Norway’s Kjos family, co-founders of Norwegian Air, plans to add crypto payments once it launches its own exchange in August. Bitcoin (BTC) payments should be coming to Norway’s low-cost airline Norwegian Air this year, after its co-founders set a date for opening their own cryptocurrency exchange. According to local finance newspaper Dagens Næringsliv, the Kjos […]
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Bitcoin has dipped back below the $10,000 mark as the crypto markets are seeing near-total red. Wednesday, July 24 — Bitcoin (BTC) has dipped back below the $10,000 mark as the crypto markets are seeing near-total red. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Having clung to its five-figure price point in recent days, a 3.2% drop on […]
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The block size debate is among the most contentious discourse in Bitcoin, having spawned numerous community rifts and contested proposals. Why did Bitcoin fork and split? The inability of the community to find consensus regarding a proposal to increase the block size resulted in a user-activated hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017. […]
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Bitcoin has been legally recognized as virtual property by a Chinese court not the country, though… Last week, Bitcoin (BTC) was legally recognized by a Chinese court, whereby it was concluded that the cryptocurrency should now be considered as digital property. The decision that the Hangzhou Internet Court made in a ruling was met with […]
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The International Energy Agency says Bitcoin mining is likely responsible for 10‑20 Mt CO2 per year. According to a report released on July 23 by the International Energy Agency Bitcoin (BTC) mining is likely responsible for 10‑20 Metric tons (Mt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year or 0.03-0.06% of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. Bitcoin […]
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While Facebook is struggling to agree on its Libra project, a wave of fake Libra accounts have spread online and onto Facebook itself. While Facebook is struggling to agree on its crypto project Libra, a wave of fake Libra accounts have come up online, including on Facebook itself. According to a report by The Washington […]
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The number of users on Coinbase has passed 30 million with 8 million having joined the exchange over the past year. America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has signed up 30 million users since launching in 2012. New user signups slowed after Bitcoin price peak Over the past 12 months, Coinbase has registered […]
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Cryptocurrencies are three times more popular among American millennials as a long-term investment as they are for Generation X. Cryptocurrencies are three times more popular among American millennials as a long-term investment as they are for Generation X. Crypto is Americans’ 7th most popular long-term investment According to the results of a nationwide Bankrate survey, […]
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Major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has donated $4.5 million in Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund in a show of support. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has donated $4.5 million in Bitcoin (BTC) to its perpetual swap market insurance fund as a show of support for the Warren Buffett Power Lunch. More cushioning for traders In […]
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More bolivar traffic appeared on P2P exchange Localbitcoins than any time in history last week. Venezuelans traded more bolivars for Bitcoin (BTC) than ever before last week, but the statistics say more about fiat than cryptocurrency. Yet another Bitcoin volumes record for Venezuela Data from Coin Dance, which tracks trading activity on P2P exchanges Localbitcoins, […]
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