• Bitcoin Futures Update: Bakkt Testing, CME Breaks Records, and a $100K Call Option

  by coins on July 23, 2019 at 4:00 pm

  Over the last few months, the interest surrounding cryptocurrency derivatives products has been growing fast. For some time now, open interest in CME’s bitcoin futures has been breaking […]

• Indian Government Unveils Draft Crypto Bill Ahead of Supreme Court Hearing

  by coins on July 23, 2019 at 1:05 pm

  The Indian government has officially released the report by the interministerial committee tasked with proposing crypto measures. The announcement came one day before the country’s supreme […]

• The Myth of Authority: Mnuchin Denies USD Is Used Criminally

  by coins on July 22, 2019 at 4:00 pm

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has once again weighed in on bitcoin, claiming the U.S. dollar has not been used to finance “nefarious” activity on a recent episode of CNBC’s […]

• How Big Hydro Power Partners With Bitcoin Miners to Prevent Energy Waste

  by coins on July 22, 2019 at 1:00 pm

  We are often told that the verification of bitcoin transactions eats a lot of energy. The largely inaccurate comparison to a small country, the size of Ireland or Denmark, is evoked thanks to […]

• Money and Democracy: How the Elite Manipulated Ledgers and Created a Social Ranking System

  by coins on July 22, 2019 at 2:00 am

  Money is one of the most important but least understood manmade tools in existence. For more than 5,000 years humans have used a tool of exchange called money to facilitate trade. During this […]

• How the Blockchain Stops Cheaters: Cryptocurrency and Provably Fair Gaming

  by coins on July 21, 2019 at 1:45 pm

  Online casinos and betting sites have proliferated since the first of their kind came on the scene in 1994. Thanks to the convenience of playing from home, the allure of winning real money, and a […]

• Crypto Bullishness Spreads on Capitol Hill

  by coins on July 21, 2019 at 10:45 am

  U.S. Congress has shown that it is starting to care about cryptocurrency as a number of lawmakers spoke up in favor of it this week. “The world Satoshi Nakamoto had envisioned is an unstoppable […]

• Why You Can’t Bet With Bitcoin at Online Casinos in the US

  by coins on July 20, 2019 at 9:30 pm

  Since the dawn of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency landscape has seen a lot of digital currency gaming websites where users can wager their coins in games like poker, dice, blackjack and slots. Because […]
• G7 Agrees on Crypto Action Plan Spurred by Facebook’s Libra

  by coins on July 20, 2019 at 10:00 am

  G7 finance chiefs met this week and Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency was high on their agenda. They agreed on several crypto initiatives and fast regulatory responses to projects such as Libra, […]

• Hayek’s 1984: Rediscovered Footage Shows Austrian Economist Predicting Bitcoin

  by coins on July 19, 2019 at 10:30 pm

  Born in 1899 in Vienna, Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek is a legend of sorts in voluntaryist, libertarian, and crypto-economic circles. Freshly rediscovered video footage of the Austrian […]

• Bitcoin Mining Helps Oil Companies Reduce Carbon Footprint

  by coins on July 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm

  Natural gas acquired as a byproduct of oil extraction has become synonymous with wasted energy. In certain areas, drilling companies are unable to find a profitable market for the excess fuel. […]

• Indian Government Breaks Silence on Crypto Regulation

  by coins on July 19, 2019 at 7:05 am

  The Indian government has finally spoken up about the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency it has been deliberating, providing answers to questions presented in the upper house of the Parliament […]

• Bitcoin and Voluntaryism – Where Libertarian Philosophy Meets Crypto

  by coins on July 18, 2019 at 3:30 am

  For the uninitiated, voluntaryism is a philosophy based on consent. In the simplest terms it says: “If it’s not voluntary, it’s not moral.” This basic statement is often […]

• Ignore Crypto Twitter – Life as a Nocoiner Isn’t That Bad

  by coins on July 17, 2019 at 11:30 pm

  Crypto Twitter (CT) is filled with half-witted commentary and price predictions by so-called luminaries, maximalists, and influencers. As the price of BTC has dropped to four figures, the usual […]

• SEC Begins Green-Lighting Token Offerings

  by coins on July 17, 2019 at 11:05 am

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently made history when it green-lighted two token offerings under Regulation A+. “This is the first time in U.S. history that a crypto token […]

• How They Will Attack Bitcoin: The Hypocritical Shock Campaign of US Monetary Policy

  by coins on July 17, 2019 at 8:46 am

  On July 16, U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin gave a short press briefing discussing cryptocurrencies and the pressing need for regulation. A 28-minute slodge of alphabet […]

• Complete Indian Draft Crypto Bill Leaked – Experts Weigh In

  by coins on July 16, 2019 at 7:15 am

  A draft cryptocurrency bill for India has been leaked in full, but details of the bill have raised some questions. News.Bitcoin.com talked to a number of experts in the field who shared their […]

