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Global messaging app Telegram TON Blockchain announced a coding competition for building smart contracts for the Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain. The contest includes three parts with a prize fund for all included tasks ranging from $200,000 to $400,000, according to an announcement posted on the Telegram Contests channel on Sept. 24. The contest will […]

Just a few months ago in July 2019, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent approximately 10,000 letters to cryptocurrency holders regarding their crypto address holdings. The letters detailed that recipients may not have reported their transactions properly, or failed to report income and pay taxes on their digital currency transactions. The IRS asked […]

Wall Street analyst Thomas Lee, the co-founder and head of research at Fundstrat, says Bitcoin and crypto crash continues to reinforce his “unpopular” theory that BTC has long-term ties to the S&P 500. Lee thinks Bitcoin suffers when stocks are flat. Lee says the S&P 500 could soon be headed in a bullish direction, however. […]

Sometimes it’s good to remind ourselves how far crypto has come. Central Bankers – Crypto are now being forced to publicly defend the dollar as the global reserve currency against the rise of cryptocurrency. Fed official defends the dollar from Carney’s crypto threat Last month, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney argued the case for […]

19-year-old Elliott Gunton who earlier was convicted for hacking the telecommunication firm Talk Talk is facing new allegation in the United States. He has been accused of stealing cryptocurrencies from EtherDelta’s customers. He is also facing charges for wire fraud and identity thefts, Crypto Scam. According to a BBC report, a convicted 19-year-old hacker, Elliott […]

Having trumped up the risks of unregulated cryptocurrencies earlier this year, Dutch bank ABN Amro NV calls Bitcoin Risky but finds itself in the midst of a major money-laundering scandal. On Sept. 26, Bloomberg reported on news of a criminal probe into the bank’s alleged failures to report suspicious transactions and to adequately vet its […]

With every passing day, new and insightful comments on cryptocurrencies and Crypto Banking are being made by more and more people from the world of mainstream finance. Peter Wuffli, Director of newly-accredited Swiss crypto-bank Sygnum, is the latest to do so after he said that crypto-banking has great potential, citing its innovation. Wuffli previously served […]

Blockchain technology and Blockchain Developer Demand has made a huge breakthrough since its introduction, and more and more companies are moving towards the adoption of this technology. The market cap for services and products that use blockchain or are related to a blockchain is expected to reach $8 billion by the year 2022. India has […]

World leaders and governments have been at their wits’ end recently, with many of them still uncertain about how to properly tackle the prospect of Facebook and its cryptocurrency. Ireland’s Finance Minister Michael D’Arcy is the latest to give his insight on Libra, blockchain and their effect on Ireland’s finance strategy, speaking about them during […]

Since launching on the Bitcoin mainnet in early 2018, the Bitcoin Lightning Network has experienced significant adoption and growth. The first Lightning Network implementation developed by Lightning Labs was launched in beta in March 2018. The other two popular implementations were developed by ACINQ and Blockstream which were launched in late March and late June, […]

What Wall Street Is Doing for BTC Cryptocurrency? That’s right. The arena of big banks and stock players is working hard to develop ways for BTC Cryptocurrency to avoid volatility. As of late, many reports have emerged stating that the currency is experiencing its lowest volatility in months. That all changed yesterday when it seemingly […]

The European Central Bank (ECB), in their latest hearing of Benoît Cœuré organized by the committee on the Digital Agenda on the topic of Digital currencies majorly focused on Facebook Libra. The testimony of Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, contained useful information as to the importance of a payment system like […]

Telegram Blockchain TON will be the largest blockchain ever when it launches last month, but it’s not on regulators’ radars. Regulators are furious with Facebook’s Libra. Congress has drafted bills to ban it, the French Finance Minister blocked the “development of Libra on European soil”, and Yves Mersch, an executive of the European Central Bank, […]

Bitcoin Exchange became a medium without force unlike fiat money, claims Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht “Bitcoin didn’t start out as money, it became money,” read a letter drafted by Ross Ulbricht, the infamous creator of darknet website, Silk Road. Being one of the first to spread Bitcoin’s use and mass adoption, Ulbricht highlighted how Bitcoin, […]

Bitcoin price USD has lost over 15% since Monday, though the biggest part of the decline happened yesterday. Interestingly, the US stock market crashed a few hours before the BTC drop. Is there any correlation? S&P 500 Shows Biggest Monthly Drop Tuesday was not a sad day for Bitcoin holders only. On September 24, just […]

A recap of the “Mastering Bitcoin” author’s speech on how Bitcoin Banking can fight against a system of surveillance style banking. In his latest on-stage appearance, long-time blockchain advocate Andreas Antonopoulos took aim at the global banking sector, describing it as a “golden cage” akin to a cartel that would ultimately be destroyed by Bitcoin. […]

Customers of major crypto exchange Binance can now Buy Cryptocurrency with Credit Card and debit cards via payment processing firm Koinal. 2.5% fee to Buy Cryptocurrency with Credit Card from Visa and MasterCard Binance users can now Buy Cryptocurrency using their Credit Card Visa and MasterCard debit and credit cards, the company announced in a […]

In a tweet posted Monday, September 23, Libertarian presidential candidate and crypto rebel John McAfee wrote: “BAKKT goes live today. It is institutionalized and monitored … if you are “initiated” into crypto, then you certainly won’t use it and will spend time luring the new users into the Unlimited Crypto World.” The maverick anti-politician raises […]