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Vermont senator to introduce new blockchain initiatives, including e-residency
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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
Shell ramps up its stock prices by investing in Applied Blockchain
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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
Nvidia to shops: gamers come first
22 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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
Bitcoin is the sign of greed, warns Federated Investors representative
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The assets manager of Federated Investors tells that Bitcoin was the first ever sign of greed since the Great Recession of 2008-2012. Other examples provided by Mr. Chiavarone lead to believe he is a supporter of “Bitcoin is a bubble” theory
EOS to announce its second VC partner tomorrow
21 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The big project established by a team of experienced developers (which many current fintech-related projects often lack) is going to announce its second partner tomorrow, 23 January 2018. Opinions on who that might be vary
Analysis Of Ethereum Price During January Correction
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Finom’s Chief Strategy Officer, Dmitry Gollandtsev
When Ethereum as well as the whole crypto market will recover again? Is the recent price correction indeed a serious cause of concerns? Last year showed that there is nothing to worry about
Morgan Stanley to clean Bitcoin futures
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Yet another major company will now clear Bitcoin futures (Goldman Sachs was the first one to start this). This will undoubtedly add more legitimacy to this cryptocurrency-related trading mechanism
Peter Boockvar: Bitcoin may fall 10 times lower
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group warns of a grim future for Bitcoin, making a rather bearish economic prognose. Read the details on what he thinks in this material
VISA CEO Alfred Kelly: we will not work with Bitcoin directly
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Quite possibly, one of the most influential persons on the traditional market makes a statement concerning possible engagement of VISA with Bitcoin. He responds negatively to the question about it and points out the volatility
Bitstamp and KuCoin pause Ethereum withdraw due to overloads
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitstamp has already resumed the withdrawal of Ethereum, while KuCoin still has not. Both exchanges explain the pause by telling the network of ETH is overloaded. KuCoin even advised to use NEO instead
Bitcoin mining makes more pollution than gold mining - analysis
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
While Bitcoin is not backed by physical assets, mining is what really backs it. And as the difficulty of the algorithm grows, so do the energy demands, and analysts came to conclusion that it impact to environment is higher than gold mining
Sheba Jafari, Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin can fall under 10,000 and even reach 7,800
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The market analyst whose previous prognoses on the price of Bitcoin repeatedly came true publishes a report again, where she tells about the correction of this cryptocurrency everybody is witnessing right now and further dynamics. Read what she thinks
Russian Public Opinion Research Center: over half of Russians state they know about Bitcoin
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The latest poll by the one of the oldest Russian polling institutions demonstrates a big progress in comparison to the surveys made in summer 2017. Read to find out how many percent of Russian population tells they don’t know anything about Bitcoin and the commentary of the Center’s consultant
Cryptocurrency events, 18 January 2018: a video review
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitnewstoday has once again prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read separate publications and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s a bit of news our site has described today
Blockchain-related ETFs launched on NASDAQ
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Several new ETFs have been launched on NASDAQ, and this event is effectively promoting blockchain for institutional investors who operated with this respected exchange years before blockchain was even invented
Ledger gets a considerable investment of $75 million dollars
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Ledger, one of the leaders in the sphere of hardware wallets able to store cryptocurrency in one of the most secure ways known today, gets a big, multimillion dollar sum from Draper Esprit PLC, investment firm with which Tim Draper works closely
Brian Fargo’s new game shop to use its own cryptocoin
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The new platform named Robot Cache is going to have its own cryptocurrency, which is an interesting addition, currently non-mainstream in the sphere of computer games. The success of the platform remains to be seen
How mining equipment evolved: from GPU to ASIC
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Bitnewstoday.com takes a look at how mining difficulty has changed components of mining equipment
Saxo Bank: Bitcoin’s gonna grow to $100,000
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Contrary to its previous prediction described on Bitnewstoday, now Saxo Bank suggests Bitcoin could grow towards $100,000 due to the growing interest of institutional investors and serious financial organizations from the big market
Dallas Mavericks to accept Bitcoin
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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