219 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

Reports of Bitcoin Payments Death Are Exaggerated

Bitcoin is being used in commerce at a relatively steady rate since February. The figures for the 17 payment processors as a whole disguise some interesting changes in how bitcoin is spent.The bear market of 2018 left many investors and crypto enthusiast doubting the ability of the industry to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Good News: Major Stock Exchange Operator to Offer BTC, ETH in 2019

Boerse Stuttgart Group, the operator of Germany’s second largest stock exchange, announced they will launch their end-to-end infrastructure for digital assets in the first half of 2019 in partnership with solarisBank, a Berlin-based fintech company that offers Banking as a Platform services...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Dash Sparks Crypto Chicken Race in Venezuela

After the fast food giant KFC in Venezuela denied that they are starting to accept Dash payments, one of its main competitors, Church's Chicken, has integrated these payments in 10 out of its 13 restaurants in Venezuela.According to Dash, the Church’s integration was reached through a...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

Blockchain-Based Gaming Marketplace Marks Another Victory

RobotCache, a blockchain-based marketplace for videogames, developed by gaming veterans, including Brian Fargo, has showed another example that this multi-billion industry is getting increasingly serious regarding the blockchain technology.The company announced that it has now 22 publishers with...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

27+ Reminders for a Crypto Investor

Peter McCormack. Source: TwitterBelow is the tweetstorm by Peter McCormack, producer of The What Bitcoin Did Podcast, that became very popular this week and was nominated as “the winner tweetstorm for Dec 2018” by some members of the cryptoverse. Peter shares his experience in crypto,...

, by Peter McCormack

Pundi X’s Plan May Boost the Entire Crypto Industry

The global cryptocurrency adoption might receive a strong boost in the beginning of next year, if Pundi X, a Singapore-headquartered blockchain company, reaches its ambitious goal.Now, despite the market crash, Pundi X is on track to deploy 50,000 of its blockchain-enabled Point-of-Sales devices...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Binance Makes Two Major Announcements, BNB Jumps

The world’s largest crypto exchange by 24 hour trading volume with fees, Binance, aims to launch its own blockchain called the Binance Chain in the upcoming months. The blockchain ecosystem is set to become a rival to the likes of Ethereum, offering digital token issuance on its platform as...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

A Simple Way to “Immortalize” Your Message on the Bitcoin Blockchain

Do you want to leave an immutable message for future generations? Then check out the Blockchainsareforever.com project. It’s not the best service for private messaging as every single message is recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain, which means that they are public and can never be modified or...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

How to Build a New Digital Economy

Alexander Vasylchenko is the CEO, Founder of Sofitto and creator of Sugi Card. Sugi Card is a cold-storage cryptocurrency wallet that looks and acts like a payment card and is just as easy to use. Sofitto is creating the infrastructure for the next-generation money ecosystem. Alexander is also the...

, by Alexander Vasylchenko

IBM Blockchain Leader for CEE on Trends, Pitfalls and Hopes for 2019

Instead of focusing on blockchain as a technology, people should be focusing more on letting it resolve real business problems, believes Maciek Jędrzejczyk, Blockchain Leader for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at tech giant IBM. Also, expecting blockchain to solve any and all problems you...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain in Action: Bitfury helps to Boost Ukraine’s Budget

The deployment of blockchain technology in partnership with a state-run company allowed to boost the proceeds from auctions of seized property and land leases in Ukraine.In the first year of the implementation of the technology, SETAM, a state-owned company, held 12,338 successful auctions with a...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Ambitious Plans for Bitcoin ATMs in Argentina Postponed

Argentina, which is in the middle of an escalating financial crisis, will have to wait more to get at least 150 Bitcoin ATMs, which were promised to install by the end of this year.As reported in October, the US company Odyssey Group planned to install 150 Bitcoin ATMs in the Latin American country...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

Venezuela’s Crypto Tourism Bid, Paraguay OKs Huge Mining Project

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has announced beach-loving tourists to the country will now be able to settle their bills in cryptocurrencies.State media quotes Maduro as stating that the ruling applies only to certain “economic zones,” including tourist hotspots including...

, by Tim Alper

Ray of Bitcoin Hope as Ohio OKs Crypto Tax Payments

Businesses in America’s Ohio have been given the green light to pay their tax bills in cryptocurrencies, says the state’s treasurer.Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, treasurer Josh Mandel explained that as of November 26 companies throughout the state could register and pay for a...

, by Tim Alper

The Top 6-10 ICOs of 2017: Where Are They Now?

Back in September, we ran a follow-up article on the five highest-grossing initial coin offerings (ICOs) of 2017, revealing that all-but one – Tezos – had failed to provide its ICO investors with a positive return.Well, we've now done the same for the top six to ten ICOs, and given that...

, by Simon Chandler

Bitcoin Gets Closer to Clients of 24,000 French Tobacco Shops

French fintech company Keplerk has just made it possible for tobacco shop customers in France to buy bitcoins.The initiative affects 24,000 tobacco shops in the country where bitcoins will be offered as vouchers, which can be cashed in via Keplerk’s wallet. The company will take a 7% cut on...

, by Benjamin Vitáris

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