Kumamoto-Energy to use solar power excesses to mine Bitcoin
The Japanese company the business of which is dedicated to energy generation plans to benefit from the excess power of its solar power plants. See below which similar initiatives have been voiced in other countries
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Double hard fork Bitcoin Private being born in front of our eyes
Another hard fork of Bitcoin aimed, as the developers say, at privacy. Let’s see why it’s called “double” in the title and how the new technology called zk-SNARK is connected to the whole story
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Marshall Islands to issue national cryptocurrency
Find out below why this new Sovereign coin has much more chances for success than Petro and why one can state with certainty that it will not hurt the local fiat currency in any possible way
28 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Suddenly, hackers return over $15 million in ETH to CoinDash
The CoinDash initial coin offering has been robbed last year, and now under mysterious circumstances a huge part of stolen money returns to rightful owners. Find out below how much CoinDash has yet to return
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
A lawyer's opinion on the viability of smart contracts
Experts in blockchain technologies believe that in the near future the implementation of new type of contracts – smart-contracts will change the business relations field. Alexey YUROV, a coordinator of Rospatent-VEB-VOIR blockchain team, explains the feasibility of the implementation of smart-contracts from a legal perspective
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Alexey YUROV, coordinator of Rospatent-VEB-VOIR blockchain team
Wozniak got Bitcoin-scammed for $70,000
One of the key founders of Apple, Steve Wozniak, did not manage to sell his bitcoins smoothly. Find out how exactly the scammer got away with the money in this new material by Bitnewstoday
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Bill Gates: cryptocurrency is killing people
The celebrated founder of Microsoft Corporation tells about his views on cryptocurrency. Find out below what he thinks on this economic bubble/new form of money/interesting geek toy
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Belarusian police: no, we can’t open a criminal case on Bitcoin theft
Initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency are legal in Belarus, but what about the legal practice towards Bitcoin-related crimes? See the unfortunate story of a local investor below
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
US Deputy Attorney General: Justice Dept developing strategy on cryptos and no, they are not anonymous
Rod Rosenstein believes that digital currencies are actually pseudonymous and not untraceable. See his reasoning and the details on the new Justice Department’s task force below
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Yang Chin-long, new Taiwan Central Bank leader: DLT worth implementing
While the policies of China and Taiwan diverge on cryptocurrency, they both support the use of the blockchain in the financial sphere, as witnessed by the speech of the new Taiwanese Central Bank leader
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
New research by LendEDU: Amazon’s cryptocurrency would be a huge success in America
Jeff Bezos has never voiced the plans about the cryptocoin of Amazon, but what if he suddenly decides to introduce it? LendEDU, an American research organization, has made a survey about the possible consumer reaction
27 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Craig Wright who was thought to be Satoshi Nakamoto gets sued, plaintiffs tell he stole $10 bln
While Craig Wright is almost certainly not Satoshi Nakamoto, he owns a great sum of bitcoins some people are now trying to get in court. Find out what they claim and his response to accusations
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
50 Cent: I don’t own any bitcoins, sold them long ago
The celebrated rap star, hearing the positive news about him, thought it would be good not to reject them for a while. Now he does so, telling he sold all Bitcoin revenue almost on arrival
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Bittrex doesn’t block every single Russian after all
The biggest misunderstanding of this week by far in this material by Bitnewstoday. Who’s blocking who? Where did Bittrex go wrong or were it traders who made a mistake? Find out below
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Circle payment platform buys Poloniex exchange estimably for $400 mln
Circle bought the vast crypto exchange Poloniex. This payment organization is partly financed by Goldman Sachs, if economic observers are not making any mistake. Find out below what does it tell about the market
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Coinbase: banks are responsible for the overcharge mess
The problem with the unfairly big charges for cryptocurrency acquisition has not taken care of itself. Coinbase, one of the key firms in this story, recommends the victims of that mistake to contact their banks
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
New mining viruses’ target: Microsoft Word
The popular text editing program for documents in offices across the world has a security breach. How to protect yourself? Find out in this new material by Bitnewstoday
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Europol: DASH, Monero and ZCash are hampering the work of law enforcement
The cybersecurity expert from Europol confirms the words of his boss and tells about the migration of criminal groups to cryptocurrencies which serve as an alternative for Bitcoin and have more privacy features
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin, a gold mine of cryptocurrencies in the industrial desert of Bulgaria
The article tells about crypro farm on the territory of the poor Eastern bloc country, adapted from the Italian outlet Ilfattoquotidiano
26 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Virginia Della Sala
Gold and derivatives’ regulations proposed to apply to crypto market in Austria
Find out below what exactly accelerated the decision of the Austrian governmental agencies to work on additional regulative measures in the cryptocurrency sphere and how rules established for gold could be applied
25 February 2018 21:00, UTC