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After months of prevarication, Coinbase has announced that it will add Segwit support to its bitcoin wallets. The much anticipated and long overdue move will go some way towards reducing transaction fees for users of Coinbase and GDAX, assuming it follows suit. Coinbase has come in for repeated criticism over the inefficient way it handles … Read more
Coinbase to add SegWit scalability upgrade for BTC sending and receiving in the next few weeks. #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Bitcoin, as the original, most popular, and biggest cryptocurrency is often the first taste a person will get of cryptocurrencies. However, as the marketplace evolves, users are seeing that there is a wealth of other flavours of digital coin. #ANALYSIS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
U.S. banks really aren’t big on bitcoin. That’s the inference to be drawn from a widespread crypto crackdown led by major financial institutions. Bank of America, the country’s second largest bank, is the latest player to give bitcoin the thumbs down, joining JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup in seeking to distance itself from cryptocurrency purchases … Read more
If you are an American client of Coinbase and made plenty of transactions during 2017, you better check your email. The company sent out tax forms for 2017 to many clients who were not necessarily expecting it. Also Read: Bitcoin Tax Reporting Software Developer Node40 Acquired for $8m IRS Tax Form San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange … Read more
Square’s Cash App will let its users from almost every state buy and sell Bitcoin #NEWS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The state of Hawaii is planning to regulate the use of bitcoin and digital currencies that would require licensure to transmit cryptocurrency-based funds. Two bills introduced by a group of partisan Hawaiian lawmakers are focused on digital currencies as a monetary instrument under the state’s Money Transmitters Act. Also read: Coinbase Exits as Hawaii Requires Bitcoin … Read more
Robinhood decision to introduce zero-fee trading could change the face of crypto trading, and open the doors to those who feared the fees – but they are going down a very centralized rabbit hole. #ANALYSIS Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Most Bitcoin users have high hopes for the Lightning Network. It is a new scaling solution which will – hopefully – enable instant Bitcoin transactions at very low cost. At the same time, there are some concerns over how certain companies and service providers will implement this technology. It seems Coinbase plans to offer Lightning-connected custodial … Read more
This week the well known Canadian digital asset exchange, Coinsquare announced its plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) hoping to raise $150 million CAD ($120Mn USD). Coinsquare hopes the funding will help the platform be a direct competitor with cryptocurrency brokerage services like Coinbase and other U.S. based exchanges. Also read: Russia Finalizes Federal Law … Read more