Lightning Labs Rolls Out 'Taproot Assets,' to Make Bitcoin 'Multi-Asset' Network

Taproot Assets will give developers "the tools needed to make Bitcoin a multi-asset network, but in a scalable manner," according to Lightning Labs.

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El Salvador President Bukele Vows to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, has said he intends to make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender in his country. The post El Salvador President Bukele Vows to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Morgan Stanley Investment Arm May Make Bitcoin Bet

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Bitcoin Loophole: Wanna Make $13K in 24 Hours? This Crypto Trading App Is a Scam

A bitcoin investment scheme claiming to help people make over $13,000 within 24 hours has recently gained more attention. Bitcoin Loophole claims to be an algorithmic crypto trading app that enables its members to make daily profits and become millionaires within 61 days.

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This New Lightning App Aims to Make Getting Paid in Bitcoin Easier

A new service has launched to make it easier for people to accept money on bitcoin's lightning payments network.

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Cryptocurrency mining firm posts massive $58M loss

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies might have had a good week so far, but it’s not quite enough to make up for this Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining firm‘s 2018 losses. In its 2018 financial report, released yesterday, cryptocurrency mining firm Riot Blockchain posted a $58 million loss.

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Is Fake Bitcoin Volume a Roadblock For Full-Fledged Crypto Rally?

Following on from accusations of fake bitcoin trading volume, crypto data specialists Messari are fighting back in a bid to re-establish industry integrity. They have announced the launch of two unique metrics to help crypto investors make better-informed decisions.

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‘This Is Not an ICO, Just Barter’ – How Issuers Attempt to Evade Regulatory Scrutiny

Some issuers of initial coin offerings have started to change the terminology they use to refer to their token sale in a bid to evade the attention of regulators – the hawkish U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in particular.

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‘This Is Not an ICO, Just Barter’ – How Issuers Attempt to Evade Scrutiny

Some issuers of initial coin offerings have started to change the terminology they use to refer to their token sale in a bid to evade the attention of regulators – the hawkish U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in particular.

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Zebpay enables users to make Bitcoin Lightning Network payments

CryptoNinjas Zebpay, a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it has launched its Lightning Network integration. As of now, Zebpay customers from around the world can use the BTC balances on their Zebpay wallet to make payments on the Lightning Network.

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Paxful Introduces AI-Powered, Biometric Verification to Improve KYC and AML

The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform.

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How to Check Current Transaction Fees for BTC and BCH

Knowing what you have to pay to access a service is critical to judging the usefulness of any system. Here’s how you can check the current average transaction fees when make payments using BTC and BCH.

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Market Update: Dramatic Surge Sees Bitcoin (BTC) Go Up By 15%, Total Market Cap Hits $163 Billion

For the last couple of weeks, the stage has been set for Bitcoin to make a bold move. And in the last couple of hours, the coin has risen up to expectation. In the last couple of hours, Bitcoin has soared to break some key resistance positions.

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Russian Banks Join Chinese Swift – Is the Dollar Era Under Threat?

As a Saudi oil minister once remarked, the Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones. It seems it’s neither the deficit of a tool nor its deficiencies that make it obsolete, but rather the invention of new tools that do the job better.

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Is VeriBlock to Blame for the 500% Rise in Bitcoin Transaction Fees?

In the cryptocurrency world, transaction fees can make or break any project. While some projects try to maintain a zero-fee transaction structure, the vast majority of them tend to charge a small amount for miners to include transactions in blocks.

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Bancor’s Galia Benartzi: Investor Hodling Stance Must Shift if Focus is on 1 Billion Bitcoin Users

Galia Benartzi, one of the founders of Bancor stated that in order to make digital currency mainstream, and get 1 billion or more users, crypto investors should not be the only focus. Crypto Assets As Products Not Just As Investments She also stated that to meet high user numbers, there should be tokens created which […]

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“Bitcoin and Friends” Animated Series Airs Spicy First Episode

There’s a new animated series called “Bitcoin and Friends” that’s been making its rounds across the web after the first episode was released by Uncle Chris Productions. The humorous and sometimes raunchy cartoon is an eight-part series that aims to make people laugh during the depressing bear market and the crypto saltiness on social media.

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Bitcoin Dev Demos the First Lightning-Enabled Bitcoin ATM

At the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong’s Lightning Hack Day on March 31, 2019, Bitcoin developer Felix Weis presented a successful demonstration of his Lightning-enabled plugin for a Bitcoin ATM.

