Charlie Lee sells his litecoins but it doesn’t crash the market
The creator of Litecoin decides to sell his LTC assets after receiving many accusations on social networks that he can manipulate the price simply with his statements. It doesn’t help to shut the fanatics up
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Russia sees the first government documents exchange via blockchain
The pioneers of the DLT document exchange are the Federal Antimonopoly Service and Sberbank. Many state organizations’ representatives mentioned blockchain in speeches, but the actual implementation is harder
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
What countries are most profitable for mining?
The article provides an overview of the electricity pricing across the world. These costs significantly influence the income of a miner. Bitnewstoday.com analyzes where it is most profitable to mine cryptocurrency
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Margaret NAIL, Massimo Di GIUDA
Tom Peterffy no longer thinks Bitcoin futures will collapse, many bubble theory fans remain
While some Bitcoin skeptics, Tom Peterffy being the primary example, choose to correct their position once it became apparent Bitcoin futures can work as intended, others still stick with the bubble approach
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin replacing banks: good for enthusiasts, terrible for Bloomberg’s analysts
The recent list of pessimistic prognoses made by Bloomberg includes the scenario directly connected with Bitcoin driving out banks. While fans might like this, analysts do not
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Hedge funds invested $2 billion in crypto this year - Morgan Stanley
The analysis by the respectable consulting company leaves the impression that the investment capital flowed towards cryptocurrency during the year like never before
19 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Minister of the Economy of France suggests discussing Bitcoin at G20
Bruno Le Maire, the French economy minister, clearly believes the issue of Bitcoin has become too hard to ignore, especially when there is already an international legislative practice. He is likely not a fan of cryptocurrency, though
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
New York State Assembly sees 4 blockchain bills
An official in New York State has prepared four different drafts revolving around blockchain for voting, data storage and election results, as well as on legal terms upgrades. The reason for this activity? Reports about Russian hackers who allegedly tried to hack voting machines
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Kuwait Finance Ministry does not recognize Bitcoin
Sources of the local press in the government suggest that the authoritues would not ban Bitcoin trading, but this does not mean they view cryptocurrencies as a good method of payment, these unspecified officials note
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Company grows +2000% after news on blockchain firm acquisition
The news about Longfin growing plus 2000% is a good illustration of the current market hype around Bitcoin and blockchain. This all reminds us about how irrational asset market investors can be — whether these assets are traditional or not
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
White House: yes, it was North Korea behind those WannaCry hackers
Probably the biggest ransomware attack in history is connected to the cryptocurrency market — the ransom the hackers received was in bitcoins later converted to Monero. Now White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert confirms Kim Jong-un’s hackers were behind this extortion
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Emil Oldenburg, Bitcoin.com co-founder, moves to Bitcoin Cash
According to the reasoning provided by Emil Oldenburg, the original Bitcoin is too sloppy and everybody will start to sell it once they realize it. It’s a common theme among Bitcoin Cash supporters, not without some truth in it
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
How to write a good white paper for ICO: step-by-step instruction
Why White Paper is so important for ICO? What information should it contain and how it must be structured - Dmitry Machikhin, cryptocurrency expert, partner of GMT Legal gives his advices
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Dmitry MACHIKHIN, partner of GMT Legal, IMMO evangelist
Japanese company offers salary in Bitcoin
The liberal legislation in Japan has advantages which might seem surprising for the residents of the states where Bitcoin payments are prohibited. Official salary in Bitcoin without problems with law enforcers? Impossible in Russia, possible in Japan
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
What can be more more worth than a $1000 in Bitcoin? Student loan payment
And yet another research by LendEDU appearing on our site. According to it, over 60% of student loan borrowers in America want to pay for them much more than even a thousand dollars in Bitcoin
18 December 2017 21:00, UTC
No special Parity funds unfreeze hard fork planned
The controversial software error led to the freeze of funds on Parity Ethereum wallets. Some members of the community proposed a special hard fork to unfreeze funds but the majority seems to have decided otherwise
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
European Union to verify cryptocurrency traders
To counter money laundering, the European Union authorities decide to tighten regulations for cryptocurrency exchange platforms and its users. As shown by the BTC-e example, their fears are far from being a paranoia
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Cryptocurrency portal founder’s home searched by Security Service of Ukraine
A popular portal on cryptocurrency, blockchain and digital technologies takes a hit after the Ukrainian law enforcers suspect its founder, Anatoly Kaplan (Klimov) is involved in unlawful economic activities
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Everything you need to know about ICO trackers
Bitnewstoday reviews one of the cryptocurrency business types – ICO trackers. How do they make their living and how to choose a tracker to post info on your own ICO? Read this article to know
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC
Mining at work becomes a pain in the neck for bosses
Two major Russian organizations - Vnukovo Airport and Transneft (oil giant) had dishonest system administrators who used the corporate resources to get cryptocurrency for themselves, local media tells
17 December 2017 21:00, UTC