A recent tweet by Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase on the upcoming Etheruem hard fork hasn’t been received well by the cryptocurrency community. Brian Armstrong, on his twitter channel wrote — “If Ethereum pulls off this hard fork, very positive signal for them … | Continue reading
BetChain has done it again! One of the leading bitcoin casinos has expanded and is now hosting more than 1000 games on its floor. BetChain has added NetEnt games, dice and MicroGaming games, as well as iSoftbet games, making it one of the best bitcoin casinos for cumulative jackp … | Continue reading
The status of Bitcoin in Russia has been up in the air for quite some time now. There only seems to be two courses of action: either Bitcoin would be banned, or it would be allowed. But perhaps there is a third option on the table, as authorities want to label Bitcoin as “foreign … | Continue reading
Bitcoin has enjoyed an incredible journey since its inception in 2007, hitting considerable peaks and plunging troughs before finally becoming an accepted mainstream concept. Make no mistake; this is where Bitcoin finally sits today, as stringent regulatory measures and reputable … | Continue reading
Drachmae Travel Club, an exclusive blockchain travel portal is conducting a competition for travelers. The ‘Bitcoin Altcoin and Blockchain Competition’ requires participating travelers to record the travel details and expenses incurred during their trips in the last year. The win … | Continue reading
For this morning’s analysis, we’re going to shift back to the fifteen minute charts from the five, just so as we can get a little bit of perspective on the bitcoin price action seen last night. Over the last few days, things have been relatively active, and during yesterday’s ses … | Continue reading
On July 8, the Outlier Ventures (OV) research team published a detailed report based on their blockchain angels startup tracker to expound on the development of the United Kingdom’s blockchain startups and how quickly London became the major center of open ledger and financial te … | Continue reading
Since 2013, a dedicated team from Lebanon, started working on this bitcoin trading platform, and finished the development after a successful hardcore testing on hundreds of users simultaneously and thousands of active users. The platform was launched with real trading in July 201 … | Continue reading
The online Bitcoin gambling Industry is growing at full steam and every day new sites are being launched. Fortunejack is one of the newest online Bitcoin Casinos; It was launched in 2014 and is now one of the industry leaders. Fortunejack.com is comprised of a highly talented tea … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price failed to retain the bullish bias against the US Dollar and faced offers near $11.50. The ETH/USD pair fell down, and currently facing as a major resistance in the form of a bearish trend line on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken). There is a ch … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price could be due for a test of the channel support once more, with technical indicators confirming a potential bounce.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 07/19/2016 – Aiming for Channel Support Again? appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Storj, the blockchain based decentralized cloud storage services provider has joined forces with Counterparty, a Bitcoin blockchain based smart contract tools provider to create a new payments channel technology. The technology developed by Storj is currently in the proof of conc … | Continue reading
European markets have now shut for the day, and it’s the turn of US volume to control the bitcoin price. In this morning’s analysis, our primary focus was the volatility we had seen across the last seven or eight days, and the opportunity afforded to us by this volatility from a … | Continue reading
Western Union has launched a new service WU EDGE that allows businesses to receive cross-border payments from customers within minutes. Read more.. | Continue reading
Blockchain technology is finally transitioning from experiment to usability concept in the financial world. SAP, one of the largest networks in the industry, partnered with ATB Financial, Ripple Labs, and ReiseBank AG to send an international blockchain payment. Transferring fund … | Continue reading
There has been a lot of focus on blockchain technology in the financial sector as of late. Despite the growing number of banks showing an interest in distributed ledgers, the overall attitude is still “wait-and-see”. Some experts feel that not getting on the blockchain train wil … | Continue reading
At the close of last week, we noted that the action we saw throughout the Friday afternoon session was indicative of some volatility this coming weekend. Things has been a bit up and down all week, and we managed to get in and out on a number of occasions for some quick and easy … | Continue reading
In September, Bitcoin enthusiasts and blockchain service developers will arrive to Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev 2016. The annual conference promises to be the most large-scale in CIS countries. Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference will focus on implementing projects and startu … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price after correcting lower towards the $10.85 level against the US Dollar found support. There is a bearish trend line formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, which may provide us the next move in the near term. If the ETH bulls suc … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price appears to be encountering resistance at the top of the ascending channel visible on the 1-hour time frame.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 07/18/2016 – Back at Channel Resistance! appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
There are lots of debates happening in the Bitcoin community. While the most prominent one is on block size, another significant topic is regarding Bitcoin regulations. There are a set of companies and organizations stressing for regulations in the Bitcoin sector , which the oppo … | Continue reading
India has registered its first case of illegal drug trafficking over the darknet using bitcoin as the mode of transaction. The country which has been slow in the adoption of digital currency in comparison with other nations has finally caught up with the global trend. The reports … | Continue reading
The gap between bitcoin and fiat currency is gradually reducing. The realization of such a change is brought about by recent reports from a couple of people on social media channels stating that their bitcoin transactions are being tracked by a leading Bitcoin exchange and wallet … | Continue reading
The Ethereum hard fork continues to be a significant topic of debate among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Many people have voted for this decision, to bail out The DAO and its developers. But some voices raise the concern of how Ethereum developers are forcing the community to make … | Continue reading
