Month: April 2018

Cardano Prices Keeps Dropping as $0.15 Support is Obliterated

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Cryptocurrencies are always evolving, albeit not necessarily in the direction people would hope. In the case of the Cardano price, the momentum earlier this week has completely evaporated, as the value is plummeting once again. With a  5.92% decline in the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency markets remain extremely volatile with little improvements in sight. … Read more

New Bitcoin-Only Shop Open in New Hampshire

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Derrick J. Freeman and Steven Zeiler founded what they claim is the first crypto-only brick and mortar retail establishment in the US, the Free State Bitcoin Shoppe. Visitors pay for merchandise with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. If they don’t have cryptocurrency, the store clerk helps them download and fund their first wallet. They checkout using an … Read more

Former Core Developer Mike Hearn Returns for Some Bitcoin Cash Q&A

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On April 5 the former bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn came back to do an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) on the Reddit forum /r/btc. It’s been a while since Hearn has chatted with the bitcoin community, and one could say he left the development scene a few years ago due to the vitriolic strife over the scaling … Read more

Bitcoin in Brief Friday: Satoshi’s Birthday and Tezos Turmoil

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Welcome to the Friday edition of Bitcoin in Brief. The fourth instalment of this new feature from news.Bitcoin.com is the most eclectic yet, encompassing everything from Satoshi Nakamoto’s faux birthday to juicy snippets from the Tezos lawsuit. According to court documents, the project’s co-founder, Kathleen Breitman is a “one woman band”. Also read: Bitcoin in Brief … Read more

Centralized Ripple Is Probably a Security Token

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A primary attraction of decentralized cryptocurrencies is that they’re censorship-resistant. The more centralized a coin is, the easier it is for its supply to be controlled. But there’s another problem with overly-centralized cryptocurrencies such as ripple: they risk being classified as a security, which brings all kinds of problems. Also read: Emin Gün Sirer Discusses Cryptocurrency … Read more

Danske Bank Bans Investments in Cryptocurrency-Related Instruments

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Leading Danish bank, Danske Bank, has published a document announcing that the company does not wish to “support the investment environment surrounding cryptocurrencies.” Danske bank will “phase out the possibility of” its customers purchasing financial instruments comprising cryptocurrency derivatives. Despite the bank’s concerns pertaining to the risks associated with cryptocurrencies, Danske customers will still be … Read more