Bitcoin & Crypto News

Enterprise blockchain provider Gem is forging new partnerships in the healthcare sector. First announced at the Distributed Health 2017 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this week, the blockchain startup is teaming up with European technology service provider Tieto as well… Continue Reading →

Two months ago, the U.S. Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FinCEN, working with the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of California USAO, assessed a civil money penalty of over $110 million against BTC-e aka Canton Business Corporation for… Continue Reading →

Ogoniland, situated off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in southeastern Nigeria, is considered the most polluted region along the Niger Delta and among the worst in the world.Even though the Niger Delta is rich in resources, poverty, pollution… Continue Reading →

In its Distributed Ledger Technology Beyond Block Chainreport published in 2016, the U.K. Government Office for Science deemed the impact of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies DLTs probably as significant as foundational events such as the creation of the… Continue Reading →

nnnnnnnnnGoldMint, anblockchain-based startup that helps gold owners profit from digital assetsnbacked 100 percent by physical gold, recently announced an innovativencollaboration with the mineral production company Eurasia Mining.GoldMintsnboard of directors and nominated advisors demonstrate significant experience innthe rapidly developing world of… Continue Reading →

The South Korean Financial Services Commission FSC has announced it will ban all forms of initial coin offerings ICOs. After a meeting to discuss virtual currency control, the vice-chairman of financial affairs, Kim Yong-bum, made this comment as part of… Continue Reading →

The post Web Mining &8211 Monetize Your Website through User Browsers appeared first on 99 Bitcoins.nCoinhive is a Monero XMR miner that runs on users&8217 web browsers when they&8217re visiting certain sites don&8217t worry, we don&8217t employ this on 99Bitcoins…. Continue Reading →

So far, Ethereum has been the lead player in the smart contract platform space. Now a new competitor is steadily creeping into the game. And, in an interesting twist, the effort is being led by a former Ethereum CEO.Last week,… Continue Reading →

nnnnnnnnnThe investment banker Jamie Dimon caused a stir when he declarednrecently that Bitcoin will collapse because it is worth nothing.nBitcoins current market value, he claimed, is driven almost entirely by speculation,nrather than by any real and present intrinsic value that… Continue Reading →

Cryptocurrencies and their potential for growing use shouldn’t be ignored, according to IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

A growing number of companies are looking to launch ETFs tied to bitcoin derivatives contracts, public records show.

A former trader at the high frequency trading HFT firm Virtu Financial is launching a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.

The price of bitcoin is still holding strong above $4,000, but a failure to move above a key indicator could temper bullish sentiment.

An senior analyst forMacquarie Group has pushed back against some of the criticism against bitcoin coming from Wall Street.

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is worried about the risk of pump-and-dump schemes in the ICO space.

Russia’s cryptocurrency bill is expected to be completed by October, according to a senior government official.

A former Russian central banker has spun a blockchain startup out of a traditional payments firm, focusing on helping merchants mint cryptocurrency.