Bitcoin mining makes more pollution than gold mining - analysis
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
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Sheba Jafari, Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin can fall under 10,000 and even reach 7,800
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Russian Public Opinion Research Center: over half of Russians state they know about Bitcoin
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Cryptocurrency events, 18 January 2018: a video review
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Blockchain-related ETFs launched on NASDAQ
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Ledger gets a considerable investment of $75 million dollars
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Brian Fargo’s new game shop to use its own cryptocoin
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
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
How mining equipment evolved: from GPU to ASIC
Bitnewstoday.com takes a look at how mining difficulty has changed components of mining equipment
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Saxo Bank: Bitcoin’s gonna grow to $100,000
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
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
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
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
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
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
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
Metropolitan Bank no longer collaborates with Coinbase
One of the biggest firms cooperating with Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, has decided to stop operating with the latter. The Metropolitan Bank’s decision might affect the price of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash, which are supported on Coinbase - but this apparently did not happen
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Telegram’s TON technology description posted online
The Telegram Open Network detailed description circulates across the messenger it is going to improve with blockchain solutions - Telegram. No confirmation from the alleged author of the document, mathematician Nikolai Durov, PhD, has been received by anyone yet
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Canaan Creative makes $46.6 million on mining hardware in 2017
The sales of mining hardware and rigs become so profitable that the company based in Beijing makes over 40 million dollars in a year - a considerable result for the emerging market
14 January 2018 21:00, UTC