A British real estate firm is accepting Bitcoin for the sale of a 150-year-old church that was converted into residential property. A 150-year-old English church is being sold for $1.5 million with the vendor accepting payment in Bitcoin (BTC). Vendor is willing to receive payment in Bitcoin According to a listing on Rightmove, a major […]
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Major Bitcoin wallet software Electrum will feature an in-house developed implementation of scalability solution Lightning Network in its next release. The next release of major Bitcoin (BTC) wallet software Electrum will support off-chain scalability solution Lightning Network (LN). The Electrum official Twitter account announced the upcoming LN integration in a tweet sent on Oct. 14. […]
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Ripple, Coinbase invested an undisclosed amount in the first Mexican crypto exchange to help it expand to Brazil and Argentina. Ripple, the firm behind the third biggest cryptocurrency XRP, has led an investment round in Bitso, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in the Spanish-speaking world. The first Mexican crypto exchange An early partner of […]
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Tests of a blockchain car identification and payment system deployed by automakers Renault, BMW, General Motors, Ford and Honda will start next month. Five major automakers — BMW, General Motors, Ford, Renault and Honda — will start testing a blockchain car identification and payment system next month in the United States. Automakers envision self-paying cars, […]
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Bitcoin wallets containing more than 1,000 BTC are now increasing at a rate seen only before the Mt. Gox collapse. The number of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses containing more than 1,000 BTC ($8.3 million) is growing at the same pace in 2019 as before 2014, new data shows. Woo “super bullish” on wallet trend Uploaded to […]
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Litecoin and other alts are becoming increasaingly prevalent among crypto “sextortionists” since they allow to avoid detection more easily, a new research says. Litecoin (LTC) and other alts are becoming increasingly prevalent among crypto “sextortionists” since they allow to avoid detection more easily, a new research says. According to cybersecurity firm Cofense’s new report published […]
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The SEC is suing Telegram over the $1.7 billion ICO, is it the mark a new wave of regulatory scrutiny on the U.S. market? Late Friday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is suing two offshore entities, Telegram and its wholly owned subsidiary, TON Issuer, for holding an unregistered token […]
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Private Telegram Open Network channel TON Board announces a temporary halt and removed all previous posts. Following a recent red flag from the U.S. regulators, a private Telegram channel for Telegram Open Network (TON) is taking a break. Temporary halt for more clarity On Oct. 12, TON Board channel on Telegram announced a temporary halt […]
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With government regulations becoming more stringent, crypto businesses are coming together to form self-regulating bodies for the industry. Self-regulation is once again a trending topic in the cryptocurrency landscape as major exchange platforms have announced the creation of self-regulated organizations (SROs) to achieve some standardization in digital currency governance. Government regulators across various jurisdictions continue to […]
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Boston Security Token Exchange, a platform jointly owned by BOX Digital Markets and tZERO, seeks the U.S. SEC’s approval to launch a market for security tokens. Boston Security Token Exchange (BSTX), a platform jointly owned by BOX Digital Markets and Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO, has filed an application with the United States Securities and Exchange […]
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