Dallas Mavericks to accept Bitcoin
The basketball team Dallas Mavericks will sell tickets to the games with them for Bitcoin and Ethereum next season. The team is owned by a billionaire who was a cryptocurrency skeptic and then invested in startups connected with this sphere
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Today’s main cryptocurrency events: a video review
Bitnewstoday has prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read tons of separate news messages and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s bit of news our site has described today
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
What do internet users would like to know about cryptocurrencies?
Bitnewstoday has analyzed users’ requests regarding cryptocurrencies. Read in this article about what internet users would like to know about cryptocoins
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Jean-Pierre Landau, former BOF Deputy Governor, now responsible for crypto regulations in France
The former Deputy Governor of Bank of France Jean-Pierre Landau is going to lead the cryptocurrency regulation team established by Bruno Le Maire, who himself leads the country’s Ministry of Economy. See if Landau is a Bitcoin advocate or a Bitcoin skeptic
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Herman Gref: cryptocurrencies “should not be banned under any circumstances”
During the Gaidar Forum, the head of Sberbank has demonstrated his long-standing support for fintech and once again warned that under no circumstances should the laws which can “bury what we have right now” be implemented. Meanwhile, the traditional media notes: Bitcoin has plunged by 25% and even reached the values around 11,000 USD
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
AUSTRAC reminds crypto exchanges about illicit finance tracking obligations
The regulator responsible for prevention of money laundering and terrorism finance tells the cryptocurrency exchanges to identify customers, report any suspicious activities and keep records of transactions
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Metropolitan: media did not interpret our statement correctly
Read this news to find out where Bitnewstoday went wrong along with other financial outlets, including those read by big investors and Wall Street asset managers and how to separate fake news from real news
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
BitConnect closes its exchange platform after regulators’ warnings
Due to the number of reasons, the cryptocurrency exchange platform of BitConnect is closing, and DDoS attacks together with discontent of the notable market figures might have contributed to the sad fate of this organization as well
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin now so huge that “Bits” are proposed to avoid strange prices
The new unit proposed by developer Jimmy Song will make dollar prices converted in Bitcoin look less strange for new customers, tells the media. More corporate endorsement required for success, however
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Crypto markets falling down
Major cryptocurrencies fell by 10 or more percents in 24 hours for reasons currently unknown. Might be a natural correction or the aftermath of the recent events in South Korea. Nobody knows how long this fall is going to last
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Brazilian funds prohibited to invest in cryptocurrency
Yet another prohibitive initiative by the government, now the Brazilian one. The local securities and exchange commission is the one prohibiting
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
People’s Bank of China wants to put an end to centralized cryptocurrency trade
The governmental paper acquired by the journalists of one of the major media outlets tells that at the recent meetings, regulators and the Vice Governor of the People’s Bank of China were not exactly disagreeing over the issue of banning centralized cryptocurrency trades and services
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Russian Prime Minister: cryptocurrencies can disappear like companies created in the advent of the Web
Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Prime Minister, compared cryptocurrencies to companies which made a fortune during the dotcom era then abruptly disappeared, telling the similar scenario is not excluded with digital currencies too
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bundesbank, Germany: cryptocurrency should be regulated at the international level
The central bank of Germany has recognized the powerfulness of cryptocurrencies and due to this fact, the board member suggests to regulate them jointly at the international level rather than at the regional level
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
What will happen when all bitcoins are mined?
In a new future outlook edition Bitnewstoday asked experts to make their forecasts on what will happen when the last bitcoin will be mined
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Emilia ROMAGNA (CECCARINI)
This $8000 video card is probably the best mining circuit in the world
The video bloggers have managed to use NVidia’s Tesla V100 for mining - and apparently, this video card does so well it sets a new world record. Read below to find out the exact mining speed and where this card can also be used
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
BlackWallet has been hacked, $400,000 in Stellar Lumens stolen
The wallet service which can store Stellar Lumens becomes hacked after a domain name system becomes hijacked by the anonymous hacker. According to the reports by the cyber security experts, if one had over 20 Lumens, the hacker transferred them to a different account
15 January 2018 21:00, UTC
KFC makes a Bitcoin Bucket of chicken, it’s quickly sold out
The famous fast food company has a new promotion company based on Bitcoin and its current popularity unimaginable in 2016. However, one can buy a bucket of chicken with cryptocurrency only in Canada (this is also a country where the founder of Ethereum lives, by the way)
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Bitcoin is not a Swiss bank account
The head of the United States Ministry of Finance called Treasury (just like the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs is called the State Department) warns against complete trust in Bitcoin as an asset, tells investors might get hurt and tells there is no risk Russia will avoid sanctions through “virtual” currencies
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC
UK banks do not want to provide mortgages for Bitcoin investors
The banks of the United Kingdom are suspicious towards the origin of money coming out of Bitcoin and do not want to give mortgages for cryptocurrency investors to get homes
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC