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For years, Bitcoin has been used for criminals in the deep web in order to pay for illicit drugs and other products and services. Since then, and because there is a lack of information from mainstream media, Bitcoin has been taken as the currency for criminals. Technically, criminals prefer to use other altcoins with better Continue Reading
The European Union is ready to regulate cryptocurrencies. This is what Valdis Dombrovskis commented during a roundtable meeting attended by the European Central Bank (ECB), industry bodies and other important offices. In March, the G-20 will host the 2nd Meeting of Finance and Central Bank Deputies, where cryptocurrency and bitcoin regulations will be debated as Continue Reading
Several countries are trying to support blockchain technology, cryptocurrency developments and start-ups and enterprises related to this industry. Uzbekistan, a country located in Central Asia, may soon pass a law that will legalize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the market. Uzbekistan Legalizes Cryptocurrencies The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Miriyoyev, has given the task of preparing Continue Reading
Update: see below for Cøbra’s statement regarding the downtime Bitcoin.org co-owner “Cøbra” published an open letter yesterday to the Bitcoin community suggesting a hard fork to change the current PoW system to a hybrid PoW and PoS system. Cøbra, who is also the co-owner of bitcointalk.org published this open letter on Medium essentially implying that Continue Reading
Bitcoin Cash is increasing its block size to 32MB and adding smart contract capability with a new implementation starting on May 15th. Will this be the next “Ethereum killer” or just help Bitcoin Cash gain a more competitive edge on the market? NChain, the blockchain firm behind these new changes, claims, “Bigger blocks, faster speed, Continue Reading
An Atomic Swap is a cross-chain trade. This basically means that it is the exchanging of one currency to another without the use of a third party. Why do we need this? At the moment we need to trust a third party to handle this kind of an exchange. Some examples of companies that provide Continue Reading
Cryptopay, the UK company founded in 2013 has recently made a statement that has upset many Bitcoin Cash evangelists. Adding new currencies to a platform is certainly no easy task, and whatever currencies are added, there are likely to be unhappy people wanting their favorite one added. Cryptopay has taken some time to actually add Continue Reading
Last week we got the opportunity to speak with Philipp Schulz from TV-TWO. What is it? The team calls TV-TWO a “television ecosystem on the Ethereum blockchain”. Essentially it is a platform for users to use their Smart TV’s to earn cryptocurrencies, allows content creators to earn cryptocurrencies when users watch their content and gives Continue Reading
2018 has been a difficult year so far for cryptocurrencies with many hitting all-time highs in December 2017, this year seems to be plagued with FUD, rumors, hacks and a general bearish attitude to coins and tokens in general. Bitcoin IS scaling Contrary to the naysayers, those pushing for Bitcoin to lose its place as Continue Reading
In a post on Medium today, DomRaider announced a partnership with ARCHOS to bring out the Safe-T mini. The Archos Safe-T mini device will be manufactured in France and will be coming in June 2018, starting at €49.99 or around $62.00. This is around half the price of the Ledger Nano S and covers all of the same Continue Reading