2019-2-1 21:00 |
After the 2017 closure of Alphabay, darknet transactions for crypto fell steeply. In 2018, however, the numbers grew consistently again, with bitcoin still the preferred currency for people wanting anonymous transactions origin »
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Darknet markets are going as strong as ever, if Chainalysis data is to be believed. In its latest Crypto Crime Report, published earlier this week, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reports that darknet market activity has nearly doubled throughout 2018.
2019-2-1 00:35 | |
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The scaling solution proposed for Bitcoin (BTC), the Lightning Network (LN), continues to grow and expand amid a bear market in the virtual currency world. Satoshi Labs, the company behind the hardware wallet Trezor, registered 1 BTC in Lightning transactions in just a single day.
2019-1-29 08:34 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is the most known virtual currency in the market. There are several lovers and haters behind this cryptocurrency. It was the first virtual currency to be released to the market and one that offers P2P transactions secured on the blockchain.
2019-1-29 08:28 | |
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Wibx is the utility token that will revolutionize the exchange relationships between brands and consumers, transforming social networks users into digital influencers. Wibx is the native token and the mean of exchange of the WiBOO platform, a sophisticated and well-structured ecosystem that offers new perspectives for the conventional marketing strategy models, such as sales activation and customer loyalty, using the blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI).
2019-1-29 07:03 | |
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Smart card wallet maker Tangem announced today that it would be issuing physical banknotes of the sovereign (SOV) currency for the Marshall Islands. The physical banknotes will be based on blockchain technology, enabling cheap, fast and global transactions for the users.
2019-1-28 20:59 | |
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Against the current trend, Lucid, an asset management firm believes the best of the new digital currency to take over financial transactions globally, Bitcoin. The Fate Of Bitcoin Many analysts have in recent past had so much to say about bitcoin.
2019-1-23 23:06 | |
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Alterdice is a digital trading platform that facilitates buying and selling of cryptocurrencies. The platform operates like any other cryptocurrency exchange platform in terms of exchange transactions.
2019-1-22 05:33 | |
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America’s best brains in academic studies are now working together to create a new digital currency. According to a recent report from Fortune, professors from MIT and Stanford are working together to create a new cryptocurrency that intends to do what Bitcoin cannot yet: process thousands of transactions per second.
2019-1-21 20:29 | |
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Huobi is back in Japan, this time as a fully regulated exchange under Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA). Following its merger with BitTrade, Huobi Japan Holding Ltd.
2019-1-19 19:03 | |
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US academics are working together to create a new and improved cryptocurrency in a bid to rival Bitcoin. According to Bloomberg, professors from seven US colleges (including MIT, University of California, Standford University, and Berkely) are looking to create a digital currency capable of processing thousands of transactions a second without sacrificing the basic principle of decentralization.
2019-1-17 17:24 | |
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American crypto wallet and custodial firm BitGo has teamed up with Genesis Global Trading, a digital asset trading firm, to improve the crypto trading experience for its institutional investors.
2019-1-17 01:02 | |
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2018 marked the year that governments, businesses, and other organizations around the world started implementing GDPR — not just in Europe but worldwide. However, even as businesses have clamored for enhanced data protection, there have been major missteps along the way, many of which resulted in catastrophic compromise of important user data.
2019-1-16 12:47 | |
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Bitcoin is an open-source protocol that anybody can interact with. It is getting attention and attracting participation in different ways, whether it is through speculation, investing and sending money, all the way to contributing to what’s underneath the hood.
2019-1-16 01:14 | |
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Venezuela Pushes Back Against US Sanctions On Their National Cryptocurrency Petro Earlier this week the US imposed sanctions that target a Venezuelan currency exchange network scheme that siphoned off billions of dollars to corrupt insiders of the Venezuelan government.
2019-1-10 17:46 | |
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There were several rumours during the last year regarding Ripple signing a partnership with SWFT. Ripple is one of the largest companies in the virtual currency market and SWIFT is the biggest services provider for cross-border transactions.
2019-1-6 22:32 | |
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WinWinCoin gambling solution with decentralized Jackpot What do we offer? As mentioned above, we have a full understanding of current problems in the gambling industry and that is why we offer an effective solution in the form of decentralized anonymous currency WinWinCoin which will save players from limits, fees, make money transfers faster and all wallets and transactions anonymous which will allow avoid territorial and legislative restrictions.
2019-1-5 21:09 | |
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“In Blockchain We Trust” is the official motto of the Sheepcoin. The problem of mutual trust has existed for thousands of years because of the nature of trade transactions in which goods are exchanged and it takes both time and effort to build trust; with the inclusion of reliability one of the key features achieved using blockchain technology vast improvements will occur.
2019-1-5 03:33 | |
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Facebook has been changing opinion about the virtual currency market and blockchain technology over 2018. A few days ago, Bloomberg informed that the company is going to be creating a stablecoin and target the Indian market for transactions between individuals.
2018-12-29 22:04 | |
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Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency that started it all — was released in 2009 as open-source software by a person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. The idea was to create a peer-to-peer electronic currency that didn’t rely on any central authority or intermediary for validating the exchange of money.
2018-12-28 12:00 | |
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Chinese payments giant Ant Financial, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alibaba Group, is in advanced discussions with European payments application WorldFirst in a takeover deal worth $700 million, reported Finance Magnates on December 26, 2018.
2018-12-28 06:00 | |
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According to Craig Wright, the chief scientist of nChain, Bitcoin could replace Patreon in the future. He said that during a conversation by the YouTuber Philosophie Workout. He said that the popular virtual currency could be used to make automated payments for subscription services.
2018-12-26 19:36 | |
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If anyone said that banks and cryptocurrencies are natural enemies and can never work together — Ripple was out there to prove them wrong! Unlike Bitcoin — which is aimed at performing like regular currencies and be used to pay for goods and services — Ripple is a real-time payment settling and remittance system for banks and other payment networks.
2018-12-26 13:00 | |
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Draft legislation designed to hamper Iran’s efforts to create a sovereign cryptocurrency has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. The Blocking Iran Illicit Finance Act bans U. S. citizens and companies from all transactions and dealings in Iranian digital currency.
2018-12-24 00:30 | |
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Binance, Cryptocurrency, XRP–XRP, the currency which started the year trading at $3.80 per coin, may finish 2018 with some positive news in the form of an update from Binance. Given the liquidity of the XRP coin, in addition to its utility features which favor fast transactions and negligible fees, users have frequently clamored for exchanges […] The post XRP Base Pair on Binance Gaining Steam appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-12-23 02:38 | |
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Lightning is a second-layer solution for the Bitcoin blockchain that addresses the scaling issues surrounding it today. Similar to Bitcoin, Lightning is an open-source protocol in which anyone can contribute to.
2018-12-19 02:34 | |
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Mobile cryptocurrency exchange and peer-to-peer wallet Shakepay has announced a new product that allows its Canadian customers to buy bitcoin with spare change. Dubbed "ShakePay Change," the pre-launch of the service was announced in a Medium post.
2018-12-18 02:32 | |
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At the December 7, 2018, TenX Summit, a group of developers showcased an industry first: an atomic swap between a non-native asset, TenX’s PAY token, and a native asset, bitcoin.
2018-12-13 21:50 | |
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At the December 7, 2018, TenX Summit, a group of developers showcased an industry first: an atomic swap on the Lightning Network between a non-native asset, TenX’s PAY token, and a native asset, bitcoin.
2018-12-13 21:50 | |
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The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity.
2018-12-12 23:22 | |
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INTRODUCTION We want to build an exchange website known as Bittrader where many coins will be listed and the main pair will be the TRD Coin. Similar to Binance, some of the notable features of Bittrader include strong security, privacy, and untraceable features.
2018-12-11 09:03 | |
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Verge is a privacy focused crypto currency, designed for fast, cheap transactions suited for everyday use, providing both individuals and
2018-12-9 08:10 | |
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In a seemingly random move Coinbase has submitted a trademark request for the word “buidl. ” No, you read the correctly, the cryptocurrency exchange is trying to trademark a miss-spelling of the word “build.
