Metaplanet wraps crypto media deal months after buying first Bitcoin

Technical and fundamental support for Bitcoin is growing — possibly at the expense of gold. 4049 Total views 26 Total shares A number of indicators suggest that Bitcoin (BTC) is pushing aside gold as the premier safe-haven asset. This could set the stage for wider mainstream adoption of the digital currency, according to Mike McGlone,…

IOTA price saw a high volume surge that took the altcoin to a near 1-year high, but are there reasons to support further upside? IOTA, an open-source distributed ledger and cryptocurrency focused on the Internet of Things (IOT), saw its native IOTA token rally 43% on Nov. 29 after announcing the creation of the Iota

Famous American economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has reiterated his negative stance on cryptocurrencies in a CNBC video released on May 6.“I actually think we should shut down the cryptocurrencies,” Stiglitz declared in the video, pointing out his opinion of the major deficiencies of the digital currencies like bitcoin (BTC).According to Stiglitz, crypto…

Once a nonfungible token (NFT) trader dies, their digital collectibles may be forever lost in the blockchain if they do not have a handover plan set up. Because of this, lawyers believe that it’s best to craft a way to pass on their assets in case of death. From a legal standpoint, creating an estate plan,…

Japanese internet giant GMO Internet Group is quitting the Bitcoin mining hardware sector, Cointelegraph Japan reported Dec. 25 referencing a public document.Citing “extraordinary loss” in Q4 this year, GMO, which began its foray into Bitcoin mining in 2017, said that it will “no longer develop, manufacture and sell” miners.“After taking into consideration changes in the…

The Financial Conduct Authority is introducing the post of digital assets director as part of a hiring spree that goes along with its new, more assertive strategy. 102 Total views 25 Total shares UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recruited almost 500 additional staff members this year as part of its new three-year…

The size of individual blocks on a blockchain can have a potentially large impact on the speed and capacity of the network, but there are always trade-offs. As you are likely aware, blockchains get their name from the fact that they are literally composed of an ever-ongoing history of blocks. Blocks themselves are batches of…

CoinDCX’s acquisition of BitOasis opens new opportunities in the Middle East and ensures regulated and secure trading.

Over the 15 years since Bitcoin was created, there has been no shortage of crazy conspiracy theories about how it was made and where it came from.  Some believe Bitcoin was the work of “a bunch of engineers” in the Chinese Communist Party — presumably for world domination; others claim Bitcoin is the work of…