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Bitcoin is nearing $1 billion in total, all-time transaction fees and $15 billion in all-time miner revenue, according to Coin Metrics’ latest State of the Network report. As of Oct. 13, $996,458,718 in transaction fees have been paid on the Bitcoin network, the report noted. BTC fees now make up significantly less of total miner […]

People interested in Bitcoin represent less than 1 percent of the world’s population, and are most likely to be males under 34 years old holding university degrees, data from Facebook Audience Insights suggests. Only 20-25 million of Facebook’s roughly 2.5 billion users qualify as being interested in “Bitcoin,” approximately 0.3 percent of the global population. […]

The volume of bitcoin on BitMEX dropped to a seven-month low on Oct. 12 (Saturday), to below $900 million for the first time since March. On Mar. 31, on a Sunday, the daily volume of bitcoin dropped to $405 million when the bitcoin price was ranging in between $4,000 to $4,200. Since then, up until […]

Electrum, one of the most popular Bitcoin wallets, announced that its next release will support Lightning payments. The company said that it had written its own lightning node implementation and merged it with Electrum’s master branch, but did not provide an ETA for the new upgrade. Lightning finally coming to Electrum A hugely popular Bitcoin […]

Following three weeks of stagnation, technical analysts anticipate the bitcoin price to see large volatility in the short term as it looks to test important levels. Cryptocurrency trader Josh Rager said: “With three weeks of sideways and the Bollinger Bands starting to pinch, Bitcoin price could see some volatility soon Good news is that the […]

Analysis of LocalBitcoins data shows that Bitcoin has exceptionally high rates of usage in countries with low economic freedom, supporting the argument that BTC is sound, unstoppable money. Understanding LocalBitcoins Established in 2012, LocalBitcoins is the world’s most popular and longest-standing peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange. The service facilitates cash-to-BTC trades in 249 countries with a global […]

According to Timothy Peterson, an investor at Cane Island Alternative Advisors, the Bitcoin price could drop to the $6,000 region due to the gap between BTC and GBTC. Historically, Peterson said that the bitcoin price has followed the trend of the premium of the Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), an investment vehicle used by accredited […]

In a live AMA session led Cardano’s senior product manager David Desser, the company’s team revealed the current status and plans for the launch of the Shelley incentivized testnet. Shelley’s incentivized testnet off to a great start Ambitious research-oriented blockchain Cardano celebrated its second birthday this month, the two years of extensive research culminating in […]

The entities behind Telegram and its $1.7 billion ICO were hit by an emergency action and restraining order by the SEC for failing to register its Gram token as a security. The U.S. Securities Exchange Commission is alleging that the companies behind Telegram and its initial coin offering have been conducting an unregistered securities offering. […]

The chairman of the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) gave verbal confirmation that Ether is a commodity and that he expects an Ethereum futures contract will soon be launched in the United States, as reported by Yahoo Finance. Speaking at Yahoo Finance’s annual All Markets conference in New York, Chairman Heath Talbert emphasized […]