PR: Waste to Energy Platform 4NEW to Implement Ocular KYC Solution Before Completing Crowdfunding Sale

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. London, England. 4NEW announced today that it will pause the current fundraising efforts on March 27, three days earlier than planned in order to allow the team to complete implementation of their KYC/Anti- Money Laundering Read more …

Venezuelans to Buy Homes and Property with State Cryptocurrency

Featured Venezuelans will be able to buy houses and other property with their new national cryptocurrency. Real estate deals in petro will be authorized in April, President Maduro announced. The government will also finance the construction of 230,000 new homes using funds from the pre-sale of the oil-backed crypto.   Also read: Rubles Can Buy You Petro Maduro Says While Denominating Venezuela’s Currency Four Economic Zones to Accept Petro Payments All citizens and legal entities in Venezuela Read more …

Bitcoin’s SegWit Alone is Outnumbering All Bitcoin Cash Transactions

On March 22, BitMEX Research published a follow-up article to its September 2017 analysis on Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions compared to Bitcoin Cash, and the results aren’t good for big block supporters. Transacting Users Prefer SegWit Bitcoin Cash was created as an alternative coin with bigger blocks unlike Bitcoin’s Segregated Witness (SegWit) block weight optimization upgrade in August 2017. While SegWit gave the option for Bitcoin users to upgrade their wallets and receive the benefits of approximately 41% more capacity, Read more …

New Abstract Painting Series Offers Crypto To Anyone Who Can Solve Its Puzzles

Artist Andy Bauch’s new painting series “New Money,” combines art and crypto by hiding abstract codes in his Lego artwork, the paintings representing the private keys to wallets containing as much as $9000 worth of cryptocurrencies each, Gizmodo reported Friday, March 23. Buying this piece does not mean that you own the private key, as anyone who figures out the code will be able to take the money for themselves. However, Bauch told Gizmodo that he will give the purchaser Read more …

Malta Wants to Become The Blockchain Island, With World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange

Join our community of 10 000 traders on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. This week, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange with a $1.7 billion daily trading volume, has relocated its headquarters to Malta, a region that has always been friendly to cryptocurrency businesses and investors. Along with its current team, Binance has moved its resources over to Malta, and has decided to employ more than 200 full-time employees to fully establish the company in the region. For any Read more …

Crypto Markets Slightly Down After Week Of Growth

March 25: cryptocurrency markets have seen a slight decline over 24 hours to press time, but are still in the green over the seven-day period. All top-10 cryptocurrencies listed on Coin360 are in the red over the past 24 hours, with the total market cap sitting at around $330 bln at press time. Bitcoin (BTC) has lost as much as 5 percent of its value, trading at around $8,520, according to Cointelegraph’s price index. Ethereum (ETH) is trading at about Read more …

Tennessee Passes Bill Recognizing Smart Contracts and Blockchain Transactions

Regulation The governor of Tennessee has signed a bill into law that recognizes “the legal authority to use blockchain technology and smart contracts in conducting electronic transactions.” The new bill also “protects the ownership rights of certain information secured by blockchain technology” under state law. Also Read: Hydro-Quebec Turns Down New Applications for Crypto Mining Operations Tennessee Legislature Passes Law Recognizing Blockchain Transactions The general assembly of the state of Tennessee has passed a new bill that legally Read more …

Talents From the Finance Sector are Coming to the Cryptocurrency Market

The correlation between the finance sector and cryptocurrency can be no longer be ignored. The lines between both industries are slowly beginning to blur. This only becomes more obvious due to the exodus of talent from the finance sector entering the cryptocurrency world. Various companies successfully hired new team members in the past few months. Experts Leaving the Finance Sector Depending on whom you pose the question to, Bitcoin may very well disrupt the finance sector. It can possibly do so Read more …

Lightning Publisher for WordPress Turns Content Creators Into Publishers

Blockstream has announced Lightning Publisher for WordPress, the company’s second new Lightning App (LApp) meant to test its new micropayment processing system for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Be Your Own Publisher In an announcement made on March 23rd, Blockstream — a leading provider of blockchain technologies — revealed its second new Lightning App (LApp). The Lightning Publisher for WordPress is a plug-in which affords anyone the ability to become their own publisher by allowing individuals to collect payments for sharing their content Read more …

Bitcoin to See Significant Improvements in Privacy and Scaling

The future of Bitcoin is always interesting to keep an eye on. This year, as well as the next few years, will introduce a lot of technical changes. All of these developments – especially those pertaining to scaling – will positively impact the cryptocurrency’s price in the long run. Scaling and Improvement Solutions are Coming Most cryptocurrency users are still concerned about Bitcoin’s lack of scaling. This is only normal, as the world’s leading cryptocurrency doesn’t look that impressive. Its Read more …

New ICO Prepares to Disrupt Banking Industry With Inclusive Mobile Payment Solutions For The Unbanked

DESTO, the innovative mobile blockchain financial technology company, announces its forthcoming ICO. Their mission is to blaze a new trail within the financial world, by offering “cashless commerce” underpinned by blockchain technology. Wilmington, Delaware, March 23, 2018, The core purpose of DESTO’s unique, accessible and inclusive payment alternatives is to provide financial enfranchisement to the 2.5 billion individuals around the globe currently without traditional bank access. Its borderless financial services offering is being supported with its token, DEO. The company’s Read more …

Reddit Removes Bitcoin Payment Option, Censors Darknet Forum

Privacy Despite all the Telegram groups, Discord channels and many other alternatives, Reddit remains a leading forum for the wider bitcoin community – especially for new users to learn about the concept for the first time. As such, the website holds power over the conversation and what happens on Reddit can have much wider repercussions. Also Read: Monthly Web Traffic for Major Bitcoin Exchanges Falls by Half No More Reddit Gold for Bitcoin San Francisco headquartered link Read more …