Skycoin, a self-proclaimed third generation cryptocurrency, is designed to implement Satoshi’s original vision and fix the problems with Bitcoin. By doing so, it is aiming to become the next big thing in the cryptocurrency world.
The Central Bank of Vietnam issues a complete ban on using Bitcoin as a payment method in the country. Adapters of Bitcoin will have to face criminal prosecution with a penalty as high as 200 million dongs (nearly $9,000).
Bitcoin prices surge to a new all-time high above $6250 amid speculations of China lifting ban on local exchanges and resuming trading operations.
London crypto-payments company Wirex has just announced its partnership with Japanese SBI Holdings. The joint venture aims to provide Japanese customers with bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment cards.
Bitcoin (BTC) price can’t break $6000 barrier again, while Bitcoin Gold (BTG) is trading relatively low, above $120.
The most popular cryptocurrency is booming exponentially after its technical infrastructure and application frame (particularly in blockchain applications) have been recognized across a wide range of industries and global organizations, despite different attitudes toward Bitcoin and its applications, and strict restrictions of the cryptocurrency trading in some countries.
During its Q3 2017 Financial Results Teleconference, Amazon didn’t confirm that it planned to introduce Bitcoin payments.
Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and early Facebook investor, make some comments on Bitcoin in an interview on Fox Business Network’s Mornings.
South Korea’s Kakao Corp. announced providing beta period for cryptocurrency exchange, called Upbit, as results of partneship with
Russian President Vladimir Putin obliged Russian government and the Bank of Russia to prepare legislation on ICO and cryptocurrencies by July 2018.
The Bitcoin Segwit2x fork will temporarily result in two bitcoin blockchains. Following the fork, Coinbase will continue referring to the current bitcoin blockchain as Bitcoin (BTC) and the forked blockchain as Bitcoin2x (B2X).
The research provides a glimpse of the regulation trends for business related to the cryptocurrency and blockchain in the years 2014-2016.
The bitcoin price faced a notable drop on Tuesday, following the Bitcoin Gold hard fork.
Regulatory bodies across the globe are tightening the noose over trading of cryptocurrencies or either raising of funds through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Bitcoin continues to boom, with at least two digital currency hedge funds appearing every week and total value of all cryptocurrencies growing to more than $170 billion this year.