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Moonday Mornings: Bithumb hacked for $19M, SEC delays Bitcoin ETF decision again, and more

It’s another week which means it’s time for another wrap up of the weekend’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Let’s get to it. 1. South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been hacked for the third time in two years, reports ZDNet.

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Buzzex Global Crypto Exchange Announces Start of Trading Operations

Bitcoin Press Release: UK-based crypto exchange platform Buzzex has just announced the start of trading on its’ platform, alongside many developments, competitions, and programs. Friday 29th March, 2019, London, United Kingdom – Buzzex is a new secure digital asset trading platform, built by a group of traders and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, which boasts some unique features.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Could Make A Sustained Move Higher

Bitcoin price jumped higher recently and traded to a new weekly high above $4,140 against the US Dollar. The price traded as high as $4,142 and it is currently consolidating gains above key supports.

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Crypto Market Is Crucial Uptrend: EOS, Bitcoin Cash, TRX, ADA Price Analysis

The total crypto market cap is gaining traction and it is about to break the $140. 0B resistance area. EOS price is placed nicely above the $4. 10 and $4. 20 support levels, with a positive bias.

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Rublix (RBLX)

Rublix is a blockchain-powered bitcoin banking service. It focuses on blockchain transactions to make it easier for bitcoin-oriented transactions to

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Interest-Paying Crypto Accounts Are This Year’s Leading Trend

2019 has witnessed a Cambrian explosion of crypto interest schemes. Previously, the only way to make a passive income on your cryptocurrency was through hodling and hoping it would rise in dollar terms, or to operate a masternode for a dubious altcoin.

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Dogecoin Price Remains in the Green Over the Weekend

In the cryptocurrency world, very few projects effectively possess the necessary branding to make a lasting impact. Bitcoin and Ethereum seem to check the right boxes, although it would appear Dogecoin is clearly up there as well.

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Massive Bitcoin Exchange Hack Exposes Bithumb’s Arrogant Disregard of Security

In another blow to the crypto industry’s reputation, South Korean bitcoin exchange Bithumb was hacked again on Saturday morning. The hack marks the second time the exchange has been successfully penetrated in less than a year.

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March Crypto Roundup: Solid Gains for Most – BNB, ADA, Tezos Pumped While XRP, Tron, BSV Dumped

Following a gain of 14% during February crypto markets continued to make progress during March. Starting out the month at $130 billion markets had climbed 10% by the end of it to $143 billion with a gain of $13 billion.

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Bitcoin breaks resistance to hit $4,107, Is a weekend rally surfacing?

Bitcoin’s performance in the last 24hrs has been a significant one and this is reflected in the big bull’s ability to make a sheer climb that has now placed it in the $4100 mark. More precisely, Bitcoin is currently trading at $4157 at the time of this writing.

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Crypto Fundamentals Are Booming, But That Doesn’t Imply a Bitcoin (BTC) Rally

Booming Crypto Industry Many argue that it’s hard to make a case that the crypto industry is healthy. The value of Bitcoin (BTC) collapsed by 80% of 2018, as the zany bubble of 2017 unwound;.

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SEC Continues Lazy Crypto Streak by Postponing Bitwise Bitcoin ETF

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again proven its inability to make decisions regarding a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF). This time, the helpless victim waiting on the sidelines is Bitwise, which initially filed for its ETF two months ago in January.

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Zebpay Integrates Bitcoin Lightning Payments on Its Mobile App

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay now supports Lightning payments. The exchange announced the news via a blog post, where it claims to be the "first major exchange" to enable Lightning payments for its users.

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Op Ed: Answering 10 Common Questions About Cryptocurrency and Taxes

Depending on what country you live in, your cryptocurrency will be subject to different tax rules. The questions below address implications within the United States, specifically, but similar issues arise around the world.

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Is Bitcoin Fundamentally Incapable of Mass Adoption? The Economist Thinks So

An article out today in the Economist lists several reasons why Bitcoin may never have a “long-lasting” recovery. The unnamed author writes, in part: “The bust has been correspondingly brutal.

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AhrvoDEEX ICO

AhrvoDEEX is a peer-to-peer decentralized equity exchange that enables profitable trading by using multifactor ranking systems and deep learning algorithms that create smart equity scores and price targets to streamline the decision-making process.

