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JP Morgan Chase Makes Surprising Announcement, May Add Bitcoin Futures

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, JP Morgan Chase is considering providing access to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) Bitcoin futures trad...

Bitcoin Demand Surges in Zimbabwe Following Successful Coup

The price of Bitcoin surged by as much as 10% on the Zimbabwean exchange Golix in mid-November 2017 after the military successfully staged a coup d'état. The co...

Bitcoin Gold Fights Launch Spam But Fails To Sustain Prices

Bitcoin Gold (BTG) has quietly launched to a cryptocurrency industry bewitched by the ongoing Bitcoin Cash debacle. The second major fork of Bitcoin, which the ...

Culture Shock: Bitcoin a Part of All Walks of Life in 2017

2017 will go down as the biggest year in Bitcoin’s history - with meteoric highs paving the way for the preeminent cryptocurrency bursting into mainstream consc...

Brokerage Firm to Allow Negative Bets Against Bitcoin

In a move that could shift the trading dynamics of Bitcoin futures, the brokerage firm Interactive Brokers Group Inc will allow its traders to begin betting aga...

Adoption of Bitcoin Picking Up Speed in Venezuela, Called “Lifesaving” Currency

Bitcoin is now becoming a constant part of many Venezuelans’ everyday life. Whether they’re buying food, plane tickets, or even paying employees, Bitcoin is now...

BitMEX CEO: Bitcoin Futures Will Drastically Increase Volatility

The rollercoaster ride that is Bitcoin has been epitomised in the last few days as the digital currency rocketed to the milestone of $10,000. Instead of bouncin...

Tom Peterffy Believes Bitcoin Could Wreck Might Go to $100K Before Crashing

The great Wall Street Divide over whether Bitcoin is a miracle or a bubble continues to grow, with Interactive Brokerage founder Tom Peterffy expressing his con...

Coinbase Sends Customers Notice of Exchange Delays, Cautions on Risks of Cryptocurrency Investment

The past week has been a huge one for Coinbase, as the exchange became the most downloaded app on the iTunes store, surpassing even YouTube. With all the demand...

Cryptocurrencies Not Bubble: Solve ‘Money Problems,’ AngelList Co-Founder

AngelList Co-founder Naval Ravikant has claimed that Bitcoin and the other cryptocurrencies have what it takes to solve the money problems of different kinds of...

Amazon Embraces Distributed Ledger Through R3, Shuns Other Blockchain Solutions

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a partnership with R3 to allow the company’s Corda platform to become one of the first ever distributed ledger technolog...

Leo Messi The Next Blockchain Celebrity Endorser

The long chain of celebrity endorsers for Blockchain technology companies continues to grow. The newest endorsement is by Leo Messi of FC Barcelona fame, consid...

Bitcoin Goes Parabolic, Blows Past $14,000 to Post $2,500 Single Day Gain

Yesterday Bitcoin surged past the $14,000 level, topping out at $14,400 for a $2,500 gain in a single day. This makes yesterday the largest one-day gain in the ...

Big Fish Entering Bitcoin Waters: All Eyes on December 10 and 18

Generally, joy and optimism are awaiting the new market players that will join the Bitcoin realm, their pockets full of fresh cash to invest and add to the dema...

Could Bitcoin Futures Rein in the Big Price Swings?

After CME announced that they would soon be offering Bitcoin futures, the price of the digital currency took a big upward swing. However, CME is of the opinion ...

It is Highly Inaccurate to Describe Bitcoin as a Bubble, Here’s Why

Many public figures in the traditional financial sector including JPMorgan CEO Jamie Morgan have criticized Bitcoin, describing it as a bubble. However, because...

What is Bitcoin to a Layman Investor: Survey

Bitcoin is still a very enigmatic phenomenon. People are not even sure what it is; a currency? A store of wealth ala digital gold? There are different niches of...

How Mainstream Media Inaccurately Explain Bitcoin Price Movements

Earlier this week, two leading news publications Zerohedge and The Street reported that the Bitcoin price “plunged” as a result of the UK government and Europea...

Facing Hyperinflation, Venezuela to Issue Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Venezuela, the country plagued by hyperinflation pressures over the past few years, has announced that it will issue an oil-backed state cryptocurrency called t...

Steemit or Synereo? Comparing Decentralized Social Networks

WOOHOO STEEMIT A new bitcointalk thread is currently raising issues which basically make comparisons between Steemit and Synereo. Though virtually every project...