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Student Who Won Bitcoin: “I Will Probably Cash It Out”

Sander Wuyts, a PhD student from the University of Antwerp, has won the DNA Storage Bitcoin Challenge, issued by Nick Goldman of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in 2015, the Institute reports.However, Wuyts is skeptical as to the value of Bitcoin. “I didn’t win...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How People Are Using Bitcoin in Africa

People just want access to Bitcoin Remittance companies are main customers Bitcoin for businesses operating across AfricaOn a recent episode of Epicenter, BitPesa CEO Elizabeth Rossiello discussed how her company uses bitcoin to enable new payment flows in and around Africa.BitPesa is an online...

, by Kyle Torpey

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South Korea Asks to Report “Suspicious” Crypto Transactions Stripe to Phase out Bitcoin Payments Huobi Global Resurfaces with its Own Cryptocurrency South Korea’s New Crypto Guidelines Could Be Hard to Implement Paxful Completes Bitcoin-funded SchoolCatch up on the most...

, by Tim Alper

Nassim Taleb On Bitcoin: It’s an Excellent Idea

Bitcoin is an excellent idea that fulfills the needs of the complex system, not because it is a cryptocurrency, but precisely because it has no owner, no authority that can decide on its fate, writes the famous essayist, scholar, and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his foreword to the book by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Tumbles as South Korea Bans Anonymous Cryptocurrency Trading

Bitcoin and other major digital currencies came under renewed selling pressure after South Korea’s decision to ban anonymous cryptocurrency trading.The Financial Services Commission in South Korea took a major step and introduced a new rule for cryptocurrency transactions and trading. They...

, by Aayush Jindal

How blockchain Helps To Combat Illegal Fishing

Candice Visser, University of Wollongong and Quentin Hanich, University of WollongongIn a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna...

, by Candice Visser

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple Back in Red, Facing Negative Sentiment

Cryptocurrencies lost the bullish momentum today and were seen trading in the red. Bitcoin started a slow and steady decline below USD 12,000 and faced an increase in selling pressure.The largest digital currency was down roughly 7% to trade close to the USD 11,200 level. Similarly, other major...

, by Aayush Jindal

Meet Leon and Marcus, Owners of Half Bitcoin ATMs in Malta

Leon Siegmund (left) and Marcus Westhagen. Photo by Daiva RepečkaitėWhen Ivaja, a bitcoin startup in Malta, which promises “happy bitcoin ATMs”, started fundraising for their first machine, they were faced with bad press bitcoin was getting after the earlier failed bitcoin...

, by Daiva Repečkaitė

Bitcoin May Have Bigger Problem Than Scalability

Miner Centralization Issue Bitcoin Needs Privacy Before Going Mainstream Privacy and Scalability are RelatedOver the past couple of years, scalability (or lack thereof) has been by far the biggest topic of conversation in the Bitcoin community. There have been disagreements over how the system...

, by Kyle Torpey

Analyst: Bitcoin Will Be Overtaken By Its Competitors

A leading financial analyst believes that Bitcoin is not the cryptocurrency of the future, and will be overtaken by competitors such as Ripple and ethereum, comparing the current market leader to defunct social media platforms.Benjamin Quinlan, CEO and Managing Partner of his own consultancy,...

Help People Buy Bitcoin – Lesson From a Small Bank

How a bank can profit from bitcoin by using its existing banking infrastructure? Just let your clients to buy bitcoin on your ATMs. This a profitable lesson from the second smallest bank in Slovenia Hranilnica LON and its partners. In two months after the new service was launched in the end of...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

How to Trade Bitcoin Without Actually Owning Bitcoin

On December 10, 2017, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), one of the leading derivatives exchanges in the US officially launched the trading of bitcoin futures contracts. A week later, on December 17, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange followed suit and also launched bitcoin futures on its...

, by Alex Lielacher

Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple Recovery Face Hurdles

It’s been a choppy week so far for all major cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash. Prices declined heavily and traded to new 2018 lows.Recently, a major wallet company in China, Bixin, paused its operation for all over-the-counter (OTC), or off-exchange trading...

, by Aayush Jindal

Visa CEO: Bitcoin is Not a Payment System

The payment card company Visa would not be processing transactions that are cryptocurrency-based, told Visa CEO Alfred Kelly in an interview with CNBC. He said he didn’t see Bitcoin as a “payment system player”."My take is that Bitcoin is much more today a commodity that somebody...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Let’s spend it! Bitcoin and its seven alternatives

As not every cryptocurrency is designed for buying goods and services, it's worth taking a look at the most popular ones in terms of spending. Bitcoin In mid-January, there were more than 11,500 venues where it is possible to spend Bitcoin, according to coinmap.org data. This is currently the...

, by Stuart Garlick

Why unregulated cryptocurrencies could trigger financial crisis

Iwa Salami, University of East LondonThe price of bitcoin hit $17,000 late last year and – although the cryptocurrency has plunged since then – there are signs that an absence of regulation can hurt investors and trigger the next financial crisis. Despite the laudable blockchain...

, by Iwa Salami

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