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Innisfil Becomes First City in Canada to Accept Bitcoin for Municipal Taxes

Ohio might have made history as the first city to accept cryptocurrency for corporate taxes, but one Canadian town is adding its name to the books by becoming the first in North America to permit its citizens to pay their personal taxes in bitcoin.

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Anti-Bitcoin Banks Paid Over $243 Billion in Fines Since the Financial Crisis

Banks are quick to label Bitcoin the money of criminals. But banks fines since the financial crisis have totaled over $243 billion. Bitcoin fines? Zero. Isn’t it time for society to open its eyes? Banks Don’t Want to Work with Cryptocurrency Companies I tried to make a small purchase from a well-known cryptocurrency exchange earlier this week.

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Quedex Bitcoin Futures Trading Platform Is Ready To Roll With Gibraltar’s GFSC DLT License

The Quedex, Which Is A Bitcoin Futures Exchange Is Set For The Gibraltar DLT License The Quedex, which is a Bitcoin options and futures exchange has just gone ahead to announce that the GFSC, Gibraltar Financial Services, has gone ahead to make an in-principle decision, it is the decision to issue the Distributed Ledger Technology […]

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Binance Partners With IdentityMind for Enhanced Compliance and Security

Binance has partnered with Medici Ventures’ portfolio company IdentityMind, a risk management and regulatory-technology compliance platform, in a bid to enhance its fraud protection and compliance protocols.

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OpenNode Announces a Shopify Bitcoin Lightning Network Plugin

OpenNode has announced a new Bitcoin Lightning Network plugin for merchants using the Shopify. The plugin allows buyers to make payment using Bitcoin from all over the world. The post OpenNode Announces a Shopify Bitcoin Lightning Network Plugin appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Coinbase Earn adds Stellar’s XLM to list of Cryptos to be Earned on Learning Platform

In April last year, Coinbase made a $100 million acquisition of Earn. com. The firm started out as 21 Inc and used to be a Bitcoin mining start-up before it evolved. Today it is now called Coinbase Earn which is a service that allows its users to make money for acquiring knowledge about cryptocurrencies.

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Tim Draper Advises Argentina's President To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

The billionaire suggests technology is the answer to economic recovery.

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Samourai Wallet Adds Tor Integration in Privacy Push

Samourai Wallet announced this month that its latest update supports Tor integration, offering additional privacy for users. What Does Tor Integration Enable?In a conversation with Bitcoin Magazine, Samourai’s lead developer, who is known simply as “TD,” gave a rundown of the Tor integration.

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VeriBlock’s Bitcoin-Backed Security Protocol Goes Live

After a year on its testnet, the VeriBlock blockchain went live yesterday on the Bitcoin mainnet, allowing exchanges, wallet providers, merchants and other crypto businesses to leverage Bitcoin’s robust blockchain security.

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CoinMarketCap Admits Fake Crypto Volume Allegations, Plans for a New Set of Tools

Coinspeaker CoinMarketCap Admits Fake Crypto Volume Allegations, Plans for a New Set of ToolsCrypto price aggregator CoinMarketCap says it plans to make a number of changes to address concerns that the site reports fake volume for Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and more than 2,000 altcoins.

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An ICO That Never Launched Is now Trying its Luck on eBay

An ICO project that ended up failing to launch is now being sold on eBay to anyone willing to pay $60,000 and make something out of it, as noted by Financial Times on March 25, 2019. An ICO for Sale Ivan Kumar, the mastermind behind the initial venture, is now asking eBay users $60,000 asRead MoreRead More.

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New EU regulations put an end to buying Bitcoin anonymously

One of the last places you could buy Bitcoin (somewhat) anonymously online has implemented new compliance regulations that make it impossible for users to obscure their identity. LocalBitcoins.

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Twitch Silently Removes Bitcoin Support for Channel Subscriptions

Ensuring the mass adoption of Bitcoin and altcoins becomes a reality is an ongoing struggle. While some effort has been undertaken to make something positive happen, a lot of companies have dropped cryptocurrency support as well over the past few years.

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Facebook Blockchain Hiring 22, Could Its Crypto Be On The Horizon?

50, Make That 72 Facebook’s in-house blockchain division has purportedly doubled-down on its search for talent in the budding crypto ecosystem, in spite of the collapse in the Bitcoin price.

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Convicted Ex-Enron CEO Reportedly Mulls over Cryptocurrency Foray

Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron Corp, fresh from serving a 12-year prison sentence for fraud and insider trading might be looking to make a comeback via the emerging cryptocurrency and blockchain technology market.

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