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This week’s round-up features a colorful selection of bitcoin stories but we’ll start with the possible explanation for recent market dips. Most cryptocurrencies dropped in price over the period, following developments with depressing effect on traders. In Japan, Mt. Gox’s bitcoins stored in court ordered wallets have moved again, while in South Korea, the largest … Read more
China’s government is well known as a crypto hater, and its banishments and pronouncements are the stuff of wild market swings. That doesn’t mean, however, they’re not keeping close eye on decentralized currencies. In fact, according to recent press releases, Chinese authorities are set to publish regular monthly analysis of over two dozen crypto assets, … Read more
Just recently news.Bitcoin.com reported on traders who exchanged “significant” trade volume using the peer-to-peer platform, Localbitcoins, by receiving warnings to upload their identity before they could proceed trading. Now the Localbitcoins organization has updated its terms of service agreement which comes with a few new guidelines concerning ID verification and data retention. Also read: Markets Update: Cryptocurrencies … Read more
GMO Internet’s cryptocurrency exchange has added four more cryptocurrencies to its loan program which allows customers to lend their cryptocurrencies to the company. The program was originally launched last month for just bitcoin (BTC) but GMO has now added bitcoin cash (BCH), ether (ETH), litecoin (LTC) and ripple (XRP) to the program. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms … Read more
According to a team of Indian lawyers, the Supreme Court of India refused request for a temporary injunction against restrictions imposed on banks regarding cryptocurrency by the country’s central bank. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a circular essentially banning crypto services, which will remain in place at least until a formal hearing. Also … Read more
The price of bitcoin has sunk even lower during the past 24 hours. Yesterday’s price stood at $8,600 – a nasty drop from last weekend’s high of $9,800. Many were expecting bitcoin to test the $10,000 mark, which didn’t occur. In fact, last week has been the worst in bitcoin’s history since early April, when … Read more
The first initial coin offering (ICO) by a publicly traded company in Thailand has begun trading on a couple of local exchanges. Meanwhile, the regulators are still drafting the legal framework for cryptocurrencies and token sales. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space First Public Company to Launch ICO The launch of an … Read more
A lot of people were surprised when Japan’s GMO Internet confirmed they would venture into the world of Bitcoin mining. Even so, the firm has been doing so successfully for five months now. In its most recent monthly report, the firm indicated that its hash rate has increased significantly, even though Bitcoin Cash mining has … Read more
Although it seems as if most people only got acquainted with the Pineapple Fund yesterday, the venture is shutting down once and for all. This “experiment in philanthropy” has seen many great successes, but the time has come to move on. It will be interesting to see which venture takes its place. Donating $55 million … Read more
According to a recent study, 5,000 Indian software developers currently have the skill sets to work on cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. 10,000 more developers can be easily trained but an additional 30,000 would require extensive training. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space 5,000 Developers Qualified A recent study by HR company Belong … Read more
