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Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, filed copyright registrations for the Bitcoin whitepaper and the original Bitcoin code with the US Copyright Office. The office ‘recognized’ Wright as the author, making it the first government agency to do so. Copyright registrations for Bitcoin’s original whitepaper One of the most controversial figures in the crypto industry, […]

Previously, ethereum.org featured a peculiar yellow canary on the footer of its website. The easily overlooked avian emblem served an important purpose—until it went missing. On Apr. 30th, ethereum.org was overhauled with a new minimalist design. As part of the update, the Ethereum Foundation’s canary has gone missing. This was no ordinary songbird. To understand […]

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has surged beyond its “intrinsic value,” mirroring a similar move in 2017 which preceded the industry’s biggest slump, JPMorgan Chase strategists wrote in a note on Friday. Chief strategists at JPMorgan say Bitcoin’s overpriced Bitcoin’s latest rally caught many by surprise,  not to say that it wasn’t a welcome development in […]

CryptoCompare, a leading provider of cryptocurrency data and indices, found that the top 15 exchanges all experienced an increase in monthly volume. FCoin exchange led the way with a 300 percent increase in trading, beating much larger and more established exchanges such as Binance, OKEx, and UpBit. Crypto exchanges see a substantial increase in monthly […]

Crypto as a method of payment has just gotten easier. Coinbase Commerce has expanded to include USD Coin as a settlement option, allowing merchants to accept crypto without transaction fees, chargebacks, or price volatility. Coinbase Commerce, an app launched last year to facilitate merchant payments, now accepts Coinbase’s native USD Coin (USDC). The stablecoin was […]

The VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF was delayed another five weeks in an order issued by the Securities Exchange Commission. So far, the Commission is unconvinced that BTC is sufficiently resistant to price manipulation to allow listing on public exchanges, among other concerns. The decision on the VanEck ETF is the latest in a string of delays […]

Dragonchain, an enterprise blockchain-as-a-service provider originally developed out of a Disney technology incubator, was awarded a patent for a loyalty system that tracks and monetizes time on the blockchain, according to documents published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent, titled security systems and methods based on cryptographic utility token inventory tenure, […]

WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging platform, will now allow its users to transfer Bitcoin and Litecoin via the Lite.Im bot. Developed by blockchain platform Zulu Republic, the bot will also enable transactions in ETH and ZTX, the company’s native token. Users can now send and receive Bitcoin and Litecoin on WhatsApp Cryptocurrency exchanges are no […]

Arthur Hayes, the CEO of BitMEX, the most widely utilized margin trading platform for crypto assets such as bitcoin and Ethereum, has said that the bitcoin bull market is real. Hayes said on Twitter: “The bull market is real. A momentary dip below $7,000, and a few days later we are back above $8,000 and […]

As bitcoin initiated a powerful recovery to $8,000 over the weekend, the interest towards the dominant crypto asset on Google Trends spiked to April 2018 levels, demonstrating a noticeable increase in demand from retail or individual investors. Major markets in the likes of South Korea have also begun to show a clear rise in interest […]