Bitcoin News (BTC)
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. This page is a summary of the latest bitcoin news.
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Dutch Court Finds That Bitcoin Has Characteristics Of Property
According to the district court of Amsterdam, bitcoin is transferable and has value.On February 14, 2018, after failing to comply with a court order...
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France Prepares For Cryptocurrency, ICO Framework
On Monday, France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, shared his enthusiasm for the country’s blockchain and cryptocurrency development efforts. He previously tasked Jean-Pierre Landau,...
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American Bar Association Offers IRS Guidance On Rules Around Forked Tokens
The American Bar Association has recommended that the IRS offer taxpayers temporary safe harbor regarding cryptocurrency that they acquired as the result of a...
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Hong Kong SFC Apparently Halts Black Cell Initial Coin Offering
On Monday, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission announced that Black Cell Technology Limited halted its initial coin offering to the Hong Kong public...
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G20’s Closing Statements On Cryptocurrency And Blockchain
The G20 summit in Argentina closed its session with a directive for future development of crypto-asset and blockchain standards, protections, and innovation.The recent G20...
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Incoming PBoC Governor Has Spoken Positively On Bitcoin
The People’s Bank of China has a new governor, Yi Gang. In the past, Yi has used positive terms to describe bitcoin.China's National People's...
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Electricity Tariff For Some Cryptocurrency Miners Approved In New York
Municipal power authorities in upstate New York have received permission to charge certain cryptocurrency mining enterprises higher rates for the use of their electricity...
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Lightning Labs’ Beta Goes Live On Bitcoin Mainnet
A beta version of a lightning network implementation has gone live on the Bitcoin mainnet in what Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark calls a...
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IMF: Most tokenized stock trades happen off Wall St hours
More than half of tokenized equity trading happens outside regular U.S. market hours, and about 80% of trades are...
Coinbase BTC mortgage product gets thousands of applications
Coinbase Asset Management President Anthony Bassili said the Bitcoin mortgage down payment product has “thousands of applications” in the...
Zcash to deploy post-quantum signatures by January
Zakura expects post-quantum signature opcodes to land in ZCash in January, enabling hash-based signatures for transparent payments.The approach combines...
