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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Financial Services Committee Hears Testimony On Cryptocurrencies, ICOs
On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee heard testimony from a collection of cryptocurrency professionals. In addition to addressing concerns about investor speculation, witnesses...
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Dutch Finance Minister Addresses Cryptocurrency Regulation In Letter To Parliament
This month, the Dutch finance minister remarked upon cryptocurrency regulation in the Netherlands and the European Union.On March 8, 2018, the minister of finance...
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EU Commissioner: Cryptocurrency Mining Subject To Standard Energy Regulation
Regardless of its massive electricity demands, cryptocurrency mining is captured under normal EU regulation, explained European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on Friday. Gabriel called cryptocurrencies...
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PACcoin, A Tiny Cryptocurrency, Just Returned From The Moon
On Friday, a tiny, virtually unknown cryptocurrency went to the moon for a few minutes. It appeared that in a straight-line trajectory, PACcoin suddenly...
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$600 Million Magic, Strange Moves On The Tether Charts
During a defining five-minute period on January 27, 2018, the nominal market cap of Tether rose by more than $600 million. Today, close to...
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What Is Cryptocurrency? Just Look It Up In The Merriam-Webster Dictionary!
The editors of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary have announced that a slew of new words have been added to their official lexicon, including “cryptocurrency,” and...
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USPTO Publishes PayPal Patent For ‘Expedited Virtual Currency Transaction System’
This past week, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) published a patent that PayPal filed for an “Expedited Virtual Currency Transaction System.” The...
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German Ministry Of Finance Provides Guidance On Bitcoin Taxation
German authorities have shed some light on cryptocurrency tax implications.On February 27, 2018, the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Bundesministerium der Finanzen, released 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...
