Bitcoin-Only Charity Pledges Up To $4 Million for PTSD Research
A Bitcoin-only charity called Pineapple Fund seeks Bitcoin donations to a non-profit researching MDMA therapies for PTSD sufferers. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
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Japan’s Most Popular Chat App In Talks to Integrate Cryptocurrencies
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
Hive to Place Its $100Mn USD Bitcoin Mining Operations in Northern Sweden
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
BitFury Group De-Anonymizes Over 15% of the Bitcoin Network With New Blockchain Analysis Tool
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
Microsoft’s Website Reinstates Bitcoin Payment Functionality
It didn’t take Microsoft all that long to fully reinstate its Bitcoin payment option. A few days ago, the company announced it no longer considered BTC to be an active payment instrument. Customers could still fund their accounts with Bitcoin, but that was the only option available to them. In a new turn of events, the company … Read more
No, Mainstream Media, That Country Did Not Ban Bitcoin. Again.
Headlines roared late last night in the western hemisphere, morning in the east, as mainstream media outlets breathlessly ran with an initial report from a legacy wire service: the Republic of South Korea is to ban cryptocurrency. The truth is more subtle, and it’s fast becoming an object lesson in fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD). … Read more
Bitcoin Conference Stops Accepting Bitcoin For Tickets, Blames ‘Network Congestion’
The North American Bitcoin Conference stopped accepting BTC for tickets due to “network congestion” #BRIEF Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Venezuela Will Pre-Mine the Petro and Launch in 6 Weeks
One day after Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency was declared illegal, the government of president Nicolas Maduro announced plans to pre-mine the petro. The new currency is expected to launch in six weeks. Also read: South Korea Urges 23 Countries, EU, and IMF to Collaborate on Curbing Crypto Trading Petro Mining Restricted to Government The Venezuelan Superintendent of … Read more
The Mystery of the ”Lost” Bulgarian Bitcoins Sparks Questions Again
Missing, stolen, lost or buried…these are all adjectives attracting attention when attached to the noun “cash”, physical or digital. Comments and shares on social media have revived curiosity and sparked questions about one particular monetary mystery – what happened with the 200,000 bitcoins Bulgaria seized from gangsters? As with any urban legend, a mix of facts, claims … Read more
India’s Bitcoin Exchange Koinex Suffers From Bank Blocking Crypto Accounts
India continues its shaky experiment with money’s future as its domestic population is wild about cryptocurrency. Its government and regulators are less than thrilled, though. The banking system is siding with minders, causing friction between account holders and crypto exchanges. Everyone is pointing to a lack of clarity in the law as origin for the … Read more