VISA CEO Alfred Kelly: we will not work with Bitcoin directly
Quite possibly, one of the most influential persons on the traditional market makes a statement concerning possible engagement of VISA with Bitcoin. He responds negatively to the question about it and points out the volatility
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary: cryptocurrencies are an evolving threat
Sharing the sentiment of the U.S. Treasury Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, too, thinks that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are too engaged in financial flows of criminal money transferred into this network for further anonymization
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
South Korean traders were so upset that some broke computers as prices went down
The reaction of cryptocurrency traders in South Korea strikingly resembles how the movies show the price collapse of 1929
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitstamp and KuCoin pause Ethereum withdraw due to overloads
Bitstamp has already resumed the withdrawal of Ethereum, while KuCoin still has not. Both exchanges explain the pause by telling the network of ETH is overloaded. KuCoin even advised to use NEO instead
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Bitcoin mining makes more pollution than gold mining - analysis
While Bitcoin is not backed by physical assets, mining is what really backs it. And as the difficulty of the algorithm grows, so do the energy demands, and analysts came to conclusion that it impact to environment is higher than gold mining
18 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Sheba Jafari, Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin can fall under 10,000 and even reach 7,800
The market analyst whose previous prognoses on the price of Bitcoin repeatedly came true publishes a report again, where she tells about the correction of this cryptocurrency everybody is witnessing right now and further dynamics. Read what she thinks
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Russian Public Opinion Research Center: over half of Russians state they know about Bitcoin
The latest poll by the one of the oldest Russian polling institutions demonstrates a big progress in comparison to the surveys made in summer 2017. Read to find out how many percent of Russian population tells they don’t know anything about Bitcoin and the commentary of the Center’s consultant
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Cryptocurrency events, 18 January 2018: a video review
Bitnewstoday has once again prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read separate publications and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s a bit of news our site has described today
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Choi Heung-sik, South Korean FSS: the regulator employees were indeed involved in insider trading
The local South Korean news message tells that the head the Financial Supervisory Service openly admitted that staff in the service indeed made profits on insider trading, no confirmation from American media yet
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
New Congress bill dedicated to fintech task force, cryptocurrency directly mentioned
The new draft law offered for Congress to review is dedicated to a new team which will monitor and prevent illicit activities connected with digital currencies to combat terrorism. Members of the team will include both officials and private firm representatives
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Blockchain-related ETFs launched on NASDAQ
Several new ETFs have been launched on NASDAQ, and this event is effectively promoting blockchain for institutional investors who operated with this respected exchange years before blockchain was even invented
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Ledger gets a considerable investment of $75 million dollars
Ledger, one of the leaders in the sphere of hardware wallets able to store cryptocurrency in one of the most secure ways known today, gets a big, multimillion dollar sum from Draper Esprit PLC, investment firm with which Tim Draper works closely
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
The pioneers of ICO market
The article presents an overview of some of the earliest ICO. Bitnewstoday.com calculates how much money investors have earned with the projects that attracted funding through ICO three-four years ago
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Brian Fargo’s new game shop to use its own cryptocoin
The new platform named Robot Cache is going to have its own cryptocurrency, which is an interesting addition, currently non-mainstream in the sphere of computer games. The success of the platform remains to be seen
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
How mining equipment evolved: from GPU to ASIC
Bitnewstoday.com takes a look at how mining difficulty has changed components of mining equipment
17 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail
Research: Markus and Willy, bots at Mt Gox, multiplied the BTC price by 10 back in 2013
Bitcoin’s current immaturity is nothing like it immaturity during the first years of its existence. Looks like the scale of Mt Gox frauds is still being assessed. To find out how Mt Gox is connected to frauds this time, read the news below
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Saxo Bank: Bitcoin’s gonna grow to $100,000
Contrary to its previous prediction described on Bitnewstoday, now Saxo Bank suggests Bitcoin could grow towards $100,000 due to the growing interest of institutional investors and serious financial organizations from the big market
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Dallas Mavericks to accept Bitcoin
The basketball team Dallas Mavericks will sell tickets to the games with them for Bitcoin and Ethereum next season. The team is owned by a billionaire who was a cryptocurrency skeptic and then invested in startups connected with this sphere
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Today’s main cryptocurrency events: a video review
Bitnewstoday has prepared a digest for those cryptocurrency investors who prefer not to read tons of separate news messages and instead, watch videos on the topic. Here’s bit of news our site has described today
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
What do internet users would like to know about cryptocurrencies?
Bitnewstoday has analyzed users’ requests regarding cryptocurrencies. Read in this article about what internet users would like to know about cryptocoins
16 January 2018 21:00, UTC
Margareth Nail