Month: June 2018

Canadian Exchanges to Report Transactions Over $10k per Proposed Regulations

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Canadian bitcoin investors and cryptocurrency traders are going to be subjected to an increased level of market surveillance soon if the government has its way. Once the proposed regulations are implemented, every transaction above $10,000 CAD will have to be reported. Also Read: Bitcoin in Brief Monday: Korean Exchange Hack Takes a Toll on Crypto Markets … Read more

Australian Officials Seize AU$350K Worth of Cryptocurrency in Darknet Bust

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Darknet activity often involves Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Criminals often perceive Bitcoin as an anonymous cryptocurrency, even though it lacks all of the features necessary to be anonymous. A recent dark web drug raid in New South Wales has confirmed that using Bitcoin for illicit activity will ultimately lead to one’s arrest. Another Darknet Drug … Read more

Number of Japanese Bitcoin Spenders Slowly but Steadily Increasing Says Bic Camera

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A year after the Japanese government recognized cryptocurrency as a legal form of money, bitcoin payments are steadily going mainstream. Bic Camera is one of the most profitable electronic, cosmetic and duty-free goods stores in Japan. It has now revealed that even though less than 1% of payments have been made in BTC since it … Read more

Six German Banks Have Been Trading Bitcoin for Some Time

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An interesting connection between traditional finance and cryptocurrency has become apparent over the past few months. In Germany, various financial institutions are trading Bitcoin despite the lack of regulation. That is a surprising development, and an interesting one to keep an eye on. German Banks Embrace Bitcoin It has become rather apparent that there is … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Innovation Continues with the First On-Chain Atomic Bet

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Just recently news.Bitcoin.com wrote about a trustless betting protocol designed by Jonald Fyookball called Chainbet, a protocol that enables simple coin flip wagers using the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain. Since then the Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia performed the first atomic bet utilizing the BCH network’s re-enabled OP_Codes and Fyookball’s Chainbet concept. Also read: Chainbet Protocol Proposes … Read more

PR: trade.io Announces Massive Airdrop Campaign

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trade.io has announced the upcoming launch of an unprecedented ongoing airdrop campaign, which will enrich the portfolio of existing Trade Token (TIO) holders with potentially hundreds of different Alt Coins. With this campaign, any TIO holder is automatically qualified to benefit from ongoing token airdrops from high potential ICOs. Such ICOs have undergone an extensive … Read more

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