 NEWS Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Says Texas Is the Best Place to Mine Bitcoin
Shortly after commencing mining, the CEO of US-based mining company Layer1 has stated that texas offers bitcoin miners the “cheapest power in the world” at scal… |
Month: February 2020
Courts Will Seize BTC With Miners’ Help: Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright
 NEWS Courts Will Seize BTC With Miners’ Help: Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Craig Wright
Self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright claims that Bitcoin can and will be seized to accommodate court orders. |
Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says Bitcoin’s Price Will ‘Quantuple’ Long-Term
 NEWS Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says Bitcoin’s Price Will ‘Quantuple’ Long-Term
Shark Tank co-host Robert Herjavec sees long-term potential for Bitcoin, saying the asset is currently worth a fraction of its future value.
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Ukraine’s Central Bank: E-Hryvnia Threatens Landscape of Banking System
 NEWS Ukraine’s Central Bank: E-Hryvnia Threatens Landscape of Banking System
As a crypto firm in Ukraine plans to issue the first Ukrainian hryvnia-pegged stablecoin, the country’s central bank is progressing with its e-hryvnia project. |
Germany’s Second Largest Exchange Boerse Stuttgart Lists Short Bitcoin ETP
 NEWS Germany’s Second Largest Exchange Boerse Stuttgart Lists Short Bitcoin ETP
Boerse Stuttgart has listed an exchange-traded product that is inversely correlated to Bitcoin’s price swings. |
Japan the Next Country to Mint a Digital Currency?
 NEWS Japan the Next Country to Mint a Digital Currency?
Authorities in the 3rd-largest economy are meeting to discuss adopting a digital currency. |
JP Morgan: Digital Money Foundation Laid, Blockchain In Banking Years Away
 NEWS JP Morgan: Digital Money Foundation Laid, Blockchain In Banking Years Away
JP Morgan report says that current blockchain developments are lying down the foundation for digital money, but more centralization is needed. |
New Monaco-Based Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card
 NEWS New Monaco-Based Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card
Italy’s new crypto-powered debit card supplier Bitsa lets users spend privacy-focused altcoin Monero on its prepaid cards. |
Irish Drug Dealer Tells Police That Keys to $56M in Confiscated BTC Are Lost
 NEWS Irish Drug Dealer Tells Police That Keys to $56M in Confiscated BTC Are Lost
Accused Irish drug trafficker Clifton Collins has ostensibly lost the keys for his $56 million worth BTC accounts earlier confiscated by the police. |
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Found More Centralized Than Expected by Researchers
 NEWS Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Found More Centralized Than Expected by Researchers
The Lightning Network was found to be more centralized than initially believed, increasingly relying on hubs through a core-periphery model observed by research… |