Crypto Self-Regulatory Organization, 100 BTC Whistleblower Reward
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a couple of stories that show how the cryptocurrency industry is trying to police itself. One group of companies has...
Bitcoin’s Price May Be Charting a Previous Bull Pattern
History often has a way of repeating itself. The current price pattern in the bitcoin market is eerily similar to the one observed in the run-up to a major...
Threats Fly As Fight Over $200 Million Siacoin’s Crypto Code Intensifies
An effort to keep the $200 million siacoin blockchain free from corporate interests is devolving into chaos amid accusations against the companies at the center of the effort. At...
Bitcoin Cash Use in Commerce Sees Significant Decrease
A review of payments received by the world’s 17 largest crypto exchanges has shown that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) use in commerce has decreased, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainanalysis,...
Trump vs Erdogan: Bitcoin Is the Answer to Turkey’s Financial Chaos
Latest reporting out of Washington appear to signal no deal struck between the Trump administration and the government of Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, potentially deepening an already...
Alarm Over Bitcoin Mining
The amount of electricity consumed by bitcoin mining is not the global environmental crisis it is often portrayed to be. This is the professional assessment of Dr. Katrina Kelly-Pitou, ...
Chinese Police Arrest Crypto Hackers
Chinese police from multiple cities have arrested three individuals who allegedly stole bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies worth around $87 million.
Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday that the three were busted...
Bitcoin Remains Below $6,500
August 17 saw the first major attempt to reverse fortunes, but these gains have not been widely consolidated. At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading below the $6,500 price...
Porn Website Launch Blockchain Platform, Reward Views With Crypto Tokens
Porn website Tube8 has revealed plans to create a blockchain-based platform for users to earn crypto tokens as they watch and interact with Tube8 videos, according to Hard Fork,...
Chinese Retail Giant JD.com Launches Open Blockchain Platform
JD.com, China’s largest retailer and e-commerce provider, has deployed an open blockchain platform to enable customers to have their own blockchain solutions to improve the transparency, efficiency and security...