MelissaSweet1, a camgirl in Arizona, started accepting cryptocurrency as payment for her erotic webcam performances three years ago. But usually, she would promptly convert it into fiat. Until last year

The CEO of Russian e-payments firm Qiwi said Wednesday that an employee used its payment terminals to mine 500,000 bitcoins in 2011. CEO Sergey Solonin told the story while speaking to students at the

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) said Wednesday that sales of graphics cards (GPUs) to cryptocurrency miners fell during the second quarter. The company published its quarterly earnings report late

A new cryptocurrency exchange is set to launch with no-fee trading – and it's got some notable backers behind it. Voyager, according to a report from Fortune, is founded by the co-founder of Uber, Oscar

Digital Asset announced Monday that it teaming up with Google Cloud to provide a set of tools and services for solutions architects wanting to develop blockchain applications without having to code them

China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region is set to eliminate "illegal" bitcoin mining operations by the end of August, a government agency has confirmed to CoinDesk. Rumors first emerged online

Bitcoin's (BTC) price clocked a two-month high of $7,820 today and looks set to extend gains further, a key cryptomarket gauge indicates. CoinMarketCap's bitcoin dominance rate, an indicator that tracks

Bitcoin's price continues to hold ground amid a market sell-off, with growing momentum building to take out its next target of $8,000. The world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization fell 3

A Supreme Court decision on the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) efforts to bar cryptocurrency firms from receiving banking services will have to wait – for now. A final hearing on the ban's merits has been

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) has revealed it is setting up a department dedicated primarily to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The FSC said the new department – dubbed the Financial

Semiconductor manufacturing giant TSMC said Thursday that it expects demand for cryptocurrency mining-related products to cool off during the third quarter of this year. The company – which manufactures

2017 was a wake-up call for bitcoin supporters to say the least. With so many people using the software amid a price boom, the fees for sending transactions swelled higher than ever before, even rising

A British county police force has become the first in the country to seize and exchange bitcoins discovered during a criminal investigation. According to a report from the Financial Times yesterday, the

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Bitcoin Cash and Ripple Bitcoin cash price consolidated near the USD 800 support. It seems like BCH/USD is struggling to gain traction above the USD 840 resistance, which may perhaps result in a bearish

Bitcoin price traded a few points lower, but it was supported near the USD 7,300 and USD 7,350 support levels. BTC/USD is currently trading above the USD 7,400 level (UTC 08:30 AM) with an immediate resistance

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