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This week security experts found a website glitch on the e-commerce marketplace Overstock that let customers purchase items for a fraction of the price. The reason users were getting such huge discounts is because the system was accidentally allowing bitcoin cash (BCH) purchases in place of items priced in bitcoin core (BTC). Also read: No, Mainstream … Read more
Japan’s most popular chat app, with 168 million active monthly users, Line, could soon integrate cryptocurrencies. The company is reportedly in talks with a number of companies to integrate cryptocurrencies into its mobile payment service, Line Pay. Also read: South Korea Urges 23 Countries, EU, and IMF to Collaborate on Curbing Crypto Trading Line Could Soon … Read more
AppCoins (APPC) has held its ICO and is up nearly 300% since being added to Binance last Friday. But that’s not what interests me the most about this small market cap asset. Beyond the Big Boys If using bitcoin is one way of saying “f*** you” to the banks who until now have largely controlled … Read more
The U.S. Marshals announced on January 11 that the agency has plans to have another online bitcoin auction on January 22. The six-hour auction will see the sale of 3,813 bitcoins ($50Mn USD) seized from various criminal cases. Also read: Miami Bitcoin Conference Stops Accepting Bitcoin Due to Fees and Congestion A Six-Hour Online Bitcoin Auction … Read more
People may have been using cryptocurrencies to evade taxes all over the world. Whether or not anyone will ever uncover evidence of people doing so remains subject to speculation. In Australia, the Australian Taxation Office wants to find out how people are using cryptocurrencies. A new task force has been created to investigate any reports … Read more
Since Ripple’s recent boom, it has polarized the community with its centralized nature and its serving of the much-despised banking sector. #ANALYSIS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Over two billion people in the world still do not have a bank account. How could Blockchain integrate unbanked people into the global economy? #BLOCKCHAIN Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
This week the Canadian firm, Hive Blockchain, announced it would be starting a $100Mn USD mining operation in Sweden. Hive’s CEO says the mining center will “ten times bigger” than the company’s Iceland mining centers. Also Read: Markets Update: Cryptos Look for Relief After South Korea FUD Causes Losses Hive Blockchain Is Starting a Mining Operation … Read more
The ability to analyze and link Bitcoin transactions is something many governments and regulators hope to do more of moving forward. A lot of officials still think Bitcoin is anonymous, even though that is far from the case. BitFury Group recently demonstrated their latest analysis tool by de-anonymizing several million Bitcoin transactions. It’s an interesting turn of events, … Read more
Playing the stock market has always had an air of exclusivity about it which cryptocurrency investment has not had, but there are still issues plaguing it. #SMART INVESTMENT Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico