Thai authorities raid illegal Bitcoin mine behind local power outages

Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange teams up with a local security firm to offer full security against “the unthinkable”. 370 Total views 26 Total shares Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbuy, now offers full insurance on all Bitcoin (BTC) deposits in an apparent first for the industry, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 27.The platform…

Mobile phone manufacturer giant HTC will allow users to mine Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency through its blockchain phone, Exodus, according to an announcement made on April 10.The announcement said that thanks to the partnership with the ASIC chip design firm Midas Labs, the Taiwanese company would be able to mine Monero through an application called DeMiner, which…

The Bitcoin (BTC) chart has formed a symmetrical triangle, which currently holds a tight range from $28,900 to $30,900. This pattern has been holding for nearly two weeks and could potentially extend for another two weeks before price makes a more decisive movement.Bitcoin/USD 12-hour price at Kraken. Source: TradingViewFor those unfamiliar with technical analysis, a…

BTC remains the best bet when it comes to avoiding Canada lawmakers' overreach, proponents argue. 304 Total views 26 Total shares Canada's war on Bitcoin (BTC) appears to be backfiring as the country's flagship exchange-traded fund (ETF) adds thousands of BTC.Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass shows that over the two weeks to Feb. 24,…

Major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been awarded a patent for a system that identifies and flags non-compliant accounts.A filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 19 details a system containing a scoring model that “determines a compliance score for each one of the accounts based on the respective factors associated…

The non-profit Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has analyzed the censorship and privacy landscape of stablecoins in a report published on Nov. 20.For privacy coins that are not stablecoins, the largest single-week losses so far this year have ranged between 24% and 34%, the HRF notes; a fact that bolsters the attractiveness of stable-value crypto assets,…

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has reached a settlement agreement with the crypto firm CoinLaunch Corp as of July 22.According to an announcement by the OSC, there will be a public settlement hearing on July 24 to determine whether the agreement is in the public’s interest.As per the OSC’s official statement of allegations, CoinLaunch offered…

MoonPay noted that PayPal is the third-most commonly used payment option in the United States, behind Apple Pay and traditional bank cards.

Cryptocurrency bear markets destroy portfolio value and they have a dangerous tendency to drag on for longer than anyone expects. Fortunately, one of the silver linings of a market-wide pullbacks is that it gives investors time to re-focus and spend time researching projects that could thrive when the trend turns bullish again.Here’s a five areas to…