The Brexit fallout will be causing a lot of economic uncertainty in the United Kingdom and the Eurozone. ECB President Mario Draghi will likely ask governments to boost the eurozone’s economy in the coming weeks. Most financial experts saw this decision coming from miles away. Fo … | Continue reading
For those of our readers who have been following us closely, you will probably remember one of our news articles on a blockchain technology based solution for maintaining the integrity of clinical trials. Greg Irving and John Holden were originally credited for devising the solu … | Continue reading
The upcoming presidential elections in the United States may just be the thing Bitcoin wants right now. The domestic and foreign policies of the presidential candidate Donald Trump may increase the usage of bitcoin by three fold. Contrary to the speculations from all quarters, th … | Continue reading
Key Points Bitcoin price had a decent week against the US Dollar, as it remained in the bullish area throughout the week. There is a contracting triangle pattern formed on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Bitstamp) of BTC/USD, which may act as a catalyst for the next move. A bre … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price finally showed some positive signs this past week and managed to trade higher against the US Dollar. This past week’s highlighted support trend line on the daily chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD played its part well in preventing further losse … | Continue reading
The year 2016 has been quite successful for Bitcoin ransomware developers so far. After crippling two major hospital systems in quick succession, it was a matter of time until new guidelines would be established. The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was cre … | Continue reading
The horrible situation in Turkey is sending more shockwaves to the fragile global financial ecosystem. After news had broken about an attempted military coup in the country, it didn’t take long for the Turkish lira to depreciate. Over the course of fewer than 24 hours, the curren … | Continue reading
July 15, 2016 London – The popular Bitcoin casino BetKing is happy to announce that one of its players has won a huge record payout of 250 Bitcoins which has a current market value of approximately $165,000. The winner who goes by the name TRK_L8_UH-btches, is a regular high roll … | Continue reading
July 15, 2016 Costa Rica – Breakout Gaming, the online gaming entertainment company offering poker, sports wagering, casino games, fantasy sports and other gaming options will soon be launching two new platforms powered by the company’s own Breakout Coin. The launch of Breakout P … | Continue reading
VANCOUVER, BC – 13 July, 2016 – Blockchain Intelligence Group (“BIG”) today announces that the Company now allows potential investors the opportunity to buy shares in the current BIG private placement using Bitcoins, a digital currency, besides traditional monetary forms. The co … | Continue reading
It has been a bit over a year since Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce major decided to use Bitnet to accept bitcoin payments on its platform. Now, the company is looking forward to acquiring the intellectual property rights for bitcoin-based payments system from Bitnet. According … | Continue reading
Mark Karpeles, who has been spending time in a Japanese jail for the past 10 months is finally out. The ex-CEO of now defunct Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange which declared bankruptcy after losing large amounts of bitcoin to hacking incidents has been granted bail by the Japanese court a … | Continue reading
So that’s it – another week done. We started the week with a pretty boring bout of action – price traded relatively flat for the first forty-eight hours or so, and it looks as though (on the intraday charts, at least) we were going to get a repeat of the action seen last week. Fl … | Continue reading
Seattle-based Bitcoin wallet service provider iPayYou has announced the launch of a service which enables users to send and receive Bitcoin payments on Twitter. The service, called Pay-by-Twitter, allows all iPayYou wallet users to send Bitcoin payments to Twitter accounts or han … | Continue reading
Securing funding as a blockchain startup is not an easy task these days. Unless one can find one or a handful of major investors, it will be difficult to scrape funds together. Stratis, a relatively new company, held a Bitcoin crowdfunding campaign to reach funding. So far, they … | Continue reading
Blockchain-based social media service Steemit today reported that its platform has faced a security breach. The cyber attack, according to CEO Ned Scott, affected over 260 user accounts. As he confirmed further, the platform have also incurred a small loss – worth around $85,000 … | Continue reading
We are heading in to the close of the week, and it’s time to take a penultimate look at the bitcoin price. Things have been pretty volatile for the last few days, and we’ve had the opportunity to get in and out of the markets on a number of occasions. We got another opportunity o … | Continue reading
Wenatchee, WA. – Salcido Enterprises, LLC has secured a long-term land lease, along with a long-term power contract with Douglas County Public Utility District, totaling 7.5MW. This three-facility build-out begins immediately, and will provide secure Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptoc … | Continue reading
July 14, 2016 WASHINGTON, NC. – The Expanse Project, released a proof of concept version of its revolutionary decentralized governance services platform, Borderless.Tech. Borderless.tech is a coalition of globally accessible governance services forged out of smart contracts house … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price continued to trade higher against the US Dollar, and posted yet another break. Yesterday’s idea of buying dips in the ETH/USD pair worked, as it moved higher. There is a bullish trend line formed on the hourly chart (data feed via Kraken) of ETH/USD, … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is testing the ascending channel on the 1-hour time frame, still deciding whether to go for a continuation or a reversal.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 07/15/2016 – Still Testing Channel Support! appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
The Latin American nation of Venezuela is staring at a far worse economic crisis in the coming days as US-based banking major Citibank intends to close a number of accounts belonging to the Central Bank of Venezuela and other government arms. If the bank indeed closes these Venez … | Continue reading
The Bitcoin point-of-sale terminal by 34 Bytes has now entered the beta testing phase. The hot new product will soon be made available by 34 Bytes, LLC, a Los Angeles-based startup pioneering in cryptocurrency payment solutions for physical stores. 34 Bytes is deeply involved in … | Continue reading
Payment fraud is a matter more consumers should be concerned about. A new report by ACI shows how nearly one in three consumers has dealt with card fraud over the past five years. There are alarming numbers, even though this is another clear example as to why Bitcoin is entirely … | Continue reading