According to a new listing in Beverly Hills, a rare violin is up for sale for $52,888 on Craigslist. The seller will accept Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Monero and Dash. The listing states that the violin is 249…

Tim Draper, American venture capitalist, billionaire and founding partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), argues that a potential crypto ban could be catastrophic for India. Tim Draper said; “It is akin to the Luddites. They are in fact saying, ‘we will…

Technical and fundamental crypto analyst Nicholas Merten says whales are responsible for Bitcoin’s sudden, volatile price action. He attributes BTC’s rise above $10,150 and subsequent sharp drop to about $9,400 to a handful of large Bitcoin holders looking…

Just a few days after being released from confinement, John McAfee is back in charge of his Twitter account and is weighing in on Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s price has been swinging lately with more red than green, and McAfee believes that pressure from the U.S. has…

Despite a bearish short-term outlook for Bitcoin price, next year’s halving event is one of the main factors for why some market analysts say $20,000 is in play. Let’s have a look at some of the key factors which are influencing their opinion. #Dormant Bitcoin…

5 Times U.S. Banks Laundered Money Without Using Bitcoin are: 1. Wells Fargo (2010, $378 billion laundered) 2. JP Morgan (2018, $5.3 billion fine). 3. HSBC (2012, $1.9 billion fine) 4. Danske Bank (2017, €200 billion laundered) 5. Standard Chartered (2000s…

Telecoms giant Verizon appears to be gearing up for the development of a blockchain product and distributed network, after a series of job postings surfaced last week. According to one post, “This role will be responsible for developing and delivering of…

On July 25 it was reported that users of the public transportation system in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará, will soon be able to purchase transportation tickets using bitcoin. The news was broken by Brazil-based media outlet…

The money transfer company Currency Bird says it’s the first in Chile to become a member of RippleNet. Currency Bird joins more than 200 banks and financial institutions using Ripple’s technology to power cross-border payments. The company says the partnership…

A report has revealed that the transaction volume on Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges (DEX) has tripled since the start of 2019. According to the data, June 2019 saw transactions worth approximately $300 million take place on various decentralized…

Bitcoin bull Max Keiser took on central banking this time. Keiser referenced a recent Bloomberg article that says the growing debt crisis in the bond market is leading toward a “multitrillion-dollar black hole growing at the heart of the world’s financial…

Draft legislation from Australia’s Department of Treasury has proposed limits on cash payments exceeding $10,000. Interestingly, cryptocurrency is not negatively mentioned in the document. As per Draft "Digital currency is a new and developing area in the…

In the wake of mixed feelings from Congress on digital currency, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse appealed to Washington to be lenient in its future approach. Garlinghouse appeared to unveiling rare praise of central banks and government monetary policy something…

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has released a new document stating that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), one of its agencies, is experimenting with blockchain, the technology that underpins Bitcoin. According to the document, entitled…

The Iranian government has authorized cryptocurrency mining as an industrial activity. Decision was taken this weekend, during a Sunday cabinet session chaired by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. The report notes, Experts are interpreting the move as being…

Segregated Witness (SegWit) just recently hit a milestone in adoption with 48.1% of Bitcoin payments taking advantage of the upgrade. That is the highest it’s ever been, but it’s still quite low. Wallets have been especially slow to implement SegWit, as have…

Ripple Network is expanding in Latin America and Chile is the next destination. Announcing the development on their website, CurrencyBird said: ” Ripple Net will bring many benefits for the more than 12,000 Currency Bird customers, as it will allow the company…

Aximetria, a firm offering a personal finance app for both fiat and cryptocurrencies, has been awarded a license from the Swiss Financial Services Standards Association (VQF). The app offers exchange and international payments using the U.S. dollar, the euro…

Justice Joel M. Cohen of the New York Supreme Court (NYSC) has ruled to extend the preliminary injunction in the ongoing case of crypto exchange Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company, iFinex, against the New York Attorney General. Cohen reportedly decided…

The Senate of Hamburg has introduced the first comprehensive report on the development of blockchain activities in the city. the Hamburg authority stated that several blockchain initiatives have been piloted in the city as the senate expects the role of blockchain…

Bitcoin development firm Blockstream has launched a new version of the stablecoin Tether (USDT) on its nascent “Liquid Network,” a “sidechain” protocol designed to link together exchanges. “Liquid” tethers will be better and faster and more secure, according…