First it was The Pirate Bay, then Showtime was caught secretly using page visitor’s processing power to mine cryptocurrency as a form of alternative revenue. It has led to some indignation from users of

In the history of energy production, there is an evergoing shift from one energy source towards another. In 1870, 70 percent of the energy produced was from wood. It then shifted to coal in the early 20th

Anybody familiar with Bitcoin is aware of the vexing problem caused by the 1 MB blocksize limit and the controversy that arose over how to scale the network. It’s probably worthwhile to look back on how

Major Chinese news outlet People has released an article stating it is “not feasible” to ban Bitcoin in China. According to the author, Guanghua University professor Liu Xiaolei, authorities should only

Talk about investing in Bitcoin and the news of people becoming ‘bitcoinnaires’ are almost everywhere these days – newspapers, TV’s, radio, and the Internet. However, one thing is missing from these stories:

Bitcoin has been around the fringes of financial markets for less than a decade, but is slowly gaining prominence as an alternative asset class. Can the government of any major country step in and do the

Many experts have called the stupendous rally in the cryptocurrencies as a bubble. Notwithstanding, the digital currencies have continued their uptrend. However, as we know, nothing can go up for ever.

The transparency of Bitcoin goes a long way in determining the price of the digital currency, as much of the market movement can be put down to where the money is moving. However, it is a lot harder to

Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan, founders of the Beijing-based Bitcoin mining company Bitmain Technologies Ltd., welcomed another milestone this year. Sequoia and IDG have provided the company with $50 mln in

Subsequent to achieving a new all-time high at $4,975 merely two days ago, Bitcoin price has decreased to around $4,350. Many analysts including Welt financial desk senior editor Holger Zschaepitz attributed

The first publicly traded, Bitcoin-related investment vehicle, Bitcoin Investment Trust, is up by 1600% in two years. Bitcoin Investment Trust The trust currently has reached a market value of $1.8 billion

The cryptocurrency world is unashamedly anti-bank. The centralized, profiteering and often fraudulent banking world is the very antithesis of what the cryptosphere is all about. While this wholesale rejection

On September 7, Stockholm will host the exhibition of equipment for the cryptocurrency industry within Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Stockholm. Visitors will be able to attend companies’ stands,

What is a payment transfer system? It’s a payment method between individuals. Say you live abroad and you want to transfer some money back home, also known as remittances; or you want to lend some money

While Bitcoin holds top spot in terms of market capitalization, the broader asset classes of altcoins have seen the market cap of all cryptocurrencies expand by nearly 800 percent to date. That growth

BitPay, the automated payment processing system for Bitcoin which enables online merchants to accept bitcoins, has just announced its support for SegWit2x via the company blog. The statement indicated

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Max Keiser has raised his Bitcoin price forecast to $10,000 as the cryptocurrency industry celebrates SegWit activation. Joining figures such as Andreas Antonopoulos and Bobby Lee, Keiser, who is notoriously

Microsoft has unveiled its newest blockchain protocol in the Confidential Consortium (Coco) framework, an open-source system aiming to provide large-scale, confidential blockchain networks for companies

Enigma, a decentralized investment platform, has become the latest to fall victim to ICO hacking. In an ironic twist, after the hack of Coindash’s website during an ICO, Can Kigasun, co-founder and Chief