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White Label Crypto Card Provider Targets 10% of Litecoin Users
17.7.2019
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Ternio, a U.S.-based blockchain project developer and provider of crypto payment card solutions, targets 10% of litecoin users with a new card in the near term, Ian Kane, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, told Cryptonews.com.
Ternio, which recently issued...
Confronting Bitcoin Network Issues Using Nakamoto Consensus and a Mining Parliament
1.7.2019
On June 28, Bitcoin Cash proponent Javier Gonzalez announced the launch of an interesting protocol called the Bitcoin Mining Parliament (BMP). The theory behind BMP is backed by the concept of Nakamoto Consensus where “miners are the executive power of Bitcoin” and “any needed...
Bitcoin’s Big Price Drop Is the Latest in a Long History of Flash Crashes
28.6.2019
On Wednesday, June 26, the price of BTC came close to reaching $14K. One hour later, it had dropped by close to 18%. Such events are known as a flash crash, a moment in time where a rapid-sell off happens and often times a few exchanges become inoperable. Over the last few years, especially when...
Buried in Facebook’s Libra White Paper, a Digital Identity Bombshell
26.6.2019
Buried in Facebook’s Libra white paper are two sentences hinting the project's ambitions go even further than minting a global currency
Bitmain’s Nishant Sharma Talks China and Crypto in the Humans of Bitcoin Podcast
19.6.2019
This week on the Humans of Bitcoin podcast host Matt Aaron chatted with Bitmain’s Nishant Sharma who shared his story and discussed the western hemisphere’s false impressions of China and Bitcoin. During the interview, Sharma conversed about his work with Bitmain, one of the largest...
Libra White Paper Shows How Facebook Borrowed From Bitcoin and Ethereum
18.6.2019
Cryptocurrency, at scale. That's Facebook's vision as laid out in the long-awaited, just-released Libra white paper
Facebook Releases Cryptocurrency White Paper for Libra Currency
18.6.2019
Social media giant Facebook has released the technical specs for its long-awaited cryptocurrency, dubbed Libra
Bakkt Reveals Bitcoin Futures Contract Details Ahead of July Test Date
13.6.2019
Bakkt will begin user testing of its bitcoin futures contracts on July 22, revealing new contract specifications on Thursday
Facebook Sources Say That Stablecoin White Paper Will Come on June 18
7.6.2019
Sources have said that Facebook’s crypto white paper will be released on June 18
Facebook Will Launch Its Cryptocurrency On June 18, Along With A White Paper For The Same
7.6.2019
Social media giant Facebook will launch its cryptocurrency and its white paper on June 18, 2019. The white paper will explain the basics of the digital currency. Major stakeholders like investors were informed about the launch date while the briefing on Facebook’s crypto project. The news about...
Report Insists ‘Bitcoin Was Not Purpose-Built to First Be a Store of Value’
7.6.2019
There’s been furious debate over the last few years on whether or not Satoshi created Bitcoin to be a peer-to-peer cash system or a purpose-built store of value. Lately, a few BTC proponents claim that Satoshi deliberately built Bitcoin to be a store of value (SoV). Despite the SoV narrative...
White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett To Step Down Soon
3.6.2019
Over the years, numerous high profile advisers and officials have left the Trump administration for a variety of reasons. However, the reason behind economic advisor Hassett’s departure is still unclear so far. Ever since Donald Trump became the president of the United States, the sudden departure...
Plea Bargain Means Silk Road 2 Admin Will Likely See No Prison Time
1.6.2019
Following the sentencing of Thomas White, the founder of the Silk Road 2 (SR2) marketplace during the first week of April, another SR2 administrator may evade prosecution. According to reports, SR2 admin Blake Benthall cooperated with global law enforcement and may only face fines for avoiding...
The Copyright for the Satoshi White Paper is Already Causing Trouble
31.5.2019
Craig Wright's copyright registration of the Satoshi White Paper is causing some online services to censor the document
‘Everyone Can Be Satoshi’: Wei Liu Breaks Silence on Bid to Contest Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Copyright
30.5.2019
Crypto trader Wei Liu says he registered a copyright on the Satoshi White Paper to poke fun at what he calls the "cult of CSW."
Game Of Thrones For Crypto Kingdom Intensifies, Another Copyright Filed For Bitcoin
30.5.2019
Satoshi Nakamoto is arguably the most famous anonymous personality of modern times, who has been able to garner interests from all walks of businesses globally. Ownership of Bitcoin white paper, in fact, is as powerful as being the heir to the Iron Throne itself! A war with arms and armies...
Chinese Citizen Wei Liu Also Claims US Copyright for Bitcoin White Paper
30.5.2019
Another copyright claim to bitcoin’s white paper has been filed by Wei Liu, a Chinese citizen residing in California
Another Satoshi: Second Copyright Filing Appears for Bitcoin White Paper
30.5.2019
Craig Wright now has a legal rival for claimed authorship of the bitcoin white paper, as a second registration is filed with the U.S. Copyright Office
Bitwise White Paper: Fake Trading Volumes by Exchanges Do Not Impact BTC Prices
28.5.2019
Bitwise released a white paper claiming that fake trading volumes by crypto exchanges do not impact prices on the real bitcoin spot market
US Copyright Office Responds to Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Registrations
23.5.2019
On May 21, 2019, a press release was sent to a variety of publications that said Craig Wright was granted two U.S. copyrights for the original Bitcoin white paper and version 0.1 of the cryptocurrency’s code. Meanwhile, the U.S. Copyright Office specifically addressed the matter in a press...