Open Positions at CCN: Full Time and Part Time Journalists Wanted. The inspection of Chinese bitcoin exchanges by China’s Central Bank (PBoC) is coming to an end, according to reports by Chinese media. They have found the anti-money laundering measures used by the exchanges were … | Continue reading
The Google search query for ‘Buy Ethereum’ is trending at all-time highs. | Continue reading
Bitcoin’s strong showing through May continues as prices continue hurtling through uncharted territory. | Continue reading
Bitcoin keeps changing lives around the world, and Africa is no exception. One of the difficult economic processes here in my continent is getting access to credit. | Continue reading
Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. The youngest president in France’s history, who gave the far right Front Nacional leader, Marine Le Pen, a resounding defeat, winning by 33 points ahead, might actually be a bitcoiner. Accord … | Continue reading
Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has announced an agreement with bitcoin mining hardware maker Bitmain to develop open-source ‘open-source blockchain security software’. | Continue reading
The European Central Bank (ECB) reaffirmed the need follow initiatives to ensure regulations do not undermine the development of blockchain. | Continue reading
The Australian government is considering the regulation of the local digital currency space by revealing plans to bring bitcoin exchanges under the scope of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing legislation. | Continue reading
Litecoin has gone up some 30%, rising from around $16 to now trade at almost $23, giving the currency a market cap of $1 billion, the fourth biggest in this space after Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. It’s trading volumes over the past 24 hours have also considerably increased to $ … | Continue reading
Africa’s lack of financial inclusion is an immense nagging headache. Here's how Bitcoin helped me in Zimbabwe. | Continue reading
The Indian government could soon introduce regulations for the burgeoning FinTech industry with investors betting big on payments and blockchain technology. | Continue reading
Mike Cannon-Brookes has revealed that he has invested in Bitcoin, confirming on social media that his bet on the digital currency has worked out well. | Continue reading
Top Airport Parking, a Denver International Airport parking provider, began accepting Bitcoin, Dogecoin and more than twenty other crypto-currencies. | Continue reading
Gavin Andresen urges Bitcoin developers to "know your customer." And no, he is not talking about regulation. | Continue reading
Bitcoin is a practical and viable hedge against debt-based economies because its value solely depends on its market. specifically against large economies. | Continue reading
CakeCodes' BitMaker App rewards consumers with Bitcoin and Ethereum to try new products and perform additional small tasks for businesses. | Continue reading
The Australian Border Force has created a team of intelligence analysts for the “dark net’’, an encrypted part of the internet known for trade in drugs | Continue reading
Bitcoin has gone up from around $890 to a high of $1,449.70 at Bitfinex in just one month, continuing a two years long bullish run after a bottom of $162 | Continue reading
Bitcoin price surpassed its previous all-time high price established at $1,277 and peaked at $1,377 on leading bitcoin exchanges such as Bitstamp. | Continue reading
Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group, subsidiary bank Mizuho and IBM Japan are jointly building a blockchain platform for trade financing. With the blockchain solution, Mizuho is looking at improving supply chain and trading operations’ efficiency. | Continue reading
Financial inclusion, something as simple as possessing a basic chequing account, is significantly lacking in the Middle East, compared on a global scale. | Continue reading
The combined market value of every cryptocurrency in circulation has pushed beyond the significant milestone of $30 billion for the first time ever. | Continue reading
The National University of Singapore (NUS), the country’s largest university by curriculum offered and student enrollment, is collaborating with IBM to develop educational modules on blockchain technology. | Continue reading
Kyobo Life, a government-backed insurance operator, will trial the first-ever real-world implementation of blockchain technology for commercial insurance money payments in Seoul this year. | Continue reading
The European Commission (EC) will tender offers for a service contract to establish a European Union (EU) Blockchain Observatory in response to a European Parliament mandate to strengthen technical expertise and regulatory capacity. | Continue reading
The Mena region is being slow to adopt fintech services, putting them behind other nations who are embracing the sector, experts have said. | Continue reading
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has signed a bill into law that prohibits the blockchain technology from being used to track firearm information. | Continue reading
Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. A televised news report from CNBC India on 20th April reveals that the Indian government is leaning toward granting legality to bitcoin and virtual currencies in the country amid regulations … | Continue reading
Austin-based blockchain startup Factom, known for leveraging the bitcoin blockchain for projects including plans to secure land titles in Honduras, has raised over $8 million as a part of its extended Series A funding round. | Continue reading
In a month where bitcoin gains prominence in Japan’s mainstream after the cryptocurrency saw recognition as a legal method of payment, the Japanese government has revealed a method to evaluate blockchain platforms that are widely expected to transform a number of industries. | Continue reading
Fintech will change the way people do business and how they access their money, according to Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. | Continue reading
Blockchain Capital recently raised $10 million for a venture capital fund, Blockchain Capital III Digital Liquid Venture Fund, LP, which it calls the first venture capital fund raised by a digital fund offering. | Continue reading
The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is working toward the development of a common blockchain platform for the country’s banks to begin trials of core banking processes including money transfers. | Continue reading
Bext Holdings Inc. is making it simple for coffee farmers to receive a fair price for their beans through the blockchain with its Bext360 mobile app. | Continue reading
Jihan Wu, co-founder of bitcoin mining equipment developer Bitmain, has rebutted a statement made yesterday by Gregory Maxwell where he says that a “design oversight” in Bitcoin’s proof of work “has a potential attack which can allow an attacking miner to save up-to 30% of their … | Continue reading
If you’re new to Bitcoin, you might be wondering what you can spend your cryptocurrency on. The answer might surprise you. Take a look at these nine things you might not know you can buy with Bitcoin | Continue reading
An Indian politician who has previously raised his concerns on the growth of bitcoin in the country has, once again, urged the Indian government to weigh in on the cryptocurrency’s legality. | Continue reading
Bitcoin as a payment method in Japan is set to trigger a bitcoin boom in adoption as retailers make haste to accept the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. | Continue reading
While it briefly appeared that Bitcoin Unlimited might actually activate, the chances now seem slim as a relatively new bitcoin pool, which has suddenly shot to around 8% network share, appears to be very much against Bitcoin Unlimited. | Continue reading
An early video by internet entrepreneur and bitcoin advocate Kim Dotcom has revealed a brief peek at Bitcache, a platform that will use of bitcoin payments. | Continue reading
SingularDTV, a blockchain entertainment studio and rights management platform building a decentralized entertainment industry on the Ethereum blockchain. | Continue reading
From digital currencies, healthcare, diamonds, land ownership, education, voting, finance, and insurance, the growth of the blockchain has expanded. | Continue reading
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), the banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has joined Ripple’s endeavor to establish an international blockchain payments network of global banks. | Continue reading
Bahrain and Singapore are cementing their FinTech partnership with the Middle-Eastern monarchy looking to establish a FinTech ecosystem and regulatory framework to become a hub in the region. | Continue reading
IBM has laid claim to the world’s first blockchain ‘green asset management platform’ in China to decrease emissions while supporting low carbon emission-enabling technology. | Continue reading
Armory has thrown is support behind Segregated Witness (SegWit) as a way to address the bitcoin network scalability challenge, the wallet noted on a Github post. | Continue reading
Bitonic rejected Bitcoin Unlimited due to the solution’s contentious and dangerous nature in terms of technical and economic issues. | Continue reading
New York-based blockchain startup R3, known for spearheading an international banking-based blockchain consortium has reportedly called on Sri Lanka’s central bank to join the working group. | Continue reading