Tagged: bitcoin

April 6, 2018 @ 5:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Lightning Network meant to help Bitcoin and Litecoin scale to handle more payments has been under sustained DoS (Denial of Service) attack emanating from an friendly anonymous source or sources known as “BitPico.” The attack began March 22, 2018, and BitPico took credit publicly… Read More

April 4, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Last month, the TMX Group (the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange) announced that its subsidiary, Shorcan Digital Currency Network, will be working with Paycase Financial to launch a new cryptocurrency brokerage service initially focused on Bitcoin and Ether. Shorcan DCN is expected to launch… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tech-focused e-trailer Newegg announced last week it will now give customers in Canada the option of paying for their purchase with bitcoin. The company reported it first offered a bitcoin payment option to its U.S. customers in August 2014 and since that time bitcoin transactions have represented… Read More

March 18, 2018 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global financial firm Allianz recently published a harsh assessment of Bitcoin. Stefan Hofrichter, Head of Global Economics & Strategy at Allianz Global Investors, writing under the category of investment themes and strategies, is of the opinion that Bitcoin is a huge fail. A bubble getting ready… Read More

March 12, 2018 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

trueEX LLC will launch a regulated derivatives marketplace for digital assets. Initially, the company will list contracts for Bitcoin non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) settled in USD and will be listed under the “trueDigital” (TDH) brand on the existing trueEX swap execution platform. The launch is pending… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 4:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Grayscale Investments, LLC, a digital currency investing authority, launched four new investment products including Bitcoin Cash Investment Trust, Ethereum Investment Trust, Litecoin Investment Trust and XRP Investment Trust.  As of 28 February 2018, Grayscale reported possessed $2.1 billion in assets under management. Barry Silbert, Digital Currency… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 10:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dare to be the best. Far Eastern Air Transport or FAT Taiwan Inc. has announced it will “fully accept encrypted digital currency” to purchase airline tickets and related services. FAT wants to be a pioneer in the airline industry and its decision to embrace Bitcoin… Read More

March 4, 2018 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) posted a memo to all staff providing guidance regarding holding and transactions using cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. In brief, the memo from Daniel Davis, General Counsel of the CFTC, said it was ok to invest in crypto –… Read More

February 28, 2018 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bundesminiserium der Finanzen in Germany (Federal Ministry of Finance) posted a notice yesterday regarding VAT tax treatment of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The document, in German, is embedded below.  In brief, the German government will not tax In brief, using Bitcoin as a… Read More

February 23, 2018 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is an interesting write up that should make cryptocurrency advocates happy. The Heritage Foundation, a leading policy think tank in Washington, DC, published a report at the end last year telling Congress and other public authorities they need to back off of Bitcoin and… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 4:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) includes every top financial regulator in the US government representing various agencies and a handful of state regulators. Chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin, FSOC has statutory mandate that creates for identifying risks and responding to… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 2:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Multiven, a provider of independent and politically-neutral software integrity maintenance and cyber-defense services, opened its ICO on Chaineum.  The ICO aims at distributing Multiven Coin tokens (MultiCoins) which will serve as the medium of exchange for the soon-to-be-launched Multiven Open Marketplace (MOM) – a blockchain-based marketplace that aims… Read More

February 18, 2018 @ 12:25 pm By David Jinks  |  

Cryptocurrencies are fast swapping their shady past for respectability. But investors pushing hard for regulated trading and adoption by Amazon may be destroying the reason for Bitcoin’s existence. Last December, Bitcoin climbed above $18,000, and finally launched on the CME futures exchange. There was little… Read More

February 14, 2018 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), including the ESMA, EBA, and EIOPA have issued a pan-EU warning to consumers regarding the risks of buying cryptocurrencies. The ESAs are concerned that consumers are buying virtual currencies or “VCs” oblivious to the intrinsic risk including heightened volatility and the fact… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 11:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Augmate,  a B2B enterprise company specializing in wearable devices, has received a grant from BitcoinLatina to promote blockchain development in Latin America. BitcoinLatina provides blockchain solutions to scale Latin American consumer, enterprise, government, military, and university services and distributed applications. Its grant, which comes in… Read More

February 12, 2018 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The State of New Jersey has issued an emergency order halting Bitstrade, a firm that promised “investment profit guaranteed” via cryptocurrency related investment plans. Bitstrade posts that 960 “happy investors” have used their services. Bitstrade claims to be able to return 10% interest accrued daily… Read More

February 11, 2018 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the Milken Institute’s first MENA Summit in Abu Dhabi this week, Cameron Winklevoss explained his opinion that Bitcoin is poised to disrupt gold – in fact it is better than the world’s most favorite commodity safe haven. The Winklevoss twins became well-known because… Read More

February 10, 2018 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, two Russian engineers were detained by authorities for attempting to use computers at the Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Physics which is based in Sarov, Russia. The facility is said to be where the first Soviet nuclear weapon was produced in… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 6:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Yves Mersch, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, spoke at a forum in London. Mersch addressed the topic du jour: cryptocurrencies and the future of virtual money in the digital age. Mersch posed the question as to whether or… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  CoinDesk, a leading global digital media company focused on crypto assets and blockchain, released its Q4 State of Blockchain Report, a respected authority on blockchain trends research and analysis. The quarterly report comes on the heels of one of the busiest quarters in the… Read More