bitcoin Dealer Struggles to Find Banking Partners

Scandinavian Bitcoin Dealer Struggles to Find Banking Partners

One of Northern Europe’s largest Bitcoin dealers is finding the lack of regulation surrounding cryptocurrency a hindrance to their business...

21/01/2018
Portuguese Traditional Shoemaker Accepts Bitcoin, Merchant Adoption Rises

Portuguese Traditional Shoemaker Accepts Bitcoin, Merchant Adoption Rises

Tiago Máximo, a Portuguese shoemaker, is the owner of a small boot shop in Barcelona, Spain. His traditional handcraft method, inspired...

21/01/2018