Chips in oil: a new mining farm
A mining farm the key components of which are partly in the vat of special oil - another example of atypical Bitcoin mining tool. Oil as a heat transfer tool is not a new idea, although it looks very strange in this occasion
04 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin’s price decline to $8600 led to the loss of $44 billion market cap
The price of Bitcoin is becoming cheaper, and the capitalization shrinks simultaneously. Find out what the experts believe and what can happen next now that everybody’s talking about the fall
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Moscow Arbitration Court orders bankrupt individual to disclose crypto wallet details
The order of the court in Moscow is issued before any cryptocurrency legislation in the state is implemented, which is unprecedented. The court desires insolvency proceedings in the form of cryptocurrency
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
CBOE open to idea of altcoin futures while CME fears reputational costs
CME and CBOE both already have Bitcoin futures, but they think differently on the matter of altcoin futures. While CBOE is open to the concept, CME decides to stick with Bitcoin
01 February 2018 21:00, UTC
Football player hired (partly) for Bitcoins
Harunustaspor, the football (soccer) club in Turkey, hires a player whose name Omer Faruk Kiroglu. Contrary to some headlines, the deal was not exclusively in bitcoins, cash was paid too
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Cash App to enable Bitcoin buy-and-sell function
A mobile application developed by Square (headed by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter) has enabled the function it’s been testing since autumn last year. The company sees Bitcoin as a long-term way towards better finance in the world
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
FedEx to use blockchain
The popular mail delivery service believes blockchain fits its needs and joins the alliance dedicated to blockchain in transport to keep logistics in good condition and store records
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Crypto Party in Moscow: on present projects, on the future of ICOs and Ripple
Find below how the crypto enthusiasts, investors and traders party in Moscow (also, some useful notes on Ripple and blockchain applications)
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Hashchain acquires Node40 to develop cryptocurrency tax software together
Node40 decided to solve a persistent problem of cryptocurrency traders not reporting their revenues for taxation by making an easy program. This attracted a big investor who simply acquired the company and gave carte blanche for further development
31 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Microsoft’s blockchain ventures could catapult its stock price - HighTower Advisors
The cryptocurrency foundation and basis, blockchain, can accelerate the growth of price of stock of this company well-known throughout the world of computer software
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Japanese chat app Line to use cryptocurrency soon
The big Asian mobile application will soon use in-chat cryptocurrency payments and even establishes a new cryptocurrency exchange, following the popular trend. Meanwhile, Telegram still did not launch the ICO everybody talked about throughout this month
30 January 2018 21:00, UTC
BlackRock asset strategist: Bitcoin’s development interesting, yet still risky
BlackRock is considered to be one of the most financially powerful companies in the world, operating assets totalling to trillions of dollars. This means that the opinion of its chief asset strategist on Bitcoin will be used as a guide by many market members
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Yamada Denki to cooperate with bitFlyer
This might not be the most important news for residents of Europe, but our Asian readers will quickly recognize the significance of the deal with bitFlyer, as Yamada is one of the biggest electronics sellers in Japan
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Space blockchain: Ethereum structure to be used by NASA
The decentralization technologies look very attractive for those who have to communicate with space probes thousands of kilometers away from Earth and have to come up with latest means of manual control minimization
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Samsung to produce mining rigs
In an unprecedented event from South Korea, the electronics giant known all over the world decides to produce brand mining rigs, the local media reports. It has signed a contract with Chinese businessmen to make this new mining hardware
29 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Will cryptoeconomics contribute to the redistribution of wealth in the world?
Bitnewstoday together with leading experts discuss the viability of the private currency concept and a role of cryptoeconomics in the redistribution of wealth in the world
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Starbucks: blockchain gives more opportunities and digital currencies are interesting
No, Starbucks is not going to implement Bitcoin in the near future, as the company’s chairman does not believe in Bitcoin becoming a currency anytime. But the technologies which underlie cryptocurrencies and the concept of them is still curious
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Chernobyl graphite used for ZCash algorithm generation
New ZCash ciphering algorithm was made with the help of graphite from the Chernobyl power plant which had a big accident in 1986. Read to find out why it was not actually required and what else could be used
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The mainnet of Bitcoin Candy - the new fork of Bitcoin Cash planned to launch soon
Bitcoin Candy is a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash, but without SegWit and faster, as the developers claim. Read the main disadvantages of the project in this material
28 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Steve Wozniak sold his bitcoins at $20,000
Steve Wozniak says he did not want to monitor prices anymore, but this decision to sell bitcoins was also well-timed, because 20,000 was the all-time high
25 January 2018 21:00, UTC