2018-12-6 16:42 | |
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R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based.
2018-12-6 01:54 | |
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Binance just offered its users an in-depth sneak peek of its forthcoming decentralized exchange (DEX). Announced in March of 2018, the decentralized exchange will be built on Binance’s own Binance chain, the soon-to-be base layer for BNB, Binance’s trading currency that is currently an ERC-20 token.
2018-12-6 23:38 | |
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Binance just offered its users an in-depth sneak peek of its forthcoming decentralized exchange (DEX). Announced in March of 2018, the decentralized exchange will be built on Binance’s own Binance chain, the soon-to-be base layer for BNB, Binance’s trading currency that is currently an ERC-20 token.
2018-12-6 23:38 | |
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According to a brand new in depth report taken up and jointly published by the collective central banks of Canada, the United Kingdom and Singapore on November 15th, shed some profound light on the impact that Central bank Digital Currencies would have on interbank payments and transactions. According to the report, CDBC's would help improve […]
2018-12-4 11:48 | |
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For the first time, the U. S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has traced illicit bitcoin activity to the public addresses of two sanctioned individuals.
2018-11-29 21:41 | |
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Mexican startup Airtm will launch a campaign to raise donations for Venezuelans, a country whose poor monetary policies have plagued it with hyperinflation. Called the AirdropVenezuela.
2018-11-28 19:29 | |
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Spain’s Ministry of the Treasury has identified 15,000 cryptocurrency investors it will monitor to prevent tax evasion and money laundering, according to local media reports. The ministry has vowed to ensure that the investors pay taxes on capital gains from digital currency transactions and that they declare any other benefits accrued from trading.
2018-11-22 04:10 | |
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There’s no denying that when it comes to receiving and accepting payments, traditional online fiat currency payment operators reign supreme. However, recent advances in blockchain and financial technology are making free and fast transactions, once touted as impossible, reality.
2018-11-21 12:16 | |
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As part of its desire to forge deeper ties with the Chinese government, Huobi Group, the parent company of digital asset platform Huobi, has formed a Communist Party committee in China, according to an announcement by the company.
2018-11-20 00:18 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-19 04:39 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-20 04:39 | |
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Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said central banks throughout the world should consider issuing digital currency to make transactions more secure.
2018-11-14 19:10 | |
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Bitcoin is the largest and most popular virtual currency in the cryptocurrency market. It can be used to process transactions of $1 million dollars or more or even $1 dollars’ transactions. However, the miners have to pay the same price for processing a very small payment or large transactions. For example, back in September, $193 […]
2018-11-14 18:54 | |
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It seems that customers using Ripple’s product may be able to easily switch to the xRapid product, which is one of the most promising products and from the company. Using XRP as the virtual currency to process cross-border transactions that would allow companies to reduce costs and time. According to a new document released known […]
2018-11-14 18:22 | |
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To encourage the merchants to accept bitcoin cash in Latin American countries, the Bitcoin Cash Association, in conjunction with Spendbch.io created a bounty program. This bounty program is designed to create awareness about bitcoin cash as a viable currency alternative that they can use for their daily transactions. To this end, it is estimated that […]
2018-11-14 23:42 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added the Vietnamese Dong (VND) on its Customer-to-Customer (C2C) trading system, enabling Vietnamese customers to exchange their fiat currency for tokens on the platform.
2018-11-14 21:54 | |
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According to an article by Venture Beat, published November 11, 2018, cryptocurrency traders in the U. S. have found a lending loophole to avoid taxation on their digital currency transactions. Evade Taxes by Loaning out Equivalent Amount Taxation has been one larger problems facing the cryptocurrency industry since it came into prominence.
2018-11-13 02:00 | |
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Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mersky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and entrepreneurship, while Israel comes from the advertising industry and has experience in the pharmaceutical psychedelic space.
Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.
Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will reportedly step down as CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since its 2009 inception, Bitcoin has heralded a shift from traditional to decentralized finance (DeFi), signaling the future of financial markets. Today, the crypto landscape extends beyond Bitcoin, with multiple projects contributing to a dynamic ecosystem of financial innovation.