• Diamonds and the Treasury Debt Ceiling: Why Nothing Has ‘Intrinsic Value’ in Economics

  by coins on July 15, 2019 at 3:00 pm

  The U.S. Treasury Department has just issued an urgent letter requesting a lift on the debt ceiling, warning Congress of imminent financial collision in September as federal cash is running out. […]

• How US ‘Keep Big Tech Out of Finance’ Draft Bill Targets Facebook’s Libra

  by coins on July 14, 2019 at 6:45 pm

  Facebook’s digital currency plans have caused concern among bureaucrats worldwide and members of the U.S. government seem fearful of a giant tech establishing itself as a financial institution. […]

• Thailand Approves 4 New Cryptocurrency Service Providers

  by coins on July 13, 2019 at 8:22 am

  The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved four new crypto business operators to legally operate in the country. In addition to licensing a new crypto exchange, the government has […]

• Georgia Exempts Bitcoin From VAT to Become the Next Country to Affirm Its Currency Status

  by coins on July 13, 2019 at 12:45 am

  Cryptocurrency taxation is a subject that concerns a growing number of users, traders and investors. An area that creates a lot of confusion among taxpayers is the application of VAT, or the […]

• Miners Flock to Iran Where Bitcoin Mining Is Set to Be Sanctioned

  by coins on July 12, 2019 at 9:10 pm

  According to regional reports, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) is planning to allow licensed cryptocurrency mining as long as operations are charged for electricity based on the price of export. The […]

• ‘Zimdollar’ Reboot: Bitcoin Fills Liquidity Gaps as New Zimbabwe Currency Flounders

  by coins on July 12, 2019 at 5:30 pm

  P2P bitcoin trade is surging in Zimbabwe via mobile exchange platforms like Ecocash, despite recent government efforts to curb the use of competing currencies locally. As of June 24, the reinstated […]

• What Are Dollars Used for, President Trump? – The Gun Money Known as USD

  by coins on July 12, 2019 at 11:15 am

  Donald Trump has taken to Twitter yet again, and this time he’s talking about bitcoin and the superiority of the United States dollar. Bashing lack of regulation and potential for criminal […]

• Expert Witness in Satoshi Case Claims Dr Wright’s Documents Were Doctored

  by coins on July 11, 2019 at 8:30 pm

  The Kleiman v. Wright case continues this week and a slew of new evidence has been submitted to the Southern District of Florida courthouse. A supplemental affidavit stemming from the Kleiman […]

• JP Morgan Chase Ship Busted: Cocaine, Banks and the Failed Drug War

  by coins on July 11, 2019 at 8:30 am

  A ship seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency in June carrying over 15,000 kilos of cocaine has now been tied to JP Morgan Chase’s asset management unit. Officially the company […]

• How 10 Countries Respond to Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency

  by coins on July 11, 2019 at 5:30 am

  A growing number of governments have responded to Facebook’s cryptocurrency plans including China, France, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, the U.K., and the U.S. Several […]

• PR: My BitIRA Launches to Empower US Consumers With 24/7 Cryptocurrency Retirement Account Access

  by coins on July 10, 2019 at 9:30 am

  BitIRA — pioneer of the first insured cold storage solution for cryptocurrency retirement accounts — has launched its newest tool, the “My BitIRA”[https://my.bitira.com] […]

• Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society

  by coins on July 10, 2019 at 12:00 am

  It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in […]

• 110 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Want to Launch in Japan – A Look at Recent Changes

  by coins on July 9, 2019 at 10:05 am

  Following G20 meetings, where Japan led several discussions regarding crypto assets, the country’s top financial regulator told news.Bitcoin.com that 110 crypto exchanges are now interested in […]

• Who Are the Real Thieves? Danish Authorities Seize 3 Ferraris in Tax Evasion Crackdown

  by coins on July 8, 2019 at 2:00 pm

  Last week Danish authorities seized three Ferraris belonging to a large Copenhagen-based business allegedly seeking to avoid VAT. With the largest bank in Denmark—Danske Bank—also being […]

• Experts Dissect Craig Wright’s ‘Satoshi’ Testimony and Court Documents

  by coins on July 8, 2019 at 9:00 am

  Last week, Craig Wright, the man who claims he’s Satoshi Nakamoto, appeared in court and testified why he did not have access to his public bitcoin addresses and trust information. Since then a […]

• India to Educate High-Ranking Police Officers on Cryptocurrency

  by coins on July 8, 2019 at 6:40 am

  India’s national police academy has launched a cryptocurrency course for high-ranking officers of the Indian Police Service. Among the objectives of the course are the functioning and legal […]