As Mining Expands, Will Electricity Consumption Constrain Bitcoin?
By Elliot Maras Since the modern economy has gone digital, it has come to require more electricity. Peter Kelly-Detwiler, co-founder of
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Month: July 2016
Coinbase CEO: Possibility That Ether Blows Past Bitcoin is Very Real
By Shivdeep Dhaliwal While Ether has had a bounce in its value buoyed by the successful hard fork, it has
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Bitcoin not money, Miami judge rules in dismissing laundering charges
By David Ovalle Bitcoin does not actually qualify as money, a Miami-Dade judge ruled Monday in throwing out criminal charges
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Bank of England Knocks Down Using Bitcoin as Form of Currency
By Evander Smart Bitcoin has been on an impressive run of positive energy, as of late. Integration of the Segregated
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Venezuela’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Resumes Operations
By Eduardo Gómez Surbitcoin, the biggest Bitcoin exchange in Venezuela has resumed normal operations. On July 14th the exchange managed
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Dash, Considered Alternative to Bitcoin, Integrates into Mycelium
By Olusegun Ogundeji As teams behind Mycelium and Dash announced a partnership that will see the eighth most valued cryptocurrency available
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Bitcoin Becomes The New Hot Commodity For Large Investors
By JP Buntinx Some reports are making claims of how large investors are starting to flock to Bitcoin. Rumors like
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Altcoins Benefit as Bitcoin Transaction Fees Rises
By JP Buntinx For the umpteenth time in the past year or so, the Bitcoin transaction fees are skyrocketing once
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Bitcoin’s ‘Nervous System’ Gets an Upgrade With FIBRE Network
By Stan Higgins A long-running effort to move data for bitcoin’s transaction blocks around the world more efficiently has received an
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Bitcoin Price Decline 100% Confirmed
By Venzen Khaosan Bitcoin price decline intensifies. Many participants are expressing anger at the prospect. However, remember that you share
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Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Operator Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
By Pete Rizzo The first federal securities fraud case involving a bitcoin investment scheme has ended with perpetrator Trendon Shavers
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Bitcoin Developers Warn Ethereum Fork Sets Unsettling Precedent
By Michael del Castillo The ethereum ecosystem is returning to normalcy following a high-profile hack last month that resulted in nearly $60m worth
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Large investors become major buyers of Bitcoin
By Chris Vermuelen The world has woken up to the fact that the Central Banks are a curse, rather than
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The Mr. Robot Hack Report: Bitcoin burglary and self-destructing hardware
By Russell Brandom Mr. Robot is a show built on hacks. The mother of all hacks serves as the
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Hardware Bitcoin Wallets: A Comparison.
By Eduardo Gómez Nowadays many people use web-based wallets and paper wallets for their convenient usage, but what happened to
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Coinbase Adds Ethereum
By Andrew Quentson Coinbase adds Ethereum just a day after a historical and highly successful hardfork. Coinbase customers in 32
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Ether Trading Fund Registers with the SEC
By Elliot Maras EtherIndex LLC, a Wilmington, Del.-based corporation, has registered a trust called the EtherIndex Ether Trust with the
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Bitcoin Price Caught In Commodities Down-Draft
By Venzen Khaosan Bitcoin price is caught in a market-wide down-draft and has fallen through the boards of a once
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Washington State Utility Raises Power Rates on Bitcoin Miners
By Stan Higgins A Washington State utility is raising rates on bitcoin miners, months after a dispute with the local industry
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Bitcoin Evangelist Charlie Shrem Released from Prison
By Samburaj Das Bitcoin advocate and entrepreneur Charlie Shrem, the founder of bitcoin exchange BitInstant who was arrested in arrested
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Turkish Coup: Further Cause to Consider Investing in Bitcoin?
By Elliot Maras Was bitcoin’s price spike yesterday in response to the attempted Turkish military coup? Current events continue to
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Brazil’s Bitcoin Trade Grows Exceeding Gold
By Rebecca Campbell Over the first six months of 2016, Bitcoin trading volumes in Brazil surpassed that of gold on
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Bitcoin Ban & Criminalization Bill Relaxed in Russia
By Samburaj Das The Ministry of Finance in Russia, or the Russian FinMin, is not quite beating its drum to
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Bitcoin Miner Bitmain Acquires Data Startup Blocktrail
By Pete Rizzo Bitmain, the operator of one of the bitcoin network’s largest mining pools, has acquired a bitcoin data
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Bitcoin Price Prepping for Bull Run Due to Regional Influence
By Nick Marinoff Regional Forces Pushing Bitcoin Price Higher Several sources have stuck with bitcoin, claiming that a sudden
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UK Blockchain Company Hits £100,000 Investment via Bitcoin
by Angus Leung With the UK still recovering from Brexit, Stratis, a London-based blockchain solutions company with the goal of
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Bitcoin Wallet iPayYou Enables Users to Send Funds Via Twitter
By Avi Mizrahi iPayYou, the Bitcoin wallet created by former top Amazon executive Gene Kavner, launched a new Pay-by-Twitter feature. Users are now able
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