New Russian draft law on cryptocurrencies allows coin trading after identification
The new draft has been published on the official website of the Russian Finance Ministry, and there is a reason to believe it will be approved by the President
24 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Arsenal to promote CashBet’s ICO
This is the first time the famous football (or soccer) club signs an agreement with a digital currency-related company
24 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Ripple CEO: central banks will not give up on fiat currencies in my lifetime
Ripple CEO’s newest interview contains interesting statement about central banks not adopting digital currencies in the future. Meanwhile, his company agrees to partner with two more corporations
24 January 2018 21:00, UTC
People who missed an opportunity to become millionaires or what to do if you forgot your bitcoin wallet password?
What to do if you forgot your bitcoin wallet password? Is it possible in this case to restore access to bitcoins or are they lost forever? How to find lost bitcoin wallets? What to do to avoid such situations?
24 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Helen SMART
50 Cent’s decision to accept Bitcoin in 2014 brought him millions of revenue
He made it for amusement or maybe for gaining popularity among geeks - but this move gave him millions of dollars. 50 Cent says he kept all Bitcoins gained from album sells and made a fortune from this long-term holding
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Stripe to stop working with Bitcoin
The major payment system decides to stop working with Bitcoin, which means no more transactions on that platform. Main reason? Price dynamics and financial properties of Bitcoin
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Axel Weber, UBS: Bitcoin will fall due to increased regulation
This Zurich banker already expressed his disapproval towards Bitcoin during the autumn last year, and now he expresses doubts the price will be like this forever. See what other bankers think
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
South Korea seemingly calmed down with regulations after banning anonymous trades
The latest measure of South Korean government corresponds with older reports - they decided to force cryptocurrency traders to identify themselves, which is much, much better than total prohibition initially offered by the Justice Minister (who might have accidentally dropped the whole market)
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
SEC Chairman: lawyers not telling about “token equals security” principle are unacceptable
While previous SEC’s claims on ICOs were mostly about scammers or unfair businessmen, this one is dedicated to those lawyers who instead of doing their actual work just serve as figures which provide additional credibility to projects
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Soy trade with the blockchain is faster than regular soy trade
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
IOTA hack: $4 mln stolen
The main tool of the hackers were 3rd-party websites offering to generate “random” keys - and it seems that those keys were not so random after all. This collective mistake of users led to $4 million losses and quite possibly, comparable reputational costs for the IOTA team
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
What effect will Bitcoin have on the office rental industry?
Head of Public Relations & Communications at Free Office Finder, Henry writes about office space, coworking and how technology is changing our working lives. See the review of how one can use Bitcoin to buy real estate and rent offices
23 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Henry Wisbey-Broom, Public Relations & Communications Manager, Freeofficefinder
Vitalik Buterin’s father: fiat currencies are backed by collective hallucination, just like cryptos
Dmitry Buterin has a deep understanding of the work his son does, as witnessed by the recent interview to Radio Liberty (in Russian). Meanwhile, his son Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, warns of new scammers posing as him
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
5 reasons why crypto market collapsed again
When will we see bitcoin at $20,000 again? Over the month, the cryptocurrency market fell almost twofold. However there had been several factors indicating an imminent correction. Which were the main ones read in the article by Bitnewstoday.
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Igor CHEKUNOV
IMF not thrilled about people borrowing money to buy cryptos
European and Asian countries together with the United States will discuss joint cryptocurrency regulation on G20, and the International Monetary Fund representative decided to support the emerging trend of collaborative supervision, it seems
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
bitFlyer gets EU’s Payment Institution license - now it’s compliant with Japanese, US and European laws
bitFlyer became probably the world’s most compliant cryptocurrency exchange, as the media notes. Read below to see who gave the Payment Institutions license and what the company itself thinks on the event
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Vermont senator to introduce new blockchain initiatives, including e-residency
As the time goes by, the senators of America propose more and more new blockchain initiatives within their states. Such initiatives are aimed towards blockchain improvements of either cybersecurity or paperwork optimization. This case from Vermont is the latter
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Shell ramps up its stock prices by investing in Applied Blockchain
Situation with this investment made by Shell looks similar to that blockchain rebranding of Long Island Tea: nobody really knows what is going to happen next, but the price grows anyway due to the interest of the majority in the topic
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Nvidia to shops: gamers come first
Miners bought so much graphics cards lately that gamers are now with empty hands, and Nvidia tells miners are not the people the company is making the video cards for
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Europol Executive Director: criminals start to use altcoins more often than Bitcoin
Due to the big popularity Bitcoin now has, criminals and hacker groups will move to altcoins similar to Monero and other privacy-focused digital currencies, reports say. Rob Wainwright, Executive Director of Europol, confirms this on his Twitter
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC