WeBank, launched last year by China’s internet giant Tencent whose instant messaging service Wechat and QQ is used by around 650 million people, is to present at Shanghai’s Global Blockchain Summit on the 23rd of September. As China’s first online-only bank, WeBank has extended $ … | Continue reading
A popular darknet marketplace has announced that it has prohibited the sale of fentanyl after a dramatic rise in the number of deaths related to fentanyl overdose in the last two years. According to NBC, in Philadelphia, there has been a 636 percent increase in overdoses from the … | Continue reading
“Let’s Raise the Bitcoin Block Size!” That’s Roger Ver’s take on the block size debate. But the Bitcoin leader has been such a staunch proponent of increasing the block size, we at CCN, thought we’d take some of Roger’s most recent quotes on increasing the block size so that Bitc … | Continue reading
Brave, a web browser that blocks third-party trackers and ads, has introduced a beta version of its bitcoin-based payment system that automatically pays the websites that users want to support. Brave Payments allows users to reward sites for content they like without being tracke … | Continue reading
Director of Edgar, Dunn & Company, the management consultants, asks the question, can blockchain or distributed ledger technologies combat cybercrime in financial systems? As director of EDC’s London office, Samee Zafar has advised some of the biggest financial services organizat … | Continue reading
Reddit has removed ads impersonating the Trezor shop, the most recent incident of fake bitcoin websites that scam users. Trezor advertises its bitcoin wallet as a secure home for bitcoin, but that does not prevent scammers from capitalizing on its name for malicious purposes. The … | Continue reading
15 winners have been selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following its blockchain research challenge. Announced last month, the HHS sought whitepapers as a part … | Continue reading
MetLife Inc., one of the largest insurers in the world has joined the R3-led blockchain consortium that now counts 60 of the world’s largest financial institutions. Insurance giant MetLife is the latest financial institution to join the financial private blockchain consortium le … | Continue reading
Apple Inc. is battling with five of Australia’s banks that are seeking to negotiate collectively with Apple for access to its mobile payment technology. Over the last several months, the banks have complained Apple is not permitting access to mobile payment technology. Commonweal … | Continue reading
Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired the bitcoin-powered Keza app which allows users to invest in mainstream U.S. stocks, and has relaunched it. The Keza app closed in April shortly after launching, CCN reported. The project had received $357,000 in funding backed by Dig … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price pushes higher, again, from horizontal support zone near $560. The outlook remains that the market is engaged in a sideways base formation prior to advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join n … | Continue reading
Custos Media Technologies, a South African bitcoin blockchain-based startup that has developed the means to identify and track illegal file-sharing and pirates through the bitcoin blockchain, has received a new cash injection of over $400,000. South African startup Custos Media T … | Continue reading
The Octopocket team are members of a Bitcoin Association in Spain called avalbit.org. They love bitcoin and do monthly meetups to introduce people to blockchain technology. The project believes that practice is more important than theory, and they want to make their platform as … | Continue reading
The bitcoin security threat is bigger than many people think, based on a recent report on bitcoin vulnerability funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Nearly one-third of bitcoin trading platforms have been hacked, reports Reuters, while about half have closed up sho … | Continue reading
Blockchain, the bitcoin-centric startup, recently offered an update on its Thunder Network on-chain settlement, having released the alpha version in May. Blockchain released the alpha version of its Thunder Network as a payments channel to be the first usable implementation of th … | Continue reading
Prominent leaders in the blockchain space have formed a new group with the aim of promoting blockchain’s use cases, increasing collaboration within the industry and addressing blockchain governance. According to a newly published ten points agreement participants state that despi … | Continue reading
Blocksafe, a blockchain-based system that provides secure access, personal monitoring and control of “smart” guns, will use Lisk sidechain technology to build out its blockchain and will issue a new token for use on that chain called “Trigger” (TRIG). Lisk is a public blockchain … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price pushed higher from the horizontal support zone near $660. The outlook remains that the market is engaged in a sideways base formation prior to advance. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. … | Continue reading
The lawyer who defended Peter Nash, one of the three men indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, commit computer hacking, and commit money laundering in the Silk Road has hinted at a no mercy sentencing for the third accused person. Andrew Frisch says 27-year-o … | Continue reading
Cryptobuyer, a Venezuelan cryptocurrency brokerage has announced support for Dash, which sees the digital currency joining bitcoin on Cryptobuyer’s platform. Caracas-based cryptocurrency brokerage and firm Cryptobuyer has added Dash to its platform, citing “soaring demand” of th … | Continue reading
Bitmain Technologies Limited, the Beijing-based owner of the Antminer series of bitcoin miners, Hashnest, Antpool and BTC.com, will launch what it calls the world’s most silent multi-terahash bitcoin miner and a silent 2600W PSU designed for high-performance bitcoin mining. Wit … | Continue reading
Disclaimer: The views expressed in the article are solely that of the author and do not represent those of, nor should they be attributed to CCN. A mood of resignation prevails across the bitcoin space as a viciously years-long debate that has taken the reputation of so many and … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price dropped back toward $660, overnight, but now seems to be engaged in a sideways base formation. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 13h00 UTC Sunday … | Continue reading
The blockchain ecosystem is to be on display in about three weeks during the International Blockchain Week when the blockchain world is expected to descend on Shanghai for one of the biggest event of the year, held by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, where leading blockchain developers, … | Continue reading
Bitcoin and blockchain spaces have received much attention in recent years as investors recognize massive opportunities in the spaces – they themselves can enter into the cutting edge of financial technology. Financial technology, in general, has received attention as banks cut d … | Continue reading
It’s election season and now it’s time to get active: betting on the 2016 Presidential election in bitcoins is a thing! It’s going to be a wild one, so buckle up. There are still numerous events forthcoming before the election on November 7. Things could change. In the meantime, … | Continue reading
Ransomware attacks have quadrupled this year over last year, averaging 4,000 per day, according to the U.S. Justice Department, The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page story recently. This is because ransomware has become easier to deploy and more profitable than other s … | Continue reading
Want to be a cyborg? Dangerous Things, a biohacking company, has developed a near-field communication (NFC) compliant chip that allows people to implant cryptographic keys under their skin, as reported by Motherboard. The chip is scheduled for release next year. Benefits Versus … | Continue reading
News has come in this morning that Baidu has banned bitcoin advertising on its website which handles almost all of China’s search inquiries. The action follows the tragic death of Wei Zexi, a college student with cancer who sought treatment from a hospital found through an online … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is climbing in a choppy advance. Is this the base of a large advance, or just an upward correction in a sideways spell? This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of a … | Continue reading
Breitbart is not happy with Glenn Beck. The tea party talking head, Beck, insinuated in a radio program that Stephen Bannon, Donald Trump’s new presidential campaign CEO and former Breitbart News executive, threatens enemies lives and hires assassins on the dark net. Beck, who s … | Continue reading
Prominent bitcoin and Ethereum wallet and exchange Coinbase has unveiled a new feature to users in Europe who will now be able to purchase the digital currencies on their phones, using a payment card. Coinbase has announced that its European customers can now purchase bitcoin and … | Continue reading
China’s largest search engine, Baidu, has discreetly removed all bitcoin and virtual currency-related advertising from its online portals. China, the world’s largest market for bitcoin will no longer see bitcoin-related advertising on the country’s most-used search engine Baidu. … | Continue reading
Ripple Labs has created a lot of interest in blockchain technology with its Interledger Protocol (ILP), including from Apple and Google, according to the International Business Times. The ILP could be bringing the technology to more widespread use. Ripple serves as co-chair of W3 … | Continue reading
Marinea, a company planning to establish a self-sustaining “Village At Sea’ between Miami and Cuba, plans to use bitcoin as its currency and eventually have its own electronic currency. Bitcoin, a decentralized currency with no centralized governing authority, naturally fits the … | Continue reading
R3, the blockchain startup leading the banking blockchain consortium consisting of over 60 of the world’s leading banks has reportedly filed a patent for its distributed technology. A report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed that New York-based startup R3 CEV filed for a pa … | Continue reading
A recent study by Gartner has shown that blockchain has reached the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ phase of the hype cycle as the chief architect of ACI Worldwide states that the distributed ledger technology is not yet able to handle financial transactions at scale. The study b … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price continues slumping as the smaller timeframe chart indicators continue to swing wildly. This analysis is provided by xbt.social with a 3-hour delay. Read the full analysis here. Not a member? Join now. Bitcoin Price Analysis Time of analysis: 13h00 UTC Wednesday Bits … | Continue reading
Synereo, a Tel-Aviv based company developing a blockchain-based, decentralized social network and a platform allowing web applications to exist without centralized servers, will move into alpha phase this September. The open source social network has been two years in the making … | Continue reading
South Africa’s central bank is open to the innovation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, the bank’s governor revealed in a speech given in cybersecurity conference in Johannesburg, yesterday. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) organized and hosted a cybersecurity c … | Continue reading
Four banks are teaming up to bring a blockchain inspired clearance and settlement system for worldwide transactions. BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Santander and UBS believe they can launch a commercial blockchain by 2018. The banks work with a blockchain startup called Clearmatics. … | Continue reading
A total of five people bid on $1.6 million in bitcoin the government auctioned on Monday, according to Inverse, which begs the question: why did so few seek to bid on the last block of bitcoins the government was auctioning from the Silk Road bust of 144,000 bitcoins? The U.S. Ma … | Continue reading
Hi, thank you for the interview. Many of our readers are not familiar with yourself. Could you please give us a brief introduction? Hello, I’m Dawei Lee, chief executive officer of CHBTC, which is one of the mainstream digital currency exchanges in China. Before founding CHBTC, I … | Continue reading
Bitcoin is looking more attractive to potential investors particularly those who have had some disappointments using traditional forms of investments such as in the stock market or gold market. Investments in the digital currency have more than doubled in the past twelve months. … | Continue reading
After experimenting the payment of bus tickets with virtual currency, Bitcoin, since 2 August 2016, a French company has become the first in its sector to set up this type of payment across Europe. Isilines is a new offering of the leading long-distance passenger transport by bus … | Continue reading
E-commerce giant Rakuten has acquired the IP assets of the Bitnet payment platform and opened a blockchain lab in Belfast, U.K. Rakuten Blockchain Lab (RBL) will be a research and development organization focused on blockchain technology and its applications to fintech and e-comm … | Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considering the use of blockchain technology to prevent the influx of conflict diamonds from entering the multibillion-dollar global precious stones market. The Kimberley Process (KP), an organization set up to stop the flow of “blood diamonds” … | Continue reading
In an extended interview with CCN to be published shortly, Dawei Lee, Chief Executive of CHBTC, China’s biggest ETH and ETC trading exchange and fourth by volume for BTC, stated: Recently the government in China has been giving positive signals in regards to digital currency and … | Continue reading