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Australian gambling regulator Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC) has issued an informal ban against all cryptocurrency online wagering, singling out bitcoin and ethereum. Just days before, one of its licensed online gambling sites announced it was offering bitcoin to its customers. Also read: Market Risk Advisory Committee: Bitcoin Futures Self-Certification Works Neds Adopts Bitcoin Gambling Paul … Read more
Despite some cracks on the icy surface of inter-Korean relations, caused by the Olympic spirit, tensions on the silent crypto front in Korea remain high. South Korean intelligence has informed lawmakers in Seoul that the North keeps trying to hack cryptocurrency exchanges south of the DMZ. Cryptos worth billions of won have been stolen by … Read more
Last week, an enigmatic and fiendishly tricky puzzle that had baffled bitcoiners for years was finally solved. In the process, it earned the individual who cracked it a 5 BTC jackpot and brought new acclaim to the team behind the project. After being launched in 2015, at the height of the bitcoin bear market, the … Read more
Watch out Canada! New York wants a piece of the bitcoin mining market, securing for its residents revenues and jobs that come along with the electricity intensive process. Bitcoin mining might even help revive local economies that once relied on polluting industries. Also Read: Senate of Nigeria Launches Probe of Bitcoin Trading in the Country … Read more
Over the past few months there’s been a lot of internet chatter concerning the digital currency tether (USDT) and whether or not it’s really backed by U.S. dollars. Further, there’s been skeptics, speculators, anonymous Twitter handles, and well-researched reports that claim tether printing moved the price of BTC considerably this past year. However, just recently … Read more
The majority of cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are unable to use the new government-mandated system which was recently implemented. Six major banks have installed the real-name system, but only three have decided to offer the service to crypto exchanges. In addition, only the country’s top four exchanges receive this service from banks. Also read: Japan’s … Read more
Another major international leveraged trading brokerage has launched a contract-for-difference (CFD) for Bitcoin Cash paired against the US dollar. This means that Roboforex clients gain today the ability to trade the instrument on the most popular platform in the retail forex market, MT4. Also Read: China to Block Access to International Cryptocurrency Exchanges Bitcoin Cash … Read more
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, recently stated that he has liquidated most of his bitcoin holdings whilst speaking at a business forum in Sweden. Mr. Wozniak has previously stated that he had purchased bitcoin for approximately $700 USD, suggesting that he likely realized gains of more than 1000%. Also Read: China Censors Cryptocurrency Ads on Search Engines … Read more
We know you heard this one before, but China wants to ban bitcoin…again. Only this time the government plans to use one of its most far reaching tools, the Great Firewall of China, to completely prevent anyone in the country from reaching foreign exchange sites. Unless they have the technical capability to bypass it, of … Read more
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy explained in a recent interview how the decision to list bitcoin futures in the last quarter of 2017 wasn’t made as a result of light or transient causes. Instead, it was a deliberate effort to bring a proven technology to well-financed clients who will help it … Read more