The blockchain could serve as the foundation of a system for connecting energy grids, delivering more efficient and environmentally sustainable energy, according to Greentechmedia.com, a news site for the global clean energy market. One company, L03 Energy, is building an “open s … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is pushing toward its three-month resistance ceiling. Technical and sentiment analysis argue for a return to decline, and fundamental analysis shows that Bitcoin’s value is more fragile than many realize. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. … | Continue reading
Kryptokit, a browser extension that functions as a bitcoin wallet and encrypted messenger, has launched Jaxx, a unified platform that provides wallet services for bitcoin and Ethereum users, according to Nasdaq. Anthony Di Iorio, chief digital officer of the Toronto Stock Exchang … | Continue reading
Planning on entering the Bitcoin space? You might want to learn some DDoS mitigation techniques before diving in… DDoS attacks against Bitcoin-related websites have resulted in numerous Bitcoin ransoms in recent weeks. At least four bitcoin exchanges and four Bitcoin news website … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is reattempting a move higher but the progress is slow and both technical and sentiment analysis shows a bearish mood in the chart. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive a $29 dis … | Continue reading
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) issued a motion for a European Parliament resolution on virtual currencies that covers numerous regulatory proposals. The motion summarizes the risks and opportunities of distributed ledger technology (DL … | Continue reading
Federal prosecutors say details about the second arrest of Shaun Bridges, a former U.S. Secret Service agent charged with stealing in the Silk Road investigation, must remain sealed, in part, because they believe there are one or more co-conspirators, according to a filing in the … | Continue reading
Backup and recovery solutions technology company Acronis, the developer of popular software for consumers and businesses alike, is looking to integrate blockchain technology into its products, according to a report. Software developer Acronis, a company founded in Russia and now … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price continues scratching out a non-committal path around $420 and 2800 CNY. Another attempt at advance is not out of the question, but the prospect of a labored decline looms. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not … | Continue reading
The Omni Foundation, developers behind the Omni Layer, the largest asset layer built on top of and secured by the Bitcoin blockchain have released OmniDex 1.0. The developers proclaim it as the “first true decentralized” cryptocurrency exchange. OmniDex also allows for the trustl … | Continue reading
ChangeTip, a social media tipping service, has launched ChangeTip Wallet. a blockchain-powered, decentralized platform that provides a way to send and receive bitcoin online. ChangeTip Wallet combines the ease and convenience of ChangeTip with the ownership of private keys. Chang … | Continue reading
Ledger, a provider of hardware solutions which offers the Ledger Nano hardware wallet, recently posted a blog on Medium addressing the use of Segregated Witness for hardware wallets. Pieter Wuille, a bitcoin core developer, presented his Segregated Witness proposal at the Scaling … | Continue reading
HK$17B has been pledged by the financial secretary of Hong Kong to begin building the key infrastructure necessary to support a thriving Fintech and tech center in the city. In particular, John Tsang Chun-wah in a statement focused on fintech as an area or exploration and interes … | Continue reading
21 Inc just announced that the 21 Bitcoin Computer is shipping to 32 countries across Europe. After last year’s $116M round, 21 Inc was flying high. But with big money comes big expectations. They did not disappoint with the release of the 21 Bitcoin Computer late last year. In … | Continue reading
The Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee — the lower house of the Russian legislature — spoke about cryptocurrencies today. The deputy had a few interesting things to say about Russia’s hardline stance on cryptocurrencies in the past and possible future of the lega … | Continue reading
Barbados-based fintech firm Bitt Inc. has launched the Barbadian Digital Dollar, the Caribbean’s first blockchain-based digital money this week as a means to bring solutions to the unbanked in the region. In a marked effort to provide financial and banking solutions to its home c … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has lost direction. Ordinarily, this kind of price action can be described as merely corrective, but the chart shows several months of lower lows and, now again, a lower high. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. … | Continue reading
Gemini has adjusted its flat fee schedule to a dynamic, real-time, “maker-taker” schedule after collecting enough data to know how to encourage a stable, efficient and active marketplace, according to a blog on the Gemini website by Cameron Winklevoss, president and co-founder. T … | Continue reading
Visitors and patrons of Switzerland’s largest strip club have received blackmail letters from self-anointed ‘moralists’, demanding $2,000 in bitcoin (approx 4.72 BTC) or face ‘exposure’ with pictures of them visiting the strip club sent to their families. Bitcoin ransoms aren’t … | Continue reading
Paul Chou, CEO of LedgerX and the bitcoin advisor to the U.S. Commodities and Future Trading Commission (CFTC), says companies trying to use the blockchain without bitcoin are seriously misguided, and so far the concept is unproven, according to New York Business Journal. Chou sa … | Continue reading
One of the earliest blockchain projects, Bitnation, wants to aggregate all of the values of government into a distributed software platform, from identity and contracts to resolution services. Bitnation seeks to promote the idea that government can be a service, “geographically u … | Continue reading
In the continuing struggle between advocates for Bitcoin core and the hard fork of Bitcoin Classic, some Bitcoin ATM’s have drawn a line in the sand on where they hope the future of the cryptocurrency to go in favor of Bitcoin Classic. In a recent Reddit thread posted on behalf o … | Continue reading
