The latest revolt against the controversial BitPay appears to result in open-source competitor BTCPay getting its business. Cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay has lost a major customer before it even began accepting any payments after a social media backlash. In a Twitter debate on May 15, computer manufacturer Pine64 said that it had planned to use […]
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Upticks in Bitcoin ATMs, transaction volume, and women in crypto all point positive for Bitcoin. Data published today from Cointelegraph Markets and Arcane Research found that despite investor concerns over the block reward halving disincentivizing miners and possibly compromising the security of the network, demand for Bitcoin continues to rise globally. Proof of increasing adoption […]
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The hash rates of BCH of BSV have recovered, after crashing hard following their April halvings. Mining profitability for BSV, BCH, and BTC is now roughly the same. The Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV hash rates have recovered following a dramatic fall after their halvings in April, as the Bitcoin hash rate declined since the […]
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QuadrigaCX trustee Ernst & Young has received close to 17,000 proofs of claim from creditors, denominated in various fiat and cryptocurrencies. Close to 17,000 creditors of the now-shuttered Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX have filed to reclaim their lost assets. Details of the claims were revealed in an interim status report published on May 12 by […]
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There are many halving predictions yet to come true — among them Satoshi claimant Dr Craig Wright’s ‘long term advance notice’ from 2018 that he would crash the Bitcoin price. There are many halving predictions yet to come true — among them Satoshi claimant Dr Craig Wright’s ‘long term advance notice’ from 2018 that he […]
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Blockchain-powered rewards startup MiL.k stikes a partnership with a retail cluster in Seoul downtown, brings the technology to “millions.” Blockchain rewards platform MiL.k has teamed up with Seoul-based luxury retail space chain Shinsegae Duty Free to provide loyalty points compatibility and management. The new partnership allows Shinsegae customers to connect their existing rewards accounts to […]
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The average transaction fee for Bitcoin peaked at $3.19 on May 8, an increase of over 300% from the average fee of $0.62 on April 26. With the third Bitcoin rewards halving scheduled in approximately 14 hours at the time of press, the average value of transaction fees has surged more than 300%. According to […]
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Award winning filmmaker, Torsten Hoffmann, follows up his 2015 Bitcoin film with an in-depth look at the state of the blockchain industry. “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet” is filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann’s follow up to his award-winning 2015 documentary “Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It.” His first film looked […]
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Bitcoin price drops by 15.30% just 2 days before the block reward halving. At 12:40 A.M. UTC time Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $9,574 to $8,112 in the course of 15 minutes. The 15.30% drop came after the top ranked digital asset on CoinMarketCap struggled to reclaim the $9,800 support after falling below the support […]
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Multiple exchanges posted positive fiscal year end numbers, a self-regulatory agency listed crypto asset market price references, and more headlined news from Japan this past week This week’s headlines from Japan included Taotao exchange revealing positive first year numbers, the Japan Crypto Trading Association unveiling crypto asset market rates, Coincheck announcing recent positive fiscal year totals, and […]
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