Australian Officials Seize AU$350K Worth of Cryptocurrency in Darknet Bust

Darknet activity often involves Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Criminals often perceive Bitcoin as an anonymous cryptocurrency, even though it lacks all of the features necessary to be anonymous. A recent dark web drug raid in New South Wales has confirmed that using Bitcoin for illicit activity will ultimately lead to one’s arrest. Another Darknet Drug … Read more

Number of Japanese Bitcoin Spenders Slowly but Steadily Increasing Says Bic Camera

A year after the Japanese government recognized cryptocurrency as a legal form of money, bitcoin payments are steadily going mainstream. Bic Camera is one of the most profitable electronic, cosmetic and duty-free goods stores in Japan. It has now revealed that even though less than 1% of payments have been made in BTC since it … Read more

Six German Banks Have Been Trading Bitcoin for Some Time

An interesting connection between traditional finance and cryptocurrency has become apparent over the past few months. In Germany, various financial institutions are trading Bitcoin despite the lack of regulation. That is a surprising development, and an interesting one to keep an eye on. German Banks Embrace Bitcoin It has become rather apparent that there is … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Innovation Continues with the First On-Chain Atomic Bet

Just recently news.Bitcoin.com wrote about a trustless betting protocol designed by Jonald Fyookball called Chainbet, a protocol that enables simple coin flip wagers using the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain. Since then the Openbazaar developer Chris Pacia performed the first atomic bet utilizing the BCH network’s re-enabled OP_Codes and Fyookball’s Chainbet concept. Also read: Chainbet Protocol Proposes … Read more

PR: trade.io Announces Massive Airdrop Campaign

trade.io has announced the upcoming launch of an unprecedented ongoing airdrop campaign, which will enrich the portfolio of existing Trade Token (TIO) holders with potentially hundreds of different Alt Coins. With this campaign, any TIO holder is automatically qualified to benefit from ongoing token airdrops from high potential ICOs. Such ICOs have undergone an extensive … Read more

Spiking Announces $1,000,000 Investment Round Led By J Capital

Spiking Receives Capital As Well as Top Advisors J Capital has successfully led an investment round of $1,000,000 into Spiking’s PRE-ITO. The deal has also led to J Capital’s Chief Investment Officer and CEO, Kenneth Tan and Jack Ser, becoming advisors for Spiking. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article Clemen Chiang, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Sits at $7,600

At press time, nothing has changed regarding the bitcoin price. The father of cryptocurrencies is sitting at $6,700 – a price it has held for roughly 24 hours, and recovery doesn’t appear imminent anytime soon. The mega-drop that hit the asset during yesterday’s morning hours stem from two likely sources. The first is the hack … Read more

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