Safe Cash, a blockchain-based cash payment service, claims it can handle 25,000 transactions per second – more than 3,000 times as many as the bitcoin network – bringing cash into the electronic ecosystem. Safe Cash is an end-to-end secure payment platform giving banks, businesse … | Continue reading
The future could be one wherein the Australian dollar could cease to exist through physical notes and coins to become digital instead. In a recent speech given by Tony Richards, head of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s payments policy department, he revealed that the RBA had … | Continue reading
In a recent essay, Bittorrent founder Bram Cohen lays out his interpretation of recent Bitcoin projects such as Bitcoin Classic. He labels the project purely marketing and hints what they are creating is a form of an alternative digital currency, also known as an alt-coin. This … | Continue reading
Factom has announced an initiative with Ancun Zhengxin in China to bring together blockchain or distributed ledger technology with electronic data notarization services in the country. A new partnership sees Factom, a blockchain-based solutions and infrastructure provider come to … | Continue reading
While think-tanks and central banks increase calls to minimize the amount of physical cash in circulation, many citizens are doing the opposite and stuffing cash under the mattress. We consider this trend and the developing downtrend in the benchmark S&P500 Index. This post is po … | Continue reading
Japanese regulators have proposed considering and treating virtual currencies like bitcoin as methods of payment and settlement similar to conventional fiat currencies. A report by Nikkei revealed that Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is considering legislative revisions t … | Continue reading
One of the key sectors to adopt blockchain technology will likely be government regulatory agencies, says Austin Hill, Blockstream CEO, in a recent Bloomberg TV interview. Bloomberg TV host Angie Lau interviewed Hill on “First Up.” Blockstream has developed a blockchain “sidechai … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price sold off after falling below its advance channel trendline. The decline is at various stages of development in different exchange charts. Potential targets await lower in the chart. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis … | Continue reading
An Australian startup that acts as an intermediary to enable Australians to pay their bills with Bitcoin is now rewarding customers with a first-of-its-kind loyalty program. Living Room of Satoshi, aptly named after Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto is an Australia … | Continue reading
JPMorgan Chase & Co has been testing a blockchain program over the past few months wherein US dollars are being moved between London and Tokyo using distributed ledger or blockchain technology, the same innovation used to power Bitcoin. A Wall Street Journal report has revealed t … | Continue reading
In Bitcoin, there is much discussion about alt-coins, as if many of these are actually legitimate. Many alt-coins are pre-mined, causing them to lose much of their legitimacy. If a coin has been pre-mined, it should automatically be crossed off your digital currency investment li … | Continue reading
CEO and co-founder of bitcoin wallet and exchange service Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has deemed the recent proposal to scaling Bitcoin as merely “words” and not action while trumpeting Bitcoin Classic as a better solution for bitcoin’s scaling debate. Brian Armstrong, co-founder … | Continue reading
Tired of the establishment blockchain calling the shots? Looking for new blood that will make the blockchain great again? Fear not! Donald Trump will make the blockchain great again. Take it from Trumpchain. It takes a U.S. election to bring out the easy answers to our serious … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price has held above yesterday’s corrective low. Little upside progress shows the market is now taking a break and perhaps reconsidering the trend. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now and receive … | Continue reading
Sony is looking to leverage blockchain and its secure properties by developing a blockchain-based technology that establishes secure open sharing of academic proficiency and progress records through encrypted transmission. Sony Global Education (Sony GE), a company with the visio … | Continue reading
Is the early stage of the hard fork potentially driving this price rally of Bitcoin? It’s definitely possible, but it could also be a variety of other factors as well. Over the past week the price per Bitcoin has shot up almost $40.00 USD and there has been some speculation about … | Continue reading
BTCS Inc., a provider of ecommerce and bitcoin transaction verification services, suffered a $10 million-plus net loss in 2015 despite a revenue gain, according to a 10-K form filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission for fiscal 2015. The statement noted net losses of … | Continue reading
Bitcoin’s dual role as a commodity and a currency can create financial recovery disputes when a company that pays for services using bitcoin goes bankrupt. A bankruptcy court judge made a ruling on Friday in one such case, stating that the cryptocurrency is not the same as U.S. c … | Continue reading
In an announcement today, the largest bitcoin mining pools and that represent over 70% of the cryptocurrency network’s hashing rate have, in a common consensus with major bitcoin exchanges and service providers, agreed with 90 percent of the Bitcoin Core contributors over the pro … | Continue reading
In 1919, Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” to describe his political system and the world forever changed. Simply put, fascism was the blending of business and government. This is the system which could gain popularity in blockchain technology. In 2015, the technology an … | Continue reading
Legal marijuana has been having banner year after banner year since various states have legalized the sale and consumption of the plant and its derivatives starting back in 2012 within Colorado and Washington. It should be noted that the process of marijuana’s status as a demoniz … | Continue reading