Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Jumps Another $100 to Sit at $9,600

At press time, bitcoin is trading for $9,600. This is $100 higher than yesterday’s price, and roughly $500 more than where it stood at the beginning of the week. The currency was experiencing strong resistance between $9,000 and $9,300, but has since moved past its technical barricades and has passed the $,500 point. $10,000 is … Read more

Goldman Sachs Delays Bitcoin Trading Desk Plans in Favor of Derivatives

Financial institutions around the world are scrambling to launch Bitcoin trading services. It will be interesting to see who wins this race, although Goldman Sachs may be the first firm to cross the finish line. Their current plan is to launch derivatives trading rather than actually trade Bitcoin. It seems to make a lot of sense at this … Read more

Telegram Cans Its ICO Plans, but No One Knows Exactly Why

Telegram shocked the world when the company announced its plan to host an initial coin offering. It quickly became apparent this would not be an ICO in the traditional sense, but rather a glorified IPO with a unique token. It now seems the firm has canceled its fundraising plans altogether. The real reason remains unclear, although SEC … Read more

Only 1% of Business CIOs are Actually Using ”Blockchain” Technology

United Kingdom corporate research firm Gartner conducted a survey of nearly 300 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), in an attempt to separate hype from reality. The results are revealing, with a dismal 1% reporting “any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations.” Also read: Telegram Rakes in Over $1.5 Billion, Ditches ICO for an Open Network … Read more

Reddit Plans to Reinstate Cryptocurrency Payments

After Reddit removed Bitcoin Core (BTC) as a form of payment for premium membership services this past March, the company seems to be planning to reinstate the digital asset soon. On Thursday, May 3 in an interview with Cheddar, the company’s chief technology officer (CTO), Chris Slowe, revealed it will be adding BTC again and … Read more

Young New Zealand Man Spared Jail for Dealing Drugs With Bitcoin

This week, Elias Valentin Smith, a 20-year-old man from New Zealand, successfully appealed his prison sentence for drug dealing with bitcoin as a teenager. This was despite the fact that the court system considered the use of bitcoin as a sign of criminal sophistication. Also Read: Bitcoin Is Not Used by Organized Crime Says Hong … Read more