A special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has reportedly revealed that the use of bitcoin in illegal activities has shrunk to about 10 percent from 90 percent previously. This finding contradicts the popular perception of the cryptocurrency’s primary use. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the CryptoContinue Reading
Back in the early days, cryptocurrency enthusiasts used to laugh at the thought of a stable cryptocurrency pegged to a specific fiat currency like the US dollar. Although nowadays things have changed and the digital currency tether (USDT) captures more cryptocurrency trade volume than most of the leading nation-state issuedContinue Reading
There’s been a lot of activities taking place with the new project developed by Bitmain called Wormhole. The team of developers just recently launched the Wormhole mainnet where the public can see the list of coins and the generated Wormhole Cash (WHC). Meanwhile, Gabriel Cardona, the creator of the Bitcoin CashContinue Reading
#Findsatoshi is the latest effort to galvanize worldwide support in order to, once and for all, find the enigmatic creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The group has taken to an international crowdfunding campaign, enlisting world class private detectives from Japan to New York, and everywhere in-between. Also read: Report: 15,000Continue Reading
It seems like bitcoin’s value is on a constant rollercoaster ride. After its share price skyrocketed to an all-time high of $19,346 on December 17, 2017, it lost 33% of its value just five days later. By February 6, 2018, bitcoin’s share price plummeted to a low of $5,967, losingContinue Reading
To their proponents, dapps – decentralized applications – are the future of internet. To their critics, they’re multi-million dollar sinkholes, with huge development costs, poor UI, and no users. Are dapps like Augur and IDEX early test cases for the web to come, or impractical experiments that are destined toContinue Reading
<img width=”696″ height=”696″ src=”https://www.madcashcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-768×768.jpg” alt=””People’s Money” Crypto to ‘Take Out’ Fiat “Scam” – Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author” srcset=”https://www.madcashcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-768×768.jpg 768w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-150×150.jpg 150w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-300×300.jpg 300w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-1024×1024.jpg 1024w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-696×696.jpg 696w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-1392×1392.jpg 1392w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-1068×1068.jpg 1068w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588-420×420.jpg 420w, https://news.bitcoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shutterstock_242602588.jpg 1600w” sizes=”(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px”>The author of the best-selling book ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’, RobertContinue Reading
On Thursday, the well-known cannabis culture brand and publication High Times announced it’s holding an initial public offering (IPO) and that it will be the first regulated A+ stock offering to accept cryptocurrencies. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space High Times Takes Another Step Into the FutureContinue Reading
Porn star Brenna Sparks is not the only one warming up to blockchain tech. Startups such as Spankchain as well as Vice Industries are attempting to fuse intimate desires with software undergirding cryptocurrencies such as ether. Maybe the long search for a real-world, ready-now blockchain technology use case is finallyContinue Reading
Last week, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Wormhole announcement of a tokenization and smart contract platform project for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network. The Wormhole protocol was initiated by the firm Bitmain Technologies, and the codebase is a fork from the Omni Layer protocol. Furthermore, the project has already issued aContinue Reading
Paul Krugman, the famed economist who’s made a career out of being wrong about things, is wrong again. That in itself is no more surprising than the fact that his latest op-ed takes aim at his favorite bête noire – bitcoin. The surprising part is that Krugman has resorted toContinue Reading
About two weeks ago news.Bitcoin.com reported on one guy who controlled the Lightning Network’s (LN) biggest node when he commanded 49 percent of the total funds held within the network. Since then, Andreas Brekken, the owner of the blockchain review website Shitcoin.com, wrote four reviews about his node that heldContinue Reading
Archaeologists are arguing that a pre-modern stone money used by Micronesian islanders resembles a precursor to bitcoin and distributed ledger technology. Also Read: Largest Cannabis Community Market in Israel to Accept Bitcoin Payments Archaeologists Highlight Similarities Between Micronesian Stone Money and Bitcoin Scott Fitzpatrick, an archaeologist at the University of OregonContinue Reading
Before it was turned into an investment asset, the invention of Bitcoin promised to usher in a world where anyone can pay for anything they like without a need for getting prior approval from the powers that be. The demand for uncensorable transactions still exists, and the latest example ofContinue Reading
