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Bitcoin has once more returned to $4,000 per coin. The warming markets could be attributed to a number of positive factors around Bitcoin usage, adoption, and awareness, However, assuming the largest driver of BTC price is speculation, a more important factor could be changing market sentiment. Within the last 24 hours, the price of bitcoin […]

Documents from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) show that no new contracts were added for its “XBT” Bitcoin futures for March 2019, effectively delisting the BTC derivative. The Chicago Future Exchange (CFE) has effectively delisted its bitcoin futures according to a Mar. 7th document describing products being added and removed for the upcoming month. […]

Receiving Bitcoin investment related emails could cause a Windows clipboard hijacker to be installed on your computer, researchers warn. The new malware spam campaign that aims to steal bitcoins from its victims is currently underway; it’s still unknown how many devices are affected. Fake Bitcoin Investment Scam Discovered While scams have almost always been synonymous […]

Tether, the company behind one of the biggest and most widely used stablecoins on the market (USDT), has updated the terms on its website to further clarify how their reserves work. The small update, however, suggested that its USDT coin is not 100 percent backed by US dollars, a claim many have come to criticize. […]

Binance Academy announced a bounty program that will reward individuals for submitting terms to be included in a crypto glossary. The program is part of a broader project aimed at providing free and impartial educational materials on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The Bounty Program in Detail The two-week program was announced on 14th Mar. and is […]

A group of international banking authorities, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is part of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), has issued a statement on the current situation of the cryptocurrency market. BIS believes that cryptocurrencies are an unsafe medium of exchange and store of value and has warned that they pose a […]

Mark Karpeles, the founder of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox, was found guilty of tampering with records and given a suspended prison sentence of two years and six months. The High Court ruling comes five years after a massive security breach in 2014 at Mt.Gox that led to millions of dollars in losses for both local […]

Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the US, announced that its Coinbase Custody service is now directly integrated with the company’s newly launched OTC desk. Custody clients will be able to complete trades directly from cold storage, the company said in its release, adding that it was a service many of its users […]

Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and current CEO of BitTorrent, is planning a $20 million cash airdrop and a Tesla giveaway. While cash airdrops are generally well received by the crypto community, many have raised questions about the fiscal responsibility of the move. Justin Sun Plans to Give Away $20 Million in Cash and a […]

Over 34 million Blockchain, Inc. wallets are functional as of March 2019, showing a 48 percent increase since 2018 and a staggering 1 million percent increase since 2012. Wallets for bitcoin have grown in tandem with its price, reaching 500 percent growth between the years 2014 to 2016 and over 280 percent between 2016 to […]