Bitcoin conference organizer to raise $15M for Trump campaign: Report

Imagine coming home and opening your fridge to find a jar filled with your favorite juice. After taking a sip, you realize that the kind soul who prepared the juice added too much water, and there's not much you can do to fix it — removing water from juice is a complicated process. However, if…

A healthy portion of Bitcoin hodlers refuse to let go of their coins no matter what BTC price action delivers.

A recent presentation from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, shows ransomware hackers have pilfered massive amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) since 2013.Between October 2013 and November 2019, victims paid roughly $144 million in BTC to ransomware hackers, FBI supervisor Joel DeCapua indicated at a Feb. 24 RSA conference.Ransomware takes controlDuring a ransomware breach,…

At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the global tourism industry, blockchain-based travel booking service Travala and Swipe aim to boost crypto’s useability.Announced on July 24, Travala’s native token AVA will now be added to the Swipe wallet service and Visa card platform — reportedly making it spendable at 60 million merchants.AVA will also be…

Hive's Ethereum mining operations have historically generated three to four times more revenue per megawatt than Bitcoin mining, the firm said. 1157 Total views 12 Total shares Cryptocurrency miner Hive Blockchain has been working to replace the mining of Ether (ETH) with other coins in the event of Ethereum’s upcoming transition to proof-of-stake, or PoS.The…

Chairman Tarbert of the CFTC wants to see more clarity on which tokens are securities within the U.S. as well as broader international cooperation on regulation. In a July 7 interview with predecessor Jim Newsome, current Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Heath Tarbert ran down a list of pending concerns standing between…

Bitcoin (BTC) tracked $27,500 on May 10 as markets geared up for what should be a positive United States inflation print.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewCPI set for months of declineData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it lingered in a narrow trading range ahead of the April Consumer Price Index…

Youniqx Identity AG, a subsidiary of the Austrian State Printing House, has developed a cryptocurrency hardware wallet, reveals a press release published on July 29.Per the report, the hardware wallet — named Chainlock — enables the offline storage of private keys allowing access to cryptocurrency wallets. The device is reportedly capable